+Karl G Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 The only difference between pal60 and ntsc is the color definitions, so Stella has no way of detecting the difference. It might be useful to say which colors don't seem to work well on the pal60 variant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted April 27, 2019 Author Share Posted April 27, 2019 Hello! Great game! Fast and fun. Also, it's nice to see logs from Pitfall zoom by Just one issue: both the PAL 60 and NTSC register as being NTSC (you can see this in Stella under Game properties -> Display). Since I'm playing on a PAL system, I have colours being shifted in both cases, which makes the NTSC version very weird and the PAL okay-ish but too dark in some places, so you don't see the obstacles. Maybe this is a simple declaration in the program that's missing? I don't have a clue how this works, but other PAL games register and display correctly. Cheers and many thanks for your work Thanks for your feedback. The PAL version is a PAL60 version, which means it's identical to the NTSC version but the colours are normalised to the PAL palette. PAL on the 2600 has less colours available, it's not always a 1-1 match. Reds and Yellows usually suffer a bit. If you can show and example of where the colour is dark compared to the NTSC version, that would help. when running the PAL60 test ROM In Stella, press CTRL + F until you cycle to PAL60. Also, the ROMs on this thread are not the final ROMs. Some further minor tweaking happened for those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilles_B Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 If you can show and example of where the colour is dark compared to the NTSC version, that would help. Hi! Thanks for replying. I've attached to shots from stella where you can see the shift. Now what I see on my wall (I'm using a projector) is even darker. To give you an idea, The mountains in the background appear black. Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilles_B Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 as I have another pal 60 game not working as I expected (see below), I experimented further. My usual setup is the following: my light sixer, modded for composite output, goes into my ligawo upscaler to hdmi, and from there to my acer H5380BD projector. This works fine, the output from the harmony is recognised as pal (for the harmony itself and pal games) and outputs at 1080p@60Hz. So far, so good. Now I have two pal60 games showing opposite behaviours. This one shows the right colours on stella but darker ones through my setup. The upscaler tells me it's receiving NTSC443, though, not PAL. The other game, Fear of the dark http://atariage.com/forums/topic/280212-fear-of-the-dark-atari-2600/page-3 , shows up in stella but in use through my setup it's the intended yellow. It got me thinking, though, maybe there is something wrong with my setup. So I took out my old but trusty Toshiba TDP-FF!, a tiny projector that doesn't have hdmi and plugged the console directly into its composite port, and voila ! Reverso ! The projector recognises PAL for both games, but now Fear of the dark is green and Tyre Trax has the correct colours, both just as in Stella on the pal60 setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 The finished box art for Tyre Trax. I think @Atariboy2600's design is absolutely fantastic and a big thank you to @Albert for coordinating it all together. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Box looks great.? Can’t wait to pick this up. Thanks to all involved. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 On 9/29/2019 at 3:53 PM, Muddyfunster said: The finished box art for Tyre Trax. I think @Atariboy2600's design is absolutely fantastic and a big thank you to @Albert for coordinating it all together. NOCIE. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Tyre Trax is now available for purchase in the AtariAge Store! https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1208 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Ordered ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 That's the best look I've had of the packaging and it looks absolutely fantastic, great job by Al, Atariboy and Tony Morse! Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killersquirel Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Is the rom attached on the first post the final version of the rom that appears on cartridge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 No that's an older test ROM, it's close to the final version The version that appears on the cartridge has refinements and bug fixes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Great job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Received my copy last week and promptly went after the Gold Cups. Great game! If you ever make a sequel, please add Savekey/AtariVox support for high scores. I sent in a review for the Store. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Hot Damn, that's impressive @sramirez2008 glad you had fun with it. Working on getting some patches done for Tyre Trax (and Dare Devil) (and thanks for buying Tyre Trax!). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 6 minutes ago, Muddyfunster said: Hot Damn, that's impressive @sramirez2008 glad you had fun with it. Working on getting some patches done for Tyre Trax (and Dare Devil) (and thanks for buying Tyre Trax!). Thank you for making this game. I ran out of resources at PRGE, but ordered it as soon as the budget allowed. Can't wait to see what the patches (for both games) look like.? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+McCallister Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Good morning! Fun game! I continuously get distracted by the backgrounds and the obstacles, they are quite visually impressive. One question: do we post pictures here to earn the patch? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) Getting ready to try this on the Harmony... I do high scores over at "another place", and the Activision timed games are mebbe my specialty-I'm also currently collecting CIB Activision games(and Patches!!!). My guess is that this will be my first purchase from the AA store... Vids look great, excited about this one! Edited January 13, 2020 by Rogerpoco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leothelowe Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 (edited) Great Game. I just achieved my patch. It brought back a lot of memories of when I played games on the Atari. That Game 4 Achievement was tricky. Got a lot of 21.2 and 21.3 second place scores. I believe this game would be a great tournament game at PRGE. Below are my pictures of my achievements. Yes, Yes I know. I am still rocking the VHS tape player with a copy of Titanic. Edit: Game 2 did not have the console in the picture so I went and did it again. Rules are rules. Edited February 18, 2020 by leothelowe Game 2 didn't have console in picture. All other pictures did. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Nice times? Now there are at least two of us that achieved the patch. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 On 12/31/2019 at 7:26 PM, Muddyfunster said: Working on getting some patches done for Tyre Trax (and Dare Devil) Hi Muddyfunster...any updates on the Tyre Trax patches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilles_B Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Anyone got this to work on the Atari Flashback Portable? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, Gilles_B said: Anyone got this to work on the Atari Flashback Portable? It's not going to work on the Flashback Portable as it's a Melody-based game. ..Al 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilles_B Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 11 hours ago, Albert said: It's not going to work on the Flashback Portable as it's a Melody-based game. ..Al Right. Too bad, but thanks for clearing that up. So it uses some of the additional memory functions of the Melody architecture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 3 hours ago, Gilles_B said: Right. Too bad, but thanks for clearing that up. So it uses some of the additional memory functions of the Melody architecture? It uses the DPC+ kernel, which makes use of hardware assistance to make more graphically complex games. The manual on RT's site gives a good overview. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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