doctorclu Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 lot of people think Bubsy started on Atari (really the SNES and then Genesis) so .... sure... why not! Here we have it folks... BUBSY : Kitt'N Kaboodle This fun hack of Fast Eddie was made possible by Hack-O-Matic 3 and some coloring by KevinMos3 who has already made many good color hacks for Atari 2600 games. The Woolies are at it again stealing Bubsy's stuff and this time they stole EVERYTHING and stored it on the planet Kaboodle!!! Bubsy will need to JUMP OVER the Woolies to get it all back. In the game you'll see objects Bubsy needs to collect on based on items he collected in... Bubsy: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind. (Yarnball, exclamation marker point) Bubsy 2 (Nerf gun, Trading card) Bubsy Fractured Furry Tales (Ball with exclamation point, extra life shirt) Bubsy 3D (Rocket part, atom) Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Respective ("No Relief" gag from the fan made game) And even the newest which came out recently that I'm enjoying... Bubsy: Woolies Strike Back. (glowing yarn ball) This was originally started on the Atari VCS/2600 and since the code for Fast Eddie for the 2600 and 400/800 were very similar, the Atari 400/800/XL/XE version soon followed. Finding it fun to put Bubsy on one more Atari system, the 5200 version was also created. Not crazy about how this XL Conversion to the 5200 has Bubsy always running but meh... it's done. If someone can figure out how to get the main character to stop running that would be greatly appreciated. Enjoy! Bubsy0 5200 R1.bin 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted November 11, 2017 Author Share Posted November 11, 2017 (edited) Some artwork combining the Bubsy poster and the Fast Eddie box art. Edited November 11, 2017 by doctorclu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted November 11, 2017 Author Share Posted November 11, 2017 (edited) Here were the original pictures just for comparison. Also, here is one good for an end label if you ever make a cartridge for yourself. * The disclaimer that you think we wouldn't need but here goes... * Definitely not encouraging selling these. All this has been a fun fan project to have my favorite character on the earlier Atari systems and maybe drum up some interest in the new Bubsy game. All the above is for personal enjoyment and not for sell. However if Accolade wants to make some retro cartridges using the above and sell them here on Atariage, I'd probably buy them just to have an official retro release. Edited November 11, 2017 by doctorclu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted November 11, 2017 Author Share Posted November 11, 2017 Since the game hints at more of a kitten aspect, and since Atari releases would have been a bit before the Nintendo/Genesis releases, give more of a young wide eyed look... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted November 12, 2017 Author Share Posted November 12, 2017 (edited) If you'd like to see how the gameplay is, I made a video this morning: One thing I realized as I made the video is about the controls. As long time 5200 gamers already know but for the newer folk out there, Fast Eddie was not originally released for the 5200. So the folks at Atarimax made a conversion. (Thank you!) I guess due to the nature of the 5200 controller the main character is always running in place. And as I found out today, this prevents the main character from getting off the ladder if the ladders are lined up. Sometimes those ladders ALL line up. That is going to be interesting for the player. Not so bad when the prizes are going across the screen, but sometimes those prizes are stationary and if that happens to both prizes it will be "GAME OVER MAN!! GAME OVER!!!" Again, if there is any way the controller could be hacked so that the main character can return to a stationary position (see the Atari 800 version below to see what I mean) that will make for not only a better look for the game, but better gameplay. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Otherwise for my fellow 5200 gamers, I did what I could for the time being. Edited November 12, 2017 by doctorclu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted November 12, 2017 Author Share Posted November 12, 2017 I made a video to show the ladder trick to use when the ladders line up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share Posted November 15, 2017 As I was talking with Steve at Atari Classics and getting his hack of Fast Eddie (which was the same one I had modified) I played his copy and the ladders lined up was not a problem. I was able to exit the ladders at whatever level. So it has occurred to me that the problem is the emulation. Under Altierra I was unable to get off the ladder when they were lined up, and under Atari800MacX I the controls did not have a problem. At some point I just need to get this on my AtariMax 128 in 1 cart and try this on the real hardware and see how it performs there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 nice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 (edited) I've recently made a quick set of instructions. Bubsy Manual.pdf Edited December 8, 2017 by doctorclu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 Cartridge label 5200 style... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Alexander Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Cartridge label 5200 style... 5200_Bubsyl.png Awesome I definitely am going to need this on a cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 Awesome I definitely am going to need this on a cart. As far as selling, no, but I plan to build my own cart at some point for my own use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Alexander Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 As far as selling, no, but I plan to build my own cart at some point for my own use. If we asked Albert to put it on a cart for us would that be OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 Glad you like it. Up to Albert, but my suggestion: Load it on the Atarimax 5200 carts. http://atarimax.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Alexander Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Glad you like it. Up to Albert, but my suggestion: Load it on the Atarimax 5200 carts. http://atarimax.com/ Already did , will mention this on our Atari 5200 Podcast minisode episode recording tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 Already did , will mention this on our Atari 5200 Podcast minisode episode recording tonight Oh very cool, got a link to the podcast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Alexander Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Oh very cool, got a link to the podcast? The episode that we mention your game is currently being edited but here is a link to our latest episode http://theatari5200superpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-5-realsports-football-and-soccer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 The episode that we mention your game is currently being edited but here is a link to our latest episode http://theatari5200superpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-5-realsports-football-and-soccer Cool will check it out and looking forward to the one in the editing room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Alexander Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Cool will check it out and looking forward to the one in the editing room. I hope you enjoy the show, would like to ask are you working on further updated versions of this game as I think the VCS version has quite a few updates? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 (edited) Mainly the sprite of Bubsy needs the touch up like we had in the R19 on the 2600 version. Cool thing about the 2600 version is all the testing happened there so when I looked at the 800 and 5200 it was just a matter of bringing over all the existing trial and effort. Aside from the Bubsy sprite, might tinker some more on the background, but may not do too much more there. On the 2600 version the way Sirius Software did that was to make all pixels three times as big. With that they could make a ladder in four pixels and had four other pixels remaining. So off to the side of the ladders you see the creative use of unused effects. On the Atari 800 and 5200 versions the ladder was basically a pixel for pixel setup, so not as much to play with. But at least on all versions the character sprites were the same. I was able to convert over the pixels in a little over an hour. Edited December 17, 2017 by doctorclu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 See...I told you... you made an actual good Bubsy game! hehe. The label you have proposed works, but needs to be redone. Bubsy is halfway cut off in that pic. I think the background itself should pretty much be cropped a bit and made to fit within the area better, or redo it with blank space at the top to allow room for the Bubsy logo graphic. Or...go the Atari route on some titles, and forgot the graphic logo and just have a Titlebar along the top of it instead. The artwork on atari carts was always part of the charm of the games themselves and added to our perceived epicness of those games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 Good suggestions, let me see what I can do. The title bar might be the way to go. One thing I would like to see more than anything on this version is the ability for Bubsy to return to center rather than always running. If we can ever get that nailed down that would be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 (edited) Here is the newest revision of 5200 Bubsy. I was surprised that we've only had one revision so far. This just touches up the Bubsy sprite as seen in R19 of the 2600 version. Bubsy0 5200 R2.bin How's this for the cartridge label? Edited December 17, 2017 by doctorclu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Alexander Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Here is the newest revision of 5200 Bubsy. I was surprised that we've only had one revision so far. This just touches up the Bubsy sprite as seen in R19 of the 2600 version. Bubsy0 5200 R2.bin How's this for the cartridge label? Bubsy 5200-label.jpg GREAT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 IT'S A BUBSY HOLIDAY SPECIAL!! Same game, same cat, new hat and trimmings for the Christmas season. Bubsy0 5200 R3-HS.bin But that's just a Christmas hack of a fan hack (kinda a Christmas tradition here on Atariage), the REAL holiday special is the newest (official) Bubsy game is half off on Steam, and nearly half off for the PS4 version till early January 2018. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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