Popeye hacked with slightly better graphics

[pacman3211]

popeye.bin

[+save2600]

Cool! Any screenshots you could post for those of us that don't do emulation or have a flash cart?

[pacman3211]

 

[Ignorama]

Looks like Popeye, where is the difference? And may some words about the story behind this "new" look would help. Who are you, who made this and why?

[+save2600]

PB Popeye:

 

Hacked:

 

 

..looks like Popeye is drawn better. And maybe Bluto's nose isn't so long? Too bad Olive is still green.

[m-crew]

can you see the difference, I cant see the difference.. lol

 

but oh that green olive... lol

[mthompson]

These two grabs might make it easier to see the improvements in both Popeye and Brutus.

 

Original:

 

Hacked:

[pacman3211]

I can't do much to improve Bluto. Bluto is only 5 pixels wide. The programmer used horizontal pixel stretching for Bluto. I don't know how to disable it in the code.

 

popeye analysis.asm This assembly file can't be reassembled.

 

popeye.asm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 27, 2016 by pacman3211

[JasonlikesINTV]

Surprised Rev isn't here yet

[Rev]

Umm. I have been here. Just didn't comment.

[pimpmaul69]

The only issue i have is the new bluro/bruno. He now has a very clean shaved face. Bluto/Bruno is supposed to have a beard. The old graphic resembles that better.

[pimpmaul69]

Double post

Edited February 27, 2016 by pimpmaul69

[+intellivotion]

I loved the arcade version of Popeye but I think the Intellivision one is quite bad. I hope it will receive a DK Arcade treatment.

[Ignorama]

I would say its a small difference, yeah, but is it an improvement? Not sure about that. As Pimpmaul said, the old Bluto looks better for me too and I do like the new Popeye a bit more, but its not an fact, just an opinion.

[+DZ-Jay]

I can't do much to improve Bluto. Bluto is only 5 pixels wide. The programmer used horizontal pixel stretching for Bluto. I don't know how to disable it in the code.

 

popeye analysis.asm This assembly file can't be reassembled.

 

popeye.asm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't want to sound glib, but do you mean that you can't find where in the code to disable the sprite stretching, or that you do not know how to disable it?

 

I suppose it is the former, in which case, if you know the MOB object that it uses, set a watch on its Y register in the debugger, and check when it is written with a value that has the "X-Zoom" bit set, then trace how the value got there. You'll probably be able to trace it back to a sprite database block.

 

-dZ.

[m-crew]

These two grabs might make it easier to see the improvements in both Popeye and Brutus.

 

Original:

Popeye original.png

 

Hacked:

Popeye hacked.png

 

Now I can see a bit of a difference... Thanks

[pacman3211]

 

I don't want to sound glib, but do you mean that you can't find where in the code to disable the sprite stretching, or that you do not know how to disable it?

 

I suppose it is the former, in which case, if you know the MOB object that it uses, set a watch on its Y register in the debugger, and check when it is written with a value that has the "X-Zoom" bit set, then trace how the value got there. You'll probably be able to trace it back to a sprite database block.

 

-dZ.

 

That doesn't sound glib, but that sounds very complex and beyond my abilities.

[pacman3211]

This is a very, very minor graphical hack to qbert. I didn't like the way qbert was drawn in the original, so I changed the sprite slightly.

 

qbert.bin

 

 

 

 

 

 

[xybot67]

Personally, I think Popeye looks a lot better now. Good job

[pacman3211]

qbert invincible cheat

 

qbert.bin

 

 

 

 

[pacman3211]

Qbert assembly files, cheat off.

 

qbert analysis.asm

 

qbert.asm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bikeguychicago]

I still like this hack better:

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/239795-popeye-arcade/page-2

[+fdr4prez]

I still like this hack better:

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/239795-popeye-arcade/page-2

 

Yeah, b't dat ain't fer intellivision