+Philsan Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Another high resolution game will be released for A8, Monty On The Run C16's conversion. People with VIP tickets will receive it on tape at Silly Venture 2019 party (December 6-8th, Gdansk, Poland). 29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Will the folks who can't make it to Silly Venture have an opportunity to buy this on tape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 I saw that the other day at AtariOnline.pl - looks like they've done a real nice job of colourizing it with PMG overlays. It's actually a game I considered for conversion a few years back - I looked through a whole lot of C16/Plus4 games with the specific aim to find a good 16 or 32K game ( if that top area of memory is unused it makes things a whole lot easier). Fact of the matter is, that system doesn't have many good games and most of the ones that are need the full 64K. One thing about the 16K Monty though that didn't impress is that a lot of the animation is missing vs the C64 version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHA Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 nice.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakidski Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Digital release please, for all us losers that didn't make it to Silly Venture! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Loadable .ATR would sure be sweet. :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Konopka Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 There you go - https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=84138 Have fun. 11 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrbrevin Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 thanks - love the funky tunes too ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMontezuma Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Thanks! Just downloaded to my Android phone, mounted disk with the SIO2BT app and switched on the ATARI. It couldn't be easier. Love such moments ? Very nice, colorful game ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Thanks, NICE. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Nice conversion, thank you! ? Aren't there SFX or have I missed something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) IIRC you could have FX or music with a key switching them on the C64, maybe the same, not tried the Atari one as yet. Edited December 12, 2019 by Mclaneinc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) Thanks, I'll check it tonight. Would be nice if it was possible to have both on stereo-equipped Atari P.S. I love these coloured hi-res games: Manic Miner, JSW, and now Monty on the Run... Great that it's possible to switch between non-VBXE and VBXE mode, too! Edited December 12, 2019 by Jacques typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Just tried it and there seems to be only music, still its how I used to play the game on the C64 as the fx were minimal to say the least Really nice port and done as a give away to party folk, lovely idea.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Very nice and thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefffulton Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 On 10/15/2019 at 2:04 PM, Philsan said: Another high resolution game will be released for A8, Monty On The Run C16's conversion. People with VIP tickets will receive it on tape at Silly Venture 2019 party (December 6-8th, Gdansk, Poland). This is a really nice port. The music, game play and graphics are spot on/ (music is 99% close to the C64 if not 100%). High-res with PMGs looks really really nice on a real machine. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 The only slight sort of ugh is the boundary box of the sprite being shown when hit...Just blots out parts of the screen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Konopka Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 No sfx emulated. No Stereo support. Collision detection is accurate/inaccurate as with C16 original. Not meant to change game logic. The aim was to achieve colorful hi-res game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Sorry Marek, I saw C16 and turned it in to C64...It is indeed a great port of the C16 version which does the square around the main character (Monty), must learn to be more observant You achieved your aim and then some! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) Very nice port! I finished it - with a lot of save states! - and it was really fun discovering all the levels and secret tunnels I like the design of the C16 version, it's more straightforward than the other editions but you can memorize the maze more easily and you at least get the feeling the game can be finished, though it's still super tricky. Edited December 12, 2019 by www.atarimania.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Konopka Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 C16 game map Atari game map 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Top effort, but the thing I found really lacking when I checked the C16 version is the lack of animation for the mole jumping. To get that back would be a real bonus. On C64 it maintains the animation regardless of if he's blocked during the jump. I would guess that the game probably maintains an index somewhere for the jumping so maybe it wouldn't be a huge job to add it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Konopka Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) As already mentioned, we never cared about doing a full Monty game. It wasn't our goal to add any additional gameplay features. It was all about making a relatively easy cassette port of a hi-res game from C16, to see if it is possible to pack it with lots of colors. We do not plan to do anything more with it. C16 version is lacking in many departments compared to other 8 bit platforms. Fact is, it is a quite different game under the very same name. Edited December 12, 2019 by Marek Konopka 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Marek, the port is more than good enough to have sold as the official Atari version back then, that's pretty good praise for a game just done "as an easy port of a hires game" I love the Monty games and I'll be giving this a good bash to see the differences between this and my initial mistaken thought it was the C64 version, thank you very much for this lovely game... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peri Noid Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 I just got my hands on the game (the tape arrived after SV2019). The game is really nice, I love it. I wonder if it will be distributed in a different form than a tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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