ILA2600 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I've been working on a upgraded version of the Atari 2600 Popeye game, and I need help finding, and putting together the playfield, any help would be most appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDS Games Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Looks like the upper (yellow buildings) part starts at FEBE...but the bottom (green) part is probably calculated, not called from data. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILA2600 Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 Thank you CDS Games, for the buildings location, I couldn't find those, You help is very appreciated! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILA2600 Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 (edited) Using the debugger in the Atari Stella Emulator I found the colors in the game!Level 1 : Numbers ( At top ) Color : 36Popeye Color : 3A Bluto Color : DA Spinach Color : DA Olive Oil Color : 44Top Building Color : FC( Middle part Yellow ) Popeye letters in building color : OE Top Of Chimney Color : 26 Bottom part of Chimney Color : 22 Playfield Color : C2 Level 2 : Edited January 6, 2017 by ILA2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ILA2600 Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 Started the support beams, and changed the shape of the hearts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xybot67 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 I'm really curious on what you will be able to do with this. Can't wait to see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILA2600 Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 I'm really curious on what you will be able to do with this. Can't wait to see. I am doing as much as I can to make it look as close to the Arcade version as I can! and thank you for being interested in me doing this hack! :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ILA2600 Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Using Hackomatic 3 I discovered that 1F8E, 1F8D, 1F8C, 1F8B, and 1F8A is where Popeyes spinach, and the bottles that get thrown at him are at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xybot67 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Will you be able to better match the colors from the arcade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILA2600 Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 Will you be able to better match the colors from the arcade? I hope so, I'll do that after all of the Graphics changes are done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ILA2600 Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 I changed Popeye's head to resemble the Colecovision version! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ILA2600 Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 added detail to the steps! :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILA2600 Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 I can't get the top of the support beams to touch with the top green bar, and can't find the graphics for the houses at the top, are those graphics background graphics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILA2600 Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Here is what I have so far! Popeye2 - Copy - Copy.bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILA2600 Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Well I used a Hex Editor, and did a Hex search for 3A ( Popeye's color ) found all of them and the one alone that changes his color to white was at 00001C60 I changed that from 3A to 0E, It worked but if popeye get's killed by bluto the game crashes! Maybe if I try it with a different color other that white, and test it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILA2600 Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Changed Bluto from light green to purple, like his outfit in the arcade game! Popeye2 - Blutopurple.bin.bin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILA2600 Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Changed Bluto from light green to Purple! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILA2600 Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 (edited) Finally found out were the color to level 1 is! :-) Edited January 16, 2017 by ILA2600 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xybot67 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Wow! So much better than the green! Keep up the good work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 This is the first time I've ever played Popeye! Its neat - I just can't stop getting shot by the horizontal bullets across the screen. I can avoid Bluto by going up and down the stairs, but haven't caught enough hearts to go on to the next level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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