retroillucid Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 so it was already released? too bad then No, coleco_master is taking care of orders Contact coleco_master to order a copy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 ... yeeeah... how the heck does someone have that on EBay already? I don't even have my copy yet! This is kind of lame... Tursi originally wrote it, he ported it to the TI and they did not even give him a copy before they decided to sell it? Question - Did people pre pay order? If so, why do they not have theirs yet? I do not see Tursi get credit anywhere on the box or disk. I hope he gets credit on the inside of the manual. On the website it say's the programmer is Collector vision. If it were not for Atari Age, we would have no clue that Tursi was the one that made this possible FOR Collector Vision. Credit where credit is due..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 (edited) This is kind of lame... Tursi originally wrote it, he ported it to the TI and they did not even give him a copy before they decided to sell it? Question - Did people pre pay order? If so, why do they not have theirs yet? I do not see Tursi get credit anywhere on the box or disk. I hope he gets credit on the inside of the manual. On the website it say's the programmer is Collector vision. If it were not for Atari Age, we would have no clue that Tursi was the one that made this possible FOR Collector Vision. Credit where credit is due..... Nobody pre pay order, you have to contact coleco_master to order your copy i was going to post that the game has been released today, but it's already been told Tursi personally asked to not be credited btw You should ask for infos before posting .... Edited February 19, 2014 by retroillucid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 This is kind of lame... Tursi originally wrote it, he ported it to the TI and they did not even give him a copy before they decided to sell it? Question - Did people pre pay order? If so, why do they not have theirs yet? I do not see Tursi get credit anywhere on the box or disk. I hope he gets credit on the inside of the manual. On the website it say's the programmer is Collector vision. If it were not for Atari Age, we would have no clue that Tursi was the one that made this possible FOR Collector Vision. Credit where credit is due..... hopefully that means it is shipping. :-) no hate on the credit, I asked not to be credited. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 (edited) Ok... coleco master answer to my information request... the game will cost $60 ea + shipping costs... wow... i remember the cost was about $30-35 in the preorder post by retroillucid... anyway i will take one for me because it's a Tursi game and i must have ... Edited February 19, 2014 by ti99userclub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Ok... coleco master answer to my information request... the game will cost $60 ea + shipping costs... wow... i remember the cost was about $30-35 in the preorder post by retroillucid... anyway i will take one for me because it's a Tursi game and i must have ... Nope , the game is $35 + shipping Coleco_master must have think like it was a CV release 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coleco_master Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 (edited) Hi Guys, Sorry that we had to change the price to $35, the reason for this is that we only produce 20 copies. Shipping to US and Canada is $12 for 1 game, $18 for international 3 sold and 17 left to go! Please PM me for payment Thank you for your support. Edited February 19, 2014 by coleco_master 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Nobody pre pay order, you have to contact coleco_master to order your copy i was going to post that the game has been released today, but it's already been told Tursi personally asked to not be credited btw You should ask for infos before posting .... 1) Okay, no pre-pay's... that QUESTION answered. Tursi' asked not to be credited. Okay... I should ask for infos before posting... that was the point of my post, excuse me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 1) Okay, no pre-pay's... that QUESTION answered. Tursi' asked not to be credited. Okay... I should ask for infos before posting... that was the point of my post, excuse me. It's ok man, things happen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nognir Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I'm not very familiar with the TI 99/4A I must admit, but I'm interested in getting one in the future, that's why I am also interested in the game but I really don't know if it's difficult to get a disk drive for the computer. It's also very hard to get the computer here in Germany because it seems that everyone here got a C64 or an Atari 8-Bit That's why I was asking about a cartridge release. Don't want to miss that great game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I'm not very familiar with the TI 99/4A I must admit, but I'm interested in getting one in the future, that's why I am also interested in the game but I really don't know if it's difficult to get a disk drive for the computer. It's also very hard to get the computer here in Germany because it seems that everyone here got a C64 or an Atari 8-Bit That's why I was asking about a cartridge release. Don't want to miss that great game You may want to try with a nanoPEB first before investing in a real PEB, see http://webpages.charter.net/nanopeb/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nognir Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Thanks for the link! That's quite interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Has anyone experienced the screen going BLACK in Mr. Chin? I was on level 5 yesterday and it was like the lights were turned off in the game. All the sounds kept going, just the display went dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 I played a fair bit without seeing that... I've definitely passed level 5 quite a few times. Anyone else see that issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I played a fair bit without seeing that... I've definitely passed level 5 quite a few times. Anyone else see that issue? I'll download it again from the Game Shelf, I may simply have a bad copy, but it's happened a couple of times before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 (edited) Well... that's embarrassing. The screen blank is probably the screen timeout happening. I just ran a quick test and it's definitely possible. Mr Chin never uses KSCAN, so it doesn't reset the screen timeout, and it DOES use the console interrupt, so after roughly five minutes of play, the screen blanks. That's a rookie mistake. I'll post a fixed version... hopefully tonight. My new commute means I get a lot less time at home, but I'm setting up my laptop so I can work on the train. Edited February 20, 2014 by Tursi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I'll post a fixed version... hopefully tonight. That would make a truly devious feature in a "Trial Ware" program. The only way to continue play, would be able see what's going on, but that would only be available in a 'registered version'. Nawww, that's just too sinister. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 So, will that make it to the disk release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 So, will that... OUCH! What a thought.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Well... that's embarrassing. The screen blank is probably the screen timeout happening. I just ran a quick test and it's definitely possible. Mr Chin never uses KSCAN, so it doesn't reset the screen timeout, and it DOES use the console interrupt, so after roughly five minutes of play, the screen blanks. That's a rookie mistake. I'll post a fixed version... hopefully tonight. My new commute means I get a lot less time at home, but I'm setting up my laptop so I can work on the train. Should be 10 minutes before it the VDP R1 goes to BLANK mode.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Should be 10 minutes before it the VDP R1 goes to BLANK mode.! Anyone else with an F18A notice that the screen seems to blank much sooner than 10 minutes? Like on the order of a few minutes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Anyone else with an F18A notice that the screen seems to blank much sooner than 10 minutes? Like on the order of a few minutes? Beats me, I am still using my own video upgrade the TIM, as noone been nice enough to send me a F18A :) (hint hint) !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Anyone else with an F18A notice that the screen seems to blank much sooner than 10 minutes? Like on the order of a few minutes? It should be 9.1 minutes (65536 ticking by two, 60 times/second). I'll check my F18A when I get home from travels. ...lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 There's no easy way for the floppies to be updated at this point by ColecoMaster, I wrote all the original disks and mailed them. But, it's a diskette, if you were actually going to play from it, you can update it yourself, or I guess send it to me to update (I'm just going to remove the write protect tab, update the files, and replace the tab ). I'd be inclined to PLAY from another source and just keep the box as a collector's thing, but if it's bugging anyone, we can work out me doing the update for you. mrchin.zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) It should be 9.1 minutes (65536 ticking by two, 60 times/second). I'll check my F18A when I get home from travels. ...lee 0A8A 02E0 LWPI >83C0 INTWS 0A8C 83C0 0A8E 05CB INCT 11 Screen timeout counter 0A90 160B JNE >0AA8 Not 0 Counts two at a time. Set it to an odd number and it won't reach zero. Funny how I also remember the time being about 4-5 minutes ... Edited February 21, 2014 by sometimes99er 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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