+mksmith Posted November 2, 2019 Author Share Posted November 2, 2019 22 minutes ago, Jinks said: Future 7800 games??? I hope so cause you are super talented and this looks amazing!! Definitely - such a great platform and the guys have been so awesome to work with. Playing around with some things ATM but we'll see how it plays out. 20 minutes ago, Jinks said: Btw cool website!!! Thanks - bought the template yesterday and finished updating it earlier. Pretty simple ATM but does the job - nice to have a spot to put up so info. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Looks great. Is there a projected time you want to have this finished by? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mksmith Posted November 2, 2019 Author Share Posted November 2, 2019 16 minutes ago, AtariBrian said: Looks great. Is there a projected time you want to have this finished by? Hi - thanks! At this stage it's going to be sometime in 2020. We are hoping to have a complete final build in the next few months but then need to create PAL and TIA (replacing the Pokey sounds) builds on top of that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 1 hour ago, mksmith said: Been thinking about it but finally decided to create a website for Arkanoid (and future games) at https://chunkypixel.github.io. Only discovered github has a hosting feature yesterday - who'd have thought ? Wow the website looks great! Chunky pixel is a cool name. #lovingit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mksmith Posted November 2, 2019 Author Share Posted November 2, 2019 4 minutes ago, sramirez2008 said: Wow the website looks great! Chunky pixel is a cool name. #lovingit Thanks Steve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapicco Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Following so I can buy day 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mksmith Posted November 3, 2019 Author Share Posted November 3, 2019 25 minutes ago, Sapicco said: Following so I can buy day 1 Thanks - very kind! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newtmonkey Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 This look amazing! Besides the resolution it blows the Famicom version out of the water So colorful! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender_2600 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 6 hours ago, newtmonkey said: This look amazing! Besides the resolution it blows the Famicom version out of the water So colorful! Oh yeah, you have good eyes. Resolution is not an advantage when you have few colors on screen. And, that NES monochromatic background is really a weak point. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mksmith Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 10 hours ago, newtmonkey said: This look amazing! Besides the resolution it blows the Famicom version out of the water So colorful! Thanks! We have @Defender_2600 to thank for pushing to find the palette space to get the colors for the backgrounds and for also reducing the scale to better fit the 7800 resolution. Would love one more color to flash the vaus tips but all in all its come up really well and yes very colorful ? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_hawk Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 On 11/2/2019 at 2:44 AM, mksmith said: Been thinking about it but finally decided to create a website for Arkanoid (and future games) at https://chunkypixel.github.io. Only discovered github has a hosting feature yesterday - who'd have thought ? Nice! The "more 7800 games" is particularly encouraging! ? So psyched for this project, congrats on all the progress so far. The Twitter link doesn't seem to be working atm, will be following the progress on there for sure when it's up & running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mksmith Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 2 hours ago, the_hawk said: Nice! The "more 7800 games" is particularly encouraging! ? So psyched for this project, congrats on all the progress so far. The Twitter link doesn't seem to be working atm, will be following the progress on there for sure when it's up & running. Thanks for checking out the game and site - definitely want to do more 7800 games! Yeah need to get those links up for FB and Twitter! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swapd0 Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 look awesome, are you going to code Arkanoid II after finishing this game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Europatari Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 can you post the prosystem version of the rom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mksmith Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 8 hours ago, swapd0 said: look awesome, are you going to code Arkanoid II after finishing this game? Not sure as yet - maybe ? 5 hours ago, Europatari said: can you post the prosystem version of the rom? The latest build supports the prosystem emulator - the required settings are in the ProSystem.dat file ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 I was thinking about suggesting Atari Vox support, but I don't want to complicate things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newtmonkey Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 For anyone who has played this, how playable is it on standard controllers? I don't think I'll ever be able to find a nice working pair of paddles here in Japan I could more easily track down a Sega Sports Pad (trackball), but I assume paddles and trackballs are completely different so it wouldn't work, right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mksmith Posted November 8, 2019 Author Share Posted November 8, 2019 4 hours ago, newtmonkey said: For anyone who has played this, how playable is it on standard controllers? I don't think I'll ever be able to find a nice working pair of paddles here in Japan I could more easily track down a Sega Sports Pad (trackball), but I assume paddles and trackballs are completely different so it wouldn't work, right? Hi! Joypad or joystick can be used no problem but the ball speed still needs a bit tweaking for them - can get a little too quick. Not sure about how a trackball translates in relation to paddles. Hopefully someone might be able to advise.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevEng Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 It wouldn't work as a paddle. Trackballs on these old consoles work using one of two methods, and sometimes they have a switch to change between the two modes. The first "native trackball" mode has specially encoded movement-direction and movement-change bits, and a game would need to have explicit support for it. The second mode is a "joystick emulation" mode, which should work with arkanoid's joystick support, but this mode tends to be disappointing due to the game capping the top movement speed to joystick norms. I don't know if the Sega Sports Pad will work fully on the 7800, because Sega put their +5v line on another pin than Atari did. Apparently the ones with a switchable joystick emulation mode work fine in that mode, albeit with just a single button working. I don't know if the native trackball mode would work. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mksmith Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 Hey everyone, Apologies for the lack of updates - my business involves me coding and I'm not only keeping our current product updated but been working on rebuilding the whole thing from the ground up (the current base is now 10+ years old and in vb.net - been converting it off and on into c# and using new database/cloud technologies for over 2 years!! Bah small business!!). Had to (been forced with little notice!) implement some new stuff to interact with our Tax Office in Australia and been working on both simultaneously so kinda mentally burnt out by the end of the day. This will be going on for another few weeks at least (maybe to mid Jan) so my only coding pleasure I've had to put to the side for the time being which is disappointing to me as we are pretty close apart from the floating enemies Rest assured I will be back into it soon enough - just wanted to let you all know. 6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Thanks for the update Matt. Please keep first things first and take whatever time you need. The game has progressed nicely and will be a great addition to the 7800 library when completed. ? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_hawk Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Cheers for the update, I've waited 30+ years for a home version of Arkanoid with Atari paddles, I have absolutely no qualms waiting a while longer! It's a labour of love so you just fit it in when it suits. ? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender_2600 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 On 12/5/2019 at 6:58 AM, mksmith said: ...This will be going on for another few weeks at least (maybe to mid Jan) so my only coding pleasure I've had to put to the side for the time being which is disappointing to me as we are pretty close apart from the floating enemies ... No worries, Matt! And in the meantime, I have a preview for you. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mksmith Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, Defender_2600 said: No worries, Matt! And in the meantime, I have a preview for you. Hey Marco! Ooohhh very nice mate - will have to give these a try very soon! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender_2600 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) Thanks! And, if it can be useful, I can also make an alternative with 5 colors. I don't remember if this is the last update: rem Palette 0 - font/sprites/playfield/brick P0C1 = $0f ;White rem Palette 2 - sprites / brick P2C1 = $a8 ;Cyan P2C3 = $00 ;Black rem Palette 3 - sprites P3C3 = $94 ;Blue rem Palette 7 - brick P7C1 = $92 ;Blue Edited December 9, 2019 by Defender_2600 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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