PECOS BILL Posted February 16, 2002 Share Posted February 16, 2002 Has anyone ever heard of a "Tempest" cart for the Atari 5200? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted February 16, 2002 Share Posted February 16, 2002 Only in prototype form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRetroGamer Posted February 16, 2002 Share Posted February 16, 2002 Or if you are lucky enough to have that version on a multicart or a home brew rom dump on a cart The game is not complete, there is no collision avoidance, so you really don't die. All the main elements are there, and the graphics and sounds are dead on. Too bad they really never finished this and released a final version. It was even supposed to support the trak ball, but the proto rom doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 quote: Originally posted by PECOS BILL: Has anyone ever heard of a "Tempest" cart for the Atari 5200? Hi Pecos Bill, and welcome to AtariAge! Since your question has already been answered, I'll ask a question myself. I'm curious why you're asking about Tempest for the 5200. Were you hoping to play Tempest on the 5200, or do you know someone who claims to have a (prototype) cart? It's too bad Atari didn't finish Tempest, as it would have made a great addition to the 5200 library. With Trak-Ball support, it probably would have played quite well. Oh well, I guess there's always MAME! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PECOS BILL Posted February 17, 2002 Author Share Posted February 17, 2002 Albert- Thanks for the welcome to Atari Age! Yes, I am hoping to play Tempest on my Atari 5200. It is my all time favorite arcade game. I've acually been tempted to look for and buy an upright coin-op of it. I know that it does exist in an unfinished state on ROM. But I was hoping that there was a way to get a 5200 unit cartridge. Thanks to all of you for your replies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsoper Posted February 18, 2002 Share Posted February 18, 2002 I wish someone would take the prototype binary file and add collision detection and trackball support to it. Heard the original programmer might do it as a courtesy but that was over a year ago. It should be easier than writing a game from scratch, and people are doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 18, 2002 Share Posted February 18, 2002 I've been told that a 95% complete version exists on a 10" disk. Hopefully it will be extracted and dumped soon. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted February 18, 2002 Share Posted February 18, 2002 10" disk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjax Posted February 18, 2002 Share Posted February 18, 2002 Jeez, a 10"?!? I'd think it'd be nearly as hard to find a working drive for it, let alone extracting the data... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEBRO Posted February 18, 2002 Share Posted February 18, 2002 Has anyone got the ROM image to work on Atari800WinPlus? It keeps crashing my emulator. I'm assuming this is happening because the ROM is 16K but I'm not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted February 18, 2002 Share Posted February 18, 2002 It really would be interesting if people started completing prototypes that were almost finished. Make for some interesting ideas of what the game would be like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calamari Posted February 19, 2002 Share Posted February 19, 2002 quote: Originally posted by DEBRO: Has anyone got the ROM image to work on Atari800WinPlus? It keeps crashing my emulator. I'm assuming this is happening because the ROM is 16K but I'm not sure. You assume correctly, at least for the Atari800 DOS version (the Windows version acts up on me so I don't use it much). If your ROM is called TEMPEST.BIN, then type this at an MS-DOS prompt to get a 32k copy: COPY /B TEMPEST.BIN + TEMPEST.BIN TEMPEST2.BIN Then run TEMPEST2.BIN. The playfield isn't showing up for me in Atari800. Use Dan B's emulator to see that (and it will work with the plain 16k ROM). calamari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman2000 Posted February 19, 2002 Share Posted February 19, 2002 I really hope so, We need something to spark the community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted February 19, 2002 Share Posted February 19, 2002 Is the current version of Tempest on Sean's Multi-Cart? Okay, okay, I'll go grab mine and take a look... Nope, it's on there. I got this copy at CGE2K1, I wonder if Sean included it with carts produced later. I'll have to ask him. Long ago I had a coin-op version of Tempest, but I sold it after I dropped out of school and moved back to Connecticut (couldn't afford to rent a truck or trailer to drag it back to CT with me). I'm still kicking myself from selling it. Someday I must acquiret another. And what the heck is a 10" disk? Weren't the big floppies 8"? ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEBRO Posted February 19, 2002 Share Posted February 19, 2002 quote: If your ROM is called TEMPEST.BIN, then type this at an MS-DOS prompt to get a 32k copy: COPY /B TEMPEST.BIN + TEMPEST.BIN TEMPEST2.BIN Thanks, that did it quoteI wish someone would take the prototype binary file and add collision detection and trackball support to it. Does this version not have trak-ball support? I'm running it in an emulator and not on the real console but it looks as if the trak-ball support is there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 19, 2002 Share Posted February 19, 2002 Hmm... Must be 8" since I can't find any reference to 10" on the web. Still, it's 2.75 more inches than my drive can handle... The newest version of Sean's multi-cart will include all the known prototypes. I have no idea when he'll be selling it. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TunnelRunner Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 quote: Originally posted by PECOS BILL: Has anyone ever heard of a "Tempest" cart for the Atari 5200? Pecos, I have a good friend who goes by Voltman3 who burned a Tempest EPROM, put it in a cart, and sent me one. I've played it on my 5200 console, it's beautiful. He could probably do it again. By the way, I did killer artwork for a Tempest box and label, looks like the authentic item. TunnelRunner [ 02-20-2002: Message edited by: TunnelRunner ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman2000 Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 Tunnel Runner- Could you show us your box and label? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TunnelRunner Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Dutchman2000: Tunnel Runner- Could you show us your box and label? Dutchman, Sorry, I didn't check the board for awhile. I'll e-mail you a thumbnail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privateers69 Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Tempest: Hmm... Must be 8" since I can't find any reference to 10" on the web. Still, it's 2.75 more inches than my drive can handle... The newest version of Sean's multi-cart will include all the known prototypes. I have no idea when he'll be selling it. Tempest No, You were correct in assuming there's a 10" drive they were on it last legs when I came onto the computer scene. The disk even held less info. then the 8" one. We used to play frisbee with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted March 24, 2002 Share Posted March 24, 2002 I know someone who claims to have 1 Tempest cart for the Atari 5200. I met him on Ebay... he had claimed to sell another Tempest 5200 cart......... anyway...how much would this game be worth??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 24, 2002 Share Posted March 24, 2002 I know John Hardie has one (I nearly tripped over it at his house), and Curt Vendel has one. I don't know who has the other two that I know of. The last one I saw on Ebay (about two years ago) went for about $800. I imagine it would go for more today. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco(2) Posted March 24, 2002 Share Posted March 24, 2002 There's two of them that made it to Europe Cheers, Marco (owner of 2600 Tempest, not 5200) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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