TrekMD Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 So time is tight, but trying to pull this all together - just saw a sneak preview of one of the new enhancement games and after I picked my jaw up - WOW I think everyone is gonna be VERY VERY happy, its a must need game for the 7800! Curt Oh man, what a tease! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Oh great, sounds like we finally get a Smurfs game on the 7800! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakasama Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 (edited) I thought we would get an ET or a Knight Rider game with this. Edited July 23, 2010 by Bakasama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Oh great, sounds like we finally get a Smurfs game on the 7800! I think I would have a heart attack if the Smurfs made it to the 7800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Oh great, sounds like we finally get a Smurfs game on the 7800! I think I would have a heart attack if the Smurfs made it to the 7800. Smurfs? Hmmm.... <Looks down the list of things in the game> Nope! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Any information on what the new bank switching modes will look like? There is some technical information in the other expansion module thread. However its quite old. Technical documentation will be released along with working code examples and demos towards the end of the project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Plastics sample is being worked on tomorrow at the Stereolithography shop and they will have it ready by Monday (but perhaps Saturday, I just need to drive and go get it which I have no problem doing) Fantastic news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted July 23, 2010 Great news, the sample plastic will be ready Saturday PM, I'm picking up Sunday AM and I will post pics sometime Sunday for everyone. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Excellent! Looking forward to seeing those pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted July 25, 2010 Author Share Posted July 25, 2010 Okay, just drove back from North East CT. this morning... Finished giving the sample plastic a simple satin coat, I need to clean it up a bit tomorrow, some fine sanding and cloth wipe it down to get more of the shine off of it and then place a temporary breadboard into it and ports, screw it together firmly so its ready for showing at CGE next week... 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potatohead Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 That's really cool Curt. You should be feeling really good about it. Deffo on the hunt for a 7800 that has an ok plastic case. :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 looking very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Laird Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Wow that looks soooooo cool!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underball Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 The 7800 got a boob job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Totally awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARI7800fan Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 I was wondering, where will I be able to buy this. will it be on the Atariage store. Thank you for your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+pboland Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 (edited) Okay, just drove back from North East CT. this morning... Finished giving the sample plastic a simple satin coat, I need to clean it up a bit tomorrow, some fine sanding and cloth wipe it down to get more of the shine off of it and then place a temporary breadboard into it and ports, screw it together firmly so its ready for showing at CGE next week... WOW! That looks great! That has to be one of the best add-ons I have ever seen. It matches so well that it looks as if it should have been there the whole time. Looks like I need to dust off my 7800. Edited July 25, 2010 by pboland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edweird13 Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 That look really cool Curt. Nice work!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted July 25, 2010 Author Share Posted July 25, 2010 (edited) That is because I went off of a set of drawings I bought from Tom Palecki - an Atari Industrial Engineer who designed what was going to initially be a computer add-on moudle for the 7800 back in April 1984 , so I put that into Solidworks and had an SLA made in ABS from the .stl files generated from Solidworks... I'm trying to stay true to form in the design. I'm going to make a case design for Opcode for his expansion module for the Colecovision that will also stay true to the original look and feel as well. Okay, just drove back from North East CT. this morning... Finished giving the sample plastic a simple satin coat, I need to clean it up a bit tomorrow, some fine sanding and cloth wipe it down to get more of the shine off of it and then place a temporary breadboard into it and ports, screw it together firmly so its ready for showing at CGE next week... WOW! That looks great! That has to be one of the best add-ons I have ever seen. It matches so well that it looks as if it should have been there the whole time. Looks like I need to dust off my 7800. Edited July 25, 2010 by Curt Vendel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Joe Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 that's just absolutely fantastic work I can't wait. :thumbsup: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARI7800fan Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 When will they announce a list of games for the expansion, I hope they do some arcade games like Tempest and some side scrollers/platformers/action/adventure.Would love to see a side scrolling shooter like contra on the system and also maybe a shooter like R-type. That would be awesome. Can not wait for it to come out. Hopefully it is more around Christmas as that is when I will have the money. It will be nice to see what the system can do with the parts Atari Had probably originally planed for it before Jack took-over. Like the Pokey chip, though I really do not think they would have put the arcade sound chip in the system. Good job so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARI7800fan Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 I was wondering will it get power from the cart slot or will it require its own power adopter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 When will they announce a list of games for the expansion, I hope they do some arcade games like Tempest and some side scrollers/platformers/action/adventure. They will be announced when the developers are ready to announce them. A Tempest WIP is available. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 I was wondering will it get power from the cart slot or will it require its own power adopter. It'll take power from the cart slot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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