+johnnywc Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 (edited) ** The latest demo ROMs can be found in this post. Have fun! ** Hello all, Now that Mappy is almost complete and awaiting it's release at the Portland Gaming Expo in a few weeks, Champ Games would like to announce our next game... Wizard of Wor Arcade! For those who may not know, Champ Games started a Wizard of Wor rewrite back in 2007 that was never completed. That code has been resurrected and the current version takes full advantage of the latest technology, including CDF bank-switching for enhanced graphics (created by Nathan Strum) and all the arcade mazes, arcade-like sound effects and speech (created by Mike Haas) using the AtariVox+ (over 50+ phrases!). Additionally, it will support Nathan Tolbert's re-vamped multi-joystick adapter which will allow 2 joysticks to be plugged into one port while leaving the second one free for in-game speech with the AtariVox and high score saving! Special thanks to CDS Games and Nukey Shay for their blessing and amazing work on the Wizard of Wor 2: The Arena hack which provided the inspiration for some of the cut scenes and mazes, and it was also the game that Mike's AtariVox speech were originally developed for. The game is about 95% complete and and will available to play (with Nathan T's multi-joystick adapter and AtariVox+ speech) at this years Portland Gaming Expo. My brother Paul and I will be on hand if you're up for a challenge! Here is a screenshot of the title screen. I will be posting more info as the PRGE approaches, with a playable ROM to be posted sometime after the expo. Edited April 28, 2021 by johnnywc updated title 35 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenfuzz Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Looks GREAT. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDS Games Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Great to see this!!!Nukey did some amazing work with that hack....and we were so close to a finished game!! But in the end, it would still have been just a hack--can't wait to see a new WoW programmed from the ground up with the latest technology. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Awesome work John! Still waiting for that CDS WoW2: The Arena too!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Hoo hoo, this looks promising! Nice title screen, too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Really wish I could attend PRGE again. Last year was a blast. Can't wait to pick up a copy of Mappy and Wizard of War Arcade. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Studio Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Will be buying this and Mappy complete in box once they are available, thanks for making these! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Ohh dear.. not again! What are we gonna do with all this greatness? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemberAtarian Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 (edited) Couldn't you make speak built-in, like it was with Draconian? With the AtariVox plugged in a joyport, you lose the possibility of playing 2 players with human speech samples. Edited September 14, 2018 by MemberAtarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Couldn't you make speak built-in, like it was with Draconian? The 5 short phrases in Draconian took 4.5K to store the data, about 9000 samples packed 2 samples per byte. The Wizard is way too chatty (phrase list below the header TRIVIA) to store them as samples in ROM. With the AtariVox plugged in a joyport, you lose the possibility of playing 2 players with human speech samples. It supports a new version of Nathan's slick multiplexer which allows 2 joysticks to be plugged into a single port. Nathan demoed his original version at PRGE last year, Joe Decuir was quite impressed with it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemberAtarian Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 The 5 short phrases in Draconian took 4.5K to store the data, about 9000 samples packed 2 samples per byte. The Wizard is way too chatty (phrase list below the header TRIVIA) to store them as samples in ROM. It supports a new version of Nathan's slick multiplexer which allows 2 joysticks to be plugged into a single port. Nathan demoed his original version at PRGE last year, Joe Decuir was quite impressed with it. If it supports Nat's quadjoust-thing, then I take back my worries and... Hail to the King, baby. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Awesome!! If this had existed back in the day, it would have been another must have and would have been a giant seller! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 AtariVox killer app. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TrekMD Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 That looks fantastic! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Nut Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 (edited) Is this for the 2600? Edited September 15, 2018 by Atari Nut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+johnnywc Posted September 15, 2018 Author Share Posted September 15, 2018 (edited) Is this for the 2600? Yes! Edited September 15, 2018 by johnnywc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roryjr Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Put me down for both complete in box. Two of my favorite games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemberAtarian Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Because I sold my C64 long ago and I sometimes miss my favorite games (Skramble is at least now avaiable for the VCS ), WoW is another one on my list, next one should be Flimbo's Quest. XD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaultheRoman Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Is the ROM for this going to be released, or is it going to be a cartridge only game? I would love to be able to play this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Is the ROM for this going to be released, or is it going to be a cartridge only game? I would love to be able to play this. I will be posting more info as the PRGE approaches, with a playable ROM to be posted sometime after the expo. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemberAtarian Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 I have seen the gameplay video and it's really cool on a real CRT, and I got an idea: As the Worluck appears, can you draw the pf so it's black and every third line is what, and it rolls down? Of course you can't really do a mashed one like on the real one, but a rolling one would look cool as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Trebor Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Posted under the AtariAge Twitter account... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD_GjdgOAL8 Playable demo at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo next month! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW127 Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Wow, great !!! "Wizard of Wor" is one of my favourite games since my childhood, especially i like the 2-player-simultan-mode. Played and still play the C64-version of the game alot. Looking forward to the new version on the Atari VCS-2600. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFD62780 Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 (edited) Forgive me for saying, but I predict AtariVox support to be requested a TON in Stella soon after this release... Even weirder, the voices here are WAY more intelligible than the original! XD Not to mention the title screen ALONE! Best titlescreen for the VCS. EVER. Edited September 24, 2018 by JFD62780 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 IIRC there is a copyright issue with the speakjet roms. so it won't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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