BuckoBrand Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Hello! Its been a while. I just wanted to ask, can somebody please make turmoil for the TI-99/4A? This is my high score, and its my favorite Atari game. I think you will like it(if you havent already). My dad(Opry99er) cannot make it. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Interesting looking game. I think a good competition would be to select a game and see who can come up with the best conversion in whatever language they choose. This could be a good candidate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 ^^nice idea, OLD CS1^^ Heres a video of the game by my favorite game reviewer. I always think of Turmoil as basically a *Vertical Tempest* port. It has the same feel as my second favorite vector arcade game of all time, and executes extremely well. If you havent played it, youre missing out. Oh, and I didnt tell my son I couldnt make it... he asked me if I could re-make it for the TI, and I said it might be tough, and there were other more capable programmers out there who might be better suited to do a re-make. Get an Atari emulator and a set of sticks and give it a go. Youll like it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Ohhhh, it is cool and faster. I am preatty sure to have seen a TI99 similar version but in a slower XB not compiled... just that i don't remember the name, will try search it, could be a start point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhodes Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 This seems kind of like a faster paced version of meltdown 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 (edited) yeah, Meltdown... was it in my memories, it is also in the gamebase already XB-Meltdown.dsk Edited May 1, 2018 by ti99iuc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 I just looked in my Atari cartridge inventory. Of 121 cartridges this is not one of them. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 I got lucky a few years back and snagged it out of a dollar game bin at a local retro shop that was going out of business. Close to my favorite 2600 game.... definitely top 5 or so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+eebuckeye Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 I think the Vic 20 has a version and it is pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 ^^nice idea, OLD CS1^^ Heres a video of the game by my favorite game reviewer. I always think of Turmoil as basically a *Vertical Tempest* port. It has the same feel as my second favorite vector arcade game of all time, and executes extremely well. If you havent played it, youre missing out. Tempest, I have serious doubts that game will ever be ported to the TI, even an F18A equipped one, or even if a Final FinalGROM is added to the mix. Anyone who could pull off a full working port of that game would instantly rise to the status of TI-Godhood. I've never played XB-Meltdown, I'll give it a shot later today (day off). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Thats what is great about Turmoil. The 2600 could not support Tempest, so Turmoil was made. It has a very similar feel and executes extremely well with the limitations of the platform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 It'd be cool, but I don't think the Ti can push graphics that fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 It'd be cool, but I don't think the Ti can push graphics that fast. CHALLENGE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unhuman Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 (edited) I started writing Turmoil (in C) for ColecoVision. I have a playable game... No sounds. Been a few years... It just wasn't fun like that Atari version, so I stopped. I can hunt down my source... Maybe I still have it.... It was called Spaz Attack or Spaz Attak - I can't even find my posts in the CV chat here about it... Edit: Don't think so. I think it was lost when my Mac Bootcamp partition got killed by an upgrade of OSX and/or Parallels. Lost a bunch of stuff.. I'll look at my archives, too, but my hopes are low. Edited May 3, 2018 by unhuman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckoBrand Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 It's been a while. Call me crazy, but I have gotten more into TI than Atari. I have stockpiled some really good games, like Alpiner and Parsec. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 man, look at that face! who could resist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckoBrand Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 (edited) Oh! Oh no! I am just a cute little chihuahua being mistaken for a muffin! Edited December 6, 2018 by BuckoBrand 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Thats what is great about Turmoil. The 2600 could not support Tempest, so Turmoil was made. It has a very similar feel and executes extremely well with the limitations of the platform. 2600 Tempest It's not pretty, but it exists... There's nothing really CPU pushy about Tempest - lots of lookup tables will save the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckoBrand Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 (edited) This is off topic. Here is something that will change your life FOREVER. Edited December 9, 2018 by BuckoBrand 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOME AUTOMATION Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 I know howto prepare an entree using a plastic pitcher and an immersion coil(in the bathroom). Don't even ask why! Disclaimer: Don't try this without supervision!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 That was how my wife spent her entire childhood making hot water to wash her hair, @HOME AUTOMATION. As an electronics tech, it made the hair on the back of my neck go up every time I saw her using it for that purpose. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unhuman Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) My spaz attack appears to be linked here.... http://www.beeslife.com/colecovision/colecovision.php Found a video: I haven't fired it up again yet... And, I haven't found the source code.... Edited December 11, 2018 by unhuman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestyx Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Turmoil and Fast Eddie - two great 2600 games written by legendary (in my view, anyway) programmer Mark Turmell. He was behind many of my favorite games of the 80s and 90s - from Beer Run and Sneakers on the Apple ][, to NBA Jam, Smash TV, and Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game in the arcade. He was a dude after my own heart, throwing in a pretty good sense of humor in most of the projects he worked on. https://www.giantbomb.com/mark-turmell/3040-16331/credits/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckoBrand Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share Posted December 15, 2018 So, Turmoil was made to replicate Spaz Attack or Spaz Attack was made to replicate Turmoil? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unhuman Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 So, Turmoil was made to replicate Spaz Attack or Spaz Attack was made to replicate Turmoil? Thank you... But Spaz Attak was to be a Colecovision version of Turmoil.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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