+Trebor Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Wondering why the box says supports atarivox speech synthesizer? Believed to be listed as supported for high score saving. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Believed to be listed as supported for high score saving. Hmm. I never got to save a game score there. Either came unplugged or I sucked too bad to enter a score. Also with the atarivox will the older games ever go to the high score screen? Or will have to wait for the xm to ever see that. Those old carts might forget that code was ever there as the high score portion has never been used on 99.9999% of the 7800 carts in existence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 (edited) Hold on guys - where does it say AtariVox compatible? On the front it mentions the XM (for High Score support only). This game does not support the AtariVox. In fact, none of my games do so far. I haven't started developing for it yet. *EDIT* - I see it now, under the 'XM' logo. Sorry, guys. Edited December 30, 2015 by PacManPlus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I just looked at the box artwork, and it is indeed on the back of the box in the bottom-right corner. I must have missed this when reviewing the box. ..Al 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Thats ok. I never thought it was supported before I seen that on the box and wondered if I missed something. I want to buy more games that use the atarivox. What would be great is games that use the sounds from it as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Trebor Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Thanks for the clarifications, everyone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I just looked at the box artwork, and it is indeed on the back of the box in the bottom-right corner. I must have missed this when reviewing the box. ..Al Great! Now you can re-release the box and those of us with the original can make millions, right? Isn't that how this works? In all seriousness, I happen to have this box and never noticed the Atarivox reference. The box art is really cool. Thanks again for the wonderful games PMP. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 First homebrew box with an Atari style black strip over the error? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Well it is more atari accurate by adding features that are not there. But that aside(which is a non-issue) It is a great game!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iesposta Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Great! Now you can re-release the box and those of us with the original can make millions, right? Isn't that how this works? In all seriousness, I happen to have this box and never noticed the Atarivox reference. The box art is really cool. Thanks again for the wonderful games PMP. My Scramble 7800 from PacManPlus is worth _hundreds_ more than the AtariAge labeled cart. It was a small release, extremely rare!!! Right? /joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Oberhäuser Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Hold on guys - where does it say AtariVox compatible? On the front it mentions the XM (for High Score support only). This game does not support the AtariVox. In fact, none of my games do so far. I haven't started developing for it yet. *EDIT* - I see it now, under the 'XM' logo. Sorry, guys. Argh, sorry people. I don't remember anymore where I got the wrong information... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Here's my review. The voice is amazing considering it's using the TIA! Is it easier to do voice on the 7800 when using that chip? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 VGC review 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 VGC review "This game is a hidden gem". I agree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlyoshaTAS Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 (edited) Hi, So I recently ran into this game on emulator and it kept resetting on me. I decided to figure out why, and it turns out the reason is because of the upper RAM mirroring at $2800 that apparently doesn't exist on hardware. (In particular, when the game is processing enemies, it overwrites display variables when this mirroring domain exists in the emulator. The particular address that causes the reset is $53.) After removing this mirrored domain from my emulator it now runs just fine. I hope this information is helpful to anyone in the future who is having trouble with this particular game. Edited October 28, 2018 by AlyoshaTAS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Trebor Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Hi, So I recently ran into this game on emulator and it kept resetting on me. I decided to figure out why, and it turns out the reason is because of the upper RAM mirroring at $2800 that apparently doesn't exist on hardware. (In particular, when the game is processing enemies, it overwrites display variables when this mirroring domain exists in the emulator. The particular address that causes the reset is $53.) After removing this mirrored domain from my emulator it now runs just fine. I hope this information is helpful to anyone in the future who is having trouble with this particular game. For additional details, the issue respecting upper RAM mirroring (@$2800) is mentioned and address map(s) managed accordingly under the A7800 emulator (source): ... AM_RANGE(0x1800, 0x1fff) AM_RAM AM_SHARE("6116_1") AM_RANGE(0x2000, 0x27ff) AM_RAM AM_SHARE("6116_2") // According to the official Software Guide, the RAM at 0x2000 is // repeatedly mirrored up to 0x3fff, but this is evidently incorrect // because the High Score Cartridge maps ROM at 0x3000-0x3fff // Hardware tests show that only the page at 0x2700 appears at // 0x2800, and only on some hardware (MARIA? motherboard?) revisions, // and even then with inconsistent and unreliable results. AM_RANGE(0x4000, 0xffff) AM_DEVWRITE("cartslot", a78_cart_slot_device, write_40xx) ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 ATTENTION: Unfortunately tonight's show has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. ? We will be playing these two games on an upcoming episode soon! ======== ZeroPage Homebrew is playing Astro Fighter on tomorrow's (Tue Oct 19, 2021) stream LIVE on Twitch at 6PM PT | 9PM ET | 1AM GMT! Hope you can join us! ZPH Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: Astro Fighter (2015 | 7800) by Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus Frenzy (w/Berzerk) (2013 | 7800) by Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Sorry, duplicate post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Looking forward to Friday night? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 ZeroPage Homebrew is playing Astro Fighter on tomorrow's (Fri Oct 22, 2021) stream LIVE on Twitch at 6PM PT | 9PM ET | 1AM GMT! Hope you can join us! PLUS!! Exclusive sneak peek at Bob DeCrescenzo's next Atari 7800 arcade port! ZPH Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: Astro Fighter (2015 | 7800) by Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus EXCLUSIVE! Sneak Peek @ Mystery Game (2021 WIP | 7800) by Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus Frenzy (w/Berzerk) (2013 | 7800) by Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus (WATCH AT 1080P60 FOR FULL QUALITY) Also... the new game from Bob is..... DEFENDER!!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 It's been a while...guess I need some practice. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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