TIX Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 (edited) Hey guys, feeling kind of tired at the moment, and I'm taking a break from my "serious" projects ! So lets try a simple sprite hack just for laughs I love "Snokie", it was one of the first games I played in the 800, the task is to improve the awkward bird ! (is it a penguin ?) Any pointers of where I can find a good copy, without the dreaded death jingle ? Edited May 16, 2020 by TIX 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, TIX said: Hey guys, feeling kind of tired at the moment, and I'm taking a break from my "serious" projects ! So lets try a simple sprite hack just for laughs I love "Snokie", it was one of the first games I played in the 800, the task is to improve the awkward bird ! (is it a penguin ?) Any pointers of where can I found a good copy, without the dreaded death jingle ? It was one of my first A8 games too! Best versions of games are here as usual, unfortunately with the dreaded death jingle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 What's the death jingle? What this game needs - the graphics aren't the problem IMO. The game itself is way too short. 16K Ram isn't it? The real need is a decent sized game, like 3 times as big at least. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 The dreaded death jingle if that's what it is seems to be part of the game? Annoying yes, wrongly placed, no. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share Posted May 16, 2020 Anyway, I found a copy in the "Best Game Pack" Atari collection, without the annoying jingle.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Ha ha, kind of ironic there..Look at my sig.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 (edited) The death jingle is on the bigger disk version only. Still, I'm not sure why you would use the smaller tape edition. This one only shows the skull with no music when you die but it doesn't have the custom font and eliminates the high score list. Way less polished. Edited May 16, 2020 by www.atarimania.com 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share Posted May 16, 2020 1 minute ago, www.atarimania.com said: The death jingle is on the bigger disk version only. Still, I'm not sure why you would use the smaller tape version. This one only shows the skull with no music when you die but it doesn't have the custom font and eliminates the high score list. Way less polished. hmmm.. I didn't know about those other things. ok then I'll start with the full version and maybe later we could hack the jingle out ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilheim Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 15 minutes ago, TIX said: hmmm.. I didn't know about those other things. ok then I'll start with the full version and maybe later we could hack the jingle out ! Done. Here's two versions: v1: no jingle of death when you loose a life, but it plays when the game is over. v2: no jingle at all. Hope you like it. Regards! Snokie - jingle patched v1.xex Snokie - jingle patched v2.xex 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Nice.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share Posted May 16, 2020 56 minutes ago, Wilheim said: Done. Here's two versions: v1: no jingle of death when you loose a life, but it plays when the game is over. v2: no jingle at all. Hope you like it. Regards! v1 is what I was looking for, thanks man ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share Posted May 16, 2020 Only 2 frames walking, 1 of them reused for jumping, and 1 when he falls.. this should be fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Lets make me at playing Snokie better ! Fixed that for you... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Without annoying jingle (thanks Wilheim) and with TIX's upcoming improved graphics... it's time to complete the game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 I so wanted to love Snokie but I found it incredibly frustrating....Of course I cheated it (I cheated every thing in the end) but you can't out cheat the frustration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddyFree Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Some hex patches for Snookie from my collection in [SEARCH:REPLACE] format. XX means leave byte unchanged. Kill Timer=[C5C6C3:XXA90F] Unlimited Lives=[03C6A8:XXEAEA] Kill Annoying Death Tune=[A2A88E01:60EAXXXX] 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share Posted May 16, 2020 (edited) I'm going for the ad illustration look.. hat, scarf and all the colors are spot on ! Edited May 16, 2020 by TIX 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 HA ! 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 That is so good!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 what happens if the icicle dangling from the nose goes. a single line/or whole square? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share Posted May 19, 2020 This is pretty much complete ! the jump frame couldn't be better, because it's shared as walk second frame.. other than that I'm pleased with it, and it renew my interest for other small sprite hacks if only I could slow down the @#$ing timer....? Enjoy Snokie - but better v1.xex 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudografx Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Nice one, but why not use 3rd colour? I assume the sprite is made up of two players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickJock Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 I'm counting 10 pixels wide. Maybe two players & a missile in front? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share Posted May 19, 2020 2 hours ago, pseudografx said: Nice one, but why not use 3rd colour? I assume the sprite is made up of two players. He came out great with 2 colors and didn't think about that.. It was not activated anyway ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 re-tweaked the second walking frame so that it can double up as a jump frame too, so I'll add these plus some other small changes to the final version ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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