BIGHMW Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Has anybody ever thought about maybe porting Carnival to Big Sexy? yes, and while I DO have this game on my other rig ColecoVision I have always said if it came down to only one it would be Big Sexy but anyhow here is the A8 version of it, I figure since @glurk seems to have a great thing going on maybe one of the veteran programmers can step up and make this happen, especially now since I got rid of my XEGS and then stumbled into this in my massive Homesoft Collection. It should be almost easy-peasy considering it's only 8K on it. Carnival.xex 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share Posted March 9, 2022 I can tell by @Aking's response to my last post that maybe I should consider acquiring another XEGS (and another Ultimate Cart or an AVG Cart) and a 7800 (and another Concerto), and maybe bring back The Atari Report by the end of this year. It's a good thing I kept all of my ROM files for all 4 of my Atari units as well as the ones for my ColecoVision, so that I don't have to re-search the globe for all of those (what would've been) missing files, not only that, it's also a good thing I never took down The Atari Report YouTube channel either. I know you fans loved my content on it and (maybe) soon I can offer more of it again, but with some fresh and new ideas that @Gunther brought up to me in various PMs for presenting my reviews. I hope the new owners are happy with their gear I sold them, all I have to do is get seriously back in the plus column (moneywise) before getting those two units (different ones of course) back in my lineup later by the end of this year. I have to get the timing belt and a few other things done on my 2002 Beetle, and then save my $$$ after that and then we'll go after the units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseystyle Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 19 hours ago, BIGHMW said: I can tell by @Aking's response to my last post that maybe I should consider acquiring another XEGS (and another Ultimate Cart or an AVG Cart) and a 7800 (and another Concerto), and maybe bring back The Atari Report by the end of this year. It's a good thing I kept all of my ROM files for all 4 of my Atari units as well as the ones for my ColecoVision, so that I don't have to re-search the globe for all of those (what would've been) missing files, not only that, it's also a good thing I never took down The Atari Report YouTube channel either. I know you fans loved my content on it and (maybe) soon I can offer more of it again, but with some fresh and new ideas that @Gunther brought up to me in various PMs for presenting my reviews. I hope the new owners are happy with their gear I sold them, all I have to do is get seriously back in the plus column (moneywise) before getting those two units (different ones of course) back in my lineup later by the end of this year. I have to get the timing belt and a few other things done on my 2002 Beetle, and then save my $$$ after that and then we'll go after the units. Jesus, that’s what you took from his reaction emoji? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 God damn it Ray. Why why why why do you do this every 3 or 4 days. What happened to you learning to port these yourself? Any progress there, or did you just up and quit because people didn't do all the work for you? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 20 hours ago, BIGHMW said: I can tell by @Aking's response to my last post that maybe I should consider I can tell by your repeated begging for ports that you just don't get it and never will. Maybe you should consider STOP ASKING FOR PORTS. If I can get Cindy Margolis to call you on the phone and personally ask, would that make you stop? It seems no amount of us asking you will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Brisevac Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 3/10/2022 at 5:58 AM, BIGHMW said: Has anybody ever thought about maybe porting Carnival to Big Sexy? yes, and while I DO have this game on my other rig ColecoVision I have always said if it came down to only one it would be Big Sexy but anyhow here is the A8 version of it, I figure since @glurk seems to have a great thing going on maybe one of the veteran programmers can step up and make this happen, especially now since I got rid of my XEGS and then stumbled into this in my massive Homesoft Collection. It should be almost easy-peasy considering it's only 8K on it. Carnival.xex 7.37 kB · 7 downloads There is a way of playing Carnival and many other games on the 5200 :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Playing Carnival with the stock 5200 controllers would be a disaster. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smith Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 3/9/2022 at 6:34 PM, BIGHMW said: I can tell by @Aking's response to my last post that maybe I should consider acquiring another XEGS (and another Ultimate Cart or an AVG Cart) and a 7800 (and another Concerto), and maybe bring back The Atari Report by the end of this year. I hope the new owners are happy with their gear I sold them, all I have to do is get seriously back in the plus column (moneywise) before getting those two units (different ones of course) back in my lineup later by the end of this year. I have to get the timing belt and a few other things done on my 2002 Beetle, and then save my $$$ after that and then we'll go after the units. You literally just sold your XEGS and other systems a few weeks ago, and now you're talking about reacquiring them? Wow. Talk about seller's remorse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 3 minutes ago, Leonard Smith said: You literally just sold your XEGS and other systems a few weeks ago, and now you're talking about reacquiring them? Wow. Talk about seller's remorse. Well, that, was in reaction to the anti-5200-conversion sentiment I have been receiving for about a year here about my suggestions to get certain A8 ports converted over to the 5200, I know that it's not easy, nor is it a daunting task either but I know that guys are getting tired of them, but no I don't WANT TO get another XEGS and/or 7800 system, just to get them because it would be too much $$$ spent just to play a few games that otherwise could very easily (in most cases) be ported over to Big Sexy. Hell I even offered $$$ to developers and programmers to get them done, but, so far, no takers at this point. So nope, no seller's remorse here. Just frustration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smith Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 1 hour ago, BIGHMW said: Well, that, was in reaction to the anti-5200-conversion sentiment I have been receiving for about a year here about my suggestions to get certain A8 ports converted over to the 5200, I know that it's not easy, nor is it a daunting task either but I know that guys are getting tired of them, but no I don't WANT TO get another XEGS and/or 7800 system, just to get them because it would be too much $$$ spent just to play a few games that otherwise could very easily (in most cases) be ported over to Big Sexy. Hell I even offered $$$ to developers and programmers to get them done, but, so far, no takers at this point. So nope, no seller's remorse here. Just frustration These are just video games, man. No need to get frustrated. Plenty of other ways to play most of these games anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 2 hours ago, BIGHMW said: Well, that, was in reaction to the anti-5200-conversion sentiment I have been receiving for about a year here about my suggestions to get certain A8 ports converted over to the 5200, I know that it's not easy, nor is it a daunting task either but I know that guys are getting tired of them, but no I don't WANT TO get another XEGS and/or 7800 system, just to get them because it would be too much $$$ spent just to play a few games that otherwise could very easily (in most cases) be ported over to Big Sexy. Hell I even offered $$$ to developers and programmers to get them done, but, so far, no takers at this point. So nope, no seller's remorse here. Just frustration Can I maybe offer you money then to stop constantly asking for 5200 ports every 3 or 4 days perhaps? 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Brisevac Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 15 hours ago, VectorGamer said: Playing Carnival with the stock 5200 controllers would be a disaster. The VCS adapter has it's own joystick ports. So you could use any atari 2600 joystick. I have a retron joystick that works quite well. Carnival is a fun game :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Try emulation! If you ever have downloader's remorse, you can delete them. And if you get deleter's remorse, you can download again! Going back and forth with emulators is like 100x cheaper than selling and buying back consoles. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuzaxeman Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 On 3/9/2022 at 12:58 PM, BIGHMW said: Has anybody ever thought about maybe porting Carnival to Big Sexy? yes, and while I DO have this game on my other rig ColecoVision I have always said if it came down to only one it would be Big Sexy but anyhow here is the A8 version of it, I figure since @glurk seems to have a great thing going on maybe one of the veteran programmers can step up and make this happen, especially now since I got rid of my XEGS and then stumbled into this in my massive Homesoft Collection. It should be almost easy-peasy considering it's only 8K on it. On 3/9/2022 at 12:58 PM, BIGHMW said: Carnival.xex 7.37 kB · 14 downloads So you're requesting another port and asking the "veteran programmers can step up and make this happen"? Man, classic OCD symptoms. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 May have said this earlier.. If wanting to play so many games from other systems - it might be best to actually get those systems. Having everything from everywhere re-written and funneled down to work on one system isn't the right approach. With so much material out there it isn't even a practical one. The ace programming skills we have here are not unlimited. The only realistic way all this "porting" can take place is building up an All-in-One rig of a sorts. This means Emulators or R-Pi or MiSTer. Something like that. Because ports aren't even required then. I get that that's an entirely different ballgame. And it doesn't enhance the love affair a gamer may have for a particular console. But it works. Back in the day I had many platforms, way too many for any kid to rightfully own. But. Anyhow. When it came to Atari 400/800 vs 5200, I saw them as distinct separate machines. All of them. Those days are past. With emulation and Altirra the 400/800 and 5200 have become known as "Atari 8-bit". There are times I'll pull a game from my library and not even know what system it belongs to. Have I lost something? Maybe? Likely would seem so to those that like a shelf of cartridges. And that's ok. To me I just traded a bunch of machines for a different machine. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 (edited) On a slightly different note, but related.. I just discovered a port I've been waiting for since 1980! This would be subLogic's A2-FS1 flight simulator. Representing the very infancy of the world-famous Microsoft Flight Simulator franchise. Always wondered why it was never originally made for Atari 8-bit. Machine was certainly capable of it. Well now it's been converted over some, 42-years later. Seemingly exactly precisely as on Apple II, minus a bit'o'difference in the fonts. Naturally. Can you believe it! This is a magic moment all over again. 42 YEARS! My god! Every flight simulator buff needs to give it a spin. If just for the historical experience and seeing how far the genre has evolved. Edited March 14, 2022 by Keatah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 In order to get ports you need people with 1) the know-how AND 2) the desire to do the work AND 3) the free time to accomplish it. Since the Atari 5200 had a short shelf life, it doesn't have as many fans as the systems with more active hacking/homebrew communities, therefore there isn't going to be a large pool of people who meet the above three criteria. Sorry that's just how it is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traxx Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 (edited) If you're still interested in programming Ray,All entites are being scrolled in multiple interrupts for carnival. Edited October 7, 2022 by Traxx 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traxx Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 (edited) That is actually what it's doing JerseyStyle,have a look in debugger. Edited October 11, 2022 by Traxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseystyle Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 49 minutes ago, Traxx said: That is actually what it's doing JerseyStyle,have a look in debugger. No, sorry, I’m not laughing at what you posted- I was laughing at the idea that Ray would get involved in any real way. I’d love if he did though- he could use his obsession powers for good instead of stalking. I appreciate you trying to help him out with this. Just keep in mind some of us have been trying to help him for YEARS. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traxx Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 (edited) Not sure how the gamers here will react to a port as I don't know you gentlemen.I could enhance it and make it special for 5200 gamers,is that something you gentlemen expect from programmers here? ;-------------------------------------------------- 3E39: 48 PHA 3E3A: 8D 0A D4 STA WSYNC 3E3D: AD 42 34 LDA $3442 3E40: 8D 1A D0 STA COLBK 3E43: A9 60 LDA #$60 3E45: 8D 09 D4 STA CHBASE 3E48: AD 3E 34 LDA $343E 3E4B: 8D 16 D0 STA COLPF0 3E4E: AD 3F 34 LDA $343F 3E51: 8D 17 D0 STA COLPF1 3E54: AD 40 34 LDA $3440 3E57: 8D 18 D0 STA COLPF2 3E5A: AD 41 34 LDA $3441 3E5D: 8D 19 D0 STA COLPF3 3E60: A9 6C LDA #$6C 3E62: 8D 00 02 STA VDSLST 3E65: A9 3E LDA #$3E 3E67: 8D 01 02 STA VDSLST+1 3E6A: 68 PLA 3E6B: 40 RTI ;-------------------------------------------------- 3E6C: 48 PHA 3E6D: 8D 0A D4 STA WSYNC 3E70: AD 43 34 LDA $3443 3E73: 8D 16 D0 STA COLPF0 3E76: AD 44 34 LDA $3444 3E79: 8D 17 D0 STA COLPF1 3E7C: AD 45 34 LDA $3445 3E7F: 8D 18 D0 STA COLPF2 3E82: AD 46 34 LDA $3446 3E85: 8D 19 D0 STA COLPF3 3E88: AD 72 34 LDA $3472 3E8B: 8D 04 D4 STA HSCROL 3E8E: A9 9A LDA #$9A 3E90: 8D 00 02 STA VDSLST 3E93: A9 3E LDA #$3E 3E95: 8D 01 02 STA VDSLST+1 3E98: 68 PLA 3E99: 40 RTI ;-------------------------------------------------- 3E9A: 48 PHA 3E9B: AD 73 34 LDA $3473 3E9E: 8D 04 D4 STA HSCROL 3EA1: A9 AD LDA #$AD 3EA3: 8D 00 02 STA VDSLST 3EA6: A9 3E LDA #$3E 3EA8: 8D 01 02 STA VDSLST+1 3EAB: 68 PLA 3EAC: 40 RTI ;-------------------------------------------------- 3EAD: 48 PHA 3EAE: AD 72 34 LDA $3472 3EB1: 8D 04 D4 STA HSCROL 3EB4: A9 C0 LDA #$C0 3EB6: 8D 00 02 STA VDSLST 3EB9: A9 3E LDA #$3E 3EBB: 8D 01 02 STA VDSLST+1 3EBE: 68 PLA 3EBF: 40 RTI ;-------------------------------------------------- 3EC0: 48 PHA 3EC1: AD B1 34 LDA GunScroll 3EC4: 8D 04 D4 STA HSCROL 3EC7: 8D 0A D4 STA WSYNC 3ECA: AD 39 34 LDA $3439 3ECD: 8D 16 D0 STA COLPF0 3ED0: AD 3A 34 LDA $343A 3ED3: 8D 17 D0 STA COLPF1 3ED6: AD 3B 34 LDA $343B 3ED9: 8D 18 D0 STA COLPF2 3EDC: AD 3C 34 LDA $343C 3EDF: 8D 19 D0 STA COLPF3 3EE2: A9 EE LDA #$EE 3EE4: 8D 00 02 STA VDSLST 3EE7: A9 3E LDA #$3E 3EE9: 8D 01 02 STA VDSLST+1 3EEC: 68 PLA 3EED: 40 RTI ;-------------------------------------------------- 3EEE: 48 PHA 3EEF: 8D 0A D4 STA WSYNC 3EF2: AD 3D 34 LDA $343D 3EF5: 8D 1A D0 STA COLBK 3EF8: A9 E0 LDA #$E0 3EFA: 8D 09 D4 STA CHBASE 3EFD: A9 39 LDA #$39 3EFF: 8D 00 02 STA VDSLST 3F02: A9 3E LDA #$3E 3F04: 8D 01 02 STA VDSLST+1 3F07: 68 PLA 3F08: 40 RTI ;-------------------------------------------------- 4498: AD 00 D3 LDA PORTA 449B: 4A LSR 449C: 4A LSR 449D: 4A LSR 449E: B0 24 BCS $44C4 44A0: AD B1 34 LDA GunScroll 44A3: D0 1B BNE $44C0 44A5: A9 00 LDA #0 44A7: AC B0 34 LDY GunX 44AA: C0 04 CPY #4 44AC: F0 15 BEQ $44C3 44AE: 99 D4 56 STA $56D4,Y 44B1: 88 DEY 44B2: A9 3C LDA #$3C 44B4: 99 D4 56 STA $56D4,Y 44B7: 8C B0 34 STY GunX 44BA: A9 03 LDA #3 44BC: 8D B1 34 STA GunScroll 44BF: 60 RTS ;-------------------------------------------------- 44C0: CE B1 34 DEC GunScroll 44C3: 60 RTS 44C4: 4A LSR 44C5: B0 FC BCS $44C3 44C7: AD B1 34 LDA GunScroll 44CA: C9 04 CMP #$04 44CC: D0 1B BNE $44E9 44CE: A9 00 LDA #0 44D0: AC B0 34 LDY GunX 44D3: C0 28 CPY #40 44D5: F0 EC BEQ $44C3 44D7: 99 D4 56 STA $56D4,Y 44DA: C8 INY 44DB: A9 3C LDA #$3C 44DD: 99 D4 56 STA $56D4,Y 44E0: 8C B0 34 STY GunX 44E3: A9 01 LDA #1 44E5: 8D B1 34 STA GunScroll 44E8: 60 RTS ;-------------------------------------------------- 44E9: EE B1 34 INC GunScroll 44EC: 60 RTS Edited October 12, 2022 by Traxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 3 hours ago, jerseystyle said: No, sorry, I’m not laughing at what you posted- I was laughing at the idea that Ray would get involved in any real way. I’d love if he did though- he could use his obsession powers for good instead of stalking. I appreciate you trying to help him out with this. Just keep in mind some of us have been trying to help him for YEARS. If Cindy Margolis reacted to 5200 coders, he'd be all over that shit like white on rice! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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