RaymanC Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 (edited) Hello! Here is a new homebrew game I made for the Atari 2600 that I named THE END 2600. It is based on both the 1980 Konami version and the 1980 Stern version of the arcade game THE END. OBJECTIVE: To destroy aliens attempting to steal bricks from your 3 defense bases. The aliens will arrange stolen bricks to spell out "END" at the top of the screen. Use your joystick to move your spaceship left of right and press the button to fire to the aliens. THE POINTS: Each alien destroyed scores 40, 60 or 100 points. Destroying aliens carrying a stolen brick scores double. Destroying MotherShip scores 10 to 100 points. That same amount will be awarded as bonus for each brick needed to complete the word "END" ANOTHER DETAILS: You start the game with 3 spaceships. An extra ship will be awarded when you reach 5,000 points. Game is over when all your spaceships are destroyed or "END" is spelled out by the aliens. Each level is represented by a "wave". Every 5 "waves", the MotherShip will come down to attack your spaceship. If you destroy it, a "round" of 5 "waves" will be completed. When a new "round" begins, the aliens with have to start spelling "END" all over again. ** USE OF THE LEFT DIFFICULTY SWITCH ** ** A = ADVANCED - GAME STARTS WITH 6 ALIENS AND FASTER ALIEN BULLETS ** ** B = BEGINNERS - GAME STARTS WITH 3 ALIENS AND SLOW ALIEN BULLETS ** ** USE OF THE RIGHT DIFFICULTY SWITCH ** ** A = STERN VERSION - BASES ARE BELOW YOUR SPACESHIP ** ** B = KONAMI VERSION - BASES ARE ABOVE YOUR SPACESHIP ** It has 40 levels and is fast and very challenging. The game is not exactly in graphics as the arcade version, but the gameplay is. Also, I have added some animations that are not in the arcade. Below are demo versions of the game in NTSC and PAL60 format. The Stern version and the Expert mode are not available for this demo. RaymanC The End 2600 Instructions .txt The End DEMO NTSC.bin The End DEMO PAL60.bin Edited April 23 by RaymanC ROM UPDATE 28 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Wow very cool THANKS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Can't wait to test. I'll try it out on my Harmony Encore and UnoCart mult-carts. Thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 (edited) Unable to play the ROM on my UnoCart. It does work with my Harmony Encore. The game is pretty fast and challenging. It looked slower during the ZPH livestream. I like how it ramped up a bit after the first 5 waves. I almost completed the second set of 5. I also like how the background sound gets faster (similar to Asteroids) when the word ‘End’ is near completion. I’m only able to play two games tonight, but here’s my best score. I plan on playing much more. The Score Table is a nice touch. Would you be able to add a high score table (Score Ranking Table) like the arcade? Edited November 28, 2019 by sramirez2008 Score Table/Score Ranking Table 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mksmith Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Great game - enjoyed it and love the colors! Got to Level 5 and about 15,000 (in Stella - pressed fire to quickly to take a screenshot). Clever game mechanics - well done! @ZeroPage Homebrew 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 1 hour ago, sramirez2008 said: The game is pretty fast and challenging. It looked slower during the ZPH livestream. That's just me, I make the game look easy, hahahah. Actually, it's been through a couple of iterations since I played it on the show so there's more going on now, like two types of enemies grabbing your blocks at the same time. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Nicely done! Only had the chance to play one game in Stella so far. Got past the mothership, but didn't last long after that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TwentySixHundred Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Very impressive and well made game, lots of fun ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemberAtarian Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Well done, really brings me back those really simple arcade games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffIrok Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Nice! Great job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serrameade6 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 This is a really well done game!. Thank you!. It is addictive too ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Wow, this game is quite fun! Thanks for making this port! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 (edited) We'll be checking out the updates to The End 2600 LIVE on tomorrow's (Friday) ZeroPage Homebrew stream on Twitch at 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT! Hope everyone can watch! Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: - Robot City (2019 WIP Update) by Thomas Jentzsch - Street Rod 2600 (2019 WIP) by Anthony Quinlan aka TwentySixHundred - The End 2600 (2019 WIP Update) by Carlos aka RaymanC Archive Video of Stream (SET VIDEO TO 1080P60 FOR FULL QUALITY) Edited November 30, 2019 by ZeroPage Homebrew 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevnaguy Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Just gave this a try, it is AWESOME! it needs a cart/box release! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusFrom1982 Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 This is a great looking game. I like the music drone. Well done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyChris Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 batari Basic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Main Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Sir. Thank you for this very fine game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaymanC Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 On 11/27/2019 at 3:47 PM, sramirez2008 said: Unable to play the ROM on my UnoCart. It does work with my Harmony Encore. The game is pretty fast and challenging. It looked slower during the ZPH livestream. I like how it ramped up a bit after the first 5 waves. I almost completed the second set of 5. I also like how the background sound gets faster (similar to Asteroids) when the word ‘End’ is near completion. I’m only able to play two games tonight, but here’s my best score. I plan on playing much more. The Score Table is a nice touch. Would you be able to add a high score table (Score Ranking Table) like the arcade? Yes, I wanted to ramp it up every 5 waves ( every round ) so the game is not too hard at the beggining. However I think I will add an option to ramp it up every 2 or 3 waves when the difficulty switch is set to "A". I started to make the high score table but ran out of ROM space in the graphics bank. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaymanC Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 On 11/29/2019 at 8:29 AM, thevnaguy said: Just gave this a try, it is AWESOME! it needs a cart/box release! Thanks !! And yes, a cartridge release will be available next year !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaymanC Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 18 hours ago, CrazyChris said: batari Basic? Yes, it is in batari Basic using the DPC+ kernel option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 @RaymanC Played NTSC_RC2 today for quite some time and I found a bug (please see attached video). When the bug occurs, your shots go through the alien and there is no way to kill it and continue with your game. I don't know how I triggered this, but it occurred twice (two different games). I also noticed that a couple of times I was able to kill two aliens with a single shot. Not sure if this is normal or another bug, so I thought I should mention it. End_2600 Glitch.MOV Below is my latest high score for RC2. This game is very challenging and hard to walk away from. I kept hitting the reset button, over and over. ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaymanC Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 Thanks for the info. I also found that bug yesterday while I was playing. I am always recording every play so I will watch the replay to see what triggered the bug. You can kill more that 1 alien with a single shot as long as they make contact with the bullet. Wow, 72040 is the highest score I have seen so far since the improvements. Which wave did you reach ? Carlos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 1 hour ago, RaymanC said: Wow, 72040 is the highest score I have seen so far since the improvements. Which wave did you reach ? Not sure. I remember making it to 12, but it could have been 13. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mksmith Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 18 hours ago, sramirez2008 said: @RaymanC Played NTSC_RC2 today for quite some time and I found a bug (please see attached video). When the bug occurs, your shots go through the alien and there is no way to kill it and continue with your game. I don't know how I triggered this, but it occurred twice (two different games). I also noticed that a couple of times I was able to kill two aliens with a single shot. Not sure if this is normal or another bug, so I thought I should mention it. End_2600 Glitch.MOV 15.71 MB · 1 download Below is my latest high score for RC2. This game is very challenging and hard to walk away from. I kept hitting the reset button, over and over. ? Great stuff Steve - you are such a great asset to the community with your testing ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, mksmith said: Great stuff Steve - you are such a great asset to the community with your testing ? Thank you Matt, it's the least I can do. Hats off to all of the developers that continue to bring us such amazing games. Wish I had more time to test more games.? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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