Curt Vendel Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 While doing research for the next book - Atari Corp: Business is War, I ran across some source code to various Atari 400/800 games, Donkey Kong, Defender, Dig Dug, Football and Tennis... Enjoy! Curt DEFENDER_REV0.zip DIGROM.zip DK.zip FOOTBALL.zip TENNIS.zip 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezz Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Great! thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Would be fantastic to get some updates to DK and Dig Dug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Is it the original Dig Dug or the updated '5200 version'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Sweet - thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idavis Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Awesome Curt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Nice ++++ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Cool. Thanks Curt. Hopefully someone can figure out which Dig Dug this is. At least now we know who programmed it. <code> ;********************************** ;* * ;* DIGDUG * ;* * ;* BY * ;* * ;* CHRIS MCQUILKIN * ;* AND * ;* TRACEY SIESSER * ;* * ;* * ;* BASED ON THE ARCADE GAME * ;* "DIGDUG" BY NAMCO * ;* * ;* * ;* COPYRIGHT ATARI INC. 1983 * ;* * ;********************************** </code> Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 This is interesting: ; ; ; DEFENDER ; ; ; WRITTEN BY MICHAEL WAYNE COLBURN ; ; COMPLETED IN AUGEST OF 82 ; ; ; REV 0 ; ; ; Who's that? And what Defender is it? Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 EJECT ;********************************************************************* ;* Q: WHAT DID TARZAN SAY WHEN HE SAW THE CHARACTOR SETS COMING? * ;* * ;* A: "HERE COME THE CHARACTOR SETS." * ;********************************************************************* Allan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 This is interesting: ; ; ; DEFENDER ; ; ; WRITTEN BY MICHAEL WAYNE COLBURN ; ; COMPLETED IN AUGEST OF 82 ; ; ; REV 0 ; ; ; Who's that? And what Defender is it? Allan That's strange because I spoke with Steve Baker and he said he did the 5200/8-bit version. M.W. Colburn did some other Atari 8-bit stuff such as the Atari 1200XL BIOS, so he was definitly an Atari 8-bit guy. Maybe he 'ported' the 5200 version to the 8-bit? I know I've seen two different people do stuff like this before such as with the 5200 version of Super Breakout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Cool. Thanks Curt. Hopefully someone can figure out which Dig Dug this is. At least now we know who programmed it. ;********************************** ;* * ;* DIGDUG * ;* * ;* BY * ;* * ;* CHRIS MCQUILKIN * ;* AND * ;* TRACEY SIESSER * ;* * ;* * ;* BASED ON THE ARCADE GAME * ;* "DIGDUG" BY NAMCO * ;* * ;* * ;* COPYRIGHT ATARI INC. 1983 * ;* * ;********************************** Allan My gut says this is the original version as I've found references to them working at Atari, but nothing about them working for GCC (who did 5200 version). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 It's a totally different version. Try this program. Allan DEF.OBJ.zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 It's a totally different version. Try this program. Allan Really? Interesting. I'm at work right now so I can't look into this. SCREENSHOTS PLEASE!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Here's a screen shot. Allan atari001.tiff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Here's a PNG. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 As you can see it's not very good. I can see why they went with Steve's version. I just wish we could find his finished Stargate that was faster. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 ; ; Q: What is black and white and can't turn around in an elevator? ; A: A nun with a javelin in her head. ; ; Q: What do you call a nun who has had a sex change operation? ; A: A transister. ; Thanks for the laughs, Landon. Thirty years later. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 ; Kong climbing right up ; ......++++......##########...................... ; ....++######..##############.................... ; ....######....##############.................... ; ....######++##################++................ ; ..######++++##################++++.............. ; ..######++++##################++++.............. ; ..########++..##############..++##.............. ; ..########################..######.............. ; ..################################.............. ; ..####################################.......... ; ..########################################...... ; ....######################################...... ; ....############################@@++##########.. ; ......######################@@@@@@++++@@######.. ; ......####################++@@....@@@@@@++###### ; ......####################@@......@@@@@@@@++#### ; ......##################@@++....@@....@@@@###### ; ....######################++@@@@@@......@@++#### ; ..########################@@++@@++@@....++####.. ; ..##########################++@@++@@##..####.... ; ############`#####################++######...... ; ####################################............ ; ##################..##################.......... ; ################..######################........ ; ..############..########################........ ; ....##########++##..####################........ ; ......++####++++##....##################........ ; ....++++++++++##........##############.......... ; ..........................++++######............ ; ............................####++##............ ; ..........................++++++##++............ ; ............................++++++++++.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 As you can see it's not very good. I can see why they went with Steve's version. I just wish we could find his finished Stargate that was faster. Allan Weird! Yeah it looks like really cruddy, how does it play? I don't know if a 'faster more finished' version of Stargate really exists. I think it's a case of Steve mis-remembering things as the 8-bit port is exactly as slow and they wouldn't have started it until the 5200 version was finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Weird! Yeah it looks like really cruddy, how does it play? I don't know if a 'faster more finished' version of Stargate really exists. I think it's a case of Steve mis-remembering things as the 8-bit port is exactly as slow and they wouldn't have started it until the 5200 version was finished. It's OK. Not nearly as good as Baker's version. You might be right about Stargate. Not porting it from one system to the other until it was complete makes perfect sense. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 The only name I can find in Tennis is this: *********************************** * * * D:SECURITY.CAV * * * * Protection code that tests * * the condition of the machine * * to determine if the proper * * environment exists. * * * * MEMORY: * * Zero Page * * $80-$81 * * * * REGISTERS: * * A X Y * * * * MODS: * * Greg Riker * * 11/17/82 * * 12/1/82 * * 01/08/83 * *********************************** ; Equates Does this name sound familiar? Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 The only name I can find in Tennis is this: *********************************** * * * D:SECURITY.CAV * * * * Protection code that tests * * the condition of the machine * * to determine if the proper * * environment exists. * * * * MEMORY: * * Zero Page * * $80-$81 * * * * REGISTERS: * * A X Y * * * * MODS: * * Greg Riker * * 11/17/82 * * 12/1/82 * * 01/08/83 * *********************************** ; Equates Does this name sound familiar? Allan Not at all. Sean Hennessy did RS Tennis as far as I know. Is this a different game? EDIT: Greg's name is listed under MODS so maybe he modded the game for the Atari 8-bit? I know they did change a few things (added a trophy on the win screen, removed the 4 player hidden mode, etc.). That would be my guess anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Wow this is awesome. Wouldn't mind seeing a Jaguar version of Dig Dug and Donkey Kong. I think the Jaguar library is covered for Defender, Tennis, and Football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Wow this is awesome. Wouldn't mind seeing a Jaguar version of Dig Dug and Donkey Kong. I think the Jaguar library is covered for Defender, Tennis, and Football. 68000 isn't the same as 6502, ObjectProcessor isn't the same as ANTIC/GTIA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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