+sramirez2008 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 I hope to play along with you guys. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted October 25, 2022 Author Share Posted October 25, 2022 16 hours ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: ZeroPage Homebrew is playing Pac-Man Collection on tomorrow's stream LIVE on Twitch, hope you can join us! Tue Oct 25, 2022 @ 6PM PT | 9PM ET | 1AM GMT+1Day WATCH LIVE: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/WATCH LATER: https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: Cartesian Chaos (2022 WIP | 7800) by Karl Garrison @Karl G Pac-Man Collection: 40th Anniversary Edition (2022 | 7800) by Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus Asteroids Deluxe (2007 | 7800) by Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus It would be cool if you both played the two-player variation of PMC40th where your opponent controls Blinky (chase mode only) I've never been able to play that variation, nor able to watch anyone else do it. "Special Two-Player Mode: In two-player games, setting the right difficulty switch to the right causes the opposite player to control Blinky when he is in Chase Mode (i.e. not blue, or when the monsters are heading to their respective corners). Setting the switch to the left or not touching the joystick defaults Blinky to be controlled by the computer." 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 3 hours ago, PacManPlus said: It would be cool if you both played the two-player variation of PMC40th where your opponent controls Blinky (chase mode only) Thank you Bob! We definitely will do that on the show tonight. 🙂 - James 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 Hey guys! Before I went to bed I had to make sure I didn't miss something regarding the two player / opponent controls Blinky option... I just tested it and it does work for me. I don't know why it wasn't for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 (edited) O. M. G. @ZeroPage Homebrew James / Tanya... You actually DID find an issue with the 'Opposite player controls Blinky' option! I allow the player to control Blinky by making the joystick alter his 'target tile' to a space in front of him, in the direction that they joystick is pushed. Under certain circumstances/maze intersections, the right/down + 1 tile isn't enough to make him change course. I had to change it to + 3 in order for all directions to always work. This is odd; as I know this worked without issue in the 2006 version of PMC. Here are the updated binaries, normal and 'short maze' versions. Please note however: - Blinky doesn't stop. If you're about to hit a wall and you haven't chosen a direction (other than straight into the wall), a direction will be chosen for you. - You cannot reverse direction, just as the other monsters cannot reverse direction (except of course at specific intervals where they all reverse direction at once) - You need to 'lead' Blinky by turning the direction slightly before the intersection. Like you would as Pac-Man when you want him to take a turn quickly. - You will need to 'hold' the joystick in a direction to keep Blinky moving in that direction. - In Pac-Man games, when the monsters are in 'Scatter' mode (i.e. going back to their corners) or 'Scared' mode (i.e. blue) you cannot control Blinky. - In Ms. Pac-Man games, the same rule applies. But 'Scatter' mode is only active at the very beginning of each level until the first 'reversal' (approx. 7 seconds at first, down to 5 seconds in the later levels). The only difference between Pac-Man scatter mode and Ms. Pac-Man scatter mode is that Blinky and Pinky move randomly. Inky and Clyde/Sue still go to their corners. Thank you, Bob PMC_XM.A78 PMC_XM.BIN PMC_XM_S.A78 PMC_XM_S.BIN Edited October 26, 2022 by PacManPlus 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 5 hours ago, PacManPlus said: O. M. G. @ZeroPage Homebrew James / Tanya... You actually DID find an issue with the 'Opposite player controls Blinky' option! Oh wow, so it wasn't due to our incompetence with the controls or difficulty switches! Always glad to help out! 🙂 - James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 (edited) 33 minutes ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: Oh wow, so it wasn't due to our incompetence with the controls or difficulty switches! Always glad to help out! 🙂 - James I'm sorry; I didn't mean for it to sound like that. I know people generally don't know about that feature, and to make it so the player controlling Blinky doesn't have an unfair advantage, I made the rules still abide by the 'monster AI' for the game. That makes it a little difficult to control. Thank you for bringing it out! Bob Edited October 26, 2022 by PacManPlus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 5 minutes ago, PacManPlus said: I'm sorry; I didn't mean for it to sound like that. Oh, don't worry it definitely didn't! 🙂 My go to is assuming we're doing something wrong first. It's usually a good assumption, hahah. 5 minutes ago, PacManPlus said: I know people generally don't know about that feature, and to make it so the player controlling Blinky doesn't have an unfair advantage, I made the rules still abide by the 'monster AI' for the game. That makes it a little difficult to control. Thank you for bringing it out! You're so welcome! Any help we can provide to the community/developers through the show is an incredible bonus while we enjoy all the amazing games! - James 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender_2600 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 I was seeing this beautiful Pac-Man video and thought this thread was a great place to share it. Bob, again a huge thank you for the ton of wonderful games you have given to the 7800 community. 🥰 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 Thank you - that really means a lot to me. The community really helps make the games what they are! Thank you Thank you Thank you! Bob 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 (edited) On 10/26/2022 at 2:33 PM, PacManPlus said: Bob Perhaps what this super-collection lacks, is an easter-egg mode of that sort to end all-easter other easter-eggs… Just a suggestion: Find and open/unlock the cheat and everything in the game that’re ghosts and pac-man/miss/jr etc turns into small figures of the crew of the Nostromo…chased by aliens… definitly in need of all futuritic dots spread around the ships corridors, all the… uhm, collctible things, necessary items to blow the Ship skyhigh… Perhaps the score should eerily max at 260026002600 in this EasterEgg mode… - - - And anyway, if you didnt get scared yesterday (since you gotta a life etc ), … so think I’ll have put in one single word get it out: ‘Booo’…! So, now that you’re utterly shocked, carry on, carry on; make the best ever 7800 cart!! Edited November 2, 2022 by Giles N 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 ATARIAGE DAY 2022: FALL EDITION THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY! Make sure you tune in this Saturday and Sunday to ZeroPage Homebrew for the biggest LIVE UNBOXING and INTERVIEW EVENT OF THE YEAR for Atari Homebrew! ZeroPage Homebrew will be hosting AtariAge Day 2022: Fall Edition celebrating all the newest Atari 2600, 5200, 7800 and Atari Jaguar releases! Saturday Nov 12 & Sunday Nov 13, 2022 LIVE @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT (Click for your local time) WATCH LIVE: https://twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ WATCH LATER: https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/ We will be talking LIVE to the developers of TWENTY FOUR GAMES that are hitting the AtariAge Store: Blocks (2600) - Jeremiah Knol & Jeff Haber Boulder Dash (2600) - Thomas Jentzsch & Andrew Davie Gorf Arcade (2600) - John Champeau Grizzards (2600) - Bruce-Robert Pocock Lode Runner (2600) - Dion Olsthoorn Oozy the Goo Slime Quest (2600) - Vladimir Zuniga Qyx (2600) - John Champeau RAPTOR (2600) - Andrew Pauley RubyQ (2600) - Silvio Mogno Starovox (2600) - Rayman C. VROOM! (2600) - Thomas Jentzsch Rob 'n' Banks (5200) - Ryan Witmer 2048 (7800) - Lewis Hill Attack of the PETSCII Robots (7800) - Mike Saarna Dragon's Havoc (7800) - Todd Furmanski Galaxian Arcade (7800) - Bob DeCrescenzo Keystone Koppers (7800) - Lewis Hill Pac-Man Collection 40th Anniversary (7800) - Bob DeCrescenzo Popeye (7800) - Darryl Guenther Slide Boy in Maze Land (7800) - Vladimir Zuniga UniWarS (7800) - Bob DeCrescenzo Chaos Engine (Jaguar) - Lawrence Staveley Gods (Jaguar) - Lawrence Staveley Stormbringer (Jaguar) - Lawrence Staveley YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS EPIC LIVESTREAM! - James 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 (edited) @ZeroPage Homebrew - Thank you both for having me on, its always a pleasure speaking to you. @tep392 - Perry, I'm so sorry I blanked out on your name regarding the Yamaha sound... I was very nervous and when that happens my mind goes blank. Edited November 13, 2022 by PacManPlus 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 6 hours ago, PacManPlus said: @ZeroPage Homebrew - Thank you both for having me on, its always a pleasure speaking to you. @tep392 - Perry, I'm so sorry I blanked out on your name regarding the Yamaha sound... I was very nervous and when that happens my mind goes blank. No worries. I missed the live event, but will try to check it out later. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 On 11/13/2022 at 6:09 AM, PacManPlus said: @ZeroPage Homebrew - Thank you both for having me on, its always a pleasure speaking to you. Thank you again so much for coming on the stream Bob, the pleasure it all ours! Your games are always masterpieces and thank you for continuing to do what you do! - James 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 Hmmm.... @ZeroPage Homebrew asked me if I did all of the games in the Pac-Man family that I wanted to do, and I basically said "yes"... but it seems I forgot one: If I can somehow get my hands on one of those machines... This has a closeup of it. I like the added features (non-symmetrical maze, Red Bull can, etc...) 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Back Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, PacManPlus said: Hmmm.... @ZeroPage Homebrew asked me if I did all of the games in the Pac-Man family that I wanted to do, and I basically said "yes"... but it seems I forgot one: If I can somehow get my hands on one of those machines... This has a closeup of it. I like the added features (non-symmetrical maze, Red Bull can, etc...) Somehow I've always needed this in my life and never knew until today. And I don't even like Red Bull... Edited November 16, 2022 by Silver Back 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 More/Other pics: https://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=380275&page=2&view=expanded&sb=4&o=&vc=1 After 'drinking' the Red Bull, Pac-Man gets temporary electric energy powers to zap/fry the ghosts... That does kind of relate to that odd-ball Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp / Pac & Pal game with the similar blasting power-up. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 I had never seen that before. So, Bob, how are you going to recreate the fridge full of Red Bull? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 Hmmmm..... Before you guys kill me, I just wanted to see what it looked like, and it didn't take me long. Actually, the longest part was making the monster pen (and everything it entails) able to be relocated via a variable. Normally it's hard coded. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 OK, take my money! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 (edited) Ok... so... this is a thing now... (Those are all the Red Bull mazes... except for a few that were *slight* variations of the 'monster' shape, but the colors of the four monsters, and only one or two maze pieces different.) Edited December 2, 2022 by PacManPlus 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 So, PMC 40TH ARBSE? Pac-Man Collection - 40th Anniversary Red Bull Special Edition 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 4 minutes ago, Trebor said: So, PMC 40TH ARBSE? Pac-Man Collection - 40th Anniversary Red Bull Special Edition Just make sure that nobody spells "Red Bull" as one word 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Wow I didn't think I'd want another Pac-Man game, but I definitely want this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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