timdu Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the release of MEAN SANTA (this homebrew ATARI 2600 game was originally released in December 2009), programmer John K. Harvey and myself (game designer Tim Duarte) have agreed to decide to release the game ROM, instruction manual, and full source code to the general public. The ROM file is for use on the Stella emulator, Harmony cartridge, Atari Flashback 9 on an SD card, Atari Flashback portable on an SD card, etc. The ROM file is not to be used to manufacture and sell physical Atari 2600 game cartridges. If you would like MEAN SANTA in physical cartridge form, please visit my web site: http://www.2600connection.com/features/mean_santa/features_mean_santa.html It has the ordering information. If you have any questions, please let me know. You can scroll all the way down to the bottom of my web site page and you will discover I have posted the ROM files ( NTSC and PAL), a PDF of the manual, and the assembly source code that John found after all of these years! I will also attach the files to this message as well. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season and have some fun playing this game! Enjoy! Tim mean_santa_v75_ntsc.bin mean_santa_v75_pal.bin mean_santa_v75.asm mean_santa.pdf 17 12 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
5x7 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Thank you so much! It very nice of you! I played on javatari on my phone, seems like a fun game, I’m going to spend some more time with it. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/#findComment-4405446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Teams Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Thanks Tim, Happy Holidays!! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/#findComment-4405465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stephena Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 3 hours ago, timdu said: The ROM file is for use on the Stella emulator, Harmony cartridge, Atari Flashback 9 on an SD card, Atari Flashback portable on an SD card, etc. When you get a chance, please provide the following info for each version of your ROM (if applicable). I will get the info added to Stella's database, and hopefully have it ready for the 6.1 release: Cart_Manufacturer Cart_ModelNo Cart_Name Cart_Note Cart_Rarity 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/#findComment-4405512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Propane13 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 1 hour ago, stephena said: When you get a chance, please provide the following info for each version of your ROM (if applicable). I will get the info added to Stella's database, and hopefully have it ready for the 6.1 release: Cart_Manufacturer Cart_ModelNo Cart_Name Cart_Note Cart_Rarity Hello! I'm not quite sure how this stuff works with Homebrews. The manufacturer was "The Atari 2600 Connection" There isn't a model number that I'm aware of, since it's a homebrew. The name is "Mean Santa" The only note I can think of is "Released via the Atari 2600 Connection / Programmed by John K. Harvey" It's a homebrew, so I'm not quite sure how to classify the rarity. I'm not sure if this helps or not-- being a homebrew, it's a little non-standard. I'm not sure how others fill in this info. I may need a little help here to figure out the right way to classify this data. Regards, -John Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/#findComment-4405557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stephena Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 OK, how about this (note that not all fields need to be filled in): Cart_Manufacturer: The Atari 2600 Connection - John K. Harvey, Tim Duarte Cart_ModelNo: v75 Cart_Name: Mean Santa (2009) Cart_Note: Released in 2019 Cart_Rarity: Homebrew Cart_Manufacturer: The Atari 2600 Connection - John K. Harvey, Tim Duarte Cart_ModelNo: v75 Cart_Name: Mean Santa (2009) (PAL) Cart_Note: Released in 2019 Cart_Rarity: Homebrew 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/#findComment-4405732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Propane13 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 1 hour ago, stephena said: OK, how about this (note that not all fields need to be filled in): Cart_Manufacturer: The Atari 2600 Connection - John K. Harvey, Tim Duarte Cart_ModelNo: v75 Cart_Name: Mean Santa (2009) Cart_Note: Released in 2019 Cart_Rarity: Homebrew Cart_Manufacturer: The Atari 2600 Connection - John K. Harvey, Tim Duarte Cart_ModelNo: v75 Cart_Name: Mean Santa (2009) (PAL) Cart_Note: Released in 2019 Cart_Rarity: Homebrew Looks good to me! -John Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/#findComment-4405754 Share on other sites More sharing options...
delmero Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 17 hours ago, timdu said: In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the release of MEAN SANTA (this homebrew ATARI 2600 game was originally released in December 2009), programmer John K. Harvey and myself (game designer Tim Duarte) have agreed to decide to release the game ROM, instruction manual, and full source code to the general public. The ROM file is for use on the Stella emulator, Harmony cartridge, Atari Flashback 9 on an SD card, Atari Flashback portable on an SD card, etc. The ROM file is not to be used to manufacture and sell physical Atari 2600 game cartridges. If you would like MEAN SANTA in physical cartridge form, please visit my web site: http://www.2600connection.com/features/mean_santa/features_mean_santa.html It has the ordering information. If you have any questions, please let me know. You can scroll all the way down to the bottom of my web site page and you will discover I have posted the ROM files ( NTSC and PAL), a PDF of the manual, and the assembly source code that John found after all of these years! I will also attach the files to this message as well. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season and have some fun playing this game! Enjoy! Tim mean_santa_v75_ntsc.bin 8 kB · 35 downloads mean_santa_v75_pal.bin 8 kB · 11 downloads mean_santa_v75.asm 142.62 kB · 11 downloads mean_santa.pdf 991.57 kB · 34 downloads Thank you for sharing appreciated Merry Christmas 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/#findComment-4405759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinMos3 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 19 hours ago, timdu said: If you would like MEAN SANTA in physical cartridge form, please visit my web site: http://www.2600connection.com/features/mean_santa/features_mean_santa.html It has the ordering information. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks! I hadn't ordered this game, since I didn't know how fun it was. After trying it out the ROM on the portable, I went and made a purchase. I often try to buy a holiday themed game for Christmas, but wasn't sure what to go with this year. Now I've found it. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/#findComment-4405849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Cool, thank you! 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/#findComment-4405858 Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Thanks Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/#findComment-4406145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevKelley Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Awesome. This was one of my first Homebrew purchases. Haven't played it in a while but so CE it is the season... 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/#findComment-4406351 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 I really like this title and one of the very first homebrew game that I brought and gifted. It's rare to see unlockables in an Atari 2600 game. One thing I want to ask if I can make this game for the Colecovision? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/#findComment-4406643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
timdu Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 Kiwi, I will send you a PM and we can discuss making the Colecovision version there. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/#findComment-4406797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stephena Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 On 12/7/2019 at 11:23 AM, Propane13 said: Looks good to me! -John OK, this has been added to Stella, and will be in version 6.1. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/#findComment-4406819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Happy Holidays! ZeroPage Homebrew will be playing Mean Santa on tomorrow's (Fri Dec 25) stream LIVE on Twitch at 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT! Hope everyone can watch! Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: Mean Santa (2009) by John K Harvey @Propane13 VCS Dreidel (2019) by Karl Garrison @Karl G Santa Simon (2006 | 7800) by Matthias Luedtke @Schmutzpuppe Byte Before Christmas (2011) by Mike Saarna @RevEng, Jarod Kitchen @jrok, Tomas Härdin @Tjoppen, Illya Wilson @PAC-MAN-RED, Todd Holcomb @Byte Knight Santa Jump (2020 Hack of Amoeba Jump) by Scott Dayton @neotokeo2001 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/#findComment-4707890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 (edited) Update with link to video archive of stream: (SET VIDEO TO 1080P60 FOR FULL QUALITY) Edited December 26, 2020 by ZeroPage Homebrew Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/#findComment-4708803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 (edited) Hello, Is there a manual for this game handy? 🤷♂️👍 EDIT: Nevermind, just found the PDF... Thx Edited December 26, 2022 by Rickster8 Wording 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/#findComment-5177892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 @timdu I tried to click though to your site to look at ordering the game, but the site is unreachable. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/#findComment-5391191 Share on other sites More sharing options...
timdu Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 7 hours ago, bent_pin said: @timdu I tried to click though to your site to look at ordering the game, but the site is unreachable. The new web site listing is: https://timduarte.blogspot.com/2021/10/mean-santa-for-atari-2600.html 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/#findComment-5391355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 2 hours ago, timdu said: The new web site listing is: https://timduarte.blogspot.com/2021/10/mean-santa-for-atari-2600.html Very cool set of homebrews. I sent you an email. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/299264-mean-santa-rom-full-source-code-manual-now-available-free/#findComment-5391421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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