Popular Post phaeron Posted December 31, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 31, 2018 Presenting for the new year: 2600 Combat, ported to the 800. Usage: Joysticks in port 1 and 2. Start/Select as on the VCS, Option switches B&W/Color, 1 and 2 change difficulty switches. Technicals: Based on existing, well-commented disassembly. Players and missiles mapped from TIA to GTIA. Combat doesn't use the ball or more than four total replicated sprites, so it fit within GTIA limitations. Collisions were the main problem as it's expensive to map from GTIA collisions to TIA collisions when replication is involved. Horizontal flip was just implemented lazily with a bit reverse table. Playfield mapped to mode 7 for the score and mode 8 for the map. Kernel is ripped out entirely and replaced with plain frame loop. Sound is just using a slightly revised version of the TIA->POKEY emulator I've been using in past 2600 ports (there was one mode that needed fixing). Happy holidays, everyone. combat.zip 65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manterola Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Wow!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Thank you Avery and Happy New Year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Great! Thx and Happy New Year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) Fantastic! Where's my little brother when I need him? There's something I really love about seeing these appear on the 8-bit computers. Thanks again... Edited December 31, 2018 by MrFish 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Brentarian Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Thank you! I have such fond memories playing this with my father. My first three cartridges were Combat (obviously), Video Pinball, and Space Invaders. I thought I was in heaven that Christmas morning when I unwrapped the VCS. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Westphal Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 WORD Thanks for doing this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Well done. I didn't realise that the game didn't use levels of unreachable replication. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Thank you kind sir! Seeing the image brings back good memories... now to get some play time, I'll rope my other half or son into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Awesome! Love this game and your other ports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erichenneke Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 What a perfect port. Really cool ! My suggestion is to get with Rob Schlortt to incorporate his AI logic from War Room (or something similar) to enable 1-player game options as well. Combat is a great 2-player game of course... but I always wished there were options to play it when another person isn't around. -Eric 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrbrevin Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 quite literally, a blast from the past! many thank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Oh, the memories this brings back! Thank you, Avery. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pps Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Nice thing Happy New Year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Never had a 2600 but people said this was a great game so thank you Avery... Off to see just how great it was 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Dont be disappointed it was one of the first carts.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Looks great but the only disappointment is that its 2 player... My daughter looked and said its 'nice' which in her speak means its nothing like GTA 5 Still stoked to have it, anything new on our beloved machine is a brilliant bonus.. Also, its so nice that Avery took dev and free time away from his normal stuff to give us an extra present....Top man... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level42 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Awesome. Essential and basic games like this were SO much fun....and I don't miss an AI for the 2nd player....the fun in those games IS that they are 2 player.... What I do miss is my older brother to smoke him....if only we could get some internet playing.... Thanks Avery ...love it ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Dragon Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Fantastic work. This simply was THE game that we always broke out as kids when a large group of us were around someone's house. Still got set up even when we'd all moved onto the Atari, Sinclair and Commodore 8 bit home computers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmischief Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I'm 12 years old and it's Christmas morning, all over again. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitoco Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Looks great but the only disappointment is that its 2 player... I'm not used to play games, but I totally prefer 2+ players games, all against all like in current Fortnite BR. Combat, Video Olympics and Warlords were in my 2600 favourites because of that. Thank you, Avery!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdh Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Great stuff, love this. Thank you very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I'm not used to play games, but I totally prefer 2+ players games, all against all like in current Fortnite BR. Combat, Video Olympics and Warlords were in my 2600 favourites because of that. Thank you, Avery!!! I suppose my wording should have been, "my only disappointment is I don't have someone to play against :)" Nothing disappointing about the port... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoatofCar Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Thank you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Nut Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Excellent. Thank you very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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