TIX Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share Posted May 2, 2019 (edited) Thanks guys, had a great deal of help by artrag ! he did wonders with the tiles, trying to fit in everything I throw at him.. More info and version 3 are coming Edited May 2, 2019 by TIX 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyzzle Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 This looks really neat! Can't wait to try it out in the flesh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted May 3, 2019 Author Share Posted May 3, 2019 (edited) What have been done till now: completely redesigned hero and enemy sprites completely redesigned tile set, including fonts, treasures (access cards) and walls artrag expanded the size of the ROM and converted the tiles to screen 2 mode, this means multicolored tiles (see scr1), also added some missing tile pieces. he also created a script that makes hacking in and moving sprites around a breeze !! what remains to be done: I really need to decide which monsters stays and which goes (I have made more than enough ) change all the remaining texts artrag tries to fix a problem with the laser walls (first level), so that we can edit them too ! little bits and pieces here and there.. I want to release two versions, 1 with the new multicolored tiles and 1 with original monochrome ones ! Edited May 3, 2019 by TIX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artrag Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Almost there... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serguei2 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Take your time. Don't rush it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artrag Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Space Venture is coming 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted May 6, 2019 Author Share Posted May 6, 2019 Hey guys ! Are you ready to help lowly service robot "Robbie" decontaminate the alien infestation on motheship Venture ? He can do that by collecting the access cards and lock the various halls on each deck. Robbie can defend himself using his welding laser to shoot the alien creepy crawlies.... but take to long and the Xenomorph Queen will come after him Enjoy. Space_Venture_v3_(color).rom Space_Venture_v3_(mono).rom 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artrag Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Needless to say, I like it! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckH Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Very nice hack. On the initial map screen, can you make the "dot" actually "robbie". I never did like just a dot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artrag Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 (edited) Does anyone have any skill about composing music within the framework offered by the coleco bios? Is there any tool that can export audio data in a format accepted by the bios? Edited May 7, 2019 by artrag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 Very nice hack. On the initial map screen, can you make the "dot" actually "robbie". I never did like just a dot. I don't think it's editable, at least I didn't find it anywhere.. But I am with you there.. I initially started the hack because I never liked the smiley face as a hero, it's just lazy ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artrag Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 (edited) The "dot" is at 2ADDh in the rom. We can safely replace it if you send me the picture you want to see there. Now the dot is composed by the following data db 00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,01h,01h,01h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h db 00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,C0h,C0h,C0h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h Edited May 7, 2019 by artrag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serguei2 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 I don't think it's editable, at least I didn't find it anywhere.. But I am with you there.. I initially started the hack because I never liked the smiley face as a hero, it's just lazy ! The smiley face is still better than a square in Adventure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted May 8, 2019 Author Share Posted May 8, 2019 (edited) The "dot" is at 2ADDh in the rom. We can safely replace it if you send me the picture you want to see there. Now the dot is composed by the following data db 00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,01h,01h,01h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h db 00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,C0h,C0h,C0h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h Great let me work on this.. The smiley face is still better than a square in Adventure. I will gladly change that if someone helped me located it... (I always pictured the hero as a chubby knight) I still remember my disappointment when I first saw it.. but then eventually grew to love the game Edited May 8, 2019 by TIX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted May 8, 2019 Author Share Posted May 8, 2019 Here is version 3.1 with some small tweaks here and there (plus mini Robbie).. Space_Venture_v3.1_(color).rom Space_Venture_v3.1(mono).rom 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artrag Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Nice improvement! What have you changed apart the robot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted May 10, 2019 Author Share Posted May 10, 2019 not much.. I shaved a couple of pixels from the queen and the eye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckH Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Here is version 3.1 with some small tweaks here and there (plus mini Robbie).. Cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artrag Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Sad that I didn't get how to change musics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Yurkie Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Your sprites are great, and I like "Space Venture" just fine as a name. Maybe "Venture 2019" since we are living in the future. Do you have plans to change out the music, too? It would be neat to have little snippets of well known themes. The eyeball guy belongs in the room with moving walls, like the garbage masher in Star Wars. What form will the treasures take? Maybe "data tapes" and laser swords? love the Venture 2019, if you forget that is the actual year it sounds futuristic. What about "blinded me with science" composed by newcoleco (Daniel). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serguei2 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 How about "space adventure"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 love the Venture 2019, if you forget that is the actual year it sounds futuristic. What about "blinded me with science" composed by newcoleco (Daniel). How about "space adventure"? Hey guys, As far as I'm concerned this hack is complete ! The name Space Venture and the name of the robot (Robbie) are already fixed. Apart from the sound (over my abilities) and maybe multi-color sprites (just dreaming), I can't think of anything more I can do.. so consider version 3.1 the final one. Of course any suggestions are welcomed Thanks for the support. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckH Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 This is a very nice hack and thanks for doing it. I'm not sure where you came up with the name Robbie for the robot's name but one of my favorite movies is the sy-fy classic from the 50's Forbidden Planet where the robot's name is Robbie. Highly recommended. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 I thoroughly enjoyed playing that! What a fun graphical hack and I loved that almost every bit of artwork in the game was changed. I didn't even mind that the music wasn't changed. I would love to see you revisit this again in the future and if you did, consider making some different shapes for the rooms? I believe there were some nice hacks for the Atari 2600 version of Venture that re-shaped the rooms and that was a nice touch since it made the overall gameplay feel new. Thanks for all the hard work on this! Really nice addition to the homebrew rom collection! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted May 20, 2019 Author Share Posted May 20, 2019 (edited) This is a very nice hack and thanks for doing it. I'm not sure where you came up with the name Robbie for the robot's name but one of my favorite movies is the sy-fy classic from the 50's Forbidden Planet where the robot's name is Robbie. Highly recommended. I thoroughly enjoyed playing that! What a fun graphical hack and I loved that almost every bit of artwork in the game was changed. I didn't even mind that the music wasn't changed. I would love to see you revisit this again in the future and if you did, consider making some different shapes for the rooms? I believe there were some nice hacks for the Atari 2600 version of Venture that re-shaped the rooms and that was a nice touch since it made the overall gameplay feel new. Thanks for all the hard work on this! Really nice addition to the homebrew rom collection! Thanks a lot guys ! I enjoyed every minute of it ! Of course artrag was a great help ! Now that we have double the rom size, I have to ask him if it is possible to have different halls per deck.. Also chuckH good call, we have a life-size Robbie in the entrance of the company I work :lolblue: Edited May 20, 2019 by TIX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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