Aking Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Do you have a system to test on? Could sure use your help. 2 and 4 port,av modded, trackball, all controllers and ultimate sd cart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 Excellent! I really need to get a trackball one of these days. And an SD cart. In fact, if anyone is selling a spare 5200 multicart, either 128 or SD, I'm in the market for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Excellent! I really need to get a trackball one of these days. Why yes, yes you do. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aking Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Excellent! I really need to get a trackball one of these days. And an SD cart. In fact, if anyone is selling a spare 5200 multicart, either 128 or SD, I'm in the market for one. 128 in 1s can´t play bug hunt, Atariblast, video or any of the larger games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 128 in 1s can´t play bug hunt, Atariblast, video or any of the larger games I know about that limitation, but I don't need to play every game on it. I mostly want it for game development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aking Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 (edited) I know about that limitation, but I don't need to play every game on it. I mostly want it for game development. if you develop on that , you´re limited to 32k, so no Mr Do!-like conversion testing possible on real hardware Edited September 19, 2015 by Aking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 That's something to consider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 In case anybody would like to know Albert ask me if I could do a updated label art on this Zaxxon game I LOVE Zaxxon and I really really wanted to do the label some justice^_^ Im like 95% done on it and soon send it to him once Im done. Here's the early line art on it I wanted to make the label art to have the same style artwork from the arcade's sideart but in a different view point using my old Zaxxon label art from the MSX cart but trying to use the old arcade art work and color. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Okay heres the final look, I may have to fix it in some image like on there size and all but tell me what you think? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Oh just in case you like to see how I started drawing the label, 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 That is beautiful artwork, cannot wait to see it on a cart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 I LOVE that artwork! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Phruby Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Why couldn't the space plane fly over the base and just swoop down and blow up Zaxxon? Seems like it would be a lot less risky. Why couldn't it approach the base from the back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Why couldn't the space plane fly over the base and just swoop down and blow up Zaxxon? Seems like it would be a lot less risky. Why couldn't it approach the base from the back? Shhhhhhhhhhh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Amazing artwork! Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Why couldn't the space plane fly over the base and just swoop down and blow up Zaxxon? Seems like it would be a lot less risky. Why couldn't it approach the base from the back? Well, Duh! If you fly up too high, Zaxxon sends a missile at you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Well, Duh! If you fly up too high, Zaxxon sends a missile at you! Yeah and on the side of each of the missiles reads 'SEGA WANTS YOUR QUARTERS' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 BTW I had a dream game as what if they made it for both the 2600 and 7800, I know its super hard to make any of them by programming anything on a real Atari but still I gone and made some mockup screenshots^_^ Here's my take on what if Zaxxon was on both 2600 and 7800. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwilove Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Okay heres the final look, I may have to fix it in some image like on there size and all but tell me what you think? Okay heres the final look, I may have to fix it in some image like on there size and all but tell me what you think? I really like the artwork and the look you gave it. But sadly this cart game does not live up to that cover art. I'm a big fan of the Zaxxon coin-op too - and would like to see a quality home version one day. The Colecovision game was not as good as say the Donkey Kong version. But to be fair - the Zaxxon coin-op is not easy to convert to any home system/console/computer. Harvey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 I really like the artwork and the look you gave it. But sadly this cart game does not live up to that cover art. Your welcome to your opinion. There is no arguing that it is plain graphically, but it has most of the game play elements and is both challenging and fun to play. I enjoyed playing this game on my 400 as a kid and wanted to have the better 32K version to play on my 5200. I thought it would be a fun little project so I did the conversion and posted here for others to enjoy. A few people have expressed interest in a cart so we are making one available. If I want an authentic game of Zaxxon I can play it on MAME. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwilove Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 There is an opportunity for anyone who wants to? To have a go at putting together the graphics for a possible Zaxxon game - just PM if you are so interested? There are 2 ways to go about this - one is the easier option of doing Zaxxon sideways scrolling - as I will show in AtariBLAST! - and there is the way to do it diagonal scrolling - which is way more difficult, and takes up more characters but there is not a proper test program to run this - just a rough program that will show it diagonal scrolling. There is no Zaxxon project on the cards - so to speak - but if the graphics were already done - this may entice some programmer to want to bring it all together for a possible project? Well, maybe - maybe not. There is nothing to stop fans of any game (that was not converted to the A8 hardware) to have a go at doing the graphics themselves. Not as a mock-up - but runnable on A8 hardware - to show how it could be done - say in Antic mode 4. You can surprise yourself in what is possible - that is, if you are into designing/drawing graphics. It will take time and effort to get results. Harvey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwilove Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 (edited) I think the best home computer version of Zaxxon is the Synapse version for the C-64 - as it captures the elements of the coin-op Zaxxon better than any other home version. (There's actually two versions on the C-64, another version has more fortress graphic elements present - but is not as well programmed as the Synapse version. You can compare the two versions on Youtube. While Ron Fortier is noted for his Bruce Lee game - I don't think his work on Zaxxon was as successful. I know I am a harsh critic - but only because I do want to see as high quality as possible for the A8 software - and think such things are possible, when the right people get behind certain projects. Harvey Edited September 22, 2015 by kiwilove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwilove Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Your welcome to your opinion. There is no arguing that it is plain graphically, but it has most of the game play elements and is both challenging and fun to play. I enjoyed playing this game on my 400 as a kid and wanted to have the better 32K version to play on my 5200. I thought it would be a fun little project so I did the conversion and posted here for others to enjoy. A few people have expressed interest in a cart so we are making one available. If I want an authentic game of Zaxxon I can play it on MAME. I do think it's great that you converted the 32K version of Zaxxon to be runnable on the 5200, as the more titles for the 5200, the better off 5200 owners will be. Hopefully more new 5200 projects will appear too. Harvey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 What graphics mode does Fortier's Zaxxon use? Side-question, although AtariBlast is a side-scroller, what graphics mode does it use for its Zaxxon-themed level? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 What graphics mode does Fortier's Zaxxon use? Side-question, although AtariBlast is a side-scroller, what graphics mode does it use for its Zaxxon-themed level? The Fortier Zaxxon uses ANTIC mode 4. That's a 4 color character mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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