LidLikesIntellivision Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 (edited) 2018 - Homebrew Tournament STAR CASTLE ARCADE Game variation: Game 1 B/B Round ends: August, 31th. Tournament's rules are here. You can donwload the game here. P.S.: I belive this is the latest rom version available, I got it from Thomas' blog https://atariage.com/forums/blog/144/entry-9545-star-castle-developments/ Edited August 1, 2018 by LidLikesIntellivision 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogoober Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 (edited) So I have the 'Star Castle Homebrew.bin' rom on my Harmony, and it is DIFFICULT out of the box, 3 drones that chase you incessantly, not nearly as gentle as the video, whats the correct rom? Tried the linked rom but obviously for stella, crashed:) Thanks guys. Edited August 1, 2018 by retrogoober Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 I linked to the 165 rom version. As I understand from Thomas talk with stephena, that's the final version and so should be equal to the cartridge version. The video footage comes from Atariage store and is an older version of the game. Unfortunately I don't have the cartridge to compare with the 165 rom version. But I believe they're the same. I'm playing star castle with Stella version 5. So I have the 'Star Castle Homebrew.bin' rom on my Harmony, and it is DIFFICULT out of the box, 3 drones that chase you incessantly, not nearly as gentle as the video, whats the correct rom? Tried the linked rom but obviously for stella, crashed:) Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 I have just added the final version 165 for the Harmony cart to my blog entry (after downloading, remove ".bin" suffix). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 So I have the 'Star Castle Homebrew.bin' rom on my Harmony, and it is DIFFICULT out of the box, 3 drones that chase you incessantly, not nearly as gentle as the video, whats the correct rom? Tried the linked rom but obviously for stella, crashed:) Thanks guys. Two possibilities: You are playing the "other" Star Castle. Check your difficulty switches, both should be B. Better download the ROM from my blog (see post above). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 So I have the 'Star Castle Homebrew.bin' rom on my Harmony, and it is DIFFICULT out of the box, 3 drones that chase you incessantly, not nearly as gentle as the video, whats the correct rom? Tried the linked rom but obviously for stella, crashed:) Thanks guys. Two possibilities: You are playing the "other" Star Castle. Check your difficulty switches, both should be B. Better download the ROM from my blog (see post above). simple way to check if your playing thomas/AA version or scott williams version, on start up if comes up with Atari Age logo your playing the AA version if it doesn't then your playing scott's version. I have to d/l the final harmony version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 LidLikesIntellivision 12,800 Arthur 2,660 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Strategy tip: Kill each castle as fast as possible. You can gain points by just shooting ring segments, but the game speed increases with your score. And for each killed castle, you get one extra life. So trying to kill the castle with as few segments removed as possible is the most efficient way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogoober Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 (edited) I have just added the final version 165 for the Harmony cart to my blog entry (after downloading, remove ".bin" suffix). remove ".bin" or ".cu"? Thank you Thomas and Dan! Edited August 1, 2018 by retrogoober Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 remove ".bin" or ".cu"? Thank you Thomas and Dan! To use in your harmony cart, download the Star Castle Arcade (165, Harmony).cu.bin file and then rename it to remove the ".bin" ending. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 I think I should participate. 12200 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 Finally passed Castle 6! 16,350 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 I think I should participate. 12200 It's an honour to have you with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Thanks! I doubt I can compete with you, but I will try and at least aim for the 2nd spot of this month's competition. Another strategy tip: Watch on YouTube how the experts play the arcade version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 21,830 And Castle 9! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Another strategy tip: Watch on YouTube how the experts play the arcade version. Here is one example showing the bouncing tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju29Rp79JpI And this guy is insane: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 21,830 And Castle 9! That's really impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Jeez, i totally suck at this game! 7,850 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 I just watched ZeroPage Homebrew show in youtube and the cartridge had a score table showing JTZ with 32,768 in first place! JeTZt, my goal is to beat this score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 (edited) Nah, CDW is in first place. https://youtu.be/mcHmlR_9njs?t=4317 And of course you have noticed that all these scores have a meaning. Edited August 4, 2018 by Thomas Jentzsch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Small improvement: 15,340 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 22,880 A little better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Star Castle Arcade 7540 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogoober Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 BRILLIANT game and programming, a technical marvel, but HARD:) And thats fun:) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 my entry 11,530 to level 7.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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