Tony Cruise Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 On 1/26/2021 at 8:32 AM, SiLic0ne t0aD said: My bad.. I didn't realize the NES version of Sydney Hunter - Caverns of Death is still a WIP.. Just saw Tony's latest video. ??♂️ There goes that idea. ? Yep sorry, been a fair slog getting past a few technical limitations, but it's definitely getting close now 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLic0ne t0aD Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 It's all good, it'll get done when it gets done. Good things take time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphro72 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 I am very impressed with what is in the ROM vault this year. Some surprises to me in there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMarcoux66 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 48 minutes ago, zaphro72 said: I am very impressed with what is in the ROM vault this year. Some surprises to me in there. Same here! Thanks for adding the INTV ROMs as well. Can't wait to try on my new LTO cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loafer Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Very happy with the rom vault, thanks all @ CollectorVision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1980gamer Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 ASTRO INVADER enough said! LOL Thanks for including the Intellivision roms and especially Astro Invader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 I haven’t received an email or any notification for the ROM Vault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 15 minutes ago, sramirez2008 said: I haven’t received an email or any notification for the ROM Vault. Check your spam/junk folder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) I thought it may be useful to summarise the additions to the club ROM vault this year - well the ColecoVision ones that is. There are a lot of superb games in there and some very pleasant surprises. However, on a small negative note there some roms whose inclusion in the vault is somewhat questionable as they've already been in the public domain for years. L'Abbaye des Morts Armageddon (Roller Controller Edition) CollectorVision Club Secret Game 2019 Dead Tomb Eggerland Energy Quiz Fireman Galaxian Jawbreaker 2 Lock'n Chase (Black Label Edition) Lunar Leeper Nether Dungeon (Sydney Hunter Hack) Saguaro City Slither SCE Turbo SCE Winky Trap (MT Hack) Zombie Near (SGM/Enhanced Edition) Here are my thoughts and observations on some of notable additions: Armageddon Roller Controller Edition Now this is a nice surprise as the cart release of the game doesn't support the Roller Controller. Dead Tomb Currently, this does not work in emulators as they lack F18A emulation. This can be played using an AtariMax Ultimate SD in an F18A modded ColecoVision as well as the Phoenix. Superb addition to the vault. Eggerland This is the patched version of the game that fixes the password entry bug. Nice. Fireman Strange to see this here as this game has never been published by CollectorVision. This is the rom of the prototype that has long been available in the public domain. Galaxian The CollectorVision cart and ROM file have 3 bytes different to my verified dump of the AtariSoft cart. Not sure why and hoping CollectorVision can comment on this. Lock'n Chase - Black Label Edition Now this is a superb addition and another nice surprise. The Black Label edition has a different game selection screen which now includes a Black Label version of the game. What are the differences between this and the other game modes? Was this ever sold in cart form? I need to know ? Nether Dungeon (Sydney Hunter Hack) Wow - yet another huge surprise. This is a "hack" of Sydney Hunter and the Sacred Tribe. Obvious changes are that there is now a standard CV title screen and the intro story has been omitted. Also, the head of the main character sprite has been completely changed and the colour of the background graphics have been changed from dark blue to light grey. I also noticed that the other references to the Sydney Hunter storyline have been removed from the words spoken to you by the characters that you meet. What other differences are there I wonder...... While this hacked game is called Nether Dungeon, it doesn't appear to have any relation to the Nether Dungeon cart recently published by Team Pixelboy. In fact this CollectorVision hack seems to have been completed and named nearly 4 years ago. Interesting!! Looking in the binary this hack appears to have been done by nanochess, the original programmer of the Sydney Hunter game, relatively soon (May 2017) after completing the original game and to a specification defined by CollectorVision. So, what's the story behind this "hack"? I'm very intrigued by this. Slither and Turbo Victory - Standard controller Editions Surprised these in here as they are public domain hacks created by Amy Bienvenu back in 2010. Winky Trap Again, another odd one. This is the public domain rom hack created by John Dondzila back in 1997. Although JF did sell a very limited number of carts containing this hack it still makes this a curious addition to the CollectorVision rom vault. Zombie Near SGM Edition Another curious inclusion as this is the same rom that is freely available bundled with the CoolCV emulator. So there are my observations. Another set of great additions to the vault including a number of roms I had no idea existed which makes me delighted. Edited February 1, 2021 by Ikrananka spelling 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 2 hours ago, retroillucid said: Check your spam/junk folder Nothing in those folders. Please resend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, sramirez2008 said: Nothing in those folders. Please resend. This is what I got in gmail. It showed up in my promotions tab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Ikrananka said: Fireman Strange to see this here as this game has never been published by CollectorVision. This is the rom of the prototype that has long been available in the public domain. Reason being we've acquired this prototype, hence why it was added 1 hour ago, Ikrananka said: Nether Dungeon (Sydney Hunter Hack) Wow - yet another huge surprise. This is a "hack" of Sydney Hunter and the Sacred Tribe. Obvious changes are that there is now a standard CV title screen and the intro story has been omitted. Also, the head of the main character sprite has been completely changed and the colour of the background graphics have been changed from dark blue to light grey. I also noticed that the other references to the Sydney Hunter storyline have been removed from the words spoken to you by the characters that you meet. What other differences are there I wonder...... While this hacked game is called Nether Dungeon, it doesn't appear to have any relation to the Nether Dungeon cart recently published by Team Pixelboy. In fact this CollectorVision hack seems to have been completed and named nearly 4 years ago. Interesting!! Looking in the binary this hack appears to have been done by nanochess, the original programmer of the Sydney Hunter game, relatively soon (May 2017) after completing the original game and to a specification defined by CollectorVision. So, what's the story behind this "hack"? I'm very intrigued by this. We were supposed to do the ''game'' for Nether Dungeon movie For some reason, we were left in the dark... So I can't give you much more details than this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Ikrananka said: Winky Trap Again, another odd one. This is the public domain rom hack created by John Dondzila back in 1997. Although JF did sell a very limited number of carts containing this hack it still makes this a curious addition to the CollectorVision rom vault. No, this hack was made by myself My intials are in the game, in the middle of the board (warp area) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 7 minutes ago, retroillucid said: No, this hack was made by myself My intials are in the game, in the middle of the board (warp area) Well that's unfair on you as there are so many copies of this around on the internet that have John Dondzilla's in the file name and not yours. I also had a look at your entry on ColecoVision.dk (http://www.colecovision.dk/francois.htm) and there it says "Some (Maybe John Dondzila.) had in 1997 taken Winky from the Venture, and replaced it with the Mouse in Mouse trap. All other characters was changed and taken from the game Venture.". So, did John change the mouse to Winky and you did everything else? 9 minutes ago, retroillucid said: Reason being we've acquired this prototype, hence why it was added We were supposed to do the ''game'' for Nether Dungeon movie For some reason, we were left in the dark... So I can't give you much more details than this Thanks for the info, much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Ikrananka said: Well that's unfair on you as there are so many copies of this around on the internet that have John Dondzilla's in the file name and not yours. I also had a look at your entry on ColecoVision.dk (http://www.colecovision.dk/francois.htm) and there it says "Some (Maybe John Dondzila.) had in 1997 taken Winky from the Venture, and replaced it with the Mouse in Mouse trap. All other characters was changed and taken from the game Venture.". So, did John change the mouse to Winky and you did everything else? Thanks for the info, much appreciated. John Dondzilla has nothing to do with Winky Trap I think people confused our initials (JD and JFD) Here's the little story behind the game... In 1996, I was already in touch with NewColeco I download the newcoleco tools ''voirrom'' and hacked Mouse Trap using the Venture characters (Hence Winky Trap) In 2007, I made 5-10 CIB copies (can't remember) and sold them off ebay I took the profits and founded CollectorVision 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) 46 minutes ago, Swami said: This is what I got in gmail. It showed up in my promotions tab. Still nothing...a search for "Welcome to the CollectorVision Experience Club" led to last years (e.g. Jan 26, 2020) Invitation. Please resubmit the email. -Thanks. Edited February 1, 2021 by sramirez2008 Last Years Invite Email only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick3092 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) 17 hours ago, Ikrananka said: Dead Tomb Currently, this does not work in emulators as they lack F18A emulation. This can be played using an AtariMax Ultimate SD in an F18A modded ColecoVision as well as the Phoenix. Superb addition to the vault. I thought you posted in the Dead Tomb thread that the cart did not work in your F18A console and only your Phoenix? So how could the ROM work in a flash cart on a F18A console? edit: Thanks for the breakdown on the roms, BTW Edited February 1, 2021 by nick3092 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 2 hours ago, nick3092 said: I thought you posted in the Dead Tomb thread that the cart did not work in your F18A console and only your Phoenix? So how could the ROM work in a flash cart on a F18A console? edit: Thanks for the breakdown on the roms, BTW There just seem to be some megacarts that don't work well with some CVs. No idea why. For example, I recently discovered that Bomber King carts will not work in an F18A modded CV but will in a vanilla one. Yes, that's correct, my Dead Tomb cart does not work in my F18A modded CV. But the rom does work in the same CV via the AtariMax Ultimate. Go figure. Some strange hardware/firmware bug thing I guess. Not a problem from my perspective, just an interesting observation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 18 hours ago, retroillucid said: John Dondzilla has nothing to do with Winky Trap I think people confused our initials (JD and JFD) Here's the little story behind the game... In 1996, I was already in touch with NewColeco I download the newcoleco tools ''voirrom'' and hacked Mouse Trap using the Venture characters (Hence Winky Trap) In 2007, I made 5-10 CIB copies (can't remember) and sold them off ebay I took the profits and founded CollectorVision Thanks J-F, I'm sure you're right about the confusion with the initials. I'll make sure I correct any Winky Trap roms I have accordingly. Quite a cool story of how you got CollectorVision started - something we've all benefitted greatly from ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youki Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, Ikrananka said: Yes, that's correct, my Dead Tomb cart does not work in my F18A modded CV. But the rom does work in the same CV via the AtariMax Ultimate. Go figure. Some strange hardware/firmware bug thing I guess. Not a problem from my perspective, just an interesting observation. I think the AtariMax clear the RAM of the CV. And you start a game from the AtariMax , the ram is already cleared. But when you start the Original Cart Directly , the state of the CV RAM is kind of random. It could be that make fail the game on vanilla CV. I guess on the Phoenix , the RAM at start is also initialized or cleared. It is why it works. The game code somewhere ,i think, expect the ram is cleared. Just a guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 11 minutes ago, Ikrananka said: ...Quite a cool story of how you got CollectorVision started - something we've all benefitted greatly from ? I never expected more than a decade later, we would still making new games Crazy how time goes by! I'm really happy to be part of this community 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 On 1/31/2021 at 7:50 PM, sramirez2008 said: Still nothing...a search for "Welcome to the CollectorVision Experience Club" led to last years (e.g. Jan 26, 2020) Invitation. Please resubmit the email. -Thanks. Still haven't heard back concerning my access to the 2021 ROM Vault. The last email correspondence I received was on Jan 23rd, when Toby responded to my request concerning possibly swapping the SNES game for another (since I don't own a SNES). His email didn't have a problem reaching me that day, however, this is the last email I've received from anyone at CollectorVision. Can someone please respond? You could just send me a LINK via PM here on AtariAge. Honestly, it shouldn't be this difficult to get someone to respond and please don't ask me to check my Spam/Trash folders again. I know how to do that and that's not the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted February 2, 2021 Author Share Posted February 2, 2021 41 minutes ago, sramirez2008 said: Still haven't heard back concerning my access to the 2021 ROM Vault. The last email correspondence I received was on Jan 23rd, when Toby responded to my request concerning possibly swapping the SNES game for another (since I don't own a SNES). His email didn't have a problem reaching me that day, however, this is the last email I've received from anyone at CollectorVision. Can someone please respond? You could just send me a LINK via PM here on AtariAge. Honestly, it shouldn't be this difficult to get someone to respond and please don't ask me to check my Spam/Trash folders again. I know how to do that and that's not the issue. I'll contact Toby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 7 minutes ago, retroillucid said: I'll contact Toby Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funcool Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 (edited) On 1/31/2021 at 8:50 PM, sramirez2008 said: Still nothing...a search for "Welcome to the CollectorVision Experience Club" led to last years (e.g. Jan 26, 2020) Invitation. Please resubmit the email. -Thanks. I found the email in my "All Mail" folder. Edited February 2, 2021 by funcool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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