+therealbountybob Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 LASER GATES + BLUE PRINT Another two game round to keep people occupied, provisionally ends Sunday 26th April 10am UK time (5pm EST). Everyone welcome to play, just post a score or two Laser Gates A decent scrolling space shooter, not overly difficult and is completable last played way back as the finale for Season 5! Make it to the end and destroy the evil 6502 chip?!!! Remember to fuel up on energy. "Booby Traps! * Beware of booby-trapped Detonator pins on Detonators! - The Dante Dart loses Shield reserves for each booby-trapped pin it strikes. - Strike the same booby-trapped pin twice and the Dante Dart will be destroyed. - The position of the booby-trapped pins changes randomly from game to game." [Option]=pause Download fandal XEX Instructions on atarage's 5200 port thread (based on 2600 ver) Blue Print Despite my efforts I don't think this has ever been HSC played before?! A fun single screener, collect the bits of the machine and shoot the giant fishy guy who is chasing your woman while throwing plant pots at your head!! They don't make 'em like that anymore (sadly) [Space]=pause Download fandal XEX try atarionline.pl various XEX/ATRs Atariage has the Instructions [5200 ver] Have fun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) Hm, Blueprint is a little interesting as it was advertised for Atari 2600, 5200, 400/800/1200XL and Intellivision. Only the first two versions are known to exist and the one we'll play here is a conversion from the 5200, perhaps the same version CBS were planning to release for the A8. Then it also exists on the C64, published by Commodore themselves as part of their deal with Bally Midway. Even more interesting that the original arcade game was made by the British studio Ashby Computers and Graphics, later better known as Ultimate Play the Game (the Stamper brothers) with the long row of games like Jetpac, Atic Atac, Sabre Wulf, Knight Lore etc. It also makes this round feature two games of which neither was sold separately on the system we'll play them as Laser Gates only seems to have existed in the Imagic 1-2-3 compilation and Blueprint as noted is converted from the 5200. Edited April 15, 2020 by carlsson 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) LG 3880 4104 29,255 BP 6050 Edited April 16, 2020 by RedThunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Laser Gates 4,466 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 4 hours ago, carlsson said: Hm, Blueprint is a little interesting as it was advertised for Atari 2600, 5200, 400/800/1200XL and Intellivision. Only the first two versions are known to exist and the one we'll play here is a conversion from the 5200, perhaps the same version CBS were planning to release for the A8. Then it also exists on the C64, published by Commodore themselves as part of their deal with Bally Midway. Even more interesting that the original arcade game was made by the British studio Ashby Computers and Graphics, later better known as Ultimate Play the Game (the Stamper brothers) with the long row of games like Jetpac, Atic Atac, Sabre Wulf, Knight Lore etc. It also makes this round feature two games of which neither was sold separately on the system we'll play them as Laser Gates only seems to have existed in the Imagic 1-2-3 compilation and Blueprint as noted is converted from the 5200. nice info carlsson you should write for a magazine @RT you've got to get up early to beat the roadrunner to post the first scores! (early in the afternoon this time)!. Still working on my abbuc game, had a bit of a block (not on legs) but have just set the latest assemble running so fingers crossed some of the changes might work for a change 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 5 hours ago, carlsson said: Hm, Blueprint is a little interesting as it was advertised for Atari 2600, 5200, 400/800/1200XL and Intellivision. Only the first two versions are known to exist and the one we'll play here is a conversion from the 5200, perhaps the same version CBS were planning to release for the A8. Then it also exists on the C64, published by Commodore themselves as part of their deal with Bally Midway. Even more interesting that the original arcade game was made by the British studio Ashby Computers and Graphics, later better known as Ultimate Play the Game (the Stamper brothers) with the long row of games like Jetpac, Atic Atac, Sabre Wulf, Knight Lore etc. It also makes this round feature two games of which neither was sold separately on the system we'll play them as Laser Gates only seems to have existed in the Imagic 1-2-3 compilation and Blueprint as noted is converted from the 5200. Thanks for the background info Carlsson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Blue Print: 17,350! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Laser Gates 4.947, can't figure out best way to dock for more energy, so I always end up short of the first 6502... Blueprint from Fanal keeps crashing when hit by the potted plant. (Those are pesky!) I tried Altirra 3.2 and Atari800MacX with OS/A, OS/B and XE settings. The attached version did not crash and I managed 15.000 points. Blue-Print (v2).xex 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 On 4/16/2020 at 5:40 AM, slx said: Laser Gates 4.947, can't figure out best way to dock for more energy, so I always end up short of the first 6502... Blueprint from Fanal keeps crashing when hit by the potted plant. (Those are pesky!) I tried Altirra 3.2 and Atari800MacX with OS/A, OS/B and XE settings. The attached version did not crash and I managed 15.000 points. Blue-Print (v2).xex 16.24 kB · 0 downloads When the energy pod appears, just make contact with it and let go of the joystick. Your ship will stay "docked" and you will refill your energy meter. I thought I had to keep fighting with it, myself until I watched a YT video. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 LG 10859 Made it to second 'Planet' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 LG 50488 Made it to the 6th 'Planet'. I think this game is going to have limited appeal for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 8 hours ago, slx said: Laser Gates 4.947, can't figure out best way to dock for more energy, so I always end up short of the first 6502... Blueprint from Fanal keeps crashing when hit by the potted plant. (Those are pesky!) I tried Altirra 3.2 and Atari800MacX with OS/A, OS/B and XE settings. The attached version did not crash and I managed 15.000 points. Blue-Print (v2).xex 16.24 kB · 0 downloads Yeah as Deteacher says, just drop in on top of the energy pod (box on stalk with flashing 'E') and your energy is replenished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 On 4/16/2020 at 5:40 AM, slx said: Laser Gates 4.947, can't figure out best way to dock for more energy, so I always end up short of the first 6502... Blueprint from Fanal keeps crashing when hit by the potted plant. (Those are pesky!) I tried Altirra 3.2 and Atari800MacX with OS/A, OS/B and XE settings. The attached version did not crash and I managed 15.000 points. Blue-Print (v2).xex 16.24 kB · 0 downloads Same on my 800xl. The v2 xex doesn't crash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Blue Print 13100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) Blue Print: 33,900! When you get to the 3rd level, the monster that roams the maze is a pain. He likes to guard the only way in and out of the maze. Edited April 16, 2020 by Deteacher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Laser Gates: 32,938! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Laser Gates: 71,046 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) Both these games are pretty average IMO. Although I did just discover that on Blue Print you speed up when you press the joystick button so that makes it more playable! Blue Print 40000 Edited April 17, 2020 by McKong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caco Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Laser Gates - 29277 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Blue Print 50050 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pusakat Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 First offerings for this round: 2,642 for Laser Gates 6,300 for BluePrint 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, McKong said: Both these games are pretty average IMO. Although I did just discover that on Blue Print you speed up when you press the joystick button so that makes it more playable! Blue Print 40000 I liked Laser Gates on the 2600 a lot. This version doesn't quite have the same magic, but it's not too bad. Here are the instructions for the 5200 version of Blue Print, if anyone is interested. (I didn't know that you could throw "Sneaky Pete" back into the bomb pit!) https://atariage.com/manual_thumbs.php?SoftwareID=2054 Edited April 17, 2020 by graywest 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) 48 minutes ago, graywest said: I liked Laser Gates on the 2600 a lot. This version doesn't quite have the same magic, but it's not too bad. Perhaps that is one of the reasons why it never was sold separately, but on disk in a compilation of three Imagic games. Good, but not good enough on a cut-throat market in order to release it on full price cartridge. Edited April 17, 2020 by carlsson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 55 minutes ago, graywest said: I liked Laser Gates on the 2600 a lot. This version doesn't quite have the same magic, but it's not too bad. Here are the instructions for the 5200 version of Blue Print, if anyone is interested. (I didn't know that you could throw "Sneaky Pete" back into the bomb pit!) https://atariage.com/manual_thumbs.php?SoftwareID=2054 Maybe because in this version you fight against 6502, meanwhile, in 2600 is against 6507 https://manillismo.blogspot.com/2019/09/laser-gates.html 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 First go Lazer gates 3157 My brother made me a desk extension thing so I can finally get an Atari set up in my home office. It's a bit crowded ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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