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I'll help. I've got the Supercharger and the boombox. I'll have to double check to make sure I have an Atari.

I'd love to test, but don't have a tape deck. I use my iPod.

So... to date, have there been any other SC homebrews released on cassette, or just CD, or not even that, other than the Stella Gets a Brain CD?

AFAIK there are no completed SuperCharger homebrews. Leprechaun is still in development and Prince of Persia is on hiatus. There might be some demos which I've forgotten.

 

Ooops, how could I forget StellaSketch?

I seem to recall that Dark Mage exists in F8 and Supercharger forms. Not sure if the SC version was published.

AFAIK there are no completed SuperCharger homebrews. Leprechaun is still in development and Prince of Persia is on hiatus. There might be some demos which I've forgotten.

 

Stellar Doomsday Interceptor (SDI) is a 1K minigame for the SuperCharger. Rather intense incoming-missile-defense game which allows up to 15 missile tracks and/or explosions on screen at once.

Stellar Doomsday Interceptor (SDI) is a 1K minigame for the SuperCharger. Rather intense incoming-missile-defense game which allows up to 15 missile tracks and/or explosions on screen at once.

Thanks for reminding me.

Ooops, how could I forget StellaSketch?

 

There was a SuperCharger version of Cubis, too.

I've got a few requests, so I'll send cassettes out shortly. But first, it occurred to me that a sanity check would be wise!

 

That is, before I send out a Supercharger audio tape, I wonder if anyone with a Supercharger could test the actual .wav file I used to create the tape, played from a computer? I've posted the wav file to the blog entry above.

I've got a few requests, so I'll send cassettes out shortly. But first, it occurred to me that a sanity check would be wise!

 

That is, before I send out a Supercharger audio tape, I wonder if anyone with a Supercharger could test the actual .wav file I used to create the tape, played from a computer? I've posted the wav file to the blog entry above.

The .wav file you posted works fine. In case it matters, I burnt an audio CD rather than playing fom the computer.

 

There is a moment between the maze calculation screen and the game kernel when the SYNC appears to be interupted. It looked similar to the problem I had with Knight Jumper, that Thomas was able to advise on.

I've got a few requests, so I'll send cassettes out shortly. But first, it occurred to me that a sanity check would be wise!

 

That is, before I send out a Supercharger audio tape, I wonder if anyone with a Supercharger could test the actual .wav file I used to create the tape, played from a computer? I've posted the wav file to the blog entry above.

The .wav file you posted works fine. In case it matters, I burnt an audio CD rather than playing fom the computer.

 

There is a moment between the maze calculation screen and the game kernel when the SYNC appears to be interupted. It looked similar to the problem I had with Knight Jumper, that Thomas was able to advise on.

Good to hear it works - it's never been tested on real hardware as far as I know.

 

I think I know what's causing the syncing problem now that you mention it. Once the new maze is generated, the playfield RAM is written in a huge loop and this must overrun INTIM. I think it's an easy fix, so maybe I'll do that and rewrite the tapes before I send them out.

I'm interested in a mini CD if you go all out on the packaging.

 

With a mini CD you can do a hybrid audio/data CD like the Stella CD, and put the BIN and some extras on the data portion. You would also have enough room to include some original music on the audio portion (on the Stella CD version 2 we licensed the Atari 2600 song by Splitsville). For instance, if this is an RPG maybe you can do a book on tape sort of reading of the "story behind the game". Lots of cool possibilities.

I'm interested in a mini CD if you go all out on the packaging.

 

With a mini CD you can do a hybrid audio/data CD like the Stella CD, and put the BIN and some extras on the data portion. You would also have enough room to include some original music on the audio portion (on the Stella CD version 2 we licensed the Atari 2600 song by Splitsville). For instance, if this is an RPG maybe you can do a book on tape sort of reading of the "story behind the game". Lots of cool possibilities.

Well, there will be two versions of this game. The first will be the 4k minigame version, which is basically finished, and the second will be a 6k version with added features.

 

The 4k version will be a limited release with maybe 20 numbered cassettes and and 20 numbered CD's with custom labels. They will be inexpensive; probably $4.99 for a CD or cassette or $7.99 for both. The minigame CD version will contain a few extras but I won't be licensing anything for this one.

 

The 6k version will probably contain quite a few more bells and whistles. I don't know what exactly, but it gives me something to think about.