+cjherr Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 ...and tied with a Beatles reference. Couldn't be better. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mksmith Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Congrats guys ??? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TrekMD Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Fantastic work! I see it even has a BOB maze! ? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 Thanks guys 39 minutes ago, TrekMD said: Fantastic work! I see it even has a BOB maze! ? That's actually one of the standard mazes in Ultra Pac-Man! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thursday83 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Crusher. C'mon XM - dying to check these games out on a real cart!!!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 4 hours ago, Trebor said: Outstanding and Phenomenal work! Thank you, Bob. Thank you, Perry. It is greatly appreciated. Standing-O and hats off! Hear, hear! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevEng Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Incredible work here. Great way to usher in the XM, Bob and Perry! ??? 4 hours ago, cjherr said: ...and tied with a Beatles reference. Couldn't be better. Yep, that touch was fab! ? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 This really is awesome. I will now sit back and wait for the XM module to become available to the masses. Congrats to everyone that contributed to this game.? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 Obligatory cart pic... 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TrekMD Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 19 minutes ago, PacManPlus said: Obligatory cart pic... 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILLYonaire Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 1 hour ago, PacManPlus said: Obligatory cart pic... Can I have one? I promise I'll be good! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 1 hour ago, PacManPlus said: Obligatory cart pic... I call dibs on the Glow-in-the-Dark version. - Just saying.? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin De Lucia Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 5 hours ago, PacManPlus said: Obligatory cart pic... Holy moly, That is one sexy cart! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostAlgae37 Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 On 5/21/2020 at 6:30 PM, TrekMD said: This thing looks and sounds so amazing that I might have to buy it even though I stink badly at Pac-Man games. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Justin De Lucia said: Holy moly, That is one sexy cart! It's going to get sexier still... ..Al 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadir Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Very impressive. Too bad I'm so horrible at Pac-Man games! Even so, would love to add that to my collection! I'm another one keeping my eye on the XM module release too. I hope there are enough to go around for all of us! :-) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana Quack Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Way to go Bob! Plus everyone else involved with getting this to completion!!! Can’t wait to get my XM to play this!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 Thanks, guys! A few little updates: Changed where the HSC was detected, added some sound effects for the main menu, and Perry updated some intro/intermission sounds. PMC_XM.A78 PMC_XM.BIN 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imstarryeyed Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Bob that is a great looking cart. Seeing as you are going to be the first to publish directly for the XM I wonder if there will be a common cart / box theme among all XM games? I think it would be interesting to see the spines of the boxes or the background of the cart pic or something be unique to the XMs. I would guess however if a game was XM enhanced vs XM required would be an issue... I wonder if Albert was thinking about this sort of detail, he usually is a few steps ahead of most on production. In any case I am just really happy to be seeing the fruits of all of the labor people have been working on! Thank you again for being part of our community, its you devs that make this hobby really fun in my opinion! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevEng Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 It's a good point. There's an "Atarivox Enhanced" logo, that can be used on boxes and cart designs, or even just in the AA store. Similar logos for "XM Enhanced" and "XM Exclusive" (or whatever) would be great. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I may be doing something wrong, but I decided to check out how this most recent WIP sounds in a stock 7800. So I booted up the most-recent A7800 emulator build, selected a standard console (e.g., no XM installed), then selected today's cart .A78 from the menu. Cycling through the menu options creates what seems like a stuck sound that never stops or changes until you start the game. Actual game sounds seem okay (usual TIA sounds). Restarting, enabling the XM module and then loading the game, the menu sounds great and works as expected. Can anyone confirm, or do I have something busted in my A7800 emulator installation? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TrekMD Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I was about to report the same thing. I'm using ProSystem, so this may not be emulator-dependent. I also ran into another issue. Pac-Man/Ms.Pac-Man goes through fruits instead of eating them, particularly if a ghost is eaten right before. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 1 hour ago, imstarryeyed said: Seeing as you are going to be the first to publish directly for the XM How soon they forget 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imstarryeyed Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I was thinking about Donkey Kong XM when I wrote that, but I was thinking that came with a Pokey installed, I had forgotten that it was also programmed to use on an XM system without the chip as well.. that is a good point you made there! It would be nice however see a uniformity of the games... I personally like the way the XE did cart uniformity, something inspired from it, perhaps with different colored frames and a bigger picture in the middle might be nice, but that is just an opinion. Of course since I am daydreaming I would love nothing more than some gate folded boxes much like the ones Opcode Games used for a few of the games they published. XM games are special and I think having a nice set of beautiful boxes would do the efforts of the hardware and software devs proud. In any case even if the carts didn't even come with a box at all I am still super grateful that they exist at all! Ha Ha.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 4 hours ago, imstarryeyed said: I wonder if Albert was thinking about this sort of detail, he usually is a few steps ahead of most on production. I don't really want to pigeonhole designers into a specific template just for games that include XM support. 4 hours ago, RevEng said: It's a good point. There's an "Atarivox Enhanced" logo, that can be used on boxes and cart designs, or even just in the AA store. Similar logos for "XM Enhanced" and "XM Exclusive" (or whatever) would be great. I'd prefer to go this route. ..Al 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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