+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 3 hours ago, McCallister said: Haunted Adventure Trilogy. Sadly I don't own that cartridge and it hasn't been posted by the developer @atwwong in binary form (as far as I'm aware). It's still available in the AtariAge store, so maybe next time, but we'll probably have to pass on that game for at least this year. Just now, Karl G said: I would think that Unholy would be a good fit. Good suggestion! If we don't finish it on Tuesday (we have the EXCLUSIVE FINAL BUILD next show!), we'll schedule it again for the Halloween episode, it has an incredibly creepy mood to it with the awesome lightning, enemies and blood soaked rooms. - James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 @ZeroPage Homebrew James, you mentioned a patch for Rally Racer during yesterday’s stream. I don’t see any mention of the rules on the Morework Games site. Do you know what they are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 5 hours ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: Halloween Homebrews? We're looking for some spooky scary 2600 games to play on the ZPH Halloween Homebrew Special this year! So far we have two new hacks, Pumpkin Muncher and Bone Bros scheduled. Any more suggestions? Games we're already played on previous years: 20191031 Let's Play: Halloween Homebrew Special: Skeleton+ (Fixed), DoReMi (Halloween Edition), Zombie Invaders (Space Invaders Hack), Ronister at Haunted House (Berzerk Hack), Halloween, Frankenstein's Monster 20181031 Let's Play: Halloween Homebrew Special: Video Jack-O-Lantern (Demo), Happy Halloween (WIP), Candy Catcher, Stranger Things - Barb's Revenge (Hack), Tombstones (WIP), Freddy's Fear Factory (Hack), Blair Witch Project, The (Hack), Elvira (Hack), Monster's Revenge (Hack), Skeleton +, Tyre Trax: ZeroPage Halloween Edition (WIP) Adventure GP hack by "77gp454" Alien Revenge: Halloween Hack (aka Monster's Revenge) by Edward A Smith Crackbats (Halloween) hack by Jeff Johnson Freddy vs Michael hack by Tim Martin Halloween II hack by Tim Martin Halloween III: Season of the Witch hack by Tim Martin Halloween 4 hack by "Atari Dogs" Hell-o-ween hack by "Raccoon Lad" Monster Ball by Greg Zumwalt Nitemare hack by Scott Dayton Nitemare Pinball by Scott Dayton Pumpkinhead hack by Scott Dayton Zombie Invaders hack by James Catalano 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 1 minute ago, sramirez2008 said: @ZeroPage Homebrew James, you mentioned a patch for Rally Racer during yesterday’s stream. I don’t see any mention of the rules on the Morework Games site. Do you know what they are? You bet, here's a link to the announcement on their FB page. To get the patch you have to reach 210 miles at the end of the third race or 240 miles on the podium on stage 4 (Rocky Trail). Looks like a number of people have already posted their patch scores so it looks fairly achievable. They posted two possible end dates of 60 days or Christmas, which would be either Dec 7 or Dec 25, so there's plenty of time to submit your score! - James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 1 minute ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: You bet, here's a link to the announcement on their FB page. To get the patch you have to reach 210 miles at the end of the third race or 240 miles on the podium on stage 4 (Rocky Trail). Looks like a number of people have already posted their patch scores so it looks fairly achievable. They posted two possible end dates of 60 days or Christmas, which would be either Dec 7 or Dec 25, so there's plenty of time to submit your score! - James Ahh FB. I don’t have FB, but my wife does. Thank you. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 22 minutes ago, sramirez2008 said: @ZeroPage Homebrew James, you mentioned a patch for Rally Racer during yesterday’s stream. I don’t see any mention of the rules on the Morework Games site. Do you know what they are? Sounds like the top few drivers (pilots, as they call them) will get a surprise patch, with a similar look to the "A New Marauder" patch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Arenafoot said: Hell-o-ween hack by "Raccoon Lad" Nitemare hack by Scott Dayton Nitemare Pinball by Scott Dayton Pumpkinhead hack by Scott Dayton Zombie Invaders hack by James Catalano Some good hacks in there, I've added the above ones. ? Thanks @Arenafoot! - James Edited October 18, 2020 by ZeroPage Homebrew 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I finally was able to watch the first part of the Friday show (BTW: I am very glad to have it back). Some comments regarding the coming 3rd ZPH awards: I like that you plan to differentiate between original and non-original games. However I can foresee some discussions in which category certain games belong. Therefore I suggest that some clear cut rules are defined and written down. IMO the packaging category should be open for all platforms in the competition. Why 2600 only here? Also, have you refined the rules regarding vote manipulation? (e.g. AA member for at least n-weeks/months, n posts minimum etc.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 53 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: I finally was able to watch the first part of the Friday show (BTW: I am very glad to have it back). Thank you so much, glad to be back Thomas!! ? 53 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Some comments regarding the coming 3rd ZPH awards: I like that you plan to differentiate between original and non-original games. However I can foresee some discussions in which category certain games belong. Therefore I suggest that some clear cut rules are defined and written down. Oh definitely, we'll make sure there is nothing ambiguous to the definition of original and non-original games. 53 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: IMO the packaging category should be open for all platforms in the competition. Why 2600 only here? Good question, I'm not very keen on mixing different platforms together for the same award but this may change in future years. We've added another category to the 7800 realm this year due to the large number of 7800 WIPs so if there are enough physical releases from other platforms we may add more packaging awards! 53 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Also, have you refined the rules regarding vote manipulation? (e.g. AA member for at least n-weeks/months, n posts minimum etc.) Yes, after last year we established some very good rules that should dissuade vote manipulations. We'll also make sure everyone is VERY clear about the rules so they're not tempted to try. - James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 10 minutes ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: Good question, I'm not very keen on mixing different platforms together... I can fully understand for all other categories, where the technology plays a major role. But for packaging, the specs are all identical. So IMO they all belong into the same competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Castle of Doom also seems thematically appropriate for Halloween: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) Developer Spotlight on John Champeau / Champ Games ZeroPage Homebrew will welcome John Champeau (@johnnywc) from Champ Games to the stream, LIVE via video, on Friday November 27, 2020 (12PM PT | 3PM ET | 7PM GMT) for his Developer Spotlight! We will be discussing John's extensive history of programming videogames, not only for the Atari 2600 but we'll also touch on his DOS and even Atari 800 programming! His prolific work includes some of the most pixel pushing ports from classic arcade games such as Galagon, Mappy, Wizard of Wor Arcade, Scramble, Super Cobra Aracade, Zoo Keeper and Robotwar: 2600! PLUS we will also have the EXCLUSIVE WORLD DEBUT of his newest Atari 2600 homebrew, Gorf Arcade! All this and much, much more! YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS! If you have any questions you'd like us to ask John Champeau during the livestream please post them in the ZPH Club thread here! - James Edited October 18, 2020 by ZeroPage Homebrew 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mika15 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 hi James, have you considered a one episode special as a departure from your standard formula, for your personal ranking of top 20-30 (or maybe more if impossible to choose?) of homebrew Atari 2600 games? I would love to see an episode like that, where you could count down to #1 by either playing or showing some of your memorable moments with each of these games, or share some background etc. (possibilities are endless ). Just a thought, otherwise really enjoying the ‚show’ keep up a good work! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 20 hours ago, mika15 said: hi James, have you considered a one episode special as a departure from your standard formula, for your personal ranking of top 20-30 (or maybe more if impossible to choose?) of homebrew Atari 2600 games? I would love to see an episode like that, where you could count down to #1 by either playing or showing some of your memorable moments with each of these games, or share some background etc. (possibilities are endless ). Just a thought, otherwise really enjoying the ‚show’ keep up a good work! Thanks so much @mika15! That's a great suggestion and I've wanted to do a 'Favourite' show for quite a while now. I can see doing one when there's short lull in releases and there's probably one coming up soon. I like your suggestion of memorable moments, the secret reveal of Galagon comes to mind for that! I'll add it to my 'Future Episodes' and start adding to the list as I remember great games. ? - James 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 21, 2020 Author Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) Forgot to reveal the results of tonight's poll! Here's they are: Edited October 21, 2020 by ZeroPage Homebrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 @ZeroPage Homebrew What happened to video quality in last night's show? Upstream still bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 21, 2020 Author Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: @ZeroPage Homebrew What happened to video quality in last night's show? Upstream still bad? I will be contacting my ISP today to fix it, I should be getting 15Mbps upstream and I'm getting only 3-6Mbps, and not reliably. I bumped down the quality to 750kbps to eliminated dropouts which results in in potato video quality but decent audio. I highly recommend waiting for the high quality YouTube version to watch last night's show, It'll be up in 6.5 hours. - James Edited October 21, 2020 by ZeroPage Homebrew 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 BTW: Why did you always kill the enemies in Unholy, even when you just wanted to go through the screens and had no interest for the vase bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 21, 2020 Author Share Posted October 21, 2020 4 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: BTW: Why did you always kill the enemies in Unholy, even when you just wanted to go through the screens and had no interest for the vase bonus. Ah! You can't go to the next screen without clearing out all the enemies first, similar to the gameplay in beat 'em ups such as Double Dragon. - James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Thanks, I missed that part. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Just watching the stream from last night... You played Plague Attack as a trackball hack. Alfred Challenge is one of those games where you are fighting the controls more than the actual game. With slightly better controls, these games would become much more enjoyable. Back then, when homebrewing was new, this was forgivable. But for today's games it is not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 8 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Just watching the stream from last night... You played Plague Attack as a trackball hack. Ahhh, that's where we played it, thanks! To earn the Activision patch we'll have to play the joystick version to properly qualify even though I'd rather play the trak-ball hack! 8 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Alfred Challenge is one of those games where you are fighting the controls more than the actual game. With slightly better controls, these games would become much more enjoyable. Back then, when homebrewing was new, this was forgivable. But for today's games it is not. The controls are infuriating and were the thing that killed me most of the time. "Falling" off the edge too easily and not being able to perfectly position myself for the ladders did me in about 90%+ of the time on the game. Slight tweaks could elevate that game immensely. - James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 On 10/20/2020 at 11:34 PM, ZeroPage Homebrew said: Forgot to reveal the results of tonight's poll! Here's they are: Good timing! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 On 10/24/2020 at 8:20 PM, Nathan Strum said: Good timing! Very nice writeup! That should help a bunch of people clean up their RF output. ? - James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 (edited) HALLOWEEN HOMEBREW SPECIAL TOMORROW ON ZPH! We have a huge number of SPOOKY hacks and homebrews tomorrow including TWO Exclusive Halloween Hacks just for the show! Make sure you dress up in your scariest costumes and TUNE IN LIVE FRIDAY OCT 30th @ 6PM PT | 9PM ET | 1AM GMT on Twitch! Who knows what will happen if you don't ?!?! TWITCH LIVESTREAM: https://twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew Games: Pumpkin Muncher (2020 Exclusive Final Release | Hack of Fast Food) by Brad McFeggan & Scott Dayton (@neotokeo2001) Halloweenvaders (2020 Exclusive Final Release | Hack of Space Invaders) by Víctor Parada (@vitoco) Bone Bros (2020 | Hack of Mario Bros.) by James Catalano (Jamcat Reloaded) and updated by Scott Dayton (@neotokeo2001) Spiderz (2020 | Hack of Crackpots) by Peter Steriotis aka Otis P. Driftwood from RepentlessVG Ghost Manor (1983) by Xonox Helloween (2003 | Hack of Pitfall) by @Raccoon Lad Nitemare Pinball (2003 | Hack of Pinball) by Scott Dayton (@neotokeo2001) Pumpkinhead (2003 | Hack of Frankenstein's Monster) by Scott Dayton (@neotokeo2001) Nitemare (2003 | Hack of Megamania) by Scott Dayton (@neotokeo2001) Castle of Doom (2020 Exclusive WIP Update) by Chris Read (@atari2600land) UPDATE!! We have just secured the new EXCLUSIVE UNRELEASED 2020 WIP VERSION of Castle of Doom for the Halloween Homebrew Special stream tomorrow! Now with 57 levels!!! Thank you atari2600land! Edited October 30, 2020 by ZeroPage Homebrew 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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