Possible final release of Pole Position for the STE?

[Guest LiqMat]

Been following this for awhile. This guy is incredible for what he has accomplished on the STE. Maybe this has already been discussed, but the possible final release came out recently. For those who haven't followed this, it's a near arcade perfect Pole Position for a 1MB Atari STE.

 

https://ataricrypt.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/pole-position.html

Edited October 6, 2017 by LiqMat

[ataricrypt]

Ha! somebody actually reads the STuff that I post? Great!!

Yeah seriously, Jon has done an incredible job. I think the latest release runs very well and even better on the real hardware (imho). Let's hope he makes another game sometime soon.

Steve

[leech]

Ha, I think the last time I played Pole Position was either on the 2600 or the Atari 8-bit. I'd been looking forward to the final release of this! How well does it work on the Falcon? (which I have hooked up constantly, vs my 1040STe)

[ataricrypt]

sigh... if only I had a Falcon

[oracle_jedi]

Yes, seems to run okay on a Falcon too.

 

Set video the ST Low compatibility first, but after that it seems to run.

[leech]

sigh... if only I had a Falcon

I think it was on the facebook group page that someone recently posted that he had three Falcons in storage and was wondering if they'd need to be re-capped. Some people are terrible hoarders...

 

Of all people though, I'd think you'd get one! Support of the community and all that.

[ataricrypt]

No cash mate and Falcons are incredibly expensive. Had two in the 90s...shouldn't have sold them

Anyhow, all donations gratefully received. Please, donate yours!

[mpattonm]

Ha! somebody actually reads the STuff that I post? Great!!

 

Oh come on. Of course we do!

[tjlazer]

Just tried it on my STE, runs well! Nice mountain boot screen. I liked the old boot screen better.

[Inky]

On the one hand, I wish I still had my St and STE so I could play this. On the other hand, don't have the room anymore.

[Nebulon]

Is there a currently-working link for this? Looks intriguing.

[Atari030]

Here you go, last upload to Atari forum.

 

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26068&hilit=pole+position&start=175#p327993

 

 

polepos_ste_1meg_rc1.st.zip

[Nebulon]

Tried it out today.

 

Holy smokes, it really is almost arcade-perfect.

 

Very impressive!

[+mytek]

Looks great, and real close to the arcade version except for the tires not turning. Even the Atari 8-bit version makes an attempt to do this.

 

Arcade Version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFs1Xc82Q0U

 

Atari ST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtqzfH4XxiY

 

Atari 8-Bit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T5fD0eZjmk

[ParanoidLittleMan]

Well, nothing is perfect. But I agree, making some tyre rotate impression would not cost much CPU power.

More annoying from it is actually buggy displaying of side objects, mostly panels - talking about original arcade v.. They somehow shimmer, and not closing properly.

Atari ST v. acts same - well done code conversion. In jerky 8-bit v. it is not present because of larger skips.

[tjlazer]

RC 1 works on my Mega 4. RC2 does not