Chris-in-NJ Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Would likely need to rename it. What would be added to it? I'd rename it "Yars' Revenge." 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 I've just seen this, if I could code, I would keep the game play the same and beef up the graphics and sound! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joystickjedi Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 "Vengeance of Yars" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxdrive Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 One thing I would add maybe one or two more patterns of the level since the 2600 only had 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyChris Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 One thing I would add maybe one or two more patterns of the level since the 2600 only had 2 That's a good idea! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted May 20, 2016 Author Share Posted May 20, 2016 SOMEBODY has gotta put one out, one that Howard Scott Warshaw (the original designer for Yars' Revenge for the 2600) would be very proud of if someone came up with a playable (and improved and complete) 8-bit version of it that can then can be put out for the 5200, like I said I would be one of the first to order my copy, much like I did for Tempest just 2 years ago!!! Build it and we will come, simple enough!!! I don't want to downgrade to a 2600 OR even spend the $$$ on BOTH the VCS cartridge adapter AND the needed mod to use it (I own a 4-port unit). Thanks, Ray Jackson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 (edited) I don't want to downgrade to a 2600 OR even spend the $$$ on BOTH the VCS cartridge adapter AND the needed mod to use it (I own a 4-port unit). Dude, just get a 2600. Don't think of it as a downgrade; it's got plenty of its own great games. Again, IMO, I'd only be interested in a Yars game for the 5200 if it were a true sequel. My idea would be a multistage game that begins with you traveling through space and battling Qotile interceptors (think Gyruss or Buck Rogers), passing through the Neutral Zone, approaching the giant Qotile base while evading defensive turret fire, then blasting/eating your way in through the surface or finding secret entrances, and once inside, we're now in an Adventure-meets-Berzerk stage where you complete some objective(s)--steal some plans, rescue a prisoner, shut down weapons systems, etc--before setting a bomb on the reactor and getting back to the Neutral Zone before it explodes, evading interceptors and turret fire along the way (this part's easier if you shut down the weapons systems inside the base ). THAT would be a Yars game I'd want to see on the 5200. Edited May 22, 2016 by BassGuitari 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzep Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I think Retro Gamer magazine (#153) had a short article on the 2600 Yars' Revenge, odd coincidence there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knievel1 Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Not 5200 but this looks interesting https://teampixelboy.com/yars_revenge.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 There's a version called Yar's Strike on the 8-bit computers; just convert that. It's not real fancy and taking advantage of a lot of 8-bit/5200 hardware features or anything, but at least it would simpler to convert than making a new version. [Note: Make sure you get the last version posted, as there are some bug fixes.] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 We're still waiting for a 5200 port of this classic, make it happen!!! Here is the 8-bit port we 5200 owners are waiting to have for our systems!!! Even if you can't put it onto a physical cartridge a ROM or .bin port will do us just fine, as long as it will work on the 5200!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 We're still waiting for a 5200 port of this classic, make it happen!!! Here is the 8-bit port we 5200 owners are waiting to have for our systems!!! Even if you can't put it onto a physical cartridge a ROM or .bin port will do us just fine, as long as it will work on the 5200!!! I'm sure any of the guys that have converted all those other 8bit titles to the 5200 could convert this one too. It's only 4k on the A8. I'm curious what size it would end up after conversion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 I'm sure any of the guys that have converted all those other 8bit titles to the 5200 could convert this one too. It's only 4k on the A8. I'm curious what size it would end up after conversion? 4K seems really small for an 8bit or 5200 game. Isn't 32k the norm? Is there any practical difference between the 2600 and 8bit version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 4K seems really small for an 8bit or 5200 game. Isn't 32k the norm? Is there any practical difference between the 2600 and 8bit version? For older games? Anything from 8k to 32k with many being 16k. 32k is actually the largest on the 5200 aside from BBSB and one or two homebrews like MULE which are 64k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 BTW, I know it is a competition entry which had size restrictions, so I'm sure it is good for 4k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 There was an officially licensed version for the Gameboy Color... I think Mike Mikka did it... 240 levels... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 We're still waiting for a 5200 port of this classic, make it happen!!! Here is the 8-bit port we 5200 owners are waiting to have for our systems!!! Even if you can't put it onto a physical cartridge a ROM or .bin port will do us just fine, as long as it will work on the 5200!!! We're still waiting, somebody do a ROM for the 5200, simple physics, just simply convert the codes, it's already 8-bit-ready, my SD card on my Atarimax 5200 multicart awaits!!! What a gamebreaker THIS would be if it came to choosing between only the 5200 or the 2600, considering the brilliant finished Keithen Hayenga-created masterpiece that Tempest became and also us having Qix also available, Qix is not available on the 2600 and having Yars' Strike on the 5200 on top of those would put this over the top!!! I already still have the Redemption 5200 for the 7800 sticks (it also works with 2600 controllers as well), and also the CX80 and CX53 trak-balls and also Best Electronics-modded CX52 and CX24 controllers and will reacquire the Wico 5200 joystick and keypad combo as well (now that I'm FINALLY out of debt and currently working for Safeway here in Port Townsend since April), so Yars' Strike would be the icing on the cake!!! C'mon somebody put out a 5200 ROM of it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted September 7, 2019 Author Share Posted September 7, 2019 3 months later, still no port of Yars' Strike for the 5200, c'mon guys!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted November 18, 2019 Author Share Posted November 18, 2019 On 9/7/2019 at 9:43 AM, BIGHMW said: 3 months later, still no port of Yars' Strike for the 5200, c'mon guys!!! Yeah. Time's wasting, we would love to have a 5200 port to download by the Xmas holidays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/17/2019 at 7:18 PM, BIGHMW said: Yeah. Time's wasting, we would love to have a 5200 port to download by the Xmas holidays. Best to contact one of the guys who converts A8 binaries to the 5200 directly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted November 24, 2019 Author Share Posted November 24, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 7:33 AM, Shawn said: Best to contact one of the guys who converts A8 binaries to the 5200 directly. Know of any who can do it, I can always try to access the original 8-bit rom or bin for him, have him either PM me or perhaps e-mail me at my Hotmail address below, Yars' Strike yearns to be played on my 5200 SuperSystem, no matter how many K it may take to convert it. Qix, Tempest and Yars' Strike are only natural for the 5200, make it happen, convert it for all of us!!! Thanks Ray Jackson Yars_strike.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted November 24, 2019 Author Share Posted November 24, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 7:33 AM, Shawn said: Best to contact one of the guys who converts A8 binaries to the 5200 directly. I PM'ed Thelan, the user who did the original for the A8 back in 2014 but he hasn't been on this site in over 4 years, so I included the orignal 8-bit .zip file here and in my last post he originally posted it in which I present to you, someone do this!!! 5200 owners want some version of it, even if it's not a souped-up version of the 2600 version. Yars_strike.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted November 24, 2019 Author Share Posted November 24, 2019 .....and hopefully it will have the correct color of the protective barrier for the Qotile that being red instead of the green like seen (and used) on the file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 On 11/23/2019 at 8:25 PM, BIGHMW said: Know of any who can do it, I can always try to access the original 8-bit rom or bin for him, have him either PM me or perhaps e-mail me at my Hotmail address below, Yars' Strike yearns to be played on my 5200 SuperSystem, no matter how many K it may take to convert it. Qix, Tempest and Yars' Strike are only natural for the 5200, make it happen, convert it for all of us!!! Thanks Ray Jackson Yars_strike.zip 6.55 kB · 3 downloads I'd like to see Asteroids Arcade and that improved A8 port of the 2600's Indy 500 both appear on the 5200. Both of those projects were damn impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 The most prolific converters lately have been @Wrathchild @Aking and @playsoft so perhaps one of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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