jblenkle Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Fathom - 4,247 Finally figured out Level 3....but now I'm stuck in Level 4 without a compass and no ideas where to look for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Thanx jblenkle. I have the bluemsx and the fathom game file. I still can't get the game to play, I get to the screen with color auto goto list and run but can't get anywhere from there. This is all new to me, I just wanna play the darn game, any help would be greatly appreciated, thanx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Can't help you much there...I rarely use BlueMSX. Thanx jblenkle. I have the bluemsx and the fathom game file. I still can't get the game to play, I get to the screen with color auto goto list and run but can't get anywhere from there. This is all new to me, I just wanna play the darn game, any help would be greatly appreciated, thanx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skosh Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Thanx jblenkle. I have the bluemsx and the fathom game file. I still can't get the game to play, I get to the screen with color auto goto list and run but can't get anywhere from there. This is all new to me, I just wanna play the darn game, any help would be greatly appreciated, thanx. From what I recall about getting the ColecoVision to run under BlueMSX is that you need to go to this dialog. You get there by going to file menu and selecting Options --> Emulation . For MSX machine you will want to select COL - Colecovision. Then to run a game select File --> Cart Slot 1 and select the game you would like to play. It appears that BlueMSX accepts zip images if you happen to have the game zipped up. After selecting the game it should just run like if you turned the system on. Not sure of what the default control scheme is and you may want to configure that to use a joystick if available on your system. The key mappings can be found here..... Tools --> Input Editor To map controller values click on the item on the controller and then assign the key or controller input as desired. This should get you set up and hope it helps. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Fathom - 4,343 Slowly making progress...but still stuck with no compass on Level 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Thanx alot skosh! That was exactly what I was missing, colecovision in the msx machine drop down. Much appreciated, thanx again for your help aswell jblenkle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariron82 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Good job jblenkle, solving L3 I'm still dying out there without the aid of a directional finder..... 2,928 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariron82 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Starting to get my bearings 4,273 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) Fathom - 4,563 Another oddity...I got stuck in the seaweed someplace and disappeared, but the counter still showed I had 9 left on the energy. Game was over though as it re-started when I pressed fire. Edited February 20, 2013 by jblenkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 7100 Ran out of time looking for trident piece in level 6. Dam shark got me and I lost the compass. Level 4 compass is left past the volcano one screen, then up 2 screens. Level 5 compass is underwater down and to the right, 2 yellow seahorses and a jellyfish in small chamber. To the right past the volcano 1 screen, then up 3 screens for the compass in level 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 8,404 The compass for level 7 can be found underwater, down and to the bottom right. There are 2 small chambers on the rightside, each with a single seahose, the bottom one has the compass. The shark appears underwater more often on any screen, especially after collecting a seahose. Same for the white stork looking bird above water, after collecting a cloud in the sky, he appears immediatelty after. Be ready for both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Fathom - 4,802 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Fathom - 5,902 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 This game is getting frustrating...has anyone else had both their trident and Neptina disappear off the shipwreck screen for no apparent reason? It's happened to me several times now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 2,669 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariron82 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 This game is getting frustrating...has anyone else had both their trident and Neptina disappear off the shipwreck screen for no apparent reason? It's happened to me several times now. Beware of "Jaws" on the octopus screen, as he will 'eat' Neptina right off of the bow on a pass by....then its game over since I haven't found a way to get her back Also, the Pelican can steal your compass making you have to go back and get it===frustrating! I haven't lost the Trident yet..so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 (edited) Ah, is that what's happening? I've seen him swim by on the bottom of the screen, but I didn't connect the two. Both Neptina and the Trident disappear for me. I figured if I go re-collect the Trident I could come down again, but I always run out of energy before I even make it back to the surface. I think this game is buggy as heck...too many weird things happen... Beware of "Jaws" on the octopus screen, as he will 'eat' Neptina right off of the bow on a pass by....then its game over since I haven't found a way to get her back Also, the Pelican can steal your compass making you have to go back and get it===frustrating! I haven't lost the Trident yet..so far. Edited February 22, 2013 by jblenkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Fathom - 6,368 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEFF31 Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Geez - reading thru this thread has made me happy that even tho I have the cart and recently got my fixed system back from Todd (Yurkie) that I haven't played this game. Sounds like it - well sucks! Which reminds me - has decathalon ever been done in the high score club? 10 events, ten rounds or 10 events in 2 (maybe pushed to 4) weeks, decathalon champ is ??? I think this would be interesting... Has Dam busters ever been done (actually - I played this for YEARS and could never do well at it... would like ti see the video of that...)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Fathom - 7,428 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Fathom - 7,442 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 Good game everyone and great comeback at the end there jblenkle. Sorry about all the bugs in the game. I didn't want to stop the round unless the bugs could be predictably exploited to gain points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 Fathom - 7,442 Sorry, but I had to disqualify this score due it being past the end of round deadline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Whoops...sorry, I wasn't even paying attention to the time...no biggy, it was only 14 points better... Sorry, but I had to disqualify this score due it being past the end of round deadline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Things I Learned About Fathom 1. The instruction manual isn't very instructive. 2. There are bugs in this game!!! All of these happened while using an emulator. a. There is a scoring bug that happened to me twice. I don't know exactly what triggers it, but both times it happened I was completing Level 2. It may have to do with freeing Neptina at the same instance the Octopus grabs you. It causes the score to rapidly count upwards. The second time it happened I figured I'd let it continue to see what happened when it hit 99,999, but oddly enough it stopped at 67,930. In this case "rapidly" is a relative term. It took about 15 minutes to reach 67,930. You can continue playing the game even while the scoring counter is moving. I did this the first time it happened. The scoring counter resumed normal operation as soon as I collected some legitimate points. b. On some occasions grabbing the last few yellow clouds or seahorses before they turn grey and black respectively deducts energy from your counter rather than adding it. c. On some instances your game ends even though your energy meter still has power on it. My game ended even though the counter still showed 9. d. In one instance I lost my trident and Neptina due to the shark. I still had a lot on my energy meter so I just ran into the Octopus to let him drain me and walked away from my computer for a few moments. When I came back, I was still in the clutches of the octopus and my meter read zero...but the game didn't end. I struggled out of the Octopus' grasp, returned to the surface, re-collected the trident, and came back down and rescued Neptina. The game continued normally after that. 3. I hate the frickin' shark!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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