ComputerSpaceFan Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Looking great! Say I think the 2600 just got a brand new mascot! Any chance those extra 100 bytes of ROM allow sounds to be added? (oh please, oh please,oh please,oh please) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nateo Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 100 extra bytes, eh? Congrats on being able to squeeze such a quality game into less than 4k! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian O Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Hello everyone, hereby I officially rename my game! The new title is "Blinky goes up". I was a bit reluctant, but I think it turned out quite well and the best part is: it saves me approx. 100 Bytes of ROM :-) Hope you guys like the new title(screen)... Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 looks great! As I mentioned before, once your 4k challenge is finished, you should really consider turning this into as good a game as you can and forget about the size! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimefighter Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I thought this game was based on the great giana sisters.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I thought this game was based on the great giana sisters.... It is!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junosix Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Looking good! Nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unhuman Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 The way the man sort of runs on top of the platform instead of above it is a nice visual trick that looks amazing and gives the game a very nice feel compared to every other title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian O Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Jan -- Any idea when the final version will be completed? Thanks, B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 put me on the preorder list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Hermanns Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 The way the man sort of runs on top of the platform instead of above it is a nice visual trick that looks amazing and gives the game a very nice feel compared to every other title. Yeah, I thought that would give a bit more visual depth - glad you recognized it :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Hermanns Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Jan -- Any idea when the final version will be completed? Thanks, B My plan is to finish everything til end of may. Because I recently got in contact with someone who's got a booth for retro games (http://www.return-magazin.de/) at the gamescom 2012 (http://www.gamescom-cologne.com/) and I want to show it there. So don't worry, I'm still working on it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManCaveArcade Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I played this with my new harmony cart and I must say that I am very impressed with the fun game play. It looks good on real hardware. The falling death seemed a bit frustrating at first but it does add challenge to the game. The sound effects will really make this game rock. Great job and I would love to make a nice professional box for this when u r ready to do a release. Either way, I dont want to miss out on having this on a cart. YOU PROGRAMMERS ARE AMAZING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Simply AMAZING! This is such a great little game! Can't wait to see it on cart....where do I put my name on the list..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Hermanns Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 I played this with my new harmony cart and I must say that I am very impressed with the fun game play. It looks good on real hardware. The falling death seemed a bit frustrating at first but it does add challenge to the game. The sound effects will really make this game rock. Great job and I would love to make a nice professional box for this when u r ready to do a release. Either way, I dont want to miss out on having this on a cart. YOU PROGRAMMERS ARE AMAZING! Thanks for testing it! Good to know, that it runs ok on real hardware :-) Your offer concerning the box is really nice - but I'm really looking forward doing the box, manual and label design by myself, sorry. I hope your not disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Hermanns Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 Simply AMAZING! This is such a great little game! Can't wait to see it on cart....where do I put my name on the list..... Thank you! Last weekend someone, who wants to publish the game, contacted me. So I've high hopes that there will be a cartridge release in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManCaveArcade Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I played this with my new harmony cart and I must say that I am very impressed with the fun game play. It looks good on real hardware. The falling death seemed a bit frustrating at first but it does add challenge to the game. The sound effects will really make this game rock. Great job and I would love to make a nice professional box for this when u r ready to do a release. Either way, I dont want to miss out on having this on a cart. YOU PROGRAMMERS ARE AMAZING! Thanks for testing it! Good to know, that it runs ok on real hardware :-) Your offer concerning the box is really nice - but I'm really looking forward doing the box, manual and label design by myself, sorry. I hope your not disappointed. Not at all, (well maybe a little, LOL) I thought it would be worth a shot, because fun games like this don't come around very often... I am looking forward to YOUR box, cart and manual combo when ever you decide to release it. You can count me in for the pre-order! Any idea of a time frame for release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Hermanns Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 Not at all, (well maybe a little, LOL) I thought it would be worth a shot, because fun games like this don't come around very often... I am looking forward to YOUR box, cart and manual combo when ever you decide to release it. You can count me in for the pre-order! Any idea of a time frame for release? Hopefully end of may - see 6 posts above from here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyChris Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Hi, The download on page 1 does not work. It always gets stuck at 64% percent downloaded? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyChris Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Tried it again today and it is now working. Hi, The download on page 1 does not work. It always gets stuck at 64% percent downloaded? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syntaxerror999 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Just thought Id say the demo runs fine on an unmodded Supercharger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 (edited) Just thought Id say the demo runs fine on an unmodded Supercharger. I was looking to see if anyone tried this on the unmodded Supercharger! Time to download the game and play it! Edited April 18, 2012 by walter_J64bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Hermanns Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 Just thought Id say the demo runs fine on an unmodded Supercharger. That's very nice, thank you! I was looking to see if anyone tried this on the unmodded Supercharger! Time to download the game and play it! I hope you enjoy it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinMos3 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 How's this coming along? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Hermanns Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 How's this coming along? It's finished! The final game has 6 Levels and (as promised) sound/FX. I've also done a PAL version in addition to the NTSC version. And I couldn't resist to add some gimmicks: - When you don't move Blinky for a longer time period he gets impatient and taps with his foot - There is a small surprise at the end when you play a perfect game (i.e. collect every gold nugget and don't loose a life) So the programming job is completely done! I'm now designing the box as well as the manual. The game will be released on cartridge. I can't tell you an exact release date, but I'm currently working on that with the guys from http://2600connection.atari.org/ After the cartridge release I'll plan to give the ROM images and the source code (if someone is interested) to the public domain. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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