kenfused Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Easter is almost here. Anyone find any eggs yet? My last blog entry has some hidden clues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 I just got BonQ a couple days ago, so I haven't had time to check yet. Also, I am extremely untalented when it comes to finding Atari Easter Eggs. It's my biggest shame. I do know it's an incredible game and it was a great Easter present, even if I had to pay for it. By the way, did anyone else have the same problem with this that they had with that batch of PacMan Collections? My BonQ, Asteroids Deluxe, and Space Duel are all like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer raul Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Nice hints... I suck at this so I only found one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emehr Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Haven't come across any hidden goodies yet, but I'm not adept at finding them either! Just happy to play a great port By the way, did anyone else have the same problem with this that they had with that batch of PacMan Collections? My BonQ, Asteroids Deluxe, and Space Duel are all like that.Are you referring to graphical glitches? So far PMC is the only one that does it. I don't have Asteroids Deluxe or Space Duel yet. It's weird because PMC plays just fine on my CC2, but the actual cart is glitchy. Was it determined that it was a bad batch? Should I contact Al about a possible exchange? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 (edited) Are you referring to graphical glitches? So far PMC is the only one that does it. I don't have Asteroids Deluxe or Space Duel yet. It's weird because PMC plays just fine on my CC2, but the actual cart is glitchy. Was it determined that it was a bad batch? Should I contact Al about a possible exchange? Yeah, it's graphical glitches. Just like with PMC, it won't play right until the system is warmed up. The same as with PMC, I don't find it takes very long for the system to warm up, so I'm not bothered with it. Edited March 23, 2008 by Atarifever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Am I just dense or am I not looking in the right place? Where are the clues? I clicked on Ken's name and read the last entry from March 3rd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Am I just dense or am I not looking in the right place? Where are the clues? I clicked on Ken's name and read the last entry from March 3rd. his blog. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Am I just dense or am I not looking in the right place? Where are the clues? I clicked on Ken's name and read the last entry from March 3rd. his blog. Allan And if I just stare at the screen long enough the location of that will magically come to me? I clicked on his profile and read his blog here on AA I guess that's not it Link please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Am I just dense or am I not looking in the right place? Where are the clues? I clicked on Ken's name and read the last entry from March 3rd. his blog. Allan And if I just stare at the screen long enough the location of that will magically come to me? I clicked on his profile and read his blog here on AA I guess that's not it Link please. http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?a...63&eid=4594 I finally finished programming and finally it was out the door a few weeks ago. Seems like it takes 90% of the work to finish the last 10% of polish. I did manage to sneak 2 1/2 easter eggs into it as well as the saveKey (or Atarivox memory card only) support. Now it's time to pick a new project. I am leaning towards another 7800 game. Maybe Super Pacman or maybe a platformer. I got some ideas for some scrolling platformer games, but I would probably have to spend a lot of times on some tools before I begin. Other options might be Qix for the 7800 or to do some more 8-bit computer to 5200 conversions. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 (edited) Are we not supposed to post what we've tried? I tried entering "QIX" as my initials with a score of 7800 after playing on the Normal difficulty. That didn't seems to do anything. Edited March 23, 2008 by shadow460 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfused Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 hovering over text can lead to one clue for each of two of the eggs (and one of those eggs actually just is giving clues to a third). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 (edited) Ha. Never occurred to me to hover over the text. I got the second one (more appropriate for Valentine's Day than Easter ) First one doesn't seem to do anything. Nothing obvious anyway. Edited March 24, 2008 by godzillajoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfused Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 Ha. Never occurred to me to hover over the text. I got the second one (more appropriate for Valentine's Day than Easter ) the b*nQ logo displays something when you hover over it. If you figure this one out you should try it more than once since there are three random messages that may be displayed in addition to the normal one. These messages try to give a hint at another egg. The word easter and eggs displays something when you hover over it (the two should be taken as one statement). I would like to have been more clever in how to activate them but time was limited. First one doesn't seem to do anything. Nothing obvious anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 In that case, the second hint doesn't seem to result in anything. the "pause and think....." one I'll try the "finish last" once when I get home. I think I know what to do there I got the "shouldn't be too difficult" one to work. Funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+HatNJ Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Hmm The same clue thats given in the Asteroids Deluxe Inst. Manual Gotta Try it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Hmm The same clue thats given in the Asteroids Deluxe Inst. Manual Gotta Try it Yeah it works just fine with AD but maybe you gotta do something else in B*nQ because I don't see anything special Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purenergy Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Love this game, but can't figure out how to hover over the logo. The manual says "You can also change the difficulty by moving the joystick up and down, and change the number of players by moving the joystick left and right." I get the opposite: Up and down changes the number of players, and left and right changes the difficulty. Excellent game, and the characters listed in the manual are hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 No, you hover over the logo in the blog entry to get the clue. One clue displays when you mouse over the logo, the other two over "easter" and "eggs" And don't forget there's another way to change the difficulty on an Atari system Switch your thinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 I managed to find one of them. No luck so far with the other one and a half. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 I found one myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakasama Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Ha. Never occurred to me to hover over the text. I got the second one (more appropriate for Valentine's Day than Easter ) First one doesn't seem to do anything. Nothing obvious anyway. Ah, how did you like that particular easter egg? That one was such a pain the for me butt to draw for and that didn't look good in it's original form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 It's pretty amusing. Now if only B*nQ changed his @!#$! when he was caught to something else, that would have been killer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer raul Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 The true identity of the snake is revealed... if you pause to think about it, the snake is only a disguise for someone that has the hots for b*nQ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Can someone PM me how to find the other ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfused Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Hints from blog and what they mean... Sometimes it can be useful to finish last a few times. This will not work with the highscore cart but should work with and without a SaveKey. If you finish in last place (21st), the message displayed at the top will be one of 4 random messages. Since it is random you may have to finish last more than four times to see all four. "THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL" (normal message for finishing last) "PAUSE ON THE BALL BOUNCE HONEY" (hint to press pause on the AtariAge intro screen when the ball (AA logo) bounces) "MISS ALBERTHA WANTS TO MEET YA" (hint that easter egg is Al*bertha) "I AM SWEETER THAN THE SNAKE" (another hint the easter eggis Al*berta) One you try the real egg on the intro screen press pause quickly when the AA Logo bounces and let go of it. Al*bertha will replace Snakey in game then. When you are turning the 7800 on, if you pause to think about it a little and then......once you start a game if you do the right thing it should not be too difficult to make a change. Hold pause when powering on and let go when the AtariAge logo appears. Start a game. When it comes time to move, flip the right difficulty switch. The game will reset and something will change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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