+MrFish Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I don't know if very many people here frequent the AtariOnline forums, but this seems to be progressing pretty well (and seems to work fine on NTSC now): AtariOnline: Bosconian Project [Note: You'll need to register if you want to download the XEX files.] 6 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 (edited) Looks good so far. No collisions to your ship, no enemies other than the motherships but they do shoot. Nice how the star background moves independant of everything else. Have to wonder though will they be able to put everything in... naturally it'll be understandable if the speech isn't there. Also - must be some character trickery going on to have the score and stuff on the rhs. Edited July 10, 2016 by Rybags Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3548883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifthPlayer Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 FWIW, I was able to download the XEX file without registering. I loved Bosconian in the arcades BITD, so looking forward to progress on this! Maybe Time Pilot will get a conversion next. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3548888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted July 10, 2016 Author Share Posted July 10, 2016 Have to wonder though will they be able to put everything in... naturally it'll be understandable if the speech isn't there. I'm wondering the same thing, but it all looks promising so far. The project was only started in March of this year. I was a little disappointed in the performance drop when he added double-buffering, but understandable. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3548891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted July 10, 2016 Author Share Posted July 10, 2016 FWIW, I was able to download the XEX file without registering. Interesting. Maybe I had another forum in mind (Atarimax?). Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3548892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
José Pereira Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 (edited) On AtariOnline register/sign in to download is only needed when/after it translates. If you are on Polish language original there's no need. Edited July 10, 2016 by José Pereira Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3548943 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted July 10, 2016 Author Share Posted July 10, 2016 (edited) On AtariOnline register/sign in to download is only needed when/after it translates. If you are on Polish language original there's no need. Ah, alright, that's it. I knew I'd had a problem downloading before. Edited July 10, 2016 by MrFish Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3549015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Coming along nicely, good spot MrFish... Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3549388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanti77 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 (edited) Latest version bosconian.xex Edited August 23, 2016 by shanti77 16 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3577603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Nice touch with the hires text mixed in on the title screen. Have to ask though, will it be possible to have the attack formations like the arcace version? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3577618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanti77 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Yes, it will be formation attack in final version. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3577626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Wow, the first time I looked and got the few XEX's out I thought it was coming on very nicely and now its looking awesome, super work.. The ship death explosion 'square' needs to look less square please Otherwise I'm blown away...Really well done... Paul.. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3577695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mytek Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 (edited) Hmmm... that last XEX file plays, but I get no sound System: XEGS, U1MB (SDX disabled), TK-II-STEREO, BASIC disabled on boot File: DOS 2.5 ATR with 'bosconian.xex' inserted and renamed to AUTORUN.SYS No sound either in MONO or STEREO mode. Any ideas? - Michael Edited August 23, 2016 by mytekcontrols Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3577943 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 Hmmm... that last XEX file plays, but I get no sound System: XEGS, U1MB (SDX disabled), TK-II-STEREO, BASIC disabled on boot File: DOS 2.5 ATR with 'bosconian.xex' inserted and renamed to AUTORUN.SYS No sound either in MONO or STEREO mode. Any ideas? There is no sound yet... Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3577960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mytek Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 There is no sound yet... Then it all makes sense I think what got me thinking there was a problem is that the video did have sound, so I automatically assumed that the attached file was the same that the video was made from. Thanks for the explanation. - Michael Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3577998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 Then it all makes sense I think what got me thinking there was a problem is that the video did have sound, so I automatically assumed that the attached file was the same that the video was made from. Thanks for the explanation. Neat tune actually. The YouTube info says it's by Radek Sterba. I wonder what the name of the tune is. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3578022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 That's Raster... so it's probably something plucked from the RMT library or ASMA archive. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3578129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwilove Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 If that tune makes it into the game - it's the perfect pairing. Or it's entirely suitable for any other shooter game. If it's 4 voices - then it can't be used as is. Harvey Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3578133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 That's Raster... so it's probably something plucked from the RMT library or ASMA archive. Yes, Radek Sterba = Raster, Mr. RMT. I assumed it is in ASMA, and I'll dig it out sometime unless someone who already knows wants to point it out before then. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3578140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 (edited) well that is looking outstanding! Of course now I'm spoiled on the music as well. Although, I took a look at the arcade and reminded myself it did have digitized voice, it'll be interesting to see what they do. Edited August 24, 2016 by Dmitry 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3578146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Re the digitised voice, that's quite a feature on its own, I can't imagine they will attempt to add it, I'd have loved to have Gorf with the speech but I'd imagine to have that as well would push the boundaries of standard off the shelf memory configs, even with a 64K machine that does not leave a lot of space for game and speech (although Kennedy Approach proves both can be done well, but KA does not need a large space for sprite / character data like an arcade game does) Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3578416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mytek Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 well that is looking outstanding! Of course now I'm spoiled on the music as well. I'm in total agreement This game conversion is looking awesome!!! can't wait to see it in its final form. - Michael Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3578722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
robc Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 That is looking most lovely. Great to see a take of Bosconian for the A8's. Certainly will be as excited to see the final version of that 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3578906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanti77 Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Latest version with sound and 6 soft sprites, work good on PAL system, on NTSC work little slow . bosconian.xex 7 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3596940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
firestorm Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 There is a problem with loading it on real Atari 800XL PAL and SIO2SD. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/#findComment-3596970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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