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    Atari confessions. Confess your sins

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    I like the jr. I have all the other ways to play 2600 but the jr is the best. Actually 7800 cause they put the joystick port facing you!!! What an absurd idea!

     

    Remember, this is a home computer system! Everything gets plugged into the back.

     

    (...and, if you're an Inty, does taxes, teaches you different languages, and is tomorrows 16-Bit talking HAL tapedeck!!)

    Atari confessions. Confess your sins

    in Atari 2600

    Posted · Edited by Papa

    1. My childhood 2600 was a Coleco Gemini.

    2. I never call the 2600 a VCS. Before "2600" was on the Vader my family just called it "the Atari." Then Atari Corp. cemented it as the 2600 with their award winning commercials.

    3. I repair Atari consoles in my free time and give them to friends and colleagues in an attempt to spread the disease of Atari collecting to my circle. It's beginning to work.

    4. I enjoy playing Atari Pac-Man on the black & white setting.

     

    ALL HAIL THE OVERLORD!!

     

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    "Nintendo issues DMCA notice against that really good Metroid II fan remake

    in Modern Gaming Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Papa

    OH LOOK! Someone has the billions to bully broke creative people! Maybe Nintendo is just mad that it can't do anything about China and it's absent copyright laws, or that they aren't making much (other than free publicity) off of Pokemon GO! I'm about finished with all of these Nintendo worshipers, too! Nintendo made cool characters but I haven't bought much from them since the Wii (remote controlled Gamecube). I don't like how the guy says not to hate on them (paraphrasing) and lick their boots and grovel at them for raising you. SCREW THEM! FOR REALS! I will play a freaking NES or SNES if I want to have a 'Nintendo experience'!

     

    Turn her red and call her Blam-us, make a permanent hot-coffee mod, give it away! The only reason Nintendo is doing this is because it shows how powerful they are and reminds you that you have to go to them for anything that remotely looks like a game from thirty years ago.

     

    MEH!

     

    (I've been watching these NES worshipers recently on YouTube comparing the NES and the Neo-Geo to a husband cheating (with the NG) on his wife (the NES) and I'm sure it's pushed me over the edge!!)

     

    LONG LIVE SEGA!!

     

    LONG LIVE ATARI!!

     

    KICK OUT THE PLUMBER AND DRIVE A FERRARI!!

    Best way to design DPC+ playfields?

    in batari Basic

    Posted

    I just tell the editor in VBB to be the size of the background I'm going to make. When you get into large backgrounds it can be odd. Things get really skinny and then appear wide when on screen. When starting with Street Fight World I used massive backgrounds which ate up room so there was nothing left for characters. After scaling things down I was happy with twenty-two row screens.

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    cycle saving tips?

    in batari Basic

    Posted

    Sometimes you eat the beam and, well, sometimes the beam, it eats you!

     

     

    (personally, I say if it looks good on real hardware then that's what's important. That's me, though. Some people don't ever even use real stuff anymore.)

    Just bought some 2600 homebrews

    in batari Basic

    Posted

    I've had more than a handful of happy Titan Axe buyers!

     

    https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1049

     

     

    !!BEWARE!!

     

    MAY BE FRUSTRATING IF YOU CAN'T/WON'T READ THE MANUAL!

     

    (some soulless husk hated on it on a terrible website where the reviewer obviously can't read a manual. They attacked the game like it was a piece of trash with no purpose or reason. After realizing that they didn't read the manual at all (or even buy the game more probably) It cooled the sting a little. The reviewer complained that when they pressed the button they expected a sword to pop out or something which clearly indicated that they didn't read the manual. Holding the button jumps. Holding the button while pressing directions swings the weapon in that direction. Up+Fire=Magic, Down+Fire=Special. My wife and I worked tirelessly on coming up with special codes and things hidden within the manual as well as clear instructions for how to play. We even included technique tips and help figuring out secret levels in the game. Much like E.T. or Raiders of the Lost Ark, if you don't have the manual or at least some form of instructions this game will take some figuring out!)

     

    I choose to play it regularly, have had a LOT of positive feedback online and locally, and find it very fun and entertaining.

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    My coco stuff

    in Tandy Computers

    Posted · Edited by Papa

    Noice

     

    Hope you get it working. LOVE that keyboard. I have a couple of original trash 80s and a Coco 3 I will hopefully upgrade to 512k purty soon. They have a spectacular version of Donkey Kong that works with the upgrade board. There are some very good (looking at least, controls vary) Coco 3 games, too!

     

    I remember a time when there were no bad games.

    in Classic Console Discussion

    Posted

    See I miss rental stores from the old days. Yeah you an Red Box now for some newer games but back then we saw commercials and wondered how the game would be so either buy it or rent it. I would rent like 2-3 titles a weekend with friends and we would play whatever we brought home. Some good some bad and some better than we thought.

     

    Sword of Sodan for Genesis...Bad

    Last Battle Genesis.. playable and not real terrible.

    Hard Drivin for Genesis ... Bad to the point of being fun sadly.

    Faxanadu for NES... pretty damn good

    Crystalis for NES... also damn good

     

    Yeah it can be subjective but now you can get multiple views on games to get a better feel and then emulate or ROM it (ever drive style) before buying it.

     

    I just end up buying games I can remember and then still seeing if they have lasting appeal or not. Some are definatly not keepers anymore.

     

    We (Old Kentucky Kitty Buttons and I) lived in a small town (Saint Olaf) where there was a man named Rancer (sp?) who had a rental store my mother worked for and so my brother and I would get to watch and play new rentals all the time after school before she got off of work. This guy had the extremely good idea of combining VHS, NES, and FOOOOD and HE DELIVERED!! SO anyone could just call his store up and order strombolis, pizza, drinks, movies, and games all from the same place and they would bring it to your door!!

     

    IT WAS AWESOME!!

     

    Yeah, the quality of games was in and out but we always had a backup plan. If the game sucked, watch the movie or the other way around.

     

    We both remembered that as being one of the big positives in our hometown.

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    Atari Keypad

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    There are two types (as shown). One has a fat end and light rubbery keys, the other has blister buttons. Both operate in exactly the same way. I'm using one modded and sideways like a four button gamepad. I have quite a few of them. I think that one of the most popular uses of the touch pad was to control the menu system in Star Raiders. The feel is very similar to other gamepads and the keys on mine are extremely sensitive.

     

    My son likes it and we are using it with a game we are programming together. For me it's a no brainer to use this for games as I get three extra buttons and can configure the pad for several different types of games. Granted a SF2 clone would have trouble. A quarter circle required for fireballs or tornado kicks would be very difficult.

     

    I have considered making a replacement top for the touchpad that has a big pad and buttons that are raised. Games that are RPG style, adventure, racing, puzzle, whatever else would work well. A game that never uses diagonals could have the far left keys be up, left, and down from the top down and have the right button be next to the left one in the row (modded this would be '5'). This would leave eight buttons for whatever else you wanted. A game like Castlevania could use the above diagram (my above posted picture) and diagonals would never be a problem as they would have their own button.

     

    I use an extension cable as these have awfully short ones.

    So - what is DPC+?

    in Atari 2600 Programming

    Posted

    I really like DPC+. To understand what it does for a VBB programmer we would first talk about the kernel. In this case it offers up a basic set of tools for programming your game. The standard kernel has many options but still many limitations. It can only display two sprites and loses missiles as you add colors. The multisprite kernel mirrors the player 1 (second) sprite allowing for five more sprites, resolution control with pfheight, and loses those pesky lines that top things in the standard kernel. You can only use mirrored playfields with it.

     

    DPC+ allows for much higher resolution control , ten sprites, includes inline rand built in (you don't have to jump away to re-seed your randomizer), one pixel per line sprites (others are two pixels per line). It eats up a couple of banks to work, munches memory for breakfast with all of it's high resolution playfields AND backgrounds, and may seem intimidating setting up a programmer with bankswitching out of the gate.

     

    This is what it means from the perspective of this VBB programmer.

    Classic Game Fest - July 30-31st, Austin, Texas

    in Events

    Posted

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    The 2016 Classic Game Fest is right around the corner, taking place in Austin, Texas on July 30th and 31st. Now in its ninth year, the Classic Game Fest is bigger than ever, expanding from 25,000 square feet in 2015 to a whopping 45,000 square feet this year! Organizers expect over 6,000 attendees at this event, making it one of the largest video game conventions in the country. The Classic Gaming Fest caters to fans of classic gaming systems, featuring retro gaming tournaments, live panels with video game celebrities, costume contests, and live video game music. Over 100 vendors and artists will be present, offering a plethora of consoles, games, accessories, video game art, clothing, and much more!

     

    Special guests at this year's show include Warren Spector (Ultima Underworld, System Shock, Deus Ex), Ernest Cline (Ready Player One, Armada), Keith Robinson (Intellivision Productions), and more! If you love video game music and chiptunes, fifteen different bands will be on-hand keeping you entertained all weekend long. Compete against other gaming fans in a variety of tournaments throughout the show. Dress up as your favorite video game character in the cosplay contests. There's so much to do, see, and hear at the show, this is a must visit event if you're in (or can get to) the Austin area for the weekend. The show schedule details all the events taking place both days.

     

    Please visit the Classic Game Fest website to learn more about the event!

     

     

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