+Karl G Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 It was a lot of fun seeing Space Game getting played again. I'm honored to have my game on your faves list, especially with such amazing titles in the same group. I think that was the first time the bonus wave was shown? Only 8 more waves and 3 more bosses to beat the game if you ever want to revisit it. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Karl G said: It was a lot of fun seeing Space Game getting played again. I'm honored to have my game on your faves list, especially with such amazing titles in the same group. I think that was the first time the bonus wave was shown? Only 8 more waves and 3 more bosses to beat the game if you ever want to revisit it. Offer a patch for completing the game, and I guarantee he'll revisit it. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 4 minutes ago, Nathan Strum said: Offer a patch for completing the game, and I guarantee he'll revisit it. A fair point! @mvo and I have talked about making a "I Saved Earth" patch, but haven't followed through on it yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 20 minutes ago, Karl G said: A fair point! @mvo and I have talked about making a "I Saved Earth" patch, but haven't followed through on it yet. Oh yeah! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted December 5, 2020 Author Share Posted December 5, 2020 4 hours ago, Karl G said: It was a lot of fun seeing Space Game getting played again. I'm honored to have my game on your faves list, especially with such amazing titles in the same group. I think that was the first time the bonus wave was shown? Only 8 more waves and 3 more bosses to beat the game if you ever want to revisit it. Playing the game again and making it WAY further than before showed how awesome the game really is! Knowing now that there's an ending to the game, I've put it on the 100% playthrough list to try again in the future! Also, if you ever want to make a patch for the game you should talk to these guys here. - James 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 In regards to last night's show: On 11/9/2017 at 3:32 PM, SpiceWare said: Thank you! I plan to look into Sinistar, but have a few other things on my plate I'd like to take care of before then. Sadly RL has kept me away from 2600 projects of late, and I don't foresee that changing for at least a couple months. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 @ZeroPage Homebrew James, any news about your own game? Also, didn't you want to come back to Boulder Dash eventually? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: @ZeroPage Homebrew James, any news about your own game? I'm constantly thinking about it and looking forward to working on it some more, there's just so many things happening right now it's hard to set aside some time. Very soon I hope! 3 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Also, didn't you want to come back to Boulder Dash eventually? Yes, that is definitely on the roster coming up. I'll have to practice offline a bunch as I can confidently say that I'm genuinely terrible at it and I've got video to prove it! ? - James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 (edited) Regarding your Encaved problem: Its not your console, but the game itself. It never clears the TIA registers correctly and assumes they are all 0. However VDELP0 is set to 1 by the Harmony Cart. So if you enable VDELP0 in Stella's debugger, you can replicate the title screen and in game issues 100%. Edited December 12, 2020 by Thomas Jentzsch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 20 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Regarding your Encaved problem: Its not your console, but the game itself. It never clears the TIA registers correctly and assumes they are all 0. However VDELP0 is set to 1 by the Harmony Cart. So if you enable VDELP0 in Stella's debugger, you can replicate the title screen and in game issues 100%. Phew, thanks Thomas, I thought I was going crazy! Just tried it out on Stella and it behaved just like on my console. ? I've seen your type of comment made a number of times where people aren't clearing memory/registers resulting in weird behaviour on real machines. There really should be a list of 'best practices' made for programming on the Atari 2600 so people don't fall into traps like this. Perhaps there's already one out there. - James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 2 hours ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: I've seen your type of comment made a number of times where people aren't clearing memory/registers resulting in weird behaviour on real machines. There really should be a list of 'best practices' made for programming on the Atari 2600 so people don't fall into traps like this. Perhaps there's already one out there. Unfortunately, some games are developed privately, and don't get the kind of feedback that would address those sorts of issues prior to their release. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 Developer Spotlight on John Champeau / ChampGames ZeroPage Homebrew will welcome John Champeau (@johnnywc) from ChampGames to the stream, LIVE via video, THIS FRIDAY December 18, 2020 (6PM PT | 9PM ET | 2AM 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 below or in the ZeroPage Homebrew Club thread! - James 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 16 hours ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: I've seen your type of comment made a number of times where people aren't clearing memory/registers resulting in weird behaviour on real machines. There really should be a list of 'best practices' made for programming on the Atari 2600 so people don't fall into traps like this. Perhaps there's already one out there. I am not aware of written down best practices, but we have several tutorials at AtariAge, so I suppose the info is all there. And for this special case "macro.h" contains a convenient macro for clearing TIA and RAM registers correctly. 9 hours ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: ZeroPage Homebrew will welcome John Champeau (@johnnywc) from ChampGames to the stream, LIVE via video, THIS FRIDAY December 18, 2020 (6PM PT | 9PM ET | 2AM GMT) for his Developer Spotlight! Too bad I can't be there live. Looking forward to next year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spspspsp Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 @ZeroPage Homebrew, what controller are you using in your PlusCart video? My uncle was watching that to set up the PlusCart I made for him, and he thought that was a spiffy controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 On 12/13/2020 at 5:17 PM, spspspsp said: @ZeroPage Homebrew, what controller are you using in your PlusCart video? My uncle was watching that to set up the PlusCart I made for him, and he thought that was a spiffy controller. I think I might have answered your question via Facebook but I'll copy/paste it here for everyone else to see as well: ..... Do you mean the clear case joystick I was using? Although I love the feel of it and how clicky it is, I'm not sure I'd 100% recommend it as I've had issues with it. - The edges are a bit rough and tend to dig into your hand after a few hours playing - The cord is starting to show it's bare wires outside of the black cable that connects to the joystick. - The assembly is a bit finicky and taking it apart for any maintenance is a little finicky as well. - The joystick tends to stick a bit in a direction after you press it If you're not put off by any of that, here's where you can buy it: https://monsterjoysticks.com/retro-gaming-joystick-kits/8-16bit-retro-joystick-kits - James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spspspsp Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 5 hours ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: I think I might have answered your question via Facebook but I'll copy/paste it here for everyone else to see as well: Thank you! I passed on your reply--I'm not on FB, but it may have been him that asked. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) THE CONCERTO CART HAS ARRIVED! Look what arrived in my mailbox, thank you so much @batari! Stay tuned for an upcoming special stream of ZeroPage Homebrew featuring the Concerto Cart... - James Edited December 18, 2020 by ZeroPage Homebrew 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Needs more POKEY ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, sramirez2008 said: Needs more POKEY ? It is looking a little... empty. The Ballblazer donor cart will be arriving any day now to fill that gap! ? - James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Poor Ballblazer cart. To think decades ago it awoke on the production line, thinking of how it would go on to be played and enjoyed by kids for years to come, only to wind up unloved and forgotten, then being horribly ripped open and gutted like a dead frog in a high school biology class. Of course, the Pokey is perfectly happy since it will go and continue to be enjoyed, and couldn't care less about the dead, discarded, rotting husk of the Ballblazer cart. Thus the dichotomy of the situation. (This is what happens when you spend too much time anthropomorphizing old video game consoles for a comic strip.) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Nathan Strum said: (This is what happens when you spend too much time anthropomorphizing old video game consoles for a comic strip.) Before I even read the last line I could picture you doing your comic strip on a Ballblazer cart, hahah! - James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladeJunker Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 6 hours ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: It is looking a little... empty. The Ballblazer donor cart will be arriving any day now to fill that gap! ? - James Yeah it needs some balls, blazing balls. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) TODAY IS THE DAY! Edited December 18, 2020 by ZeroPage Homebrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+D Train Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 is the countdown running yet? two hours and 16 minutes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, D Train said: is the countdown running yet? two hours and 16 minutes! It is!! Uh oh, better start getting ready with some questions. - James https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/about Edited December 18, 2020 by ZeroPage Homebrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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