LidLikesIntellivision Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 (edited) I'm sure Christmas Carol vs. the Ghost of Christmas Presents were sold in cartridge and its rom is freely available to download. While we are talking about homebrew games to be played in the next Intellivision HSC season I realized I don't have a complete list. So: Christmas Carol vs. the Ghost of Christmas Presents Copter Command ??? Edited March 7, 2016 by LidLikesIntellivision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share Posted March 7, 2016 (edited) I found Copter Command's rom! Rom: http://atariage.com/forums/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_id=432867 Above link was posted here: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/246481-the-official-2016-copter-commandos-high-score-competition/ Edited March 7, 2016 by LidLikesIntellivision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I found Copter Command's rom! http://atariage.com/forums/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_id=432867 It wasn't hiding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share Posted March 7, 2016 (edited) It wasn't hiding. But I didn't know it was available and I didn't know the Copter Commandos competition allowed it. That's why I didn't play in the competetion. Oh, I guess my problem was that rules only allowed real hardware, not emulation... Edited March 7, 2016 by LidLikesIntellivision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 (edited) 4-Tris - http://spatula-city.org/~im14u2c/intv/4-tris/ Space Patrol: teaser edition - http://spatula-city.org/~im14u2c/intv/spteaser/ Stonix - http://knox.ac.free.fr/index.php/inty/roms?title=stonix Edit: Donkey Kong Arcade - http://intellivision.us/roms/Donkey%20Kong.zip (without the Japanese version) Edited March 7, 2016 by mr_me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Games For Your Intellivision Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 In addition to no Japanese mode, that version of DK Arcade also has a high score bug....doesn't have voice and suffers on some HD TVs from disappearing barrels. That problem was fixed in later versions with a 3030 code that put the game into 30 frame per second mode and fixed the problem albeit with some flicker. The proper version can be purchased here for a very reasonable $10 http://www.carlmuellerjr.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Tarzilla Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I found Copter Command's rom! Rom: http://atariage.com/forums/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_id=432867 Above link was posted here: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/246481-the-official-2016-copter-commandos-high-score-competition/ It wasn't hiding. And it has a High Score verifier code feature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 In addition to no Japanese mode, that version of DK Arcade also has a high score bug....doesn't have voice and suffers on some HD TVs from disappearing barrels. That problem was fixed in later versions with a 3030 code that put the game into 30 frame per second mode and fixed the problem albeit with some flicker. The proper version can be purchased here for a very reasonable $10 http://www.carlmuellerjr.com/ Yes, $10 is a great price for the rom. I'm asking for free roms because I'm making a list of games to be played by everyone in the HSC. But now I'm curious to know what is the high score bug in the free DKA rom. Could we set a high score contest and let players use either the free DKA rom or the cartridge? Of course, it would be the american mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 If everything was free no one would survive in the Homebrew market. I imagine if you made a great game, put hundreds of hours into it and someone said " hey can I have that for free?" Why waste your time, make it for yourself and the friends you like in the gaming community. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Intelligentvision has many free roms, and some paid roms. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 If everything was free no one would survive in the Homebrew market. I imagine if you made a great game, put hundreds of hours into it and someone said " hey can I have that for free?" Why waste your time, make it for yourself and the friends you like in the gaming community. Although I love the Free Software Movement, I don't think everything must be free. Anyway, that's not what this thread is about. There are some free roms. I'm just building a list of these free roms that were also available in cartridge. I think this list is usefull per se. My personal goal is to know all home-brews that would fit well in the Intellivision High Score Club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Games For Your Intellivision Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 To answer your question about the high score bug.....it was a test rom that was released and the high score was set to zero at start. So, as soon as you score 'ding ding ding'....new high score. I don't think that Carl wanted that released by the way. So, 'freely released' and 'available' in this case are not the same thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 If everything was free no one would survive in the Homebrew market. I imagine if you made a great game, put hundreds of hours into it and someone said " hey can I have that for free?" Given that the title says "published in cartridge and now freely available to download", I don't think that's what he meant at all. And having put hundreds of hours into a game that many people have now enjoyed for free, it feels pretty swell. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLic0ne t0aD Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Lid did state that the ROMs are for a High Score Club.. Maybe the first post and/or thread title could be edited to include that part? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 (edited) If everything was free no one would survive in the Homebrew market. I imagine if you made a great game, put hundreds of hours into it and someone said " hey can I have that for free?" Why waste your time, make it for yourself and the friends you like in the gaming community. You'd be surprise at how many people in the home-brew community across platforms do not share your position. Some of us really do love the hobby and like to share our work. -dZ. Edited March 8, 2016 by DZ-Jay 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 You'd be surprise at how many people in the home-brew community across platforms do not share your position. So of us really do love the hobby and like to share our work. -dZ. These are great points, and give me a better understanding. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 You'd be surprise at how many people in the home-brew community across platforms do not share your position. Agreed! Monetizing ROMs or game tape/disk images (i.e digital content) is the exception and not the norm in pretty much all homebrew communities. Many homebrew developers give their digital releases away for free. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 (edited) SameGame & Robots - http://www.gooddealgames.com/More_Stuff/Intellivision/SameGame_Robots.zip Minehunter - http://www.intellivision.us/roms/minehunter.zip Edited March 15, 2016 by mr_me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladeJunker Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 My only stipulation for selling any homebrew is please continue to sell them, don't have several year gaps (5+ years) with no new copies for sale, do a survey, get some preorders, do what you got to do to make some more. That's what I like about ROM sales, no manufacturing so no reason for not selling it continuously. I have money sometimes lol but I can't keep up with limited time windows, what are you Disney and you're putting it back in the vault after selling it for a "limited time"? I'm not suggesting anybody give away games for free, I just want to be able to buy more consistently any time. In this sense a steady stream of flash carts are needed more so than individual cart production, easiest route to wider spread on-hardware gaming. Other than that an emulator and maybe more INTV USB controller production at least. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 (edited) My only stipulation for selling any homebrew is please continue to sell them, don't have several year gaps (5+ years) with no new copies for sale, do a survey, get some preorders, do what you got to do to make some more. That's what I like about ROM sales, no manufacturing so no reason for not selling it continuously. I have money sometimes lol but I can't keep up with limited time windows, what are you Disney and you're putting it back in the vault after selling it for a "limited time"? I'm not suggesting anybody give away games for free, I just want to be able to buy more consistently any time. In this sense a steady stream of flash carts are needed more so than individual cart production, easiest route to wider spread on-hardware gaming. Other than that an emulator and maybe more INTV USB controller production at least. Flash carts are rare but there are new Intellivision controllers readily available. In Canada, just go to Bed Bath and Beyond and pick up a Flashback (use their 20% off coupon). And fortunately we have a Canadian source for USB controller adapters as well. Producing and shipping cartridges for individual games does seem like a waste of resources. Edited March 16, 2016 by mr_me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Tarzilla Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 And fortunately we have a Canadian source for USB controller adapters as well. Details? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Details? Retronic USB Adapter - http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Universal-DB9-to-USB-joystick-adapter-/181514462569?hash=item2a431ae569:g:KmEAAOSwPcVV0T6t or for a do-it-yourself project Raphnet circuit board - http://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/intellivusb/index.php 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Retronic USB Adapter - http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Universal-DB9-to-USB-joystick-adapter-/181514462569?hash=item2a431ae569:g:KmEAAOSwPcVV0T6t or for a do-it-yourself project Raphnet circuit board - http://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/intellivusb/index.php you do have to remember the flashback controllers are wired differently so you might need an adaptor for that. Nurmix makes them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 (edited) you do have to remember the flashback controllers are wired differently so you might need an adaptor for that. Nurmix makes them. Retronic has firmware that is flashback controller compatible, and with the Raphnet circuit you can wire it however you want and use regular firmware. The Nurmix adapters are great for original consoles. edit: both Retronic and Raphnet provide their firmware source code so you can customise as you like (eg. add button combos). Edited March 16, 2016 by mr_me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Tarzilla Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 you do have to remember the flashback controllers are wired differently so you might need an adaptor for that. Nurmix makes them. The ebay link says it is compatible with the FlashBack (Inty version) but doesn't mention the Coleco Flashback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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