NinjaWarrior Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Will this come out for the 7800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 It will if you code it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdie3 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Why do I get the strange feeling that someone is coding it as we speak? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 There *may* be a 7800 Tempest prototype out there. I've seen it listed on an Atari memo at 15% complete. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakasama Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 There *may* be a 7800 Tempest prototype out there. I've seen it listed on an Atari memo at 15% complete. Tempest That may be so but I much rather have a version of Tempest that uses a spinner than a joystick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 There *may* be a 7800 Tempest prototype out there. I've seen it listed on an Atari memo at 15% complete. Tempest That may be so but I much rather have a version of Tempest that uses a spinner than a joystick. Well you'd have to design a spinner for the 2600/7800. To the best of my knowlege no one is doing that. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakasama Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Well you'd have to design a spinner for the 2600/7800. To the best of my knowlege no one is doing that. Tempest yeah, I figured that. Heck, I've heard that the 2600 can use two of the Genesis controlpad buttons but there's no 2600 game that can use that extra button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Your best bet would be to hack a driving controller into a spinner... Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Somebody could use Kenfused's Trak-Ball code from Centipede TB as a basis for Tempest 7800 spinner control. Hell, you could code it to work with just the left/right spinner from a 2600 CX-22/80 Trak-Ball and the fire button. That way, no one would need to make custom controllers, just use an existing Trak-Ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakasama Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Your best bet would be to hack a driving controller into a spinner... Tempest If the gas button on the driving controller works the same way as the regular fire button, then that's very much doable. All I need to do is find the value of that resistor in Ohms for the second fire button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaWarrior Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share Posted December 12, 2007 Yeah, Just hack a driving controller...Tempest only had 1 Button anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Why would it be necessary to "hack" a driving controller? Since the 7800 is compatible with 2600 peripherals, couldn't the driving controller just be used as-is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supergamer Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Why would it be necessary to "hack" a driving controller? Since the 7800 is compatible with 2600 peripherals, couldn't the driving controller just be used as-is? Well, if you "hacked" a Tempest logo on it, you could probably sell it for $30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakasama Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 (edited) Didn't the arcade version of Tempest use two buttons. One is fire and the other one is the super zapper. Hence the need to hack a driving controller to add the second fire button. Edited December 12, 2007 by Bakasama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feralstorm Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 (edited) Maybe (for a stock driving controller) the firing could just be constant. Not like there's much reason to NOT shoot in a game of Tempest anyway. Edited December 12, 2007 by Feralstorm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I'd use the fire button on the right joystick for the Super Zapper, and hand off the Driving Controller to the next player when his turn comes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 (edited) um... aren't we putting the cart before the horse here? As of now Tempest doesn't exist for the 7800... and a 15% complete Prototype (even if it is found) I would believe is nowhere near playable... Edited December 12, 2007 by PacManPlus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 um... aren't we putting the cart before the horse here? As of now Tempest doesn't exist for the 7800... and a 15% complete Prototype (even if it is found) I would believe is nowhere near playable... Bob, your right it would probably be nothing more than skeleton code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Tempest had two buttons - fire and Super Zapper. Curt Yeah, Just hack a driving controller...Tempest only had 1 Button anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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