Mendon Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 Okay, I'm really happy with the Painter and American Hero games I picked up at CGE. And I like the Asteroids and Slam Racer's demo's on the BSG demo disk. I've heard that there were a few other games available if you had a modified Jag... PacMania and JagTris (I believe those were the names) were two of them. Are there others? But my main question is: since I have BSG and Protector SE, is it possible to burn PacMania and JagTris onto a CD-R and play them on my Jag using either BSG or Protector SE as a bypass? If not, what would it take for me to be able to play them? I would really like to get and play some of the other games that people did for the Jag since I'm very satisfied with Painter, Asteroids, and Slam Racers; I would be more than willing to donate (sort of a Shareware thing) if the authors wanted. Thanks in advance for any comments/help! Mendon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 If you have BS/BSG, you can load them up with JUGS and play them with no modifications (as long as you have a jaglink or maybe scatbox) they are both cool games. They COULD be put on disk I think, like the other games on the BSG demo disk...but you have to know how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 If you have BS/BSG, you can load them up with JUGS and play them with no modifications (as long as you have a jaglink or maybe scatbox) they are both cool games. They COULD be put on disk I think, like the other games on the BSG demo disk...but you have to know how. It's pretty easy to do. The menu program on the ScatoLOGIC Demo CD was created using a core program and a menu builder batch file that was pretty much automatic. You dump your executables in a folder, run the manu builder and it would build the menu (actually, it just copied fixed text into the data section of the menu file. I always intended to make something more generic but never got around to it), create the padded tracks, and call CDRECORD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendon Posted August 14, 2003 Author Share Posted August 14, 2003 Well, since I'm technology-challenged (i.e. DUMB) and totally lost, guess I'll just have to wait for some enterprising person to put the games on a CD and then I'll buy it. Mendon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Hello! I heard from Bastian Schick that he is considering selling JagTris on CD. And i can assure you that i am interested on selling JagMania on CD too. But unfortunately we developers always tend to say "let me add this, and the game will be much better" and so the release-day never comes :-) If Painter sells well this could give us some good motivation. Best regards Matthias PS: Just for the record: At least my JagMania is still waiting for a solution regarding the serial E2prom-storage-functionality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Like Thunderbird said, it's easy enough to do. In fact if you're happy with one game per CD-R, all the tools and instructions to make the CDs with are available online and are in the public domain; it's just not recommended unless you mostly know what you're doing If you can persuade someone to make you a BJL cable you can use the BJL uploader in ProtectorSE to run the freely-available BJL versions, which may or may not work with JUGS (I can't test it so I can't comment). The biggest advantage of JUGS is that you can make a working setup entirely with off-the-shelf parts, set against the extra expense of the cart. It is easy enough to make a BJL adaptor that will plug into a standard cable with crimp connections though, all you need is two plugs, a shell and a pair of pliers. Entirely up to you, depending on how adventurous you're feeling Stone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Hello, attached is the latest (= January 2003) version of JagMania. It is a binary file for load- and start-address $4000. When you run it you'll notice that it shows some screen-flickering or frame-drop outs, also the 2-player mode has no real gameplay. Almost everything you can do is explained in the screens, only thing missing is that you can start the game in 2-player-mode when you depress FireB. Press OPTION in the main-menu-screen(s) to enter the level-editor. If possible you should run it under 50Hz, because less flicker occurs. Here is the link to my project page (which doesn't contain this binary-file): http://home.t-online.de/home/Matthias.Domi...in/jagmania.htm Regards Matthias jagmania.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendon Posted August 15, 2003 Author Share Posted August 15, 2003 Well, Mathias, if you or any of the others wish to put your games on a CD (single game per CD is okay with me), let me know and I'll buy one off of you. I'm impressed with what I already own and from what I've heard some of the other home-brew (if that's that correct terminology) games are just as good. Like I said, I'm not the brightest when it comes to computers and electronics, so I'm one of those who will support those that are. Mendon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 Make that two. I'd love a CD copy of those games, and can't make one for myself right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Saturn Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 Add me to that list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 Hello, thanks for your interest in a CD-version of the game. Unfortunately the above released version really has some problems with the video-output, so i don't recommend to waste a CD for it. What i have forgotten to mention in my last mail is, that this Jagmania-version could save and restore the highscore and level-data on a serial E2prom of 2048 bytes (as found on BSGold and ProtSE), but this should be done only by brave people (as mentioned, the E2prom-handling is WorkInProgress). If you are interested, then drop me a line and i'll tell you how to initiate the E2prom-access. Regards Matthias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Smeghead Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 I heard from Bastian Schick that he is considering selling JagTris on CD. And i can assure you that i am interested on selling JagMania on CD too. But unfortunately we developers always tend to say "let me add this, and the game will be much better" and so the release-day never comes :-) If Painter sells well this could give us some good motivation. All I can say is, I did my part. I was 4th in line at Songbird's booth at CGE to pick up Painter. (It's a very fun, addictive game, BTW. I highly suggest everyone pick up a copy! You won't be disappointed. It's a highly polished, stylized game. Very sharp. So far, I can see nothing I would've added.) No matter how tight I may be for money, I would always support anyone who takes the time and effort to release a Jag (or Lynx) game. I especially like the CD format, so publishers can keep the cost down. Which is my way of saying, add me to ANY game purchasing list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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