tep392 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, sramirez2008 said: Bah! Youngsters...I’ll be 53 in June. I got you beat by 3 months. I'm happy to have grown up in the era I did though. I got to experience Pong, the VCS and learn programming on the early 8-bit Atari's. Also got to be a "free range" kid without any worries of all the danger's out there. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthpopalooza Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 50 minutes ago, DrVenkman said: I'll be 52 in July. Ugh. I participate in this hobby to remind me of what it's like to feel young, not remind me how f#$@#@ old we all are. My rule: If you haven't grown up by 50 ... you don't have to anymore ? 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Defender_2600 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Just something less, I turn 46 in June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinMos3 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 On 2/11/2020 at 11:43 PM, Synthpopalooza said: Never mind. I can recreate the music from scratch, and with my sound library, make it sound better than the arcade version anyway. ? This is gonna make the NES jealous ... I did a mockup around 3 years ago (not the latest rom) of Pokey music by rockman_x_2002 (who did amazing work). YM music would be an even more impressive upgrade for use with the XM. I'd still love to see a standalone pokey cart at some point. I love this version of the game. It could be better with more enemy sprites, but in my opinion, is already the closest to the arcade of any 8-bit version and would definitely stand out with Pokey and/or YM music. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean39 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) Well I have you all beat, but I know you went and look When I joined earlier and my birthday is posted there. So you all are all young compared to me. Like this is something to be really happy about. Im just getting old. I still like talking to you all since being in this hobby makes me feel young. I miss some of the guys who were up here when I was a lot younger. They were 50 and 60 then . They would be in their 70s and possibly near 80s now. Some of these guys did amazing things and were a lot of help to me after my wife passed away in a car wreck. Well then some of us can remember small parts of the 1960s, While others remember the early 1970s. One thing I can say when the Atari VCS came out it really was a nice change to playing so many variations of pong machines. Pinball was the big thing but probably most of us were told to go outside and play. Then come in before the sun goes down. Anyone remember those days ? Edited February 14, 2020 by Sean39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) I'll be 51 in July as well Seriously didn't think I'd make 50 so anything beyond that is a plus. Edited February 14, 2020 by PacManPlus 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 8 hours ago, KevinMos3 said: I did a mockup around 3 years ago (not the latest rom) of Pokey music by rockman_x_2002 (who did amazing work). YM music would be an even more impressive upgrade for use with the XM. I'd still love to see a standalone pokey cart at some point. I love this version of the game. It could be better with more enemy sprites, but in my opinion, is already the closest to the arcade of any 8-bit version and would definitely stand out with Pokey and/or YM music. Wow! This needs a standalone cart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 2 hours ago, PacManPlus said: I'll be 51 in July as well Seriously didn't think I'd make 50 so anything beyond that is a plus. Here’s to another 50! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cjherr Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 When 64 years old you reach, look as good you will not... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 19 minutes ago, cjherr said: When 64 years old you reach, look as good you will not... Hopefully I can get an XM before I hit 64. So that gives another 20! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinMos3 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 5 hours ago, PacManPlus said: I'll be 51 in July as well Seriously didn't think I'd make 50 so anything beyond that is a plus. You better hang in there for at least 90, bud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean39 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) Wow I did not there was a lot of us up here on this thread in our 50s Edited February 14, 2020 by Sean39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Wow - I feel like the baby of the group. I'll be 45 in roughly six months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Nah. I just turned 40 last month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean39 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) Hi Curt I have been trying to write you back as you ask but it saying you cannot take messages right now. What is going on. Please let me know what has happen since we were talking. Thanks Im out of here and let you all have your thread back Good By Edited February 14, 2020 by Sean39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 7 hours ago, leech said: Hopefully I can get an XM before I hit 64. So that gives another 20! I am only 1 year younger.. I was a happy person back in 2010 when the XM came out . Now 10 years later found out I can never be the same ever. Life sucks. At least we have this fantasy land where we can dream about the better times. lt will feel like tomorrow and we will all meet to play Atari. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthpopalooza Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 OK, sound demo done ... This is my rendition of the Area 1/Area 3 music from the NES shooter Zanac. It's been heavily redone in 8 channels. Most of the sounds are converted from my Yamaha DX-100 library but some had to be heavily altered. The kick, of course, is 100% identical to the demo song I posted earlier. Attached is an mp3, , a.vgm module, and a Deflemask .dmf module. Now ... can someone on here convert this to 6502 code and test this on an XM? If this actually comes out of an Atari 7800 ... OMG. zanac - area 1 and 3.mp3 zanac.vgm zanac.dmf 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevEng Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Sounds great! I'm going to look at putting together a dmf import utility of sorts, and having this as test data will be important. ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 On 2/14/2020 at 6:04 PM, Sean39 said: Hi Curt I have been trying to write you back as you ask but it saying you cannot take messages right now. What is going on. Please let me know what has happen since we were talking. Thanks Im out of here and let you all have your thread back Good By I got your msgs Sean & replied book on its way ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 17 hours ago, Synthpopalooza said: OK, sound demo done ... This is my rendition of the Area 1/Area 3 music from the NES shooter Zanac. It's been heavily redone in 8 channels. Most of the sounds are converted from my Yamaha DX-100 library but some had to be heavily altered. The kick, of course, is 100% identical to the demo song I posted earlier. Attached is an mp3, , a.vgm module, and a Deflemask .dmf module. Now ... can someone on here convert this to 6502 code and test this on an XM? If this actually comes out of an Atari 7800 ... OMG. zanac - area 1 and 3.mp3 1.17 MB · 15 downloads zanac.vgm 19.31 kB · 3 downloads zanac.dmf 1.31 kB · 3 downloads Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if games on the 7800 with the XM can have sound like that it’s going to be incredible! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthpopalooza Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 15 minutes ago, Curt Vendel said: Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if games on the 7800 with the XM can have sound like that it’s going to be incredible! I'm hoping they can. I used all 8 channels, hopefully that's not a burden on MARIA or the CPU. It remains to be seen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 I just checked out SunStone and Advanced Circuits... boards range from $23 to $46 each to be made, what a bargain ? I checked with PCBWAY, they are back up in limited resources, they will be do 2 layers green only, so I may just go back to them while I wait for JLCPCB to either get back up and running or become permanently shutdown by the bat soup zombie plaque ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 18 hours ago, Synthpopalooza said: OK, sound demo done ... This is my rendition of the Area 1/Area 3 music from the NES shooter Zanac. It's been heavily redone in 8 channels. Most of the sounds are converted from my Yamaha DX-100 library but some had to be heavily altered. The kick, of course, is 100% identical to the demo song I posted earlier. Attached is an mp3, , a.vgm module, and a Deflemask .dmf module. Now ... can someone on here convert this to 6502 code and test this on an XM? If this actually comes out of an Atari 7800 ... OMG. zanac - area 1 and 3.mp3 1.17 MB · 18 downloads zanac.vgm 19.31 kB · 4 downloads zanac.dmf 1.31 kB · 3 downloads This is the perfect background music for a 7800 version of Zippy the Porcupine ? Still hoping someone does Marble Madness on the 7800.... or... 7800 Crystal Castles, which was actually an early launch title but never materialized... If we are going to have all these new capabilities, the 7800 needs new games (but enhancements to existing one will definitely be welcomed!) Oh... 7800 Vanguard ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 WOW !!! Just checked again, they are finally done! Hopefully they'll ship soon... will have my gloves and N95 mask ready when they arrive for complete spray down with disinfectant (Not kidding!) 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthpopalooza Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Curt Vendel said: This is the perfect background music for a 7800 version of Zippy the Porcupine ? Still hoping someone does Marble Madness on the 7800.... or... 7800 Crystal Castles, which was actually an early launch title but never materialized... If we are going to have all these new capabilities, the 7800 needs new games (but enhancements to existing one will definitely be welcomed!) Oh... 7800 Vanguard ? Indeed . Keeping in mind ... arcade Crystal Castles was a quad POKEY I think, not Yamaha. But no reason we can't upgrade the sounds! For comparison I am going to post the NES and MSX versions of Zanac. Opcode also recently did a port for Colecovision. Always believed 7800 could do this... in fact, one could even hack Xevious. With the YM ... wow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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