Headkicker

[+atari2600land]

Is anyone a Brak Show fan? In the sitcom-style Brak Show (not the variety show special), Brak and Zorak are playing Headkicker, an Atari-2600-type game. I put a screenshot of the actual game they were playing in the show, and a .bin file of my version with way fewer graphics. Apparently, all you do is kick someone in the head. I know it's kind of boring, but I just did this cuz I was bored (and I want to know how many Brak/Space Ghost fans are out there.)

headkicker.bas.bin

[+atari2600land]

Updated version with better 2-frame animation. If anyone wants the code, let me know & I'll post it.

headkicker7.bin

[Nabuko78]

This is COOL! I watched that episode of The Brak Show where Zorak says: "I was playing; you were pathetically losing" or sorta (hehe quick translation from spanish) Nice WIP!

[+atari2600land]

Thanks for the compliment, Nabuko78. BTW, the original English line was "I been playin', *you've* been gettin' a red-ass beatdown. Ha hah!" I guess that doesn't translate to Spanish very well.

[Nabuko78]

Right. But you must know that translating in other languages isn't always accurate, too many reasons maybe. Now thanks to you for the feedback I.E. in this episode the game was called "cortacabezas" ("head choppers") not "headkicker".

Will you do any further update to this game?

Edited July 12, 2006 by Nabuko78

[+atari2600land]

Right. But you must know that translating in other languages isn't always accurate, too many reasons maybe. Now thanks to you for the feedback I.E. in this episode the game was called "cortacabezas" ("head choppers") not "headkicker".

Will you do any further update to this game?

If I can get batari Basic 0.99 understood, I'll add some more colors to the sprites and make a cool colored background.

[+Stephen]

I love SPace Ghost, and the few Brak Shows I saw were funny. I also like Aqua Teen Hunger Force (done by the same guys). The mooninites would be good in a 2600 game.

 

Stephen Anderson

[StanJr]

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE go ahead and make this a game. It doesn't have to be anything fancy, but having this as an actual game would be hysterical.

[+atari2600land]

I have a problem. Here's the code so far. I modified it to this:

10 set smartbranching on
15 set kernel_options no_blank_lines pfcolors
20 COLUP1=196 : COLUP0=64 : COLUBK=0 : COLUPF=32
30 pfhline 0 10 31 on
40 player1:
 %11011
 %11011
 %11011
 %01010
 %01010
 %01010
 %01010
 %01010
 %01010
 %01110
 %01110
 %01110
 %01110
 %01110
 %01110
 %00100
 %00100
 %00100
 %11111
 %11111
 %11111
 %00100
 %00100
 %00100
 %01110
 %01110
 %01110
 %01110
 %01110
 %01110
 %01110
 %01110
 %01110
end
50 player0:
 %11111111
 %11111111
 %11111111
 %11101001
 %11101001
 %11101001
 %11101000
 %11101000
 %11101000
end
52 pfcolors:
 2
 4
 6
 8
 10
 12
 14
 16
 18
 20
 22
 24
end

55 NUSIZ0=$07 : NUSIZ1=$07
60 player0x=80 : player0y=80 : player1x=42 : player1y=80 : score=0

70 AUDV0=0
75 drawscreen
80 if joy0fire then goto 100
90 goto 20
100 AUDV0=8 : AUDC0=7 : AUDF0=11
110 player1:
 %1100011
 %1100011
 %1100011
 %0100101
 %0100101
 %0100101
 %0101000
 %0101000
 %0101000
 %0111000
 %0111000
 %0111000
 %0111000
 %0111000
 %0111000
 %0010000
 %0010000
 %0010000
 %1111100
 %1111100
 %1111100
 %0010000
 %0010000
 %0010000
 %0111000
 %0111000
 %0111000
 %0111000
 %0111000
 %0111000
 %0111000
 %0111000
 %0111000
end
115 NUSIZ1=$07 : NUSIZ0=$07
120 player1x=50 : player1y=80 : player0x=80 : player0y=80 : COLUP0 = 64 : COLUP1=196

130 goto 75

and when I go to compile it, it says this:

Why would it say that if I don't have any label mismatching? And what is scorepointerset? All I want to do is to have the playfield be different backgrounds. I was just putting in random numbers in line 52 to see if it worked, but something's wrong.

[+batari]

Why would it say that if I don't have any label mismatching? And what is scorepointerset? All I want to do is to have the playfield be different backgrounds. I was just putting in random numbers in line 52 to see if it worked, but something's wrong.

That code compiles fine for me. scorepointerset is in std_overscan.asm, so I'd check to see if that file is missing, corrupted or outdated.

[+atari2600land]

I just re-downloaded the 0.99 patch and compiled it and it still didn't work. Is std_overscan.asm in the patch? It's not missing cuz it's there, but how would I know if it's corrupted or outdated? Geez, I hate computers. Can I have a screenshot of what I'm missing?

[+atari2600land]

Sorry to bring this forum back from the dead, but I was just watching that episode of the Brak Show again, and I thought "I could make a better version of the one I posted here." So, here's a better version of Headkicker.

headkicker.bas.bin

Edited November 28, 2006 by atari2600land

[gambler172]

Hi Chris

nice

Maybe it could become a game?

greetings Walter