andylama Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 RE: Mar Tesoro © Syncro Software by T(ed?) Clawges I was suprised to recently learn that I was not the only person in the world to remember and love this game! Does anybody know anything about the author or the publisher? If at all possible, I'd like to track him/them down to ask permission to rework and distribute the game (non-profit), and possibly to write a PC clone, using the name. Any tips would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 No idea on the subject of rights. But Mar Tesoro (Sea Treasure) is written in straight Atari Basic...and only uses redefined text mode 2 for the graphics...so you should be able to "export" it to a file compatable with MS Qbasic relatively easy. Use Atari800Win to save it to a hard drive folder by typing LIST"D:TEXT.BAS", load it into Qbasic, and edit it to run on a PC. Naturally, all sounds, graphics, and memory locations would need to be changed. Another suggestion is to simply update the game to use a multicolor character set (like Antic mode 4) and/or player/missile graphics for the movable objects (the ship, diver, and beast). This should be easy to add in, and you can read thru the Stan Ockers classic game "Crickets" published by Antic if you need help converting p/m object Ram to something speedier for Basic (like a string variable). Watch your number of added variables, tho (you might need an array). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylama Posted September 9, 2003 Author Share Posted September 9, 2003 Nukey, Thanks muchly for the tips. I'm savvy to the first part (your first paragraph) and that's basically where I am now. With the help of Jindroush, I was able to reverse the effects of the dreaded STMCUR poke (hack protection). I'm now reading the BASIC listing on my PC. As far as the existing game, I don't actually want to change the look and feel too much--I feel that it's important that it retain its original charm, warts and all. Just want to tweak a few minor playability issues and improve some verbage (no spellcheck or grammar check back then!) Nevertheless, I appreciate your suggestions and I will experiment with them. As for a PC clone--I actually do plan to do this, whether or not I can actually call it "Mar Tesoro". It will be a LITTLE more sophisticated, but I still want it to retain the simple (you might even say "crude") feel of the original. One thing it MUST have is that distinctive 'prompt' sound it made. For me, it's all about the nostalgia. Thanks again, Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Oops...that command above should have read LIST"H:TEXT.BAS" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Andy, Could you send me a copy of the Basic Listing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylama Posted September 9, 2003 Author Share Posted September 9, 2003 Could you send me a copy of the Basic Listing Sure. However, you'll have to wait until tomorrow, since I'm nowhere near my rig right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KayBee Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Good Day Atarians, I see this deadthread has no answer for me, so I must poke it. I am teaching my young son about basic on a rescued Atari 400 and this game interests him. So, I am looking for a way to access the basic listing. I'd appreciate any assistance. CLOADing the .cas yields only the loading screen, I presume the STMCUR mentioned below is preventing me from accessing the listing. Many thanks. KB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madi Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Good Day Atarians, I see this deadthread has no answer for me, so I must poke it. I am teaching my young son about basic on a rescued Atari 400 and this game interests him. So, I am looking for a way to access the basic listing. I'd appreciate any assistance. CLOADing the .cas yields only the loading screen, I presume the STMCUR mentioned below is preventing me from accessing the listing. Many thanks. KB The attached files in ATR are unprotected. You can copy them to other disk and list them. Also, once the game is loaded and run, just hit RESET key and list it. I tried not to alter the file contents. You can make CAS out of the files if you you wish. madi Mar Tesoro_Unprotected.atr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madi Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 The attached files in ATR are unprotected. You can copy them to other disk and list them. Also, once the game is loaded and run, just hit RESET key and list it. I tried not to alter the file contents. You can make CAS out of the files if you you wish. madi Sorry, didn't notice that I had attached the unprotected file. Please find the correct unprotected ones. Mar Tesoro_Unprotected_Good.atr.atr 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KayBee Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) Thank you Madi, I appreciate that you took the time. The new attachment is easily listable. We are looking at the code now. KB Edited July 21, 2016 by KayBee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j70141 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 How did you remove the protection from the game? I was able to find the method used to put it on, but I wasn't sure how to take it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madi Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 (edited) How did you remove the protection from the game? I was able to find the method used to put it on, but I wasn't sure how to take it off. There are many ways to deprotect Basic files: Attached, are some commercial and PD software that will do the job for you. Also, THere are other great software can list protected Basic files. They do much more than that. I remember few: MemoPad R10 by Eric http://joyfulcoder.com/memopad/ ATR Tools by AtariGeezer http://atariage.com/forums/topic/192052-atr-tools/ If you would like to learn how deprotecting is being done, then Altirra emulator is to the HELP. Just follow the following to reach to really nice tutorial of how to unprotect protected BASIC files (thank you phaeron ) - Start Altirra. - Press on Help at the menu bar and choose "Contents", That will open "Altirra Help" window. - Expand the "Debugger" folder (press on the small box with "+" symbol. - Click on "Debugging BASIC programs". You will find very nicely written tutorial example on how to "Recovering a damaged or protected BASIC program." Just follow instructions. madi BASIC File Listers.zip Edited August 11, 2016 by Madi 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifthPlayer Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 The "ATR Tools" link is busted....it points to MemoPad by mistake. Can you fix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madi Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 The "ATR Tools" link is busted....it points to MemoPad by mistake. Can you fix? I am sorry, Here is the correct link for latest ATR Tools : http://atariage.com/forums/topic/192052-atr-tools/page-5?do=findComment&comment=3535498 Also, attached, a copy of the program (Windows based) .. madi ATRTOOLS-025A.ZIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j70141 Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 There are many ways to deprotect Basic files: Attached, are some commercial and PD software that will do the job for you. Thanks for the information, I will look into it. Just out of curiosity though, was there a way to break the protection in the days prior to emulators? I wanted so badly to see the listing of the Mar Tesoro program in my youth (I have it now, 20-30 years later) and am wondering what I might have been able to do back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madi Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Hi j70141 There were several commercial software in the back days that allow one to Unprotect Basic programs that were protected. Gardner Computing used to advertize for 2 products: 1- The Book with Software. The book was only few pages explaining how protection is made and how to make bad sectors, etc. The software disk was consisted of several Basic and Assembly programs (utilities). One of them was UNPROTEC.BAS to list protected basic files. I used to have it but it was lost as of all my Atari stuff. 2- The Hacker’s Treasure chest disks. It similar to the first one, only with more utility files. Attached is an Ad made by Gardner Computing in Analog Magazine issue #28 MAR 1984. Also, attached a zip file contains 2 diskettes of the Pirate Treasures Chest. Instruction is available in Disk A. Actually, I used to unprotect Basic files via OMNIMON XL which is a modified 800 Os with a built in Monitor. But before acquiring the OMNIMON, I used to modify the files directly on sector level using Diskey disk. It was not difficult to do it once you know the structure of tokenized Basic files. madi piratestreasurechest.zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveH-B Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 On 9/9/2003 at 4:19 AM, andylama said: <SNIP> As for a PC clone--I actually do plan to do this, whether or not I can actually call it "Mar Tesoro". It will be a LITTLE more sophisticated, but I still want it to retain the simple (you might even say "crude") feel of the original. One thing it MUST have is that distinctive 'prompt' sound it made. For me, it's all about the nostalgia. Thanks again, Andy Did you ever get the PC version going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Wouldn't be difficult, if somebody wanted to. Game's very limited. Could have been a VCS game BITD, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EngrAtty Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 I check every so often to see if anyone has brought Mar Tesoro back to life. Spent many hours hunting for treasure back in the day. My friends and I loved playing this game and would love to play it again. Would love to see a version that I could run on the PC or as a phone app. too much to ask for I guess. Anyway glad to see the old game still has supporters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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