Gibstov Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 (edited) Adventure Ponies - Atari XL/XE (64K Required) Dragon Trouble Applejack Smack Oh No! A Hydra Rainbow Dash-ed Uh Oh! It's Discord You Win! * Current Version * ----------------- 0.90 ----------------- - Adjusted the volume of sound effects/level music so the music doesn't drown out the sound effects. advponies.0.90.xex advponies.0.90.atr * Manual * After it boots into the NEON program, choose (R) for read, and the press enter when it asked for the filespec. Use the joystick to navigate links. Manual.atr * Older Versions * ----------------- 0.89 ----------------- - Replaced the old sound fx with new sound fx created by @Synthpopalooza . Updated some existing music. - Added the new tune to the Pony Select screen (Cutie Mark Crusaders Go Crusading). - Other changes to sound code so NTSC/PAL versions play at the same speed. - Changes to scoring. If you can beat the game with a Pony without losing any lives, get a bonus 9000 points for "PERFECT GAME". advponies.0.89.xex advponies.0.89.atr ----------------- 0.88 ----------------- - Replaced the old music with new music created by the talented @Synthpopalooza . There is another tune, that I couldn't fit but I will try to fit it in another update. advponies.0.88.xex advponies.0.88.atr ----------------- 0.87 ----------------- - Disable BASIC automatically, so the player doesn't have to hold down the [OPTION] key when booting. advponies.0.87.xex advponies.0.87.atr ----------------- 0.86 ----------------- - Added splash screen by Kaz, adjusted music volume. advponies.0.86.xex advponies.0.86.atr ----------------- 0.85 ----------------- - Added the ability to turn the music on/off. On the "Select Pony" screen, press the [OPTION] key to toggle music on or off. advponies.0.85.xex advponies.0.85.atr ----------------- 0.84 ----------------- - Added background music to the game. There are two tunes, one for the element levels and one for the enemy levels. advponies.0.84.xex advponies.0.84.atr ----------------- 0.83 ----------------- - Modified the Pony Select Screen to show Locked as well as Unlocked characters. advponies.0.83.xex advponies.0.83.atr ----------------- 0.82 ----------------- - Rewrite of all the animation code from C to assembly. This has improved game performance quite a bit. advponies.0.82.xex advponies.0.82.atr ----------------- 0.81 ----------------- - Optimization and refactoring of code. The game has improved performance especially on the Hydra level. advponies.0.81.xex advponies.0.81.atr ----------------- 0.80 ----------------- Original release advponies.0.80.xex advponies.0.80.atr Edited August 3, 2021 by Gibstov Added new version 0.90 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Mogno Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Nice game!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibstov Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 Nice game!!! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) Thanks This needs to be dedicated to Carissa, the biggest ponies fan ever... excellent work. Edited March 30, 2019 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Very nice game! You should post on Atari 8-bit computers forum section, much more visited by A8 people: http://atariage.com/forums/forum/12-atari-8-bit-computers/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorgh Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 great game! sorry for being ignorant, but is it your first Atari game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Nice find MrFish, thank you, and nice game and thank you to the author.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibstov Posted March 30, 2019 Author Share Posted March 30, 2019 great game! sorry for being ignorant, but is it your first Atari game? Yeah, this is my first game. I had been wanting to write a game for the Atari 8-bit for a while. I was thinking about writing a port of Circus Charlie since it is one of the few classic arcade games to not have an Atari 8-bit port. But strange how the muse works, or what inspires you. The Hub, the network on which My Little Pony air originally aired, created a flash game, Adventure Ponies, made to look like an old 8-bit game. I kept thinking, I could port this to an actual 8-bit system, so I finally tried to do it, 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorgh Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 I'm happy to hear that, the game is very nice for a firste, hoping to see more productions from you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billkendrick Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Adventure Ponies - Atari XL/XE (64K Required) I've peeked at the YouTube video so far. It looks great! I definitely appreciate the use of double- and quad-width PMG sprites that I'm seeing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 What control do you use in Altirra to select a horse name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibstov Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 (edited) What control do you use in Altirra to select a horse name? On the Select Pony screen you use left and right to choose your pony. However, you have to unlock the other ponies by defeating all the foes. Winning with Twilight will unlock Rainbow Dash. Winning with Dash will unlock Applejack, etc. Edited April 1, 2019 by Gibstov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Played it a bit more. Very impressive. Great gameplay and graphics. Nice port of the game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibstov Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 Played it a bit more. Very impressive. Great gameplay and graphics. Nice port of the game. Thanks. I tried to port it as close as possible. I did make a change in the Diamond Dogs where they attack you one at a time, instead of all 3 together due to the limited number of sprites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0ger Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 It's magically old-school ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible kid Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Well done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 (edited) Remember folks... 8 bits are magic! couldn't resist... same number of syllables as the Ponies - Friendship is magic! - mantra Edited April 2, 2019 by _The Doctor__ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibstov Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 Remember folks... 8 bits are magic! couldn't resist... same number of syllables as the Ponies - Friendship is magic! - mantra I used to wonder what friendship could be, Until you all shared the magic of Atari. I am sorry, that was pretty bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Not bad actually... hmmmm... I wondered what friendship could be, Until we all shared the magic of Atari, I was forlorn and bored not having much fun when along came this game Ponies on the run Galloping goodness Joy would ensue I am glad for my friends Atari, and you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibstov Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 I added an ATR image with the game to the original post for anyone who has trouble using the XEX file on real hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 (edited) The magic of Atari (*) ... hm, perhaps it was magic some 30 years ago, nowadays it seems to be mostly about smoke and mirrors. (*) The company entity Edited April 5, 2019 by carlsson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibstov Posted April 27, 2019 Author Share Posted April 27, 2019 Updated to version 0.81 -Refactored and optimized the code. I noticed a big performance increase, especially on the Hydra level. Kaz, from atarionline.pl sent me an awesome splash screen, I haven't been able to incorporate it yet though. Find the new version posted in the original post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibstov Posted May 21, 2019 Author Share Posted May 21, 2019 (edited) Updated to version 0.82 Another small update to this project. I finished rewriting all the player animation code from C to assembly. I have freed up some memory so I hope to improve the graphics and maybe add some background music. Edited May 21, 2019 by Gibstov 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibstov Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 Fixed the links for the embedded youtube videos that were broken after the move to the new forum. I also added the commercial that started it all. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 I had a idea of a what if a My Little Pony was done on the 2600 by Parker Brothers and made up some label art hand drawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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