Foxsolo2000 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Just wish Tempest had access to other locked away prototypes Sorry, this is the only review I've been sitting on. I don't have any other secret prototype reviews. Tempest No Tempest I didn't mean you were sitting on any. I am just talking about the roms that are in the hands of private collectors that you have not yet seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 great review, by the way. really good looking proto, too. personally, I'm glad it's paddles. Hope we all get to play it one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 great review, by the way. really good looking proto, too. personally, I'm glad it's paddles. Hope we all get to play it one day. It's not paddles. It's joystick-controlled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 great review, by the way. really good looking proto, too. personally, I'm glad it's paddles. Hope we all get to play it one day. It's not paddles. It's joystick-controlled. Correct, although the paddle code is apparently still in the game. I'm not sure if it's possible to activate it, or if doing so will cause timing issues. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 great review, by the way. really good looking proto, too. personally, I'm glad it's paddles. Hope we all get to play it one day. It's not paddles. It's joystick-controlled. Correct, although the paddle code is apparently still in the game. I'm not sure if it's possible to activate it, or if doing so will cause timing issues. Tempest I think it would be cool with the driving controllers. Hell, so would Pole Position and Enduro for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I think it would be cool with the driving controllers. Hell, so would Pole Position and Enduro for that matter. You only need to move left and right within a certain range for all of these games, so the paddle controller would work just fine with them. In that regard, the paddle controllers are more similar to a real steering wheel than the "driving" controllers. Also, it's my understanding that the driving controllers don't have near the resolution of paddle controllers, so I'm not really sure how well they'd work for something like Turbo, Pole Position or Enduro. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 You only need to move left and right within a certain range for all of these games, so the paddle controller would work just fine with them. In that regard, the paddle controllers are more similar to a real steering wheel than the "driving" controllers. And the paddles could be used like a steering wheel. The more you move it out of center, the more you steer into that direction. So the position of the paddle results into a relative position change instead of resulting into an absolute position. But AFAIK no 2600 game has utilized them that way. Also, it's my understanding that the driving controllers don't have near the resolution of paddle controllers, so I'm not really sure how well they'd work for something like Turbo, Pole Position or Enduro. Just 16 positions/full rotation. The paddle has a way higher resolution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I had the chance to test the game and it isn't fun to play at all. I rather would like Anteater to be released. That one played really nice. YES!!! Anteater!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Thomas, We want: Ameisenbaer!!! BTW: Loved playing Oil's Well on the C64 back in the days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Thomas, We want: Ameisenbaer!!! BTW: Loved playing Oil's Well on the C64 back in the days. Ameisenbär! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuppicide Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 I'd love to see Anteater. Great game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 If this has already been talked about, sorry. I'd like to hear from the programmer, if possible, the difficulties in translating this to the 2600 from the original version. I know the guy who programmed Turbo, which was in fact, if you guys didn't know, the first scrolling racer ever designed. I'm curious how he translated some of its features to the 2600 and if he got to look at the original game at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I know the guy who programmed Turbo, which was in fact, if you guys didn't know, the first scrolling racer ever designed. If you're referring to arcade titles, Sega's own Monaco GP, Taito's Super Speed Race GP V, and other similar games pre-date Turbo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Oh, sorry, I should have specified. I meant first sprit-scaling title (going forwards towards the horizon with various objects, building, etc. coming towards the player). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 ^^ What about Night Driver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Also (although not a racing game) Starship 1 used scaling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 (edited) It's first-person, yeah, but not sprite scaling. At any rate, I'm curious if the programmer had any contact with the original source code. If he did, I'd like to know about it to add data to my interview. Edited February 4, 2009 by Stan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 As I said above, I meant racer, but I didn't know about that title. Interesting. Hard to make out what it looked like. It's really amazing how many arcade games there were back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polybius Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Fake or not, it looks much better than the April Fool's joke from a couple of years back. What was it about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Fake or not, it looks much better than the April Fool's joke from a couple of years back. What was it about? http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s...55&hl=Turbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eegad Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Just wondering.....has any progress been made with this? Any chance of getting a public release of the binary (even in an unfinished form) anytime soon? Turbo was one of my favorite arcade games back in the day, and I always wanted it for the 2600 back then. And as a small aside, for anyone living in or around the New Jersey area.... I was playing an actual sit-down arcade Turbo a few days ago. At the Jersey shore, in Seaside Heights, in one of the 2 boardwalk arcades that has a merry-go-round in it, they have a separate arcade area that's called Flashbacks..... Turbo, Asteroids, Q-Bert, Pacman, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, Tempest, Centipede, Star Wars, etc.....a whole bunch of the old classics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Wonder007 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Just wondering.....has any progress been made with this? Any chance of getting a public release of the binary (even in an unfinished form) anytime soon? Turbo was one of my favorite arcade games back in the day, and I always wanted it for the 2600 back then. And as a small aside, for anyone living in or around the New Jersey area.... I was playing an actual sit-down arcade Turbo a few days ago. At the Jersey shore, in Seaside Heights, in one of the 2 boardwalk arcades that has a merry-go-round in it, they have a separate arcade area that's called Flashbacks..... Turbo, Asteroids, Q-Bert, Pacman, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, Tempest, Centipede, Star Wars, etc.....a whole bunch of the old classics. It is still being worked on......sorry for the delay.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Just wondering.....has any progress been made with this? Any chance of getting a public release of the binary (even in an unfinished form) anytime soon? Turbo was one of my favorite arcade games back in the day, and I always wanted it for the 2600 back then. And as a small aside, for anyone living in or around the New Jersey area.... I was playing an actual sit-down arcade Turbo a few days ago. At the Jersey shore, in Seaside Heights, in one of the 2 boardwalk arcades that has a merry-go-round in it, they have a separate arcade area that's called Flashbacks..... Turbo, Asteroids, Q-Bert, Pacman, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, Tempest, Centipede, Star Wars, etc.....a whole bunch of the old classics. Sounds like I need to go to NJ next week for my vacation. ^_^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 And as a small aside, for anyone living in or around the New Jersey area.... I was playing an actual sit-down arcade Turbo a few days ago. At the Jersey shore, in Seaside Heights, in one of the 2 boardwalk arcades that has a merry-go-round in it, they have a separate arcade area that's called Flashbacks..... Turbo, Asteroids, Q-Bert, Pacman, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, Tempest, Centipede, Star Wars, etc.....a whole bunch of the old classics. Sounds like a nice arcade! I've been playing Turbo in MAME lately. While not a substitute for the real thing, it's still great to revisit that game - it was one of my favorites when it came out. I had barely touched MAME in years, but all the talk of the 2600 Turbo prototype got me interested in the original again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Any chance of getting a public release of the binary (even in an unfinished form) anytime soon? Don't do it Jose, Hozer will crank them out before you can publish it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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