Xuel Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 The title screen suffers from the "Hi-res last scan line bug" as described in section 4.6 of the Altirra Hardware Reference Manual. Here's a simple fix that uses mode 8 instead of mode 2 for the last mode line of the display list: Quarrion-last-line-fix.xex I also changed the last 40 bytes of the file to FF so that the last 8 scan lines are still COLPF0 instead of COLBAK, though only 10 bytes are needed for a mode 8 mode line. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matosimi Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 The title screen suffers from the "Hi-res last scan line bug" as described in section 4.6 of the Altirra Hardware Reference Manual. Here's a simple fix that uses mode 8 instead of mode 2 for the last mode line of the display list: Quarrion-last-line-fix.xex I also changed the last 40 bytes of the file to FF so that the last 8 scan lines are still COLPF0 instead of COLBAK, though only 10 bytes are needed for a mode 8 mode line. thanks Xuel, nice one - really magical bug I have already changed it in my code... please someone test it on realHW...i will update svn repo and all downloads then... Quarrion.xex 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matosimi Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 heh already 13 downloads, yet no feedback pls.just let me know if it works on real HW ntsc/pal. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
José Pereira Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Now they are 14 downloads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 15 mine was there too... Well last downloaded game works fine (and the Xuel version too). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 heh already 13 downloads, yet no feedback pls.just let me know if it works on real HW ntsc/pal. thanks Just got home and tried it... works fine on my 'mutant', as you once called it. Thanks for the fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matosimi Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 ok,thanks for feedback... Binary has been updated HERE and HERE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darwinmac Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Thanks for fixing the title screen. It works fine now on my stocks NTSC XEGS. I never had a problem running the game itself so I did not want to complain about the title screen. Bob C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitoco Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 At some point of the game I had three red bombs activated, two of them was of type 4 and one was of type 5. In the next move, five red blocks were aligned at the top, including one of each type. All red blocks dissappeared from the board, except for the other activated bomb type 4 that was not on that line. Was this normal or a bug? I expected to remove every red block from the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matosimi Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 Xuel sent me mono-patch for Stereo Double CMC player hour ago, so I implemented it to Quarrion. Now music plays without crackling sounds on Atari that does NOT have stereo pokey installed. Binaries are updated at my blog as well as at SF. Enjoy. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 804 Played on 130XE/PAL/1050Mydos/CRT TV Nice little game, my friend bluecat will like this. The instructions could be improved to explain how the 4s and 5s make bombs If you could add reset to reboot next time you are making an update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xuel Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 My high score is 1836: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a8isa1 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 heh already 13 downloads, yet no feedback pls.just let me know if it works on real HW ntsc/pal. thanks Oops! I forgot feedback! It looks great on my stock, NTSC 800XL and VGA scan converter. Actually, I postponed feedback because I wanted to get further along with Quarrion. Unfortunately, I'm not quite getting the knack of it. -SteveS p.s. Off topic and very late feedback but better late than never, Monex is still one of my favorite A8 games! matosimi, thanks for everything! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matosimi Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 If you could add reset to reboot next time you are making an update implemented, just redownload the binary p.s. Off topic and very late feedback but better late than never, Monex is still one of my favorite A8 games! matosimi, thanks for everything! I'm glad to hear/read that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Well today I finished my Stereo 800XL... Never had stereo in an atari, since I love original Atari, without mods or hacks. But it was worth it! What a nice music in this game! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Getting the hang of this.... 9756 points. I love slow days at work! :-) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matosimi Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 Getting the hang of this.... 9756 points. KIMG0532.JPG I love slow days at work! :-) R U kidding me? How long was the gameplay??? btw, now im happy I coded 5-digit highscore because it looks like 4 digits could not be enough for some players... ehm.. I mean you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 (edited) R U kidding me? How long was the gameplay??? btw, now im happy I coded 5-digit highscore because it looks like 4 digits could not be enough for some players... ehm.. I mean you. That was about an hour and a half, I think. After a while, all the 4s and 5s really, really help. I had several very close calls but managed to get out of them. My luck finally ran out with 10k in sight! I know I can use that 5th digit high score... Thank you! Love this game! Edited October 26, 2015 by adam242 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Getting the hang of this.... 9756 points. I love slow days at work! :-) Do we have a bet for next years HSC Champion my best is 1,198 but I've still not totally sussed out the special pieces 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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