simonh Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 I am pleased to announce that, after laying dormant in a scrap book for more than three decades, the original idea for my third game in the Digger Dan Trilogy -- Return of the Fungi -- has been dusted off, developed, and has now been released as an Atari 800 48K binary (.xex). You can download the game as part of a Bundle that includes all three games (Diamonds, and Dan Strikes Back being the other two), in addition to full documentation for all three games that you can load into your web browser. The bundle is being hosted by RetroUnite here: After 35 years, Return of the Fungi finally completes the Digger Dan trilogy 28 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 (edited) Very nice Simon, always liked the Dan games, so great to have a third.. Very Necromancer... Edited September 20, 2021 by Mclaneinc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Cool news! I've read Your emulator (e.g. Altirra, Atari800WinPLus, ...) should be configured as 'Atari 800 OS-B NTSC / 48K' On Altirra it seems to work with standard configurations too (XL/XE). I think the same on real hardware, otherwise most people could not run it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonh Posted September 20, 2021 Author Share Posted September 20, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Philsan said: Cool news! I've read Your emulator (e.g. Altirra, Atari800WinPLus, ...) should be configured as 'Atari 800 OS-B NTSC / 48K' On Altirra it seems to work with standard configurations too (XL/XE). I think the same on real hardware, otherwise most people could not run it. Yeah, thanks for pointing that out. I guess the note should have been something more along the lines of... "This game has been tested on Altirra configured as 'Atari 800 OS-B NTSC / 48K', but will probably run on similar configurations / emulators / original hardware." The code doesn't try anything "tricky" -- just your usual Display List Interrupts and Vertical Blank Interrupts. Selecting PAL gives you a slightly different color palette, but plays just as well. Edited September 20, 2021 by simonh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelen Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Very cool!! I haven't played a game from your series before, well, I feel ashamed... Never too late to play them! Also very nice reading the background details on RetroUnite! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 1 hour ago, simonh said: I am pleased to announce that, after laying dormant in a scrap book for more than three decades, the original idea for my third game in the Digger Dan Trilogy -- Return of the Fungi -- has been dusted off, developed, and has now been released as an Atari 800 48K binary (.xex). You can download the game as part of a Bundle that includes all three games (Diamonds, and Dan Strikes Back being the other two), in addition to full documentation for all three games that you can load into your web browser. The bundle is being hosted by RetroUnite here: After 35 years, Return of the Fungi finally completes the Digger Dan trilogy Very cool and we very much appreciate you doing this and completing your Digger Dan trilogy. I saw the review by Pete Davison this morning, who does really great work. The games all seem great and I will need to play them sometime very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Can't get the new game to run in Altirra, get Memory Conflict under SDX even if I use 'X' Copied onto a DOS 2.5 disk and booted from that with SDX disabled, Altirra crashes with the new game using PAL or NTSC Atari 800 OS B, the other 2 games run fine. Not tried on "real Hardware" yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erichenneke Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Mclaneinc said: Very Necromancer... Haven't tried it yet, but I hope THIS is true! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 XEX runs on my PAL 800XL from AVGCart (but not from FujiNet and Side3 - but for the latter I do not have the latest firmware). In the manual I would suggest standard XL/XE configurations for emulators. Altirra on first time setup lets you choose between Atari XL/XE and 5200. To select Atari 800 you have to go in System/Configure system menu. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erichenneke Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 (edited) Just gave Return of the Fungi a quick go in Altirra and it's really fun. I love the music and sound fx, they really enhance the game. I plan to play this one much more to see where it goes. Edited September 20, 2021 by erichenneke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 No emulator issue here, latest Altirra beta, XL mode, real machine roms.. Perhaps you see re the necromancer style, obviously it's not exactly the same, made me think of the first screen with planting tree's.....In reverse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonh Posted September 20, 2021 Author Share Posted September 20, 2021 35 minutes ago, Philsan said: XEX runs on my PAL 800XL from AVGCart (but not from FujiNet and Side3 - but for the latter I do not have the latest firmware). I have to say, what a total thrill it is to see ROTF running on real hardware!! Thanks for posting the pics! ~Simon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Thank you for this. Always loved Diamonds and DSB, and they were some of my father's favorite games. I'll be playing this and thinking of him later. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Still can't get this to run, tried all sorts of configurations on Altirra, even copied it to the emulated SIDE3 and ran the XEX directly from there, I just get a blue screen. Copied the file to my "real" SIDE2 cart and ran it on a stock 130XE, still just a blue screen, even downloaded a second time just in case it got corrupted, still no joy. The other 2 games run fine regardless of any configuration, so not sure why it won't work for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 (edited) Well I've tried every OS rom from rev 1 to rev 3, memory 64k, even a 400 / 800 profile and it boots fine with all of them in Altirra.. I set memory to random configure for booting and always turn fast boot off in acceleration.. Didn't try it in NTSC.. When I hear of this sort of thing happening *I* always go for a settings reset (obviously backup your settings by either making a copy of the Virtualdub key in the registry, or if you use ini's then back that up) Now this is what I do but it's my personal thing, it's not a recommended thing by Avery. PS Don't go near the registry unless you know what you are doing...I'm sure 99% of people will know.. Edited September 21, 2021 by Mclaneinc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 9 minutes ago, Mclaneinc said: When I hear of this sort of thing happening *I* always go for a settings reset (obviously backup your settings by either making a copy of the Virtualdub key in the registry, or if you use ini's then back that up) Now this is what I do but it's my personal thing, it's not a recommended thing by Avery. PS Don't go near the registry unless you know what you are doing...I'm sure 99% of people will know.. Worked fine on Altirra when I tried it quickly earlier, and also fine+ on the MiSTer core when I gave it a longer go This is such a fun game! Thanks again! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 @Mclaneinc thanks for the advice, but also bear in mind I get the same result on a "real" stock 130XE, doesn't make sense Will try my 800 later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 (edited) Must try it on my real 800xl U1mb and Avg, very strange all around this one.. Works for some and not for others, a computer case for the Silent Witness team, shame Clarissa isn't in it EDIT: Works fine on my real XL Very odd.. Edited September 21, 2021 by Mclaneinc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Just tried on my 800 with Incognito installed, same result, also if trying to run under SDX always get the memory Conflict even with the 'X' option. @Mclaneinc Can you attach your working copy here, just in case it's something not "unzipping" correctly. I can do a compare and see if there's corruption in mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marauder666 Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 (edited) Working fine on PAL 600XL, U1MB, AVG cart and with SDrive Max. Not working if I put the AVG into Side2 emulation and use Side loader on U1MB, or using the Side loader for AVG cart. Thanks to Simon for creating the game, and Pete for resurrecting the idea Simon's head. Edited September 21, 2021 by marauder666 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 10 minutes ago, TGB1718 said: Just tried on my 800 with Incognito installed, same result, also if trying to run under SDX always get the memory Conflict even with the 'X' option. @Mclaneinc Can you attach your working copy here, just in case it's something not "unzipping" correctly. I can do a compare and see if there's corruption in mine. Sorry to hear... Here's my file.. ReturnOfTheFungi.xex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 (edited) Trying a different unzip program might help, so that's true. AVG may use another OS or soft-loaded OS as well as a loader that might be helping the real Atari's act more like an emulator in those regards increasing compatibility, I've seen that also happen when using MyBIOS/MyIDE by Mr. Atari ... POST your settings etc. for whatever your using in emu as well as bios settings etc. Edited September 21, 2021 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Oh my days... surely that can be tidied up, usually a by product of the assembler used. EXE: Loading program 0006-0405 to 0800-0BFF EXE: Loading program 040A-048E to 0600-0684 EXE: Loading program 0493-0645 to 0C00-0DB2 EXE: Loading program 064A-0BF9 to 2600-2BAF EXE: Loading program 0BFE-1145 to 2BC6-310D EXE: Loading program 114A-1403 to 3113-33CC EXE: Loading program 1408-2419 to 33D3-43E4 EXE: Loading program 241E-2755 to 43EA-4721 EXE: Loading program 275A-2BE9 to 4726-4BB5 EXE: Loading program 2BEE-2FDB to 4BBC-4FA9 EXE: Loading program 2FE0-343A to 4FB7-5411 EXE: Loading program 343F-374F to 5496-57A6 EXE: Loading program 3754-3EC7 to 57B7-5F2A EXE: Loading program 3ECC-4191 to 5F3C-6201 EXE: Loading program 4196-424E to 6207-62BF EXE: Loading program 4253-456B to 62D2-65EA EXE: Loading program 4570-473F to 65FD-67CC EXE: Loading program 4744-4B2B to 67D0-6BB7 EXE: Loading program 4B30-4BDE to 6BBC-6C6A EXE: Loading program 4BE3-4D89 to 6C6E-6E14 EXE: Loading program 4D8E-5542 to 6E2A-75DE EXE: Loading program 5547-562A to 7E1F-7F02 EXE: Loading program 562F-5B1F to 7F8C-847C EXE: Loading program 5B24-5E5B to 8489-87C0 EXE: Loading program 5E60-5FE1 to 87D3-8954 EXE: Loading program 5FE6-639F to 895B-8D14 EXE: Loading program 63A4-6440 to 8D19-8DB5 EXE: Loading program 6445-652D to 8DCA-8EB2 EXE: Loading program 6532-6637 to 8EB6-8FBB EXE: Loading program 663C-6B28 to 8FC3-94AF EXE: Loading program 6B2D-6CA2 to 94B2-9627 EXE: Loading program 6CA7-6CA8 to 02E0-02E1 EXE: Launching at 2B01 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmp Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 EXE: Loading program 0006-0405 to 0800-0BFF EXE: Loading program 040A-048E to 0600-0684 this might overwrite some xex loaders while they're loading the game (on real hw) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 1 minute ago, tmp said: this might overwrite some xex loaders while they're loading the game (on real hw) When I tried loading from SDrive-Max on my 800, it started loading, then SIO went mad, not loading anything, just a screaming SIO noise, then stopped ??? so maybe your right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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