jvas Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 I have an 800XL with 512KB ram (PAL) and the game halts after the loading screen is displayed. Ha anyone tried it on real HW? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3765494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 I have an 800XL with 512KB ram (PAL) and the game halts after the loading screen is displayed. Ha anyone tried it on real HW? Not yet, but in Altirra in a configuration that matches my real hardware (NTSC 800XL with U1MB), you need to press FIRE after the initial loading logo. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3765500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 I have an 800XL with 512KB ram (PAL) and the game halts after the loading screen is displayed. Ha anyone tried it on real HW? My NTSC 800XL has the Antonia 4MB currently configured for Compyshop 576K and it plays fine on it. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3765503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvas Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Hah, the joy was on autofire. False alarm, sorry. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3765505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 It's really shaping up to be a brilliant port. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3765510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottinNH Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 (edited) Just wanted to say, although I can't play this (my HW is yet to be upgraded and I don't really have much time currently), I wanted to express some appreciation and praise. I grew up on the A8 (ages 14-18) and I "collected" many many games... I don't remember any which did software speech synthesis, and space games tended to feature small objects only. I don't know Bosconian, I must have missed that one at the arcade. You know... a work like this is worthy of it's own website or blog series. There's so much material here, and documentation is always an awesome thing. What prior artwork (source) proved helpful? What unexpected problems arose, and how were they solved? (If topics like that are in the prior 13 pages, I apologize, but it's 13 pages mixed with comments that I would have to read through and I just can't right now...) Anyways, keep up the great work, and seeing the video is motivating me to install the extra RAM in my 600XL... Edited May 20, 2017 by scottinNH 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3765565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 (edited) Pardon me for not knowing the tactics of the game, but what are those pulsing things that don't move or fire on you? Apart from points, is there any reason for them? @Shanti77, incredible port, so good (or not) to see the formations, deadly buggers For those with 128K or emulation, this IS a game to have, amazing work my friend! Paul. Edited May 20, 2017 by Mclaneinc Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3765577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Pardon me for not knowing the tactics of the game, but what are those pulsing things that don't move or fire on you? You mean the things that look like mines, and sit there like mines, and blow up when you run into them like mines? They're lunchboxes. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3765601 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 (edited) Aha...Pardon my stupidity, I never crashed in to one Thank you for the answer.... I can't see the sandwiches though? Edit: They reminded me of things from a game except these ones had beams coming out of them that stopped if you shot them, dozy head cannot remember the games name and I never remember what shooting them did apart from stopping the interconnecting beams. Dodgy memory at this second....Its most likely Sinistar or the ilk.. Edited May 20, 2017 by Mclaneinc Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3765613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelleAmelie Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Is there any chance this port will have music in the future, like in the X68000 version? I'd be totally willing to remix some of the music from that version for the POKEY, assuming I could use a program like Raster Music Tracker to make the music. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3765620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanti77 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Miker make sounds so will be good. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3765736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 (edited) wouldn't mind it for the TITLE screen but not for in game play itself.. that would suck. Music during title screen good... Music during game play would be bad. Edited May 20, 2017 by _The Doctor__ 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3765737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanti77 Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 My gameplay 15 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3766150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3766163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 nice kill box at 5:28 this is very good! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3766449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlazer Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 I miss the old title screen. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3766654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yautja Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 I miss the old title screen. Ditto. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3766706 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 I miss the old title screen. me too! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3767284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanti77 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Old title screen will be back, but it must be fixed. I make graphics myself, but my skills are poor, maybe I found someone who will do this better. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3768395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 Old title screen will be back, but it must be fixed. I make graphics myself, but my skills are poor, maybe I found someone who will do this better. I can probably find enough free time to work on it now, or other graphics if you need help. You did a good job on the one you made. I can probably improve on it, though. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3768406 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmuDan Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 This is a really nice port. I've got it working on the Colleen emulator for Android in 130xe mode and XL/XE (192k) mode. Works fine with both ntsc and pal. Keep up the good work! Dan 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3769938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 My gameplay Bloody hell that is totally excellent - what a superb job!! sTeVE 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3770503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Westphal Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Oh man this is great! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3772180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Your link isn't working dude. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3772295 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 Current WIP for the splash screen. I found out that there was no version of this particular Bosconian logo style with a black background on the machine/cab artwork or any other literature. I think it was just adapted for some website or other online media presentation, and thus floating around out there. So, I wanted to do a version in the original white background. I still like how the black background looks, though, and I think Shanti77 still prefers it. So I'll be working on a black version too (takes a different approach to achieve in Graph2Font). BTW, credit goes to Shanti77, as this logo was built/reworked from the original one he made and used in earlier released betas. This is on NTSC. Here's the Japanese flyer that this particular logo comes from. If someone would be kind enough to try this out on real hardware with a CRT, I'd appreciate it. I don't have anything set up in my place at the moment and I'm curious how it works out because it's using widescreen mode. bosconian white wip8d (ntsc).xex bosconian white wip8d (PAL).xex 6 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254670-bosconian-for-the-8-bits/page/13/#findComment-3777941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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