+splendidnut Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 ChaoticGrill is an attempt to bring a new version of the arcade classic BurgerTime to the Atari 2600. With a grill in the midst of chaos, you control Pete the chef to build burgers for eagerly awaiting customers. Sounds like an easy job, right? Well it would be if it weren't for some other pesky ingredients trying to interfere with your burger assembly line. It's chaos on the grill. But you can manage, right? To play, navigate your chef around the kitchen and knock down pieces to build your burgers while avoiding the hot dogs, pickles and eggs. You can use the FIRE button to spray pepper on the enemies. Knock down all the pieces to complete a level and move on to the next one.Controls: JOYSTICK - Move player around FIRE BUTTON - Spray pepper (also start game) SELECT - Switch levels RESET - Reset to title screen RIGHT DIFFICULTY - Turn on/off music Credits: splendidnut - programming, sound NostAlgae37 - graphics Kurt_Woloch - misc (some logic, some music / sound tweaks) -------------- This is currently a work-in-progress, but pretty much feature complete at this point, so I figured I would post it here also. Information on development can be found here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/246769-chaoticgrill-burgertime-remake-in-progress/ Latest version (as of November 13th, 2022): chaoticGrill_NTSC_20221113.bin chaoticGrill_PAL60_20221113.bin Older version (as of August 18th, 2019): chaoticGrill-2019-08-18--NTSC.bin chaoticGrill-2019-08-18--PAL60.bin NOTE: DO NOT REDISTRIBUTE THESE FILES. If you want to share, please link to this thread instead. Thanks! chaoticGrill-2018-12-31.bin chaoticGrill-2019-01-08.bin chaoticGrill-2019-01-20.bin chaoticGrill-2019-02-17.bin chaoticGrill-2019-07-05--PAL60.bin chaoticGrill-2019-07-05--NTSC.bin 15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemberAtarian Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Looks promising, love the music. The only thing I can't really understand that like nowadays every game, it uses DPC+. Chaotic Grill is an attempt to bring a new version of the arcade classic BurgerTime to the Atari 2600.With a grill in the midst of chaos, you control Pete the chef to build burgers for eagerly awaiting customers. Sounds like an easy job, right? Well it would be if it weren't for some other pesky ingredients trying to interfere with your burger assembly line. It's chaos on the grill. But you can manage, right?To play, navigate your chef around the kitchen and knock down pieces to build your burgers while avoiding the hot dogs, pickles and eggs. You can use the FIRE button to spray pepper on the enemies. Knock down all the pieces to complete a level and move on to the next one.Controls:JOYSTICK - Move player aroundFIRE BUTTON - Spray pepper (also start game)SELECT - Switch levels RESET - Reset to title screenRIGHT DIFFICULTY - Turn on/off music -------------- This is currently a work-in-progress, but pretty much feature complete at this point, so I figured I would post it here also. Information on development can be found here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/246769-chaoticgrill-burgertime-remake-in-progress/ Latest version (as of December 31st, 2018): chaoticGrill-2018-12-31.bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHairy Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Chaotic Grill is an attempt to bring a new version of the arcade classic BurgerTime to the Atari 2600. I've been following the development progress, and this is coming along great like nowadays every game Sorry, but this is nonsense. it uses DPC+ Your problem with that being what? Imho, this project is particularly interesting from a technical perspective as it is one of the few games that actually use DPC+ for the extended DPC-like data fetchers it provides, without running ARM code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemberAtarian Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I've been following the development progress, and this is coming along great Sorry, but this is nonsense. Your problem with that being what? Imho, this project is particularly interesting from a technical perspective as it is one of the few games that actually use DPC+ for the extended DPC-like data fetchers it provides, without running ARM code. Nowadays 4 of 5 games are using DPC+, mostly batari Basic games where the programmer is just lazy with doing the sprite overlays manually or creating a more detailed playfield with programming tricks. I think extra RAM and ARM abilities should be only used as it the programmer really requires it, like Scramble or Mappy, thouse would be really hard without it (looking at Robomechanik, it's not impossible, but a really hard work). I myself was really disappointed that I had to use superchip RAM for my current project, but I can't just save variables for 44 tiles with various possibilities, sprite placement counters and even the population's attributes, like money, number of people, steps left, etc., with only using the original 128 bytes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevKelley Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I think the use of DPC+ is neat and while there may be some use that seems lazy, I am sure that overtime people will find creative ways to utilize this tool. As for the game, cool! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xybot67 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Awesome! What a great way to start 2019. Thanks Spendidnut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+splendidnut Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 Looks promising, love the music. The only thing I can't really understand that like nowadays every game, it uses DPC+. I was trying to figure out what whether you were just complaining, or attempting to ask a question... but then you said: Nowadays 4 of 5 games are using DPC+, mostly batari Basic games where the programmer is just lazy with doing the sprite overlays manually or creating a more detailed playfield with programming tricks. I think extra RAM and ARM abilities should be only used as it the programmer really requires it, like Scramble or Mappy, thouse would be really hard without it (looking at Robomechanik, it's not impossible, but a really hard work). I myself was really disappointed that I had to use superchip RAM for my current project, but I can't just save variables for 44 tiles with various possibilities, sprite placement counters and even the population's attributes, like money, number of people, steps left, etc., with only using the original 128 bytes. So it sounds like it's a bit of both. A bit of history on this project (which you may or may not have read): http://atariage.com/forums/blog/614-splendidnuts-blog/ I originally started this project without DPC/DPC+ and found that I wasn't going to be able to do much better graphically than the original M-Network Burgertime. Potentially add a little more color. I then switched to DPC (Pitfall 2): From: http://atariage.com/forums/blog/614/entry-12174-burgertime-remake-the-start/ ...to be able to display 2 sprites updated as a 1-line Kernel. Currently only 1 of the sprites has their color updated every line. The other is just a solid color. I don't quite have enough cycles to do both. I needed a little more than that... at least both sprites multi-color and time to switch kernels and/or move data around during the display. Switching to DPC+ gave me the following: - fluid burger dropping - fully detailed burgers (PF and color update in 10 cycles using fast fetch) - multicolor single-line sprites (for both) Yes, this project could be done without DPC+ (since I use no ARM code... I've only written 6502 assembly with DASM macros), but the burgers (a key element of the game) would sacrifice the most graphically. The project would look more or less like the screenshot in "BurgerTime Remake: The Start" only without the multicolored chef. It would still need 256 bytes of extra ram (a la... M-Network's E7 mapper ) I grappled a lot with whether or not to use DPC+, but at the end of the day, I'm really glad I chose to use it. My compromise has been to write only in 6502 assembly. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+splendidnut Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 I've been following the development progress, and this is coming along great Thanks! And thank you for the work you put into the latest versions of Stella. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I think it looks great with all its DPC goodness! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hizzy Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 This is better than the commercial version released for the C64. BRAVO!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F34R Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) Ugh, doesn't work on the NT Mini. edit: apparently it's me somehow. I'm not able to load anything on the 2600/7800 cores. Edited January 1, 2019 by F34R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 This latest version is AMAZING! Thank you. We’re just a couple of days into the new year and it already looks like another banner year for homebrews. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 I grappled a lot with whether or not to use DPC+, but at the end of the day, I'm really glad I chose to use it. My compromise has been to write only in 6502 assembly. As far as I can tell DPC+ would have been feasible back then (~1984). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orange808 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Nowadays 4 of 5 games are using DPC+, mostly batari Basic games where the programmer is just lazy with doing the sprite overlays manually or creating a more detailed playfield with programming tricks. I think extra RAM and ARM abilities should be only used as it the programmer really requires it, like Scramble or Mappy, thouse would be really hard without it (looking at Robomechanik, it's not impossible, but a really hard work). I myself was really disappointed that I had to use superchip RAM for my current project, but I can't just save variables for 44 tiles with various possibilities, sprite placement counters and even the population's attributes, like money, number of people, steps left, etc., with only using the original 128 bytes. Wow. Thanks. And, people ask why I packed up and found a new project elsewhere... Jeepers. Can't imagine why... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+D Train Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 As far as I can tell DPC+ would have been feasible back then (~1984). To me, that is what is so interesting and compelling about the work being done for the 2600 these days. The memory boosts, extra chips, etc were all possible back in the day, they just would have been *very* expensive, or they were commercially possible but never had the opportunity to flourish because of the game crash. The main difference (pls correct me if I am wrong) is that the cost for a programming station is much less now than it was in the early to mid 80s (although people were programming on the Apple II) and that it takes much less time and fewer resources to compile code now. The fact that people are using c and not programming directly into assembly is also a time saver. Would be interested to hear from the experts what they think is happening now that would not have been possible in early to mid 80s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 The memory boosts, extra chips, etc were all possible back in the day, they just would have been *very* expensive, or they were commercially possible but never had the opportunity to flourish because of the game crash. Not every hardware used today in a cart was even technically possible back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keebz Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 WOOOOOW this has come a LONG way. Really well done. I know it is a WIP but I look forward to a cart release of this. At least I'm hoping for one. This is the Burger Time the Atari deserved. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keebz Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 if I could make one suggestion. It would be nice if the title screen showed your last score after you lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinroh Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) Amazing work Splendidnut! <3 I have been watching this with wonder since your first Demo, the latest one, it is so fun to play! It feels very perfectly like <copyright name>! Keep it up! I am excited. Edited January 6, 2019 by Jinroh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) We'll be featuring the updated version of Chaotic Grill on the ZeroPage Homebrew stream this Wednesday on Twitch at 11AM PT/2PM ET 6PM PT/9PM ET (UPDATED TIME)! Hope everyone can tune in to watch us play!Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/Games on Wednesday:Dare Devil (2019 WIP) by MuddyfunsterChaotic Grill (2018 WIP Update) by splendidnutShark Jaws + (2019 WIP) by winkdotSnow Flakes 2018 (2019) by Lolkiu64Tumble Temple (2019 WIP) by bluswimmer EDIT: UPDATED WITH VIDEO OF EPISODE Edited January 11, 2019 by cimmerian 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+splendidnut Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 We'll be featuring the updated version of Chaotic Grill on the ZeroPage Homebrew stream this Wednesday on Twitch at 11AM PT/2PM ET! Hope everyone can tune in to watch us play! Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ Games on Wednesday: Dare Devil (2019 WIP) by Muddyfunster Chaotic Grill (2018 WIP Update) by splendidnut Shark Jaws + (2019 WIP) by winkdot Snow Flakes 2018 (2019) by Lolkiu64 Tumble Temple (2019 WIP) by bluswimmer 20190109-Let's Play.jpg Just a heads up... I fixed a few things: Items should appear in the appropriate places for each level. Also fixed some graphical issues with them (i.e. coffee cup missing top line, etc...) Added extra life bonus for every 10,000 points. After completing level 6, the levels should loop back around without ending up at the title screen. See first post for updated version. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keebz Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Just a heads up... I fixed a few things: Items should appear in the appropriate places for each level. Also fixed some graphical issues with them (i.e. coffee cup missing top line, etc...) Added extra life bonus for every 10,000 points. After completing level 6, the levels should loop back around without ending up at the title screen. See first post for updated version. There seems to be a new bug in the updated version for 1-8-19 I'm not sure what does it, but sometimes I have lost a life and the game won't roll over to the next life in the game. It just gets stuck and pressing the button just cycles between the score and the amount of lives and salts you have in inventory. I never encountered this with the previous build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo930 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Just a heads up... I fixed a few things: Items should appear in the appropriate places for each level. Also fixed some graphical issues with them (i.e. coffee cup missing top line, etc...) Added extra life bonus for every 10,000 points. After completing level 6, the levels should loop back around without ending up at the title screen. See first post for updated version. I got a chance to play it some more and there is definitely a bug in the AI. The baddies get "stuck," especially in the 4th and 5th screen (though it also happened in the 2nd screen). They home in on you, but get stuck. If you move to another position on the screen, they will get unstuck. I think I am being helpful. If I am annoying you telling you things you already know, please forgive me and just let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+splendidnut Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 I got a chance to play it some more and there is definitely a bug in the AI. The baddies get "stuck," especially in the 4th and 5th screen (though it also happened in the 2nd screen). They home in on you, but get stuck. If you move to another position on the screen, they will get unstuck. I think I am being helpful. If I am annoying you telling you things you already know, please forgive me and just let me know. Annoying? Maybe... While it may be slightly annoying to hear the about the same issue over and over, it serves as a reminder to me that it's something that still needs to be fixed. There are definitely a few fun bugs currently in the enemy AI. It was really fun watching the Zeropage Homebrew crew yell "cheaters" at the screen when the enemies decided to use non-existing ladders. Basically, I never finished reworking the enemy AI code after working on the level data structure/loader code over the Christmas holiday. I needed a break from it, so instead I worked on the missing game features. At some point in the future (not quite sure when), it will get fixed. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+splendidnut Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 There seems to be a new bug in the updated version for 1-8-19 I'm not sure what does it, but sometimes I have lost a life and the game won't roll over to the next life in the game. It just gets stuck and pressing the button just cycles between the score and the amount of lives and salts you have in inventory. I never encountered this with the previous build. Huh, some bit of code from my work-in-progress build must have snuck into the released build. Thanks for letting me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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