Dutchman2000 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Hey folks here is a rare find! Kickman for the 2600 programmed by Alex Leavens when he was at Roklan Corporation. CBS did not release this but I am releasing it now! It's quite fun to play. Plays great in Z26 and Stella, for Stella make sure you have Phosphor enabled in the video settings. Special thanks once again to Thomas Jentzsch for helping to get this game working. Press RESET to start the game. Left difficulty = balloon speed Right difficulty = kick length Kickman (1-8-82).bin 31 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Amazing! It's finally been found! Cross another one off the list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Can somebody post a pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 11 minutes ago, Cafeman said: Can somebody post a pic? 6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman2000 Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phattyboombatty Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Superb! What a thrilling Monday morning, right after PRGE! Was so sad that the expo was over, but this makes me very happy! Thank you Dutchman2000 and Mr. Jentzsch! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Dutchman2000 said: Special thanks once again to Thomas Jentzsch for helping to get this game working. What needed to be done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman2000 Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 4 minutes ago, Nukey Shay said: What needed to be done? The code needed to be massaged a bit. I turned to the expert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 I always hoped this one would be found some day! This is truly wonderful. Many thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Dutchman2000 said: The code needed to be massaged a bit. I turned to the expert. Game plays great! Dutchman2000, Will you also release the original, 'unmassaged' ROM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman2000 Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 1 minute ago, Rom Hunter said: Game plays great! Dutchman2000, Will you also release the original, 'unmassaged' ROM? No, as that did not work at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Just now, Rom Hunter said: Will you also release the original, 'unmassaged' ROM? The 'unmassaged' ROM was 4094 bytes long and missed the startup vectors. So I removed two bytes from the explosion when the balloon hits the floor and added the missing 4 bytes. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: The 'unmassaged' ROM was 4094 bytes long and missed the startup vectors. So I removed two bytes from the explosion when the balloon hits the floor and added the missing 4 bytes. I see. Thanks for making it work, Thomas! It's a fun game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Paddle or Joystick? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, Inky said: Paddle or Joystick? Keyboard controller. * 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 I'm sure it's Joystick, but if it could be hacked for analog paddle or Trakball support, that would be awesome! BTW: thanks for this!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamchevy Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Thanks for this! 9 minutes ago, save2600 said: I'm sure it's Joystick, but if it could be hacked for analog paddle or Trakball support, that would be awesome! BTW: thanks for this!! It would be great to have another paddle or Trak Ball game!! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman2000 Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 Joystick. I agree this would be awesome with the trakball! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Jesus I am floored with shock at this discovery. Now just need to pick myself up off the damn floor and play it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bfstats Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Magnificent! Thank you, Dutchman. Next step... box and manual... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Great, but tough game! Only so much room on the playfield between the balloons and you, so have to act quick. I really like the sense of momentum the unicycle gains when moving left/right. A brief pause shortly after you start moving before it takes off. Pretty clever. BTW: playing on real hardware with a Harmony cartridge and a 7800, the "title screen" scrolls, as if it's PAL. But only the title screen. Game plays fine after you hit Reset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, save2600 said: BTW: playing on real hardware with a Harmony cartridge and a 7800, the "title screen" scrolls, as if it's PAL. But only the title screen. Game plays fine after you hit Reset. The title screen flickers between only 232 and 233 lines. I guess it will roll on any TV. BTW: The 4K ROM is completely filled with code and data. So to improve the game any further, switching to 8K would have been necessary. I wonder if that played a role when cancelling the game. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Always one of my favorites and had hoped it would appear someday. Would love to see a CIB copy released. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+evg2000 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 hard to video yourself playing with a phone: 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergun Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 4 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: The title screen flickers between only 232 and 233 lines. I guess it will roll on any TV. BTW: The 4K ROM is completely filled with code and data. So to improve the game any further, switching to 8K would have been necessary. I wonder if that played a role when cancelling the game. Could anything have been done about the title screen rolling? (within the 4kb limitations) I mean, that’s a pretty relevant quality control issue. Neither CBS nor any other company would have allowed that to remain like that for its release. Well, heck, can anything be done about that now for that matter? And when you mentioned earlier removing code from the balloon explosion; does that mean it alters (visually) those graphics / animation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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