Dutchman2000 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 It took a long time, but here it is finally. Ever since I found it in the archive this summer I've been trying to find a way to get this ROM available. After many failed attempts we finally have it!! Special thanks to Thomas Jentzsch for all of his help in getting this done. This works in the latest version of Stella which should be available soon after you read this. After many years I can say it's about time this cat was let out of the bag!! Pursuit of the Pink Panther.bin 31 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 How to run it on real hardware? The repro carts that were sold were on Melody boards so will this work on a Harmony Encore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 What is the version number of Stella that is or will be compatible? It's not working for me on Stella 6.0.2 MacOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Karl G said: What is the version number of Stella that is or will be compatible? It's not working for me on Stella 6.02 MacOS. works on my Stella 6.0.1 Edited October 12, 2019 by Arenafoot added screenshot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hizzy Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Thank you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergun Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 I just tried it on Harmony and it didn’t work. But I’m sure they’ll work it out soon enough. Thanks. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stephena Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 24 minutes ago, Karl G said: What is the version number of Stella that is or will be compatible? It's not working for me on Stella 6.0.2 MacOS. It actually works on any Stella since about 4.0 or so, but the very latest version (6.0.2) has information in the ROM properties database for it. From the screen above, it looks like you have some debugger option enabled. Try disabling them and test the ROM again. I personally tested this on all systems before release, and it shouldn't be giving that type of error. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 7 minutes ago, stephena said: From the screen above, it looks like you have some debugger option enabled. Try disabling them and test the ROM again. You are correct. I can play it if I switch to player settings instead of developer settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowMan44 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Never heard of this one, what a great find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Wow! I can't believe this is finally released after all these years. Thank you!! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah Austin Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 This is amazing! Thank you for releasing this prototype! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer74 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Thank you! I haven't tried it on Harmony yet, as I do have a cart. And they said it couldn't be done! All I had to see was Thomas Jentzsch's name attached and that explained it all. Great job!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemberAtarian Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Developer mode is for testing all the hardware issues that could happen with a fresh started VCS, while the Player mode sets every register and memory address to zero if I'm correct. I will be at home in hours and I'm gonna both test this with Harmony and UNO cart. (my Harmony is alive again after 1,5 years). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 2 hours ago, MemberAtarian said: I'm gonna both test this with Harmony and UNO cart. (my Harmony is alive again after 1,5 years). I am afraid both are not prepared for this ROM. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, classicgamer74 said: And they said it couldn't be done! All I had to see was Thomas Jentzsch's name attached and that explained it all. Great job!! Thanks for the compliments. With today's knowledge and equipment, it wasn't all that hard anymore. This is how you do it: Put a SaveKey (or AtariVox) into the right port of your Atari 2600 Start a cart (e.g. Harmony) with my RAM based dumper program (especially tailored to the PP bankswitching) loaded Hot swap the cart with the PP cart (since my program is running in RAM, it will continue to work) Press fire (this dumps the ROM onto the SaveKey) Attach a 2600-daptor II flashed with the AtariVox firmware to your Windows PC Attach the SaveKey to the 2600-daptor Use the EEPROM utility from the same page to download the SaveKey content onto your computer Finally convert the downloaded data into a working ROM Release! So no rocket science. With the right, currently easily available hard- and software everybody can dump a cart. And for the other steps I can help. Edited October 12, 2019 by Thomas Jentzsch 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_79 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 8 hours ago, Karl G said: You are correct. I can play it if I switch to player settings instead of developer settings. In particular, the option "random startup bank" must be deselected to make it work. 5 hours ago, MemberAtarian said: Developer mode is for testing all the hardware issues that could happen with a fresh started VCS, while the Player mode sets every register and memory address to zero if I'm correct. I will be at home in hours and I'm gonna both test this with Harmony and UNO cart. (my Harmony is alive again after 1,5 years). Harmony and Unocart don't currently support the bankswitching scheme for this game. You have to wait for a firmware update. In case of the Harmony cart, drivers for "custom" bankswitching schemes can also be added to the binary file itself, without changing the firmware. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 26 minutes ago, alex_79 said: In case of the Harmony cart, drivers for "custom" bankswitching schemes can also be added to the binary file itself, without changing the firmware. AFAIK the details are not documented anywhere (or are they?), so I have to leave that up to someone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 11 hours ago, SS said: The repro carts that were sold were on Melody boards so will this work on a Harmony Encore? So there must exist an unreleased driver for the special bankswitching of PP already. But it is not part of the current BIOS. If it gets released, the PP ROM can be adapted to work on both Harmonys. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffIrok Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikebloke Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Awesome! I gave it a spin for 5 minutes. Not bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVDfever Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Excellent, thankyou! I've just put up a gameplay video here 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Let me know if anyone finds any differences between this rom and the one I reviewed. They *should* be the same, but who knows? http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/pinkpanther/pinkpanther.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vindex Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 How start the game?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah Austin Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 40 minutes ago, Vindex said: How start the game?? You just press the fire button to start the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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