Big_Mo Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Space Dungeon's always been one of my favorite games on the 5200 except for one thing: as the game gets into later levels and there are a lot of objects and explosions happening the game really bogs down and it becomes nearly unplayable at times. I was wondering if anyone had even hacked the game and knew the code. Seems to me that if it weren't drawing all the shrapnel of exploding objects all the time it might not slow down as much. Anyone ever try this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seethransom Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Space Dungeon's always been one of my favorite games on the 5200 except for one thing: as the game gets into later levels and there are a lot of objects and explosions happening the game really bogs down and it becomes nearly unplayable at times. I was wondering if anyone had even hacked the game and knew the code. Seems to me that if it weren't drawing all the shrapnel of exploding objects all the time it might not slow down as much. Anyone ever try this? I love this game as well. One of the best ever for the 5200. They never released it for another console until the PSP. I do see the slow down, but I don't think I ever made it past lever 12. Most of the time, I don't make it to level 5. You must be awesome at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Mo Posted June 25, 2014 Author Share Posted June 25, 2014 I forget what my highest score was, but it was pretty damned high. I used to play the Hell out of that game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoundGammon Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 The arcade version had slow-down too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Did Space Dungeon ever come out for another home system or just the 5200? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Most of the time, I don't make it to level 5. You must be awesome at it. Right there with ya. I have a real love/hate thing for Space Dungeon. one of the better games on the 5200, but the difficulty ramps up so fast it takes all my inner peace NOT to fling the whole unit out the window. I'd like a hack with three "smart bombs" like Defender and a bonus every 25,000 pts. Just nuke a whole room of baddies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Mo Posted June 25, 2014 Author Share Posted June 25, 2014 I think just getting rid of the slowdown would do a lot to make it easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Space Dungeon's always been one of my favorite games on the 5200 except for one thing: as the game gets into later levels and there are a lot of objects and explosions happening the game really bogs down and it becomes nearly unplayable at times. I was wondering if anyone had even hacked the game and knew the code. Seems to me that if it weren't drawing all the shrapnel of exploding objects all the time it might not slow down as much. Anyone ever try this? There you go again with hacks...what about finishing Donkey Dong and then porting it to the 5200? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Mo Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 Hahaha. I just found some of the art for that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosystemsearch Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Space Dungeon deserved to have a 7800 port. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Space Dungeon deserved to have a 7800 port. Slow down, Tonto. The 7800 deserved the ProLine Joystick Coupler released for it like they did with the 5200 for Robotron and Space Dungeon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Slow down, Tonto. The 7800 deserved the ProLine Joystick Coupler released for it like they did with the 5200 for Robotron and Space Dungeon. Word. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Word. Granted, thanks to Dan Kramer, we now know Atari Inc did create such a beast and we hope to have it available for 3D printing soon [the next month or so]. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Granted, thanks to Dan Kramer, we now know Atari Inc did create such a beast and we hope to have it available for 3D printing soon [the next month or so]. That would be a must have. Placing two prolines in an inverted 5200 works somewhat but they always manage to twist around and break free at the worst times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) Did Space Dungeon ever come out for another home system or just the 5200? These are the only two home releases of Space Dungeon: Edited June 27, 2014 by darthkur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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