doctorclu Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 The following was Inspired by reading up on Space Battle for the Intellivision and after discovering that Space Attack for the Atari VCS works on the VCS emulator for the Jaguar. What has always fascinated me was how this was supposed to be a Battlestar Galactica game. For years this game eluded me, but once you understand to start the game by moving the joystick, and the deploying your squadrons by holding down the button and pushing left, right, and up to launch, it becomes much easier at that point. Strangely it was the X-Wing Commander hack that worked on the Jaguar and those changes inspired me to really dig into the Space Attack rom, changing sprites to give a more look and feel, coloring matching the enemy ships, the radar screen, and other aspects with show screen shots. Changing the enemy fire from red to blue, and many other changes. Honorable mention is the 2008 fan hack of Space Attack to Battlestar Galactica. Good to see there is other BSG fans out there, and also glad that we have perhaps hacking tools over the last ten years. For all of you who loved the show like I did, or just would like an altered version of Space Attack, here we go! Battlestar Galactica-DC R01.bin Perhaps later I'll adjust the firing sound, but until then enjoy! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinman Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Nice hack of a great game! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 After even more time I have all the senior members of the three squadrons: BLUE SQUADRON Captain Apollo Lt. Starbuck Lt. Boomer RED SQUADRON Captain Bojay Sgt. Jolly Sgt. Greenbean GOLD SQUADRON Captain Sheba Lt. Deitra Lt. Brie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Wasn't that Silver Spar Squadron? Not gold? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 (edited) Let's see: https://en.battlestarwikiclone.org/wiki/Galactica_(TOS) Following the destruction of the Twelve Colonies, Galactica is forced to dramatically increase the number of crew she carries. Galactica is originally equipped with two Viper squadrons, Red and Blue. She acquires two additional squadrons, Silver Spar Squadron and Bronze Spar Squadron from the battlestar Pegasus, following that ship's disappearance in "The Living Legend, Part II", boosting Galactica's fighter strength to one hundred-fifty Vipers (as mentioned in "Fire in Space"). Seen quite a few references to red, blue, and gold, especially when I was setting the colors for the game. I also found this website with patches from the show... https://www.patchesnpins.com/webshop/tv-shows/battlestar-galactica/classic-bsg-shoulder-patch%C2%A0/ Gold Red Blue Anyway, while I could find the line-up for blue and red squadrons, I didn't find much for gold. So giving Sheba her commission with an all woman squadron seemed fun. . I wanted to originally make Bojay and Sheeba part of the Pegasus squadron, but found that after Pegasus Bojay was Captain of Red Squadron with Jolly and Greenbean. So ... that is a cool squadron too. Edited August 30, 2018 by doctorclu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari030 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 This game is oozing 1970's BSG. Nice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 This game is oozing 1970's BSG. Nice. Thanks! I tried to take samples from TV screen shots and that shot of the scope was one I sampled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcallie Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 This is great! Now go re-theme Cosmic Ark as V: The Final Battle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteym5 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 I wonder why my new girlfriend looks like Tricia Helfer.... Have to get those Cylons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 This is great! Now go re-theme Cosmic Ark as V: The Final Battle. Interesting. The Visitors collect humans while Earth forces try to stop you from eating their population? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcallie Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Interesting. The Visitors collect humans while Earth forces try to stop you from eating their population? Exactly! It would be very cool to play as the bad guys for once, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhig1 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 The following was Inspired by reading up on Space Battle for the Intellivision and after discovering that Space Attack for the Atari VCS works on the VCS emulator for the Jaguar. What has always fascinated me was how this was supposed to be a Battlestar Galactica game. For years this game eluded me, but once you understand to start the game by moving the joystick, and the deploying your squadrons by holding down the button and pushing left, right, and up to launch, it becomes much easier at that point. That explains why the enemies on the intellivision version look like cylon raiders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share Posted September 2, 2018 (edited) They did an amazing job with the Cylons on the Intellivision version with the way they dive and do their rolls to avoid being hit. The below shot has surprising detail. Currently looking into that V: Final Conflict conversion, and I'll share the link when/if I start that thread. I found my notes on this BSG hack which I've added. Took a few hours to find the values that were changed and didn't want to have to hunt them down again later. bsg.pdf Edited September 2, 2018 by doctorclu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 (edited) Exactly! It would be very cool to play as the bad guys for once, right? Thanks for the idea and I had fun with this today. Come check out the Cosmic Ark hack "Alien Visitors Are Our Friends" over here... http://atariage.com/forums/topic/282538-alien-visitors-are-our-friends-v-comic-ark-hack/?p=4104467 Edited September 3, 2018 by doctorclu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+xucaen Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 How about Orange and Purple squadrons? https://en.battlestarwikiclone.org/wiki/Battle_of_Carillon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 Ummm... negative, hold off on orange and purple squadrons. Let's not get carried away here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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