ZillaRUSH Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 WOW...what an awesome game! I thought Space Rocks was tough to beat for the 2600...gameplay is sweet!!!! Love all the versions and you can even set a sector to start on. Kudos AA!! Game of the Year!! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 WOW...what an awesome game! I thought Space Rocks was tough to beat for the 2600...gameplay is sweet!!!! Love all the versions and you can even set a sector to start on. Kudos AA!! Game of the Year!! My thoughts are that I want it bad but don't want the box. I could basically buy a whole other homebrew for what the nice box costs. This game looks awesome and it will eventually be in my collection! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 My thoughts are that I want it bad but don't want the box. I could basically buy a whole other homebrew for what the nice box costs. This game looks awesome and it will eventually be in my collection! Just put out the extra $20 for the cardboard or you'll be waing a loooonngg time... My 2 cents. Also come with a cool poster! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 My thoughts are that I want it bad but don't want the box. I could basically buy a whole other homebrew for what the nice box costs. This game looks awesome and it will eventually be in my collection! I'm with you to a point BUT there are certain homebrews I absolutely want CIB and the Spiceware games are certainly in that category. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 I'm with you to a point BUT there are certain homebrews I absolutely want CIB and the Spiceware games are certainly in that category. That's my point though. I don't own Space Rocks which is only $5-$10 more than the Draconian box itself costs (going by box upgrades being around $20). I already have limited space too (I have a decent sized comic collection and don't need all my videogames taking up anymore than what they currently do). So while they are really nice, they do nothing for gameplay which is my main reason for getting the games. I have comics that I would rather ogle than an Atari box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 I got my after PRGE boxed copy from AA at the beginning of last week. Finally opened it up to put in some play time on Christmas day. About 3-4 hours later... I've decided this is one of my favorite homebrew games released on the 2600, likely will do a video review on it and really wonder what kind of reception it would have gotten had something like it been released back in the day. It is a great game and highly addictive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dphirschler Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 I still find it hard to believe this game is playing on a 2600. The speech and the gameplay are amazing! Darryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hizzy Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 An incredible accomplishment! There should be a programmer, homebrew of the year contest. The people who make these games deserve more recognition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iesposta Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 An incredible accomplishment! There should be a programmer, homebrew of the year contest. The people who make these games deserve more recognition. I like "homebrew of the year"; However "programmer" is tricky because sometimes a lot of people end up being involved. Draconian: I did the majority of sound effects, music, speech. The idea and sprite artist was Nathan. The main assembly and C code was SpiceWare. The second coder was Thomas J. The bankswitch format was CD-W (who also added code suggestions), SpiceWare and batari. Then sometimes the artwork is someone else. In this case it was Nathan. Albert puts out the money for box orders, cart and end label, manuals, assembles and ships them. Kosmic (I think) suggested a randomized level. And I'm sure there were others. Without suggestions, Space Rocks wouldn't have the "friction" option of your player slowing down to a stop or keep on going; Scramble and Super Cobra wouldn't have a "star field" had I not suggested it because it was initially thought there wouldn't be time to update the ball object, but turns out the kernel already contained ball positioning per scanline. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hizzy Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 How could we make an official "homebrew of the year" thread? I think it should come from Al or someone involved with the scene. There should be a trophy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Jesus Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 I got my boxed copy at PRGE as well... The game is freakin' awesome! We're going to cover it in a pickups video soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 I just got this game the other day and I am blown away how good it is . I still cant believe there is speech in this game . Awesome job Spiceware . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 How could we make an official "homebrew of the year" thread? I think it should come from Al or someone involved with the scene. There should be a trophy! In Russia game gives YOU trophy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 How could we make an official "homebrew of the year" thread? I think it should come from Al or someone involved with the scene. There should be a trophy! Once upon a time... http://atariage.com/features/Stan2004/index.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hizzy Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Once upon a time... http://atariage.com/features/Stan2004/index.html Wow! What happened? Who was Stan? This should be revived Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 My thoughts are that I want it bad but don't want the box. I could basically buy a whole other homebrew for what the nice box costs. This game looks awesome and it will eventually be in my collection! Yeah with my limited space and budget I could do without all cib games. Sometimes I have to get the box cause it is the only way. Other times the box means dont buy costs too much. Baggie games would be the best. All I need is a board and label kit. Plenty of shells from dupes. That would be the cheapest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hizzy Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 I pretty much buy all my homebrews CIB, when I can. I love getting a new Atari game 30 years after the stores stopped selling them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Thanks all, and thanks ZillaRUSH for the review in the store! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefffulton Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 This is only of Many great games I need to get from the AA store. Draconian looks like one of the best games ever for the 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Yes!!! My manual just arrived (purchased my CIB at PRGE and the manuals were not available) and it is brilliant! Excellent work Nathan The manual, box and label are top notch. Thanks again to Darrell and everyone involved for making this game possible. Its already been said, but I'll say it again, its hard to believe that this game is capable of playing on a 2600. This really is the complete package. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Looks like a haynes repair manual. https://www.google.ca/search?q=rabbit+diesel+chiltons&client=ms-android-bell-ca&source=android-browser&dcr=0&prmd=sivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiS-oT4-rLYAhVHyWMKHVAHDp8Q_AUICigC&biw=360&bih=512&dpr=3#imgrc=u689qhz1z0pUuM: Thats because they must have used it as a template. Recognized that in a fraction of a second. Many hours reading and swearing at old junk. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Looks like a chilton's repair manual. That's what I said when Nathan first showed it to me. But it's not, it's really like a Haynes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Lol. You quoted me before I corrected it. I dont know why I wrote Chilton.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Hahahahahahaha! Thought I recognized the style of that manual, but couldn't quite put my finger on it. Was more of a Chilton's guy I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Haynes has nothing on this manual. Some of the verbiage is pretty funny. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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