FailSafe (7800) - WIP

[Ransom]

Oooh, nice! I can't wait to have one of those on my shelf.

[+Allan]

Very NICE! That's fantastic.

 

Allan

[TrekMD]

Marc, those look fantastic, as always.

[Paranoid]

You can count me in on a pre-order. I'm beyond messing with my CC2 - I don't remember how, I've lost all but one last MMC card, and the last thing I'd want to do is butcher that and have to go on a hunt for a small MMC to rebuild everything.

 

I guess from here on out, I'm playing emulation or I'm hoping for a cart release. Countermeasure, being my all time favorite game, I just can't pass this up, though.

 

Haven't even played the ROM yet. I guess I'll have to set up a 7800 emulator, now.

[DracIsBack]

And as always, here is the box to Failsafe. The great artwork is from JAH FISH, NONNER242 AND STUG MEISTER:)

 

 

Did I miss the pre-order for this?

[PacManPlus]

Hi Guys:

 

Thanks for all of the compliments

 

No, there was no pre-order yet - the manual was being finalized last I heard.

 

Hopefully soon...

 

Thanks,

Bob

[HARMIK]

Probably to late but would be cool to have a version with Pokey support for when and if Curts 7800 expansion board comes in.

[Greg2600]

Excellent work, once again, by Bob! Great artwork, and of course, great box by Marc.

[desiv]

...and the manual:

OK, I was getting this set up on my CC2 and realized there was no 40 column text manual.

I love the real manual (PDF), so I did some PDF to text, a lot of copy/cut/paste and then lots of formatting and made a text file for use as a FailSafe manual for the Cuttle Cart 2.

 

I then shot Bob a PM to make sure it was OK with him if I offered it up, and he said no problem.

So, here is is.

It's mostly identical. I removed a few commas, one word, and placed the scoring description at the end.

(I think just because I feel it should start with: "The War Continues...")

 

I'll be doing the others eventually...

 

FAILSAFE.TXT

 

desiv

Also, since I couldn't have icons, where they were in the manual, I replaced them with the first letter of what they represented. So F for Fast. Not great, but it kept the formatting similar to the manual and you probably don't want a paragraph from me trying to describe each icon.

Edited January 30, 2013 by desiv

[Inky]

BUMP OF THE LIVING DEAD!

Has anyone with a Mateos cart noticed that, I believe on level 5, if you get shot by a soldier near the end of the level that the game crashes, or am I probably using an outdated rom?

[Trebor]

...am I probably using an outdated rom?

 

The latest NTSC and PAL ROMs, posted by Bob, are from Feb 27, 2010. They are included in Trebors 7800 ROM PROPack.

[+ZeroPage Homebrew]

ZeroPage Homebrew is playing FailSafe on tomorrow's (Fri May 14, 2021) stream LIVE on Twitch at 6PM PT | 9PM ET | 1AM GMT! Hope everyone can watch!

 

ZPH Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/

 

Games:

• Atlas (2011 | 7800) by Simone Serra @seemo
• FailSafe (2010 | 7800) by Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus

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Edited May 16, 2021 by ZeroPage Homebrew

[+ZeroPage Homebrew]

THE FUTURE OF HOMEBREW ON THE ATARI VCS

ZPH INTERVIEWS ATARI & BOB DECRESCENZO!

 

Tomorrow (Fri) on ZeroPage Homebrew we ask YOUR questions LIVE to Atari's David Paige (Atari VCS Marketing and Development) about the future of homebrew on the Atari VCS! We'll talk about the Atari 2600 & 7800 homebrew games already on the system, their interactions with the Atari community and also what's in store for the future of Atari gaming!

 

We'll also be talking LIVE with award winning developer Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus about his experience getting his Atari 7800 game Fail Safe on the Atari VCS! Plus we have a written interview from Dion Olsthoorn about getting his Atari 2600 games Amoeba Jump and Tower of Rubble on the Atari VCS!

 

Fri Jul 28, 2023 | LIVE @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 7PM GMT

WATCH LIVE: https://twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/

WATCH LATER: https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/

 

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