Marius Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 (edited) I am trying to figure out ECKN, but even with the help file read I have no idea what to do on this game. By the way when you 100% read the help file the game re-inits wrong, and the guy on the left is garbaged (and so is the music) Marius p.s. aah I find out what to do. Ok... not 100% my game, but it looks nice. But that YOOMP! That is a great game. Man I really LIKE that. Edited October 22, 2007 by Marius1976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunsen Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 I am trying to figure out ECKN, but even with the help file read I have no idea what to do on this game. By the way when you 100% read the help file the game re-inits wrong, and the guy on the left is garbaged (and so is the music) Marius p.s. aah I find out what to do. Ok... not 100% my game, but it looks nice. But that YOOMP! That is a great game. Man I really LIKE that. Hi Marius, do you know the st-game znax? This game has almost the same rules than eckn. You must find a rectangel or a square with same colors in the four corners. Than you have to mark two facing corners. Bigger rectangels means more points. If you marked right, all stones in the rectangel will change randomly. Gunnar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Hi Marius, do you know the st-game znax? This game has almost the same rules than eckn. You must find a rectangel or a square with same colors in the four corners. Than you have to mark two facing corners. Bigger rectangels means more points. If you marked right, all stones in the rectangel will change randomly. Gunnar. Yes, Znax is great game and good for conversion for little Atari... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eru Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Hi all, Thanks for many nice words about Yoomp! For those that haven't seen it yet, I'm happy to announce that it will become publicly available right after ABBUC meeting, which is this weekend. We wait with the release, as we believe that ABBUC members deserve the right to enjoy the competition entries first. Another thing is that the current version will not work on NTSC machines. I'm curious if there is a serious interest in such a version. If so, we will try to make it. Check http://yoomp.atari.pl/ for updates (I know, I know, I'm teasing you:)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrodegang Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Check http://yoomp.atari.pl/ for updates You are so cruel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patjomki Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Hi all, Thanks for many nice words about Yoomp! And they are true. :-) Really, it is a phantastic game considering both gameplay and technology. I believe Yoomp! will soon get a classic like Archon, Defender, Rescue on Fractalus etc. For those that haven't seen it yet, I'm happy to announce that it will become publicly available right after ABBUC meeting, which is this weekend. Hopefully it won't be V1.0 of this game because the fact that you always have to start at level 1 after you switched off the ATARI really drives me MAD. Perhaps in another version something like a password system or the ability to save? Check http://yoomp.atari.pl/ for updates Nice. Regards, patjomki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Hi Folks, This is Marius again. I'm so happy with the new games. New software means new use with the atari 8bit. I think it is a great contest from Abbuc. Thanks to that now we have finally a few promising new titles! I have to say ECKN is much much much more fun as I believed first. I have played it a few hours now, and I'm getting in it. I converted the game into 1 binary, so now it loads from a gameloader Yoomp and ECKN are my favorite. One question about Crownlond. When you jump on a scanline which also has stars on it, you get some interlacing. probably no other solution than interlacing (due to limitations of the atari), but I think that interlacing is not so pretty. It annoys me a little. For the rest. Great great games. Marius p.s. a little offtopic: I found also the SIDPLAYER 1.0 beta on the Abbuc Magazin #90. Runs great, but do you have to 'modify' SID files first to use it? I tried outrun.sid but that one made the atari crash. Hmmm. I would love to play SID music on my a8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allas Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Another thing is that the current version will not work on NTSC machines. I'm curious if there is a serious interest in such a version. If so, we will try to make it. At least, I'll appreciate much a NTSC version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 (edited) I am trying to figure out ECKN, but even with the help file read I have no idea what to do on this game. By the way when you 100% read the help file the game re-inits wrong, and the guy on the left is garbaged (and so is the music) I'm not able to reproduce your problem. Maybe the distribution causes this problem? BTW: I will also release ECKN for everyone after the contest (with some glitches removed), if 'fandal' is willing to put it on his page... CU Irgendwer Edited October 25, 2007 by Irgendwer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 @irgendwer Hmmm it is a strange 'bug' ... sometimes when I play the game the cursor goes wrong, or the picture of that guy on the left is turned BLUE! Besides that: you did a great job. It took me a while to figure out how it works, but now I understand, and guess what: tonight I had a nightmare about myself constructing squares everywhere (I played the game the whole day... and always when I do that, this results in nightmares and other bad dreams)... but take that as a compliment. I'm glad you wrote that game. My first reaction was: It's not my type of game, but I love it. And my wife does too. I showed her Yoomp, and she said: very original... but I get a headache of it So I put the ECKN on the 16MB partition and now she knows how to start it herself Great work! Marius p.s. If you like I could try to write a better song for that game. The only thing I don't like is the music... it is a little too boring, for such a nice game. Logic games really could have nice music (like mental age). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eru Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Finally! http://yoomp.atari.pl is up and running. Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Finally!http://yoomp.atari.pl is up and running. Enjoy That looks cool, so I will have to add a Gumby mod to the list of things to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudografx Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Finally!http://yoomp.atari.pl is up and running. Enjoy A really professional presentation, can't wait to put my fingers on the game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patjomki Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Finally!http://yoomp.atari.pl is up and running. Enjoy A really professional presentation, can't wait to put my fingers on the game! The game itself is (nearly) perfect and highly addictive, so beware Regards, patjomki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 The game itself is (nearly) perfect and highly addictive, so beware We know the programmers, we have Internet. The game can become perfect! 20 years ago we were not so lucky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patjomki Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 The game itself is (nearly) perfect and highly addictive, so beware We know the programmers, we have Internet. The game can become perfect! 20 years ago we were not so lucky! And not to forget. The game is freeware. Apart from that I didn't want to state that the game is far away from being perfect just the other way round. Haven't seen a game on the XL before that uses so many unseen effects, good sounds in stereo etc. 10 out of 10. Regards, patjomki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Eru, website looks good. i did already my voting! i am just back from holidays and have some time left but hope to get a hand on Beyond Evil... good luck for the contest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xebec's Demise Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 (edited) Reading this thread it like a dream! Am I going to wake up soon? I had no idea that this quantity or quality of Atari 8-bit development was still occuring until I stumbled upon this thread. I was aware of the yearly contests, but did not realize how outstanding the work being done actually was. Posting the thread and screenshots may have an influence on voting, but in the end it was definately a good idea for overall promotion. Maybe next year, have each entry submit the same number of screenshots and let them choose exactly which screenshots they want used. All of them appear to be excellent entries. Edited October 27, 2007 by Xebec's Demise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Posting the thread and screenshots may have an influence on voting, but in the end it was definately a good idea for overall promotion. Maybe next year, have each entry submit the same number of screenshots and let them choose exactly which screenshots they want used. Perhaps. First of all, I think this thread is indeed definately a good idea. My first idea of ECKN was: hmmm don't understand, what is this for a silly game? But thanks to this thread I found out ECKN is not so bad... in fact it is a rather cool game. In this thread the authors get a chance to promote their contribution, AND to describe/show things. Just like in the 'real world' ... the promotion is some times the missing link (like an 'x' factor). With the promotion here, and while reading the posts here, I went curious and booted the Abbuc disks. I really doubt if I would have been so excited if I did not read this post. I have voted for all contributions, but my favorites were Yoomp (10), Crownland ( and Eckn (7). Mulewars looks very good, but I really do not like that kind of games. And about that "harry" game. I've tried it, and tried it again, and again and again. I didn't get very far... that did frustrate a little. Sorry for that author. I really want to thank him for all his work.... but fair is fair the other games took my attention more. Thanks to this contest I went searching for other new games. (I had a little atari pause from 2004-2007) and I found a few toppers. One of my favorites is FlowersMania. Does anyone else play that game? It is really fabulous. Finally a tetris clone that looks good, sounds good, plays very well and has some new features. Yes besides the new games from the Abbuc Contest, I really L O V E flowersmania. Thanks Marius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patjomki Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Reading this thread it like a dream! Am I going to wake up soon? I had no idea that this quantity or quality of Atari 8-bit development was still occuring until I stumbled upon this thread. All of them appear to be excellent entries. You are absolutely right. You could see this on JHV of the ABBUC. It was a tough competition but I think to keep the thrill I shut my mouth and you have to wait until the results are officially presented to the public by ABBUC. Regards, patjomki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 And the winner is....... "jumping" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 (edited) 1. Yoomp! 2. Crownland 3. Mule Wars 4. Speed Up! Golden Edition 5. Eckn 6. Game - Harry 7. Sprite Engine - ABBUC Version 8. Chareditor - to move in font Edited October 27, 2007 by emkay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 (edited) if that are the official results. congratulation to all participants. interesting that mule ranked 3rd. And good to see another "TQA"-mate winning the first place, peace Eru! Edited October 27, 2007 by Heaven/TQA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudografx Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Congratulations to the winner and thanks to all the participants. Your work is really appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Also congratulations to the winner(s). Contest 2007 has brought us a few great games. Greetz Marius p.s. My offer to the author of Eckn is still there: I want to compose new tunes for your game. I think your game really needs better music. The rest of Eckn is GREAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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