catsfolly Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Its a quad OR gate. I hope you can keep all your "OR's" in the water, and get this board running... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 I hope you can keep all your "OR's" in the water, and get this board running... Almost there. Its not passing all the tests in the bus cycle exercising test ROM I created for my new multi-cart yet . Once it gets through that set of tests it'll run Rocketeer fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeguychicago Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 One question: Since these carts are intended to reuse Mattel shells, will Rocketeer and the other planned games include replacement labels for the shell and will they include an manual (either in printed form or in the form of a printable PDF)? And no, this is not an invitation to stoke the box/overlays discussion again. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I hope you can keep all your "OR's" in the water, and get this board running... Gotta love that nerdy computer programmer humour. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 One question: Since these carts are intended to reuse Mattel shells, will Rocketeer and the other planned games include replacement labels for the shell and will they include an manual (either in printed form or in the form of a printable PDF)? Both Rocketeer and Mars Minis will come with a new end label already in place on the cart and no manual. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Sounds great, looking forward to both games, thanks again! Dale W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignorama Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 One of the rare moments when its an advantage to be a european Intellivision collector. Since the eJag Fest is just about 220km away from my home I probably can visit it and play Rocketeer (and some other games), as well as I see the multi cart. Hopefully I dont have to work both days, but I guess it should be possible to get one free day for that event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Please go Ignorama, and tell me about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Both Rocketeer and Mars Minis will come with a new end label already in place on the cart and no manual. Any chance of eventually releasing a manual pdf so we can print our own? Wouldn't have to be immediately, but would be cool if eventually released down the road. If not, I'd probably try my hand at designing/printing my own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdoerty Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Any chance of eventually releasing a manual pdf so we can print our own? Wouldn't have to be immediately, but would be cool if eventually released down the road. If not, I'd probably try my hand at designing/printing my own I would be willing to help write such a manual. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaztee Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Please go Ignorama, and tell me about it! I'll be there both days Played it a lot during AC2013 back in April & really enjoyed it! Had that awful one more go thing going for it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I played Rocketeer during its beta stage, and I saw it evolve. I think it's an awesome game with lots of potential. I can't wait to play the final version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted October 31, 2013 Author Share Posted October 31, 2013 Plenty of people played it at Play Expo earlier in the month too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignorama Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Maybe plenty of people have played it so far, but I am the Intellivision Vigeogame Authority, known as IVA, so my opinion will be the most important of all! If you ask yourself who made me to the IVA: I made this by myself like the VGA and since they earn tons of money with stupid gradings and plastic boxes I decided to become a Authority too For the case that somebody did not get it: I am just kidding. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsfolly Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 A short video of Rocketeer's title/attract sequence running at Play Expo (courtesy of sh3-rg) :- Hmmm. "Mystery Musician's title sequence music" sounds an awful lot like Arnauld's tracker demo song... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted October 31, 2013 Author Share Posted October 31, 2013 Hmmm. "Mystery Musician's title sequence music" sounds an awful lot like Arnauld's tracker demo song... Yep! Good catch! I was making changes right up to the wire to get the game ready for Play Expo and it wasn't in a fit state so I rolled the code back a bit (to get a version that would play without game play issues), built it and did a quick test before calling it a night. Unfortunately I didn't check what music was being included in the build and just went straight into the game to test it . Its entirely my fault because Rocketeer has been a bit of a test bed for trying things out in. When I do the demo of the Rev3 cart PCB in action you'll get a snippet of the final game's music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I'll be there both days Played it a lot during AC2013 back in April & really enjoyed it! Had that awful one more go thing going for it If those are retro gaming expos, feel free to add them to this thread: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/217617-retro-gaming-expo-list/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Bump. Any updates? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 Rocketeer will be available to play at eJagFest in Germany next weekend. Event attendees will also be able to play Hover Bovver, Mars Minis and several other WIP game projects. I'll also have the multi-cart prototype to demo as well. I haven't made as much progress on the Rev3 PCB microcontroller firmware as I'd like . I came up with a much better idea on how to to emulate the Inty's various bus cycles (whilst debugging the first version) which should make the cart's firmware rock steady. Currently I'm about 80% complete on coding that (its a complete rewrite) and hopefully it'll get beyond the bus cycle test utility ROM and have a real game on it to play for eJagFest. I'll be doing a quick re-spin of the Rev3 PCB (to Rev3a) once I'm happy with the new firmware because one of the PCB's components is slightly fouled by a Mattel shell's PCB rest. The new PCB will also have gold plated contacts and a silk screen to make it as close as possible to the final shipping PCBs. I'm still intending to send revolutionika a Rev3 PCB (and its bus cycle test utility) so he can check it out on his various machines. He'll also get a Rev3a for testing as well. Rocketeer still needs work to get it into the final version. Once the binary been tested by my beta test team it will lead to the game being signed off. However Rev3(a) firmware is my top priority at the moment. Once I get the PCB and its firmware signed off Rocketeer will be completed while cart internal parts are coming in. Then I can move onto Mars Minis and my other projects waiting in the wings. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Sooooo......in time for an X-mas present for Jason? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 Sooooo......in time for an X-mas present for Jason? Just for being cheeky I'll send you a version on a Rev3a prototype. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Excellent news! Wish I was going to Germany next weekend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Mid to late 2014 release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignorama Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 I probably find the time to visit the eJag festival on Sunday. At least I hope I can find the time to visit it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slab0meat Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Is this a December release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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