+SpiceWare Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 (edited) Stations are now solid - this means the player's shots no longer pass thru it, so you must fly around the station to pick off all the pods (or hit the energy field) Flying into a station will destroy both the player's ship and the station Pods now explode when destroyed Stations now explode when destroyed - station explosion is not deadly to the player's ship Nathan's been busy so these are just some placeholder graphics that I threw together. Pod Explosion Station Explosion ROM1 draconian_20140513.bin 1 Requires Stella ver 3.7.1 or later. See first post for instructions on how to reduce flicker. Edited May 13, 2014 by SpiceWare 5 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-2989933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
YANDMAN Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 What the fuuuuuuuuuuuu literally one of my all time classic arcade games hits my all time favourite classic console, This is astounding the 2600 love just gets better and better. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-2994651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
YANDMAN Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 ... I couldn't help myself. This is one game that I wish had been done in the early days of the VCS. Loved Bosconian back in 81' and this is a perfect version for the Atari! GREATJOB!!!! Just beautiful man Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-2998909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman jack Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 This is great. Bosconian, er Draconian is a game I loved in the arcade and have always hoped to see on the VCS. I can't wait for this to be released in cartridge form! Well, I can wait and will wait, but you know what I mean. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-2999377 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 Thanks! Just got back from Colorado Springs so it'll probably be another week or so before the next update. Was there for my cousin Natalie's wedding it was held at The Broadmoor, an awesome setting didn't have much time for site seeing, though we did manage to make it out to the Garden of the Gods for a couple hours. Moving objects cause some rather interesting artifacts in panoramic photos 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-2999670 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Is that what it looks like outside? What's it like? Does it smell funny? Were there any lions or tigers or bears? 5 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-2999674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atwwong Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I have been away too long... This is awesome work/fun/play! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-3010470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Those cars remind me of this. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-3010520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 Those cars remind me of this. Mythbusters did that too, for the Green Hornet special. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-3010670 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Is that what it looks like outside? What's it like? Does it smell funny? Were there any lions or tigers or bears? What.....what is this..."outside" you speak of? 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-3010681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 What.....what is this..."outside" you speak of? I got this one! You know when the waitress forces you to sit next to the windows? It's that hazy green and blue light that makes it hard to post on Facebook whilst dining. 4 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-3010686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydro Thunder Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Spice is the man. I cannot quit playing this, Space Rocks, and Frantic. Keep up the great work, I can't wait to see more on this. Only a few arcades near me used to have Bosconian, and I would just go to crazy town playing it back in the day. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-3020118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 (edited) Thanks! I've worked on making the shots come out the station pods, but the way I was implementing it didn't work out well, so I decided I'm going to have to roll back to the source code from May 13 and come up with a different way to do it. However, it's going to be a while before I can do that as I volunteered to give my Atari Homebrew presentation at the Classic Game Fest in Austin on August 16. I've been giving the presentation every year at the Houston Arcade Expo since 2011, and also gave it at last year's PRGE. I like to revise the presentation based on how the prior one went. This time I'm added an example of developing a 2K game called Collect. I've allocated a few weeks to write it, then a few weeks to rework my presentation to include it. Edited June 28, 2014 by SpiceWare 5 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-3020408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted September 6, 2014 Author Share Posted September 6, 2014 One thing: And this is probably a screen issue: Is it possible to move at the same speed for all directions? It's possible. Code was in place at one point that compensated for the 2600's non-square pixels. I promptly removed it due to how crappy it turned out. All the stationary objects(asteroids, mines, stations) get a bad case of judder due to how object flicker and fractional movement clash with each other. I'm back to work on Draconian! Nathan and I didn't agree on the judder being a problem so last weekend's blog entry has a new menu option, TRUE 45°, that will turn on logic that compensates for the 12:7 aspect ratio of the 2600's pixels. Having tested it, I've decided the judder is no longer an issue - I believe that's because when I did the prior test there was no gameplay logic, not even collision detection, so you just flew around while looking at the sprites. Now when you fly around you are actively trying to avoid objects and/or shoot them, so you don't have time to notice the judder. I've already removed the menu option, but left the compensation logic turned on. 8 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-3067712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 I'm back to work on Draconian! Awesome news Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-3076757 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 (edited) Awesome news It's going very slowly - I got sidetracked back on the 8th when I spotted a preorder special for an online iOS 8 programming course for $80. It also included the iOS 7 course, so I started working my way thru it. They've just started to release the iOS 8 lessons, but I decided to finish the iOS 7 course first since I'm already a couple weeks in. I'll do the iOS 8 course afterward as things have changed - I accidentally updated Xcode to 6 (needed for iOS 8 ) when I updated OS X to 10.9.5 and the changes in Xcode were making it difficult to follow the iOS 7 course. Al helped me track down Xcode 5.1.1 in Apple's developer portal, so I installed it alongside ver 6. I've already learned quite a bit about XCode and Objective C that will come in handy when I write the AtariVox Mac utility program. Up until now all my Mac programs have been command line based as I hadn't yet wrapped my head around how the OS X GUI and Objective C worked. Edited September 21, 2014 by SpiceWare 4 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-3076907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 I bought a new computer! To test out that I've set up my 2600 development software correctly, I've dropped in some updated graphics from Nathan! We now have new digits ROM1 draconian_20140928.bin 1 Requires Stella ver 3.7.1 or later. See first post for instructions on how to reduce flicker. 10 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-3081312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFL Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Cool beans. This is just getting cooler and cooler. Thanks for bringing this to the wee 2600. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-3081325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iesposta Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 I knew stylish playfield digits would be a great improvement. Looks so much more sophisticated. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-3081339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 (edited) I knew stylish playfield digits would be a great improvement. Looks so much more sophisticated. That they do! I've just dropped in the character set so we can display the messages like Alert! Alert! and Battlestations! for those without an AtariVox. Hmm, I believe there are enough cycles in the kernel that I could make the 6 characters on the left show up as a different color whenever the messages are displayed Edited September 28, 2014 by SpiceWare 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-3081458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFL Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 I just tried out the latest build above on my PAL 2600 jr and Harmony but the game seems to freeze after I hit the fire button. I chose PAL in the main screen... Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-3081460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 I just tried out the latest build above on my PAL 2600 jr and Harmony but the game seems to freeze after I hit the fire button. I chose PAL in the main screen... check your right difficulty switch. Controls: Left Difficulty - A= Diagnostic Display (time remaining in Vertical Blank and OverScan) Left Difficulty - B = Score Display Right Difficulty - A = stationary ship (used for diagnostic purposes) Right Difficulty - B = moving ship SELECT = return to menu START = start game Joystick = move around in sector Fire = shoot Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-3081469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFL Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Oops! I've never been the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree. Thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-3081476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Oops! I've never been the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree. Thank you. No problem - that'll be removed once we finalize the graphics. Nathan recently sent me some revised destroyed station pod graphics and the first draft of the enemy ships with all 16 directions It's easier for him to make sure I didn't convert something incorrectly if he can freeze the gameplay. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-3081542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Darrell - your attention to detail is amazing. I have to tell you, I love everything you've done on the 2600. I wish you were working for them during it's heyday. (I know development was different then, but still...) Extremely talented to no end. Bob 4 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/225044-draconian-2600/page/2/#findComment-3081801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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