hardcorehubz Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 We've released a new Colecovision game that was previously unreleased called Star Fire by the late Chris Oberth that we recently recovered from disks we acquired after his death. Check it out here - https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2021/08/oberth-archives-one/ 8 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumbai Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Were the Boulder Dash sources extracted from those diskettes, as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardcorehubz Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 17 minutes ago, mumbai said: Were the Boulder Dash sources extracted from those diskettes, as well? Not completely unfortunately as it had bad sectors, but we may be able to extract the bad sectors from another source disk that VGHF has once they get time to dig it out. We've also got some other options there we're looking into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Wow! That's fantastic! That game is really fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phattyboombatty Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 This is really amazing. It’s a nice surprise to see the release of this game and it’s source code with zero anticipation! Thank you, thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Wow, amazing. I wasn't aware Chris had passed away. I'm glad his legacy lives on though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spector Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 The file ends in .col, so do I need to change the extension to .rom or bin to get it to work on the Atarimax cartridge? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1980gamer Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Star Fire looks really fun. RIP Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 22 hours ago, Spector said: The file ends in .col, so do I need to change the extension to .rom or bin to get it to work on the Atarimax cartridge? Worked for me...Well, it worked using the Phoenix SD card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 On 8/21/2021 at 4:39 AM, Spector said: The file ends in .col, so do I need to change the extension to .rom or bin to get it to work on the Atarimax cartridge? The file is just a raw dump with no special header or footer. Just rename it to starfire.rom or starfire.bin or leave as starfire.col if you so desire. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 So is the game more or less complete or is it an early beta? From the video it appears you have infinite lives. I assume the weird symbol next to the score would be your life counter in the final version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZillaRUSH Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Fantastic game....and challenging! A paddle might be better than a joystick? Hope one day to have it on a cart!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 This is simply awesome, thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergun Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 (edited) So, had it been released, I take it that Star Fire would have been another Micro Fun title. Is there any mention of it whatsoever in any catalog or advertisement? Just curious if perhaps maybe we can find some reference to it somewhere. EDIT: I got confused there for a second. The game I meant to reference was Boulder Dash. That was a title that would or could have been a Micro Fun release but never made it out the door yet was released by Telegames. (the proto for Number Bumper, which was slightly altered and released as Amazing Bumpman by Telegames, was a Sunrise Software title) Edited August 23, 2021 by Supergun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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