AtariNerd Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 (edited) Awww, c'mon guys. Maybe Bob might want to do something other than a space shooter - though he is absolutely awesome at 'em. Edited October 29, 2011 by AtariNerd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpaul Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Finally got home from being out of town and found mine waiting for me! Thanks, Bob! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Oooh. Satan's Hollow would be a good one. How about a perfect clone of Galaxian? That one has never been done well on ANY console or computer. Love the sound effects on that one. i really takes me back. then there is star castle... Satan's Hollow would be a better choice. I'd be surprised if audio can be perfect for Galaxian on the 7800. ColecoVision has the best port of Galaxian. Star Castle needs four buttons to play which is why the Vectrex version works. A joystick with two buttons doesn't work for Star Castle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpaul Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 If he's taking votes, I vote for Crazy Climber.. Not too many home versions, let alone good ones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Actually, while all of the above are good ideas, I'm kinda looking forward to what he picks, just because it will probably be something no one thought of. AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Mine arrived today, it's quite challenging! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntavio Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 I also got mine today. Once again Bob, fantastic work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iesposta Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Mine Arrived!! Saturday afternoon. Thanks, PacManPlus... BUT The power has been out here in the northeast US since noon :'( <crying> due to snow Nooooooooooo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Mine Arrived!! Saturday afternoon. Thanks, PacManPlus... BUT The power has been out here in the northeast US since noon :'( <crying> due to snow Nooooooooooo! Exactly the same thing happened to me. Played it today, great job as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 No sign of mine yet... hopefully soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 Thanks, guys Mayhem - it should be there soon. Let me know if it isn't there by the end of the week. I'll have to go to the PO and try to find out what is going on. Thanks, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Hi Bob Mine is not arrived too,but do not panic.German and US post are snails. greetings Walter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Would it be possible to do Galaga in hi-res like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydro Thunder Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I'm thinking Bob needs a real challenge for his next project. So I'm thinking to truly show off the Awesomea Powera of the 7800, he needs to do a little ditty I would call "Carvel vs Mapcom 3". Wouldn't be easy, even for Bob. But if there was no blocking... And all three partners shared a life bar and auto-tagged out when it got down to 2/3 and 1/3 health.... And special moves were simply activated by the two buttons, each character pre-designated with two special moves... And instead of being able to pick three characters you had to pick from pre-set teams of three characters.... Okay, it would still be awful. Funny, and likely impressive for what it would be, but not fun to play I would imagine, even with Bob at the helm. And therefore I suggest Zookeeper. And a sequel to The Dreadnaught Factor. And Star Castle, Time Pilot, Vulgus, Black Widow, Bubbles, Circus Charlie, Donkey Kong 3 (need to round out the 7800 DK Trilogy with the crotch-shooting craziness of DK3!), Elevator Action, Gorf, Mr. Do!, Space Fury, Tac/Scan, Root Beer Tapper.... And another crazy one to tackle just for humor's sake....... Panzer Dragoon Saga 7800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariNerd Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Received my copy this afternoon (Monday), which was a bit of a shock, because I didn't send payment out until late Saturday night, local time! I sense powerful Wizardry at foot.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almost Rice Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Got mine yesterday. I forgot how hard this game was even on easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 So I'm thinking to truly show off the Awesomea Powera of the 7800, he needs to do a little ditty I would call "Carvel vs Mapcom 3". Some sort of a platformer starring Cookie Puss, I'd imagine? Player 2 can be Hug Me the Bear. (How I used to covet those ice cream cakes as a kid.) Not sure why they'd be so het up about a telecommunications data visualization company, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madaracs Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I CAN HAS MOON CRESTA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonpatrol Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Got my copy yesterday. It's awesome! Thank you Pacmanplus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lendorien Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I played this game a bit on Prosystem, but got the actual cart yesterday. Boy it got to me quick. In any case, I played it a bit,t hen showed it to my roommate. We're both really impressed. The animations are amazingly fluid and the gameplay is pretty intense. I never played the arcade game, but I can imagine that if the arcade was this tough, it sucked up a lot of quarters. This is a delightful bit of homebrew and, incidentally, the first homebrew I've ever bought. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underball Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I look at how absolutely fantastic and nearly arcade perfect this game turned out due to Bob's hard work (as always) and I can't help but think - Who really needs the XM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keitaro Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I got my PAL copy thanks!! I only played a few games but It works excellent. (I need more free time) And hard mode is really hard It's great to see pushing off the limits of the original 7800 hardware. In the other side, the XM could contribute to a -even more- great 7800 scene. @Bob, I like your avatar I can upload the .PSD file if someone wants it. I think It would be great a report of the 7800 homebrew scene published in classic videogame magazines to promote it. A kind of "7800: present and future". Anybody knows If Atari 7800 was covered in magazines like Retro gamer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Anybody knows If Atari 7800 was covered in magazines like Retro gamer? It was covered in the last 12 months or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Maybe when the XM comes out you could start a small 7800 newsletter. Call it something like MARIA:The Atari 7800 Resource. Once Curt gets a keyboard working with XM and hopefully the OSS Basic people could start writing Basic programs for it. I've been waiting for a long time to see how OSS implimented BASIC on the 7800. Hopefully it's pretty decent with some graphics commands. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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