Kiwi #26 Posted July 9, 2020 Really nicely done! I got to level 25. I really appreciated the music tracks that was from Catrap, since I remember playing this game long time ago on the brick Gameboy. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarcoJ #27 Posted July 10, 2020 Hi All, New release has been issued at the top of the forum. R1 2020-07-10 Release Notes 1. Fixed random screen roll on Stella Developer mode (Found by: OmegaMatrix) 2. Fixed Break on Stella Developer mode (Found by: OmegaMatrix) 3. Fixed random wrong colours in Password screens on Stella Developer mode (Found by: Jamtex) 4. Improvement of screen roll and sync during screen transitions. (Found by: Everyone) 5. Increase visibility of cursor flashing on level select screen (Found by: Andrew Davie) 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamtex #28 Posted July 10, 2020 (edited) "Magazine" advert for Pitkat Edited December 9, 2020 by Jamtex 10 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert #29 Posted July 19, 2020 Here's a render of the Pitkat box! 11 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamtex #30 Posted July 23, 2020 Alternative Imagic cover. (It's a tongue in cheek joke about Imagic covers... It won't be a offerered cover... even if the grey is a Panatone Metalic ink...) 2 1 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
orange808 #31 Posted July 23, 2020 Really great work. I love this one. 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZeroPage Homebrew #32 Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) ZeroPage Homebrew will be checking out the Exclusive Final Release of Pitkat on tomorrow's (Fri Oct 16) stream LIVE on Twitch at 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 7PM GMT! Hope everyone can watch! Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: Pitkat (2020 Exclusive Final Release) by Marco Johannes (@MarcoJ) and Dyfed Hitchings (@Jamtex) Shadow Reflex (2020 WIP) by @MCP90 Chalk & Duster (2020) by Glenn Main (Glenn Main) @Glenn Main) Astronomer (2018 Patch Attempt #2: ?/20) by Alex Pietrow (@Coolcrab) (SET VIDEO TO 1080P60 FOR FULL QUALITY) Edited October 17, 2020 by ZeroPage Homebrew 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarcoJ #33 Posted October 16, 2020 Hi All, The R2 version of Pitkat has been released. It is available at the top of the forum. Release Notes R2 2020-10-16 1. Addition of Speedrun mode (Accessible by holding select when game powers on) 2. Addition of message indicating mirror mode has been activated, shown during the "Ready" screen. 3. Elimination of roll on screen transitions and password functions.(Found by: Everyone) 4. Elimination of roll during play and rewind. It would occasionally occur in some situatons.(Found by: Jamtex, Andrew Davie) 5. Fix improperly moving into menu options when up/down is held down whilst pressing fire.(Found by: Jamtex) 6. Fix animation cutting out if fire button pressed during a turn.(Found by: Jamtex) 7. Fix garbage on screen for one frame when entering Level Select screen. This should hopefully be the last stable release. Thank you all for your support. Feedback is welcomed into the forum below. Marco J. 5 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamtex #34 Posted October 18, 2020 Updated the flyer above Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+sramirez2008 #35 Posted October 18, 2020 3 hours ago, Jamtex said: Updated the flyer above Lol! Love the updates. Gamers are certainly are raving about it. I played through 30 screens today. Gameplay was stable and solid. 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamtex #36 Posted October 19, 2020 We joined the 21st century and we are on twitter. 😮 https://twitter.com/MashdyGames 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamtex #37 Posted October 22, 2020 Minor Update If you run Pitkat on Stella (on emulation or Retron 77) and for some odd reason you want to run the PAL60 version rather then the NTSC version (or PAL one) then you need to set TV Format to PAL60. You can do this by highlighting the game, selecting options, going to game properties and changing TV Format. Running the PAL60 version with TV Format set to Auto Detect will make Stella detect the game as NTSC. As the game wants to display the PAL colours, the colours will be off although still playable. The PAL60 version was made primarially for PAL consoles that would be running Harmony, Pluscart or even a real cartridge. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas Jentzsch #38 Posted October 22, 2020 Just name the ROM accordingly and Stella will be able to automatically use the correct TV format. The ROM name must contain something like "PAL60", "PAL-60", "PAL_60" or "PAL 60". 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
r_chase #39 Posted November 15, 2020 I'll just be quick and say this is probably one of the best puzzle games I've played in a long time. Thank you for a fun experience. I made it up to Round 15 if I can recall correctly. 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert #40 Posted December 8, 2020 Here's an updated render of the box. These are being printed now! Along with manuals and labels. ..Al 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KK/Altair #41 Posted December 9, 2020 Really nice game. I definitely should look into E7 bankswitching one day. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hizzy #42 Posted December 9, 2020 (edited) 20 hours ago, Albert said: Here's an updated render of the box. These are being printed now! Along with manuals and labels. ..Al Will this be available in January, too? Edited December 9, 2020 by hizzy 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarcoJ #43 Posted January 19 I'm proud to announce that Pitkat has been nominated for 3 award categories in the 3rd Annual Atari Homebrew Awards. Many thanks for the nominations by the selection committee. Nominations Category: Atari 2600 Homebrew Completed (Port) – Game Category: Atari 2600 Homebrew Completed (Port) – Graphics Category: Atari 2600 Homebrew Completed (Port) – Music + Sound Game Reviews of Pitkat Vintage is the New Old - https://vintageisthenewold.com/pitkat-you-wish-all-atari-2600-games-would-look-that-good-and-play-that-well/ High-Voltage.CZ - https://www.high-voltage.cz/sortky/pitkat-nova-puzzle-plosinovka-pro-atari-2600/ OldPlayers Brazil - http://oldplayers.com.br/wp/2020/10/22/novo-jogo-para-atari-2600-surpreende/ Pitkat's Art by Sharemhel Decir https://www.deviantart.com/shakiechan/art/Pitkat-848432065 https://www.deviantart.com/shakiechan/art/Pitkat-Cover-848431026 https://www.deviantart.com/shakiechan/art/Katgirl-848429959 https://www.deviantart.com/shakiechan/art/Katboy-848430537 https://www.deviantart.com/shakiechan/art/Katgirl-848432067 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This year's port nominations will be exhibited on the ZPH Show today at 19-1-2021 at 6PM PT. Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ The 3rd Annual Atari Homebrew Awards voting has begun. Established Atariage Forum members are welcomed to vote for their favourite nominations. Be sure to cast your votes by 31 January 2021. See link below for further information. 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chavert #44 Posted January 20 This game does not work on harmony encore but only on harmony. What a shame ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+splendidnut #45 Posted January 20 1 hour ago, chavert said: This game does not work on harmony encore but only on harmony. What a shame ! It should run... it uses the same bankswitching scheme as M-Network's Burgertime. Maybe the Harmony Encore isn't detecting the bankswitching scheme properly. After unzipping, you could try renaming the file extension from .bin to .e7 and see if that helps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JetSetIlly #46 Posted January 20 41 minutes ago, splendidnut said: It should run... it uses the same bankswitching scheme as M-Network's Burgertime. Maybe the Harmony Encore isn't detecting the bankswitching scheme properly. After unzipping, you could try renaming the file extension from .bin to .e7 and see if that helps. Another difference is that PitKat uses the 1k RAM blocks (f000 to f7fff) in addition to the 256byte blocks. Burgertime only uses the first 256byte block as far as I can tell. Maybe it's something to do with that? I've no idea but it's a difference. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chavert #47 Posted January 20 correction: the game works on harmony encore and harmony in bin or e7. The problem is due with the ZeroPage Homebrew link: https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AHMMWfIJIbxAm%5Fw&id=EBF48A1964E7EEB5%211294&cid=EBF48A1964E7EEB5 The game is corrupted with this link. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZeroPage Homebrew #48 Posted January 20 4 hours ago, chavert said: correction: the game works on harmony encore and harmony in bin or e7. The problem is due with the ZeroPage Homebrew link: https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!AHMMWfIJIbxAm_w&id=EBF48A1964E7EEB5!1294&cid=EBF48A1964E7EEB5 The game is corrupted with this link. Hi @chavert! I just downloaded the game (NTSC version) through the link, loaded it onto my Harmony Encore cart and it played successfully on my console. We also streamed the same version of the game on the show last night and it played fine as well. I also just tried the PAL and PAL60 versions through Stella and both of them loaded and played correctly. The copies of the .bin files through the link were also used by the Nomination Committee for evaluation for the event without any issues. Can you specify how exactly the binary is failing and what you're using to run it? I want to make sure that there isn't a problem with the files. - James Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarcoJ #49 Posted January 20 (edited) 9 hours ago, chavert said: correction: the game works on harmony encore and harmony in bin or e7. The problem is due with the ZeroPage Homebrew link: https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!AHMMWfIJIbxAm_w&id=EBF48A1964E7EEB5!1294&cid=EBF48A1964E7EEB5 The game is corrupted with this link. Hi @chavert It will be interesting to hear what the final verdict is. 2 users have reported in that past that Pitkat works for several minutes of play and then is unable to load again from Harmony until the system has cooled down. This could be what you are experiencing. Regards, Marco Edited January 20 by MarcoJ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chewy #50 Posted January 21 until the system as cooled down!?!?! light sixer and harmony-reg here and i thought it worked- maybe i didnt play far enough yet? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
AtariAge on Instagram
Watch us on YouTube
Chat on Discord