shanti77 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 This is conversion Bosconian for atari 5200 with latest patches. It use 4 of 32K banks of memory. In this version, to get the right speed, sfx is played from the table instead of the RMT. THX playsoft for help. bosconian.bin bosconiaAtarimax.bin 17 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinMos3 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 This is awesome. Thank you for sharing! Are there any plans for physical, or will this remain as a ROM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xefned Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Well this is pretty incredible! I had no idea this was coming. Thank you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 My business partner and I have a pair of AtariMax carts on order (to help us test the controllers we're building, of course! ? ). Can't wait for Steve to get them put together and sent out for us! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 8 hours ago, shanti77 said: This is conversion Bosconian for atari 5200 with latest patches. It use 4 of 32K banks of memory. In this version, to get the right speed, sfx is played from the table instead of the RMT. THX playsoft for help. bosconian.bin 512 kB · 12 downloads bosconiaAtarimax.bin 128 kB · 14 downloads Are into converting titles to the 5200? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 8 hours ago, shanti77 said: This is conversion Bosconian for atari 5200 with latest patches. It use 4 of 32K banks of memory. In this version, to get the right speed, sfx is played from the table instead of the RMT. THX playsoft for help. bosconian.bin 512 kB · 12 downloads bosconiaAtarimax.bin 128 kB · 14 downloads I see the bins are both 512kB and 128kB. Is it technically possible to put these on 5200 cartridges? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+playsoft Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Thank you for doing a 5200 version of your great game! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aking Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 nice port, thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 10 hours ago, Giles N said: I see the bins are both 512kB and 128kB. Is it technically possible to put these on 5200 cartridges? Yes. By using bank-switching. These will not work with emulators though. You have to either build a special cartridge or us the Atarimax SD cart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanti77 Posted November 25, 2019 Author Share Posted November 25, 2019 @Allan Altirra can play 512k image. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanti77 Posted November 25, 2019 Author Share Posted November 25, 2019 Some information about game: - in game press PAUSE to pause game, than START resume game and RESET go to tittle. - hold joystick UP when start the game , game start from last round(continue) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 59 minutes ago, shanti77 said: @Allan Altirra can play 512k image. Also @Allan I can confirm that the 512k default .bin image will play just fine in Altirra 3.10 as that was how I played it last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 20 hours ago, shanti77 said: This is conversion Bosconian for atari 5200 with latest patches. It use 4 of 32K banks of memory. In this version, to get the right speed, sfx is played from the table instead of the RMT. THX playsoft for help. bosconian.bin 512 kB · 23 downloads bosconiaAtarimax.bin 128 kB · 28 downloads Have you ported this from another Atari, or made a version yourself by programming etc? - Would be nice to see Cart-versions available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmervine Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Gave this a try this morning. Unfortunately for me, I can't move to the right with my Joystick. I tested it on other games and they work ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanti77 Posted November 25, 2019 Author Share Posted November 25, 2019 @Giles N I make Bosconian to Atari XL/XE and then I make conversion to A5200 Atari XL/XE and A5200 is almost the same hardware. @mmervine I haven't A5200 , I have only A65xe and Altirra. In game can be some bugs. I try fix that bugs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Alexander Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 (edited) Thanks so much @shanti77 and @playsoftthis is one of my favorite games. Wow two awesome games so far Moon Patrol and Bosconian Edited November 25, 2019 by David Alexander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmervine Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Thanks...glad to test on my Atarimax/5200 when you have an update! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+playsoft Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Is anyone else having this issue? I have 4 x original 5200 controllers and the game works correctly with them all. Mark, I remember writing a controller test program, searched for it and found it here in post #19. You were also having the same problem with that game! I don't know if you ever ran the test program, but could you please try it and see what values you get (I've attached it again). Run the program and hold the joystick right, the first hexadecimal value is the horizontal POT and should give a value like E4. The game needs to see a value of A4 or greater in order to move right. cal.bin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace2184 Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 This sounds great. I need to move the Atarimax cart higher up my priority list. I'd love to see how this plays on the 5200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmervine Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 (edited) Paul: just tested... Joystick Left 04 Joystick Right 98 Joystick up 05 Joystick down AE Centre 5D 45 my joystick is a Best Electronics Gold Edited November 25, 2019 by mmervine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+playsoft Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Mark, that explains why it's not going right (98 < A4). From the Caverns of Mars 3 topic, Ken used the same thresholds in Beef Drop so you shouldn't be able to go right in that either. Ideally you should get 00 for left/up, 72 for centre and E4 for right/down. Not many old controllers will be perfect, but your values are a fair bit out. I think you might need to adjust the POT inside your 5200 console to calibrate the controllers - have you ever done that before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaxda Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Awesome, putting this on my AtariMax! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmervine Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 22 minutes ago, playsoft said: Mark, that explains why it's not going right (98 < A4). From the Caverns of Mars 3 topic, Ken used the same thresholds in Beef Drop so you shouldn't be able to go right in that either. Ideally you should get 00 for left/up, 72 for centre and E4 for right/down. Not many old controllers will be perfect, but your values are a fair bit out. I think you might need to adjust the POT inside your 5200 console to calibrate the controllers - have you ever done that before? Paul-no, I have never tried adjusting the POT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 17 minutes ago, mmervine said: Paul-no, I have never tried adjusting the POT You should try Popeye, Kangaroo and Bounty Bob if you have it to see if you have controlling issues in those games as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmervine Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 (edited) Paul-ok, thanks to your calibration program, I took the cover off my 5200 and adjusted the POT. I am now able to move in all four directions in Bosconian. Thanks for the help! Edited November 25, 2019 by mmervine 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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