Wrathchild Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 (edited) Hi! Inspired by the recent flood on new conversions to the 5200, I set upon an ambitious task of making a 'multi-cart' compilation in just 32K! Two games that I loved from the early times of owning an A8 were 'Embargo' and 'Match Racer' from Gebelli (most developed by the Solitaire Group). Therefore I picked 'Firebird' as a third title to put on the cartridge, as this was also fun to play, but with adding that and a front menu too into the code, things were getting quite tight in terms of space. BUT... I then employed the 'exomizer' compressor and managed to gain enough space to even add an extra bonus: 'Andromeda' (quite a strange game but it has since grown on me). SO... 4 titles in all! All of the games have basic controls, using 'Start' and 'Option' keys on the originals (Match Racer using 'Select' too) so now: Menu: * = step through titles Andromeda: * = selects level of play (and changes the background colour) Embargo: * = select level of play Firebird: no special keys Match Racer: * = select speed, # = number of players They all support the use of the 'Pause' button too if you want to take a break! One of the reasons for making this cartridge is; at the end of this month I am doing a tandem parachute jump (my first!) to help raise funds for the charity that supports our eldest daughter ( ME2 Club ). If you enjoy the conversions then do please donate any amount you can, details of how to can be found at this page. Cheers go to Paul & phaeron (again!) for some debugging help on Firebird Best wishes, thanks & Enjoy! Mark Gebelli5200.zip Edited April 8, 2014 by Wrathchild 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aking Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Nice, now we got a multicart ! HINT: A Submarine is on its way to the 5200... pd:Are you still working on Mr Do ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 Are you still working on Mr Do ? Its on the cards... but I was first looking to see if Speed Ace's working RAM will fit in 16K I'd done the first pass disassembly quite a while back but have done the final tweaks to give labels to the remaining absolute references (e.g. LDX/Y) and so should be able to assemble the A8 version back into its original form as the first test. If people want Mr Do! first then I can put Speed Ace on hold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aking Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 If people want Mr Do! first then I can put Speed Ace on hold people have been clamoring for Mr Do ! 5200 for eons... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Awesome! Thanks Wrath! One more member doing conversions is a GREAT thing! I just wish you peeps would do them AFTER I get home from work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 Like in the 'R.E.D' films, I never actually retired Certainly I need to update this page as I have since added: Jet Boot Jack and Rampage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 I think this was picked up on the other threads but nearly 150 download in the first few hours would make me think that some bots are leeching the AtariAge site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 (edited) All I can say is WoW! Thank you very much for your hard work! Greatly appreciated! Will load in my 128 in 1 asap! Edited April 8, 2014 by thegamezmaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted April 13, 2014 Author Share Posted April 13, 2014 Any feedback on how these are playing on actual h/w? (did that purple actually come out purple! ) I'm halfway to my fund-raising goal, so any more help to support this particular charity welcome. Thanks for the contributions so far. Just to encourage you, "Mr Do!" is certainly a possibility with a >32K ROM, but with a bit of compression etc I think it may be possible to squeeze into 32K (which would be my 'ideal' ). Current state of work: I can run a playable game on the Atari 8-bit using a code/data relocated build - but this is suffering from 2 noticeable issues at this point: 1) The first couple of apples drop OK but after this they won't, nor is this reset on subsequent levels. 2) When the 'Extra' character comes out, more often than not, him and the ghosts stay in the same space. These could well be down to some copy-protection checks, as two have already been eliminated. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aking Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 all 4 games play fine on 4 and 2 port systems still did not take me time to figure out Andromeda should donations go to paypal@mkeates.f9.co.uk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 If possible please donate on the DoItForCharity page as it will go direct to the charity that way. However they only take Visa, Mastercard, Maestro and Solo but not American Express or Diners Club, therefore if you'd like to go via my PayPal then I'll transfer it add the payment myself to the list in your name/alias. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Thanks for your hard work! Would love to see Mr. Do! Love what you've done so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Here's a label for the cart. I'm not the best graphic artist but here's what I came up with. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 That looks great, Allan. And Warchild, yes, Mr. Do! on the 5200 would be awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Thanks for this. I particularly like the Embargo game. lots of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aking Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Any feedback on how these are playing on actual h/w? (did that purple actually come out purple! ) I'm halfway to my fund-raising goal, so any more help to support this particular charity welcome. Thanks for the contributions so far. Just to encourage you, "Mr Do!" is certainly a possibility with a >32K ROM, but with a bit of compression etc I think it may be possible to squeeze into 32K (which would be my 'ideal' ). Current state of work: I can run a playable game on the Atari 8-bit using a code/data relocated build - but this is suffering from 2 noticeable issues at this point: 1) The first couple of apples drop OK but after this they won't, nor is this reset on subsequent levels. 2) When the 'Extra' character comes out, more often than not, him and the ghosts stay in the same space. These could well be down to some copy-protection checks, as two have already been eliminated. Mark Mr Do! splash screen for an optional second / bigger version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Very cool games. I threw you a few "pounds" on your fundraiser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKE5200 Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Mr Do! splash screen for an optional second / bigger version Doesn't seem to boot up on real hardware. Someone please verify ..THANKS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Wait, is this the same Gebelli that had a hand in the design of the Final Fantasy series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 It would appear so, I didn't spot that! The NES FF3 translation is one game I certainly enjoyed. http://squarecave.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/nasir-gebelli-programming-god.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Hi everyone, Two bits of news... Firstly, after the British weather putting paid to 3 previous attempts, I was able to get the Tandem parachute jump done on 20th July and an amazing experience it was! Many thanks to those who donated, in total the 10 volunteers & family members raised £6,755! Secondly, I've (at last!) had a break-though in coming back to getting my relocated code version for the A8 working this evening. There was a last bit of code protection, code that temporarily relocated a code checking routine, called it and then scrubbed it. Due to the relocations this was trashing some other memory and hence having the knock-on effect in the bugs being seen. So, the game code and read-only data takes the entire 32K and so a bigger cart size will required to get the additional (writeable) data area relocated into RAM when the game is initialised but that should be quite straight-forward to port across to the 5200 now. So only the time to do that and a good degree of beta-testing stand in the way of this becoming a reality finally! Regards, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Doh, I failed to mention the title... hopefully you worked out I was, of course, referring to Mr Do! ... my relocated code version for the A8 working ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Doh, I failed to mention the title... hopefully you worked out I was, of course, referring to Mr Do! Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Glad the jump went well!!! Incredible that you've almost cracked Mr. Do! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Mr Do! splash screen for an optional second / bigger version Is this just the screen above or the game Mr. Do?? Thanks for any clarification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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