Gorf Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 (edited) Its far from finished or perfect but some of you asked so here it is so far. I had to make it off the desktop so the frame rate is actually half of what it really is. I think it is much closer to the arcade than the Coleco version is. Gorf7800.mpg Edited November 30, 2008 by Gorf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Very cool! I'd love to have one of those carts once they're finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorf Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 Very cool! I'd love to have one of those carts once they're finished. Unfortunately I cant release it. Believe me, I wish I could. Im just meeting a long time personal goal of porting some form of Arcade Gorf( all five screen as close as I can get them to the arcade) to a bunch of classic systems. Versions I plan to attempt. O^2 Astrocade SMS I may attempt proper versions and redos of CV Channel F Vectrex Possibly Atari 8bit/5200 Possibly C-64/VIC-20's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 wow, that looks amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 mess will let you save to uncompressed avi so if you record in mess and then convert it to something like .wmv you oughta be able to get a good framerate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 I understand your reasons for not releasing it and I'm not trying to critizise for that but are you going to actually program all those versions of Gorf knowing that no one but yourself is going play them? Why not take what you learned and do something that you could see other people enjoy? Just my two cents. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorf Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 (edited) Like any system I try to learn to code for, I always use something I coded before on something else to get around the system and learn it. Gorf7800 is a learnig curve precursor to Warbirds 7800. Plus there are at least a dozen Jaguar games in the works that will hopefully be released, like Mad Bodies....hopefully in time for the Christmas holiday. Edited November 30, 2008 by Gorf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorf Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 mess will let you save to uncompressed avi so if you record in mess and then convert it to something like .wmv you oughta be able to get a good framerate. I did this with cam studio. I'll take a look at mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Like any system I try to learn to code for, I always use something I coded before on something elseto get around the system and learn it. Gorf7800 is a learnig curve precursor to Warbirds 7800. Plus there are at least a dozen Jaguar games in the works that will hopefully be released, like Mad Bodies....hopefully in time for the Christmas holiday. Well that's understandable and makes sense since you know the game very well and won't have to wrestle with that aspect of it. It's nice to know that someone else has gotten the hang of 7800 programming. The more people learn how to program it, the closer we'll get to people understanding it like they do the 2600. It's amazing how many games there are for the 2600. It will be nice to see the same thing happen to the 7800, even if it's on a smaller scale. P.S. Gorf looks fantastic. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Its far from finished or perfect but some of you asked so here it is so far.I had to make it off the desktop so the frame rate is actually half of what it really is. I think it is much closer to the arcade than the Coleco version is. [attachment=c] Excited to see your work though the movie doesn't show for me. Tried it in Windows (IE and Firefox) and Mac OS X (Safari & Firefox) and I get text describing the attachment instead of the attachment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorf Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 (edited) Its far from finished or perfect but some of you asked so here it is so far.I had to make it off the desktop so the frame rate is actually half of what it really is. I think it is much closer to the arcade than the Coleco version is. [attachment=c] Excited to see your work though the movie doesn't show for me. Tried it in Windows (IE and Firefox) and Mac OS X (Safari & Firefox) and I get text describing the attachment instead of the attachment Try again Drac. I tried to update the video with a MESS made one. Its at a proper frame rate and has sound but it refuses to upload, so here is the older one again. Edited November 30, 2008 by Gorf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorf Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 Like any system I try to learn to code for, I always use something I coded before on something elseto get around the system and learn it. Gorf7800 is a learnig curve precursor to Warbirds 7800. Plus there are at least a dozen Jaguar games in the works that will hopefully be released, like Mad Bodies....hopefully in time for the Christmas holiday. Well that's understandable and makes sense since you know the game very well and won't have to wrestle with that aspect of it. It's nice to know that someone else has gotten the hang of 7800 programming. The more people learn how to program it, the closer we'll get to people understanding it like they do the 2600. It's amazing how many games there are for the 2600. It will be nice to see the same thing happen to the 7800, even if it's on a smaller scale. P.S. Gorf looks fantastic. Allan Thanks and yeah, its for the greater good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Works now, Gorf! Must have caught it while you were uploading or something. Looks great ... love the Flagship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorf Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 Works now, Gorf! Must have caught it while you were uploading or something. Looks great ... love the Flagship. Thanks...still lots to do. Still cant figure a way to do the Warp lines and Flagship explosion. Need a cart with 8k ram and a Pokey to do this right. No emu supports that unfortunately and it is how I am developing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Hi Gorf Looks really great. greetings Walter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 What the hell are they being so stingy with the franchise for? It's not like they make money on Gorf now. I'd look into parody. Make the sprites something else and call it a parody... if you could get away with it then add a cheat or easter egg to make them arcade again. The parody route is the only way I can think of getting away with a release on your awesome work. AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Looks absolutely awesome!!! Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Call it Dorf, and have it be fishing themed. :xD AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakasama Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 What the hell are they being so stingy with the franchise for? It's not like they make money on Gorf now. I'd look into parody. Make the sprites something else and call it a parody... if you could get away with it then add a cheat or easter egg to make them arcade again. The parody route is the only way I can think of getting away with a release on your awesome work. AX It does seem a bit hypocritical since GORF was itself made from other arcade games, like Space Invaders and Galaxian games Midway doesn't own. I suppose one could somehow combine Phoenix and Demon Attack and make a game from those two games. I know those two games were very popular for the 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyace Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 That's very cool - looking forward to Warbirds even more though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorf Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 What the hell are they being so stingy with the franchise for? It's not like they make money on Gorf now. I'd look into parody. Make the sprites something else and call it a parody... if you could get away with it then add a cheat or easter egg to make them arcade again. The parody route is the only way I can think of getting away with a release on your awesome work. AX It does seem a bit hypocritical since GORF was itself made from other arcade games, like Space Invaders and Galaxian games Midway doesn't own. I suppose one could somehow combine Phoenix and Demon Attack and make a game from those two games. I know those two games were very popular for the 2600. Actually, Midway used those other titles under license and still hold the home version licenses to this day. Namco and Taito still have a strong working relationship with Midway. In fact they told me that if they were to let me release it, the Namco and Taito permission would be under their licensing agreement and I would not have to seek them for it. The fact is, I can put Gorf out as long as I can guarantee Midway no one will steal, copy or pirate it......so you know that aint going to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorf Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 That's very cool - looking forward to Warbirds even more though Thanks everyone.....yeah...Midway can't sue me for an 'original' title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorf Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 Call it Dorf, and have it be fishing themed. :xDAX FROG already exsists for Jaguar. It could be done but I do not want to have any problems with Midway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Not bad.... I like how the stars flicker.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorf Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 Not bad.... I like how the stars flicker.. It's getting there. Keep in mind, this is my firstr attempt at a 7800 game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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