Champ Games - Galagon (aka Galaga) 2600

[CPUWIZ]

I thought it was fitting to post this here, because it does!

 

https://boingboing.net/2019/09/17/baby-crocodiles-sound-like-a.html

[tradyblix]

Just played it on a harmony cart. I gotta say, this one is so good I really want it on dedicated cartridge (to go with Galaxian) as soon as it's available. Nice job ! 

[delmero]

On 5/16/2019 at 10:45 AM, johnnywc said:

2019-Aug-3:  Version 2 of the demo ROMs (NTSC and PAL60) have been added to this post.  

 

Version 1 demo ROMs can be found in this post. 


Hello all!

Yesterday, the Champ Games 'secret project' was revealed live on Zero Page Homebrew's Twitch stream:  Galaga for the Atari 2600!
 
This game was developed over the last 6 weeks by Nathan Strum (graphics, game design), Ross Keenum (music and sound) and myself (design and programming).  It is about 90% complete with just a few bugs to be fixed and bells & whistles to be added.
 
Here are a few pics of the game in action:
 

 

 

 
Game features:

• 1 or 2 players (alternating) with plans to add in a 2 player co-op mode
• NOVICE, STANDARD and ADVANCED skill levels
• a special CHALLENGE game mode where you compete with only CHALLENGE stages
• all enemies from the arcade included (thanks Nathan!)
• all music and sound from the arcade included (thanks Ross!)
• High scores for all game modes; will support save to Atarivox/Savekey
• Will support Nathan Tolbert's multi-tap (QuadTari) for 2 player with Atarivox/Savekey
• A/B switch to enable/disable auto-fire (A = no auto-fire aka like the arcade; B = auto-fire with button held down)
• Pause game via Color/BW / Pause (7800) switch
• Technical details:  the game uses the new CDFJ driver (Stella 6.1 or better) and runs on both the Harmony & Harmony Encore.  It also runs on the latest community build of Stella on the Retron 77 (thanks Nathan for the confirmation!)

A video of the reveal and the game in action can be viewed on ZPH's Twitch stream archive (link above).
 
We are planning on releasing a playable demo ROM sometime in the near future once a few bugs are fixed.  A cart release has not been planned yet (I haven't talked directly to Al about it since the reveal) but I'm sure it will be available in the AA store at some point.
 
Thanks to Nathan and Ross for all their hard work in getting this game together in such a short period of time, and special thanks to James & his team at ZPH for taking the time to debut the game on the ZPH Twitch stream.  It was a lot of fun!
 
EDIT: I just realized that the screen shots are super small (not sure why).  I was trying to give Nathan a break from having to do all the work but obviously I should leave this stuff to the experts!

 

I would like to know when this game will be in the AA store, thanks. And if not how much for the full game rom, good evening.

[StephenJ]

"...I would like to know when this game will be in the AA store..."

Same here...and I'm hoping there is a no-box option.

[AtariLeaf]

I just saw the box art Al posted on facebook and it is stunning. I give a lot of praise to the programmers and justifiably so, but equal praise needs to go to the artists. AA has some serious talent in its ranks

[+Trebor]

10 hours ago, AtariLeaf said:

I just saw the box art Al posted on facebook and it is stunning. I give a lot of praise to the programmers and justifiably so, but equal praise needs to go to the artists. AA has some serious talent in its ranks

QFT:

[AW127]

On 7/17/2019 at 4:09 PM, SpiceWare said:

 

 

 

Same size as my handheld-screen has. 😛

 

 

 

[+MrBlackCat]

Awesome box art also... I am so buying this.  

 

MrBlackCat

[bradhig1]

Galaga on the 2600. Now I have seen everything.

[Mrnastey]

Any idea when this is going to be available? Always one of my favorite games, and I'd love to get a Rom to put on my Harmony Cart.

[Simon Bit]

Yea have the money, cart only, pal(60) video format. Am logging into AA daily just to see if Galagon is in the list. 

[Albert]

1 minute ago, Simon Bit said:

Yea have the money, cart only, pal(60) video format. Am logging into AA daily just to see if Galagon is in the list. 

I'll be posting on the front page of AtariAge, in various threads on the forum, front page of the AtariAge Store, Twitter, and Facebook once the new games are in the store.  I'll also send out an email to the store mailing list.

 

Galagon will not be available without the box initially.

 

 ..Al

[+FujiSkunk]

What about UseNet?

[Albert]

2 minutes ago, FujiSkunk said:

What about UseNet?

Don't forget Prodigy, CompuServe, and FidoNet.

 

 ..Al

[Shannon]

Genie... the poor man's CompuServe.     

[+Nathan Strum]

eWorld.

[Keatah]

Real men went straight to The Source.

 

[+adamchevy]

Real men went straight to The Source.
 

AOL.

[Shannon]

4 hours ago, Keatah said:

Real men went straight to The Source.

 

Don't you mean the Architect?

 

[themushroom]

Playtest results:

 

Atari Flashback handheld (2017) -- blank screen.

Dingoo A-320 under Dingux-2600 emulator -- blank screen.

Dingoo A-320 under Stella (2.3.5) emulator -- puts up something similar to a Yars' Revenge entr'act screen. (We were warned about Stella 6.x being required.)

[Intellivision Master]

Does anyone know what the price will be for the Galaga 2600 homebrew?  

[Simon Bit]

50$ cib, I think

35$ cartridge, manual, I think. 

 

[Intellivision Master]

Thank you for the info Simon Bit.  Those prices sound about right.

[MarcusFrom1982]

On 11/15/2019 at 4:08 PM, Atari_Master said:

Does anyone know what the price will be for the Galaga 2600 homebrew?  

I wonder what happened to the release last week.  Super disappointed the launch week didn't happen. 

[Mrnastey]

3 hours ago, MarcusFrom1982 said:

I wonder what happened to the release last week.  Super disappointed the launch week didn't happen. 

Me too. Hopefully it will be here soon - hoping to get it for a Xmas present!!!!