JeffVav Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Hi all, I thought the community here might be interested: http://arcade.readyplayeronemovie.com Joust, Root Beer Tapper, and ... ? It's genuine emulation in-browser using Code Mystics' tech. Even has online leaderboards. - Jeff 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Woah! I haven't seen you around these parts in a while! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Impressive. Reminds me of like 15 years ago or so when Midway themselves had some old shockwave style site that had probably 10 of their old arcade games on it. I used to mess with it a bit when I was stuck somewhere with a computer to use (like work, if I had down time.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan88 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Can't wait for Ready Player One to hit the movie screens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Nice to see Digital Eclipse/Code Mystics doing their thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffVav Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 Woah! I haven't seen you around these parts in a while! Lost my password and had been lurking. Finally went through the reset process. Impressive. Reminds me of like 15 years ago or so when Midway themselves had some old shockwave style site that had probably 10 of their old arcade games on it. I used to mess with it a bit when I was stuck somewhere with a computer to use (like work, if I had down time.) Thanks. FWIW, the Midway Shockwave thing you're talking about was us too. Nice to see Digital Eclipse/Code Mystics doing their thing! Just to confuse matters, there is a Digital Eclipse back again, but it's not us. The name was bought by one of the former DE founders when Foundation 9 shut down, and he restarted it a year or two ago. They were more the Game Boy side of things back in the day. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 I'm going to PM you. I had no idea a rep was on this site. Back some 20 years now when I was in college and GBC was a thing I had a couple friends on staff at DE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMaddog Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Impressive. Reminds me of like 15 years ago or so when Midway themselves had some old shockwave style site that had probably 10 of their old arcade games on it. I used to mess with it a bit when I was stuck somewhere with a computer to use (like work, if I had down time.) Yeah, I played that a lot in my college days. There was a contest where the highest score would win a Dreamcast with Gauntlet Legends included. I loved that game so much in the arcade that I canceled my PS2 pre-order and got a Dreamcast to play GL on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 I found this the other day when I checked the Code Mystics site and had fun with a round of Root Beer Tapper. Seemed to be a bit of input lag, but this PC is pretty weak these days, so the problem was probably at my end. Plus I'm not used to using a keyboard for classic arcade games, which might've contributed to the feeling. Keyboard buttons have a bit more throw to them than a button on a gamepad or arcade stick does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Works great on my iPhone 8. Much better than Midway Arcade Classics, which hasn't been updated in 3 years and doesn't run in 64-but only iOS 11. (Hint!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffVav Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 Works great on my iPhone 8. 80973A19-BEB3-4CEB-88AD-C9261F74734D.png Much better than Midway Arcade Classics, which hasn't been updated in 3 years and doesn't run in 64-but only iOS 11. (Hint!) Can't help you there. We had nothing to do with the iOS compilation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 I know ... just putting it out there in case "someone" is watching. I was happy to see that Atari Hits for iOS was (eventually) updated and disappointed that Infocom Classics was (yet) not. I understand these are contract deals, and the rights holders have to care about their stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffVav Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 I know ... just putting it out there in case "someone" is watching. I was happy to see that Atari Hits for iOS was (eventually) updated and disappointed that Infocom Classics was (yet) not. I understand these are contract deals, and the rights holders have to care about their stuff. Bottom line is it's their game. We just built it for them. Apple doesn't recognise us as having any authority whatsoever for the products or their updates. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mckafka99 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Have there been any conversations of Atari Hits for iOS getting an update to support MFi controllers? Atari Hits for iOS + a Gamevice controller would be awesome (especially now that it seems like iOS no longer appears to support iCade, since iOS10 I think?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I've got the Android version and was wondering if joystick support would ever be included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffVav Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 We don't currently have any insight into what Atari might want to do with AGH in the future. I imagine if there are any major changes they'd have to have a way of recouping the cost. With no special insight behind this thought, I'd wager the question they'd want to answer is: what can they have us do to a 7-year-old app to make it a hot seller again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mckafka99 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Call me a little crazy, but I'd be willing to pay up to something of the original app price (for all games) to get MFi controller support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Call me a little crazy, but I'd be willing to pay up to something of the original app price (for all games) to get MFi controller support.The alternative to legit commercial emulation is piracy. It's sad to me when rights holders (Atari, Midway) don't support their stuff as well as unpaid community volunteers. It diminishes their ability to claim the high ground or command high asking prices for their stuff. Provenance and GBA4ios are pretty cool on iOS, and they have kept pace with changes in the developer ecosystem and fully support MFi controllers, which are not a new thing. $10/year lets you install these apps with the Build Store's developer certificate. I'm not participating anymore out of principle and security concerns, but the option is out there: https://builds.io/apps/provenance/ It would reflect better on the rights holders to keep current, well-supported apps in the App Store. If that means they have to take a loss to engage good developers like Code Mystics to make that happen, I think they should do it. I know I'd think more of Atari in particular if they supported their existing stuff rather than dabbling in speaker hats, crypto currency, and crowdfunded promises of new consoles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Isn't this stuff available, legitimately, on other platforms. I don't think ios is a worthwile platform for them because of the interface. Very few ios users would have a game controller and the default interface doesn't give you the best experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Cool, i remember that Midway site.Thanks for posting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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