+atari2600land Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 In case you didn't know, I'm working on GoSub, this time for the Virtual Boy. I'm going to make it 2MB, hopefully room for 32 mazes. I don't know how to add sound, or flip the sprite so it's facing the right way, but here it is so far. 17 mazes. To get a level select screen, press SELECT at the title screen, or start at level 1 by pressing START. You can play this using the RealityBoy emulator, or use FlashBoy. If you decide to use FlashBoy, tell me how it runs on it. gosubvb071409.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuppicide Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 What lanauge do you program in for the Virtual Boy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 I think it's C. Don't know how many plus signs there are in front, but the extension for the source code is .c. There's some .h files I've included I've made with VIDE (the mazes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROGDOR Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 (edited) I rented a VirtualBoy system back in 1995 when it came out. I played it for 4 hours. It gave me the worst headache of my entire life, so bad that I had to miss work the next day. The problem with the system was the focus point felt like it was only 4 inches from your face. Try holding your hand 4 inches from your face and focusing on it. For me, that's painful, and I have 20/20 vision. On a modern LCD shutter system, hopefully the simulated depth perception isn't as painful. That said, it's cool you're writing a game for this system. The more obscure the system is, the more it needs game writers. And with only 770k systems produced in its short life, the VB is one of the more obscure systems out there. Edited July 20, 2009 by TROGDOR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuppicide Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 I believe I saw one in Toys R Us and got a headache. I've never owned or played one for that long. That having said, when they went on clearance I should have bought 50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinroh Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 (edited) Awesome stuff dude. The Virtual Boy is a nice piece of hardware and just wasn't very well thought out as a portable system or one that won't cause cateracts. Nice game though the graphics are top notch and are like Nintendo quality for that beast. If I only had a VB. The closest thing I had was the R-Zone. god, I loved that thing. Had Indy500 and Batman & Robin. damn...I wish we'd have kept that thing. Edited July 21, 2009 by Jinroh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 Awesome stuff dude. The Virtual Boy is a nice piece of hardware and just wasn't very well thought out as a portable system or one that won't cause cateracts. Nice game though the graphics are top notch and are like Nintendo quality for that beast. If I only had a VB. The closest thing I had was the R-Zone. god, I loved that thing. Had Indy500 and Batman & Robin. damn...I wish we'd have kept that thing. Thanks for the compliments. I've added a new level and changed the wall graphics to coral. You can download the latest VB file here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 There's a newer file where the collision detection works better. You can get it (as well as the source code) here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Really cool! Are there a lot of homebrews for the Virtual Heada..... Boy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 Thanks There aren't very many homebrews, the most notable being Blox (and there's a Blox 2 in the works. It's a lot like Sokoban.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayXambeR Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 It's great to see a new homebrew game on VB. Congratulations! I really appreciate (and reviewed it in a ReVival magazine issue) GoSub! on Atari 2600 (what about GoSub2? canceled?) and it could be fantastic to have it on a real cartridge in the future and not only to play on emulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted August 16, 2009 Author Share Posted August 16, 2009 GoSub 2 will be released in the next few months, it hasn't been cancelled. And after that comes Alien Greed 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 I had to remove the octopus because I couldn't get it to move. You can see the new file here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 Here's what the game looks like as of now. You can download the ROM here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Any chance of an eventual cartridge release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 I doubt it. There are other homebrew VB games ("Blox" and "VUE Snake" by Christian Radke, for example) that didn't get a release, either. I'll let you know in this thread otherwise. If you want to play this on a real Virtual Boy, the only option I can think of is a Flash Boy (a flash card for the Virtual Boy.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Pretty good game. I'm using the emulator Red Dragon. I started emulating the Virtual Boy recently, it seems that i can't use a controller. I have to use the keyboard buttons and the games have no sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share Posted September 10, 2009 You're not missing anything in the sound department. I don't know how to program sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 I'm back working on the game again. Get the latest ROM here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted October 9, 2009 Author Share Posted October 9, 2009 The game now has 24 levels. Check out the game in the link in the post above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 As soon as I fire up my Kiosk and get this on the Flash Cart I'll post some impressions of the latest make on real hardware. I'd really like to see a full release on this. AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share Posted October 18, 2009 I worked on the collision detection code for three hours, and I got sick of doing it. Luckily, it's finished! Download the latest rom here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 So far, the game has 26 levels. I just now added level 26. Download the latest rom in the link in the post above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 Added level 27. The link is now in my signature. I plan to have 32 levels, if there is enough space. So all I need to do is add 5 more levels, a "congratulations" screen, test the levels I didn't test before, and it should be finished. I plan to finish it by year's end, and, if it gets released (a BIG "if"), it will next year sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 Added level 28. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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