Guy1 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 It was advertised. It plays well. And it's rated fairly highly on AtariMania... And yet it is listed as a Prototype... Did Inhome Software go bankrupt or something? How and when did the prototype surface? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Not sure. I remember having both (bload copies) and playing them reasonably regularly. Probably around late 1984/early 1985. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) Could it have been a name copyright issue due to Hard Hat Mac? http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-hard-hat-mack_2393.html Published by EA in the states and by Ariola in the U.K. Edited October 13, 2020 by Gunstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 On 10/12/2020 at 6:18 PM, Guy1 said: It was advertised. It plays well. And it's rated fairly highly on AtariMania... And yet it is listed as a Prototype... Did Inhome Software go bankrupt or something? How and when did the prototype surface? Yes. InHome imploded sometime in 1984. I found lots of boxed copies of both Captain Beeble and Baseball littering various computer stores in Toronto for years (I picked up my boxed copy of Beeble for about five bucks in 1987), but never saw or heard of Hard Hat Willy until reading this thread...which is strange, given the fact that it was a local company. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusto Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 11 hours ago, Gunstar said: Could it have been a name copyright issue due to Hard Hat Mac? http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-hard-hat-mack_2393.html Published by EA in the states and by Ariola in the U.K. Maybe they considered calling it Helmet Willy but... well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Or how about "Hard bell-end" 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Rybags said: Or how about "Hard bell-end" Must have been a PAL (euro) only game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itaych Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 (edited) Didn't really want to start a new topic for this, but can anyone identify the tune used for background music in this game? It was also used in K-Razy Antiks and probably a dozen other games in the 80's. Edit: the song is When Johnny Comes Marching Home... Yay for google. Edited September 20, 2021 by itaych 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itaych Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 (edited) Anyway while I'm here, have some cheat codes. Type these commands in the Altirra debugger. Infinite lives: e 8f68 ea ea ea Green bugs won't steal your hat: e 960f 0 Red items won't kill you: e 9608 0e b0 19 Walk through red items (this pretty much ruins the game): e 9605 0 Be careful though, if you enter places you're not supposed to reach yet the "wall" counter will drop below zero making it impossible to finish the level you're on. So enjoy responsibly. Edited September 20, 2021 by itaych Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathrynm Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 On 10/12/2020 at 5:18 PM, Guy1 said: It was advertised. It plays well. And it's rated fairly highly on AtariMania... And yet it is listed as a Prototype... Did Inhome Software go bankrupt or something? How and when did the prototype surface? Don't know the story or timing on this one, but the bottom dropped out of the Atari 8bit games market pretty suddenly. Wouldn't surprised if some games got dropped, just because there wasn't a market anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itaych Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 One more cheat. To disable the time limit for completing a level: e 84c3 ea ea ea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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