+Philsan Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Genius, is a new three part, 240 levels game released today by Daniele Liverani. He made it for Apple II then he ported it to C64, Plus/4 and now to A8, using the same code. Screenshots are from Altirra, NTSC mode with artifacting enabled. Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/193784371026617 Download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1bco2hvd322fx73/GeniusEp1-2-3-Atari-8Bit-Version01.zip 18 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yautja Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Interesting game. I made it to level 4, and only got black and white graphics. Is it normal? - Y - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, Yautja said: Interesting game. I made it to level 4, and only got black and white graphics. Is it normal? - Y - Judging by the screenshots and the fact that is was an Apple port, the game certainly uses hi-res graphics and artifacting. Only really useful from what I've been told on NTSC systems, and using composite video or RF. S-video has enough video bandwidth to show the actual banding, rather than the false colour info. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 7 hours ago, Yautja said: Interesting game. I made it to level 4, and only got black and white graphics. Is it normal? - Y - Set Altirra to NTSC mode with artifactings enabled. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Did anyone get it to start on Atari800MacX? I get to the title screen but pressing Space has no effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Had a brief play, initially thought the doors to open were random but my dodgy eyes spotted that the next door to open changes colour...Although its a bit basic its fun enough to want to see the next level. Nice addition to the catalogue, thank you for the port.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yautja Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 12 hours ago, Philsan said: Set Altirra to NTSC mode with artifactings enabled. Alright. And forgiving my ignorance, how to get the same in real hardware? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 16 minutes ago, Yautja said: Alright. And forgiving my ignorance, how to get the same in real hardware? You will need an NTSC machine, and connect to your display of choice with either composite video, or RF modulator (channel 2/3). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 16 minutes ago, Yautja said: Alright. And forgiving my ignorance, how to get the same in real hardware? I live in a PAL country but artifacts arise when you connect a NTSC Atari to a TV or monitor with aerial or composite cable. Flight Simulator II without/with artifacts. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 (edited) If you set the Artifact phasing to around 342 its more like the real thing.. Edited February 8, 2021 by Mclaneinc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 Photos of some real hardware tests I made before release, unfortunately PAL and s-video so... no artifacts. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerduck Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 (edited) On 2/8/2021 at 8:18 PM, Mclaneinc said: If you set the Artifact phasing to around 342 its more like the real thing.. This ist what the artifical horizon should look like: blue up half, brown (close to...) down half. Artifacting with the UAV composite on a NTSC 800XL, phase poti turned to left stop. Edited May 13, 2021 by Tigerduck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerduck Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Title Screen with the above mentioned setting... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarland Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) Made it to level 10.. Interesting game. It does maintain interest despite the very repetitive music and extremely chunky controls. The controls are the main challenge. Guessing it plays the same on Apple II's. Enjoy it for what it is and especially that it's a new release. Thank you Daniele Liverani Edited May 14, 2021 by Sugarland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level42 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 (edited) Deleted Edited August 3, 2021 by Level42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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