+pboland Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 I was thinking about how many scrolling games originally came out for the O2 and the only one I can think of is "Freedom Fighters" Is that the only one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 That's a really interesting question. I'm going to have to dig through my O2 titles now and check. I bet some of the fancier Videopac titles do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Freedom Fighters doesn't really have any "scrolling" either - as in there is no background - scrolling is inferred by the movement of the spaceships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Technically speaking, I don't think the Odyssey 2 CAN scroll backgrounds. It can draw grids, but it can't scroll them. It can draw characters and sprites andyou can move them one pixel at a time, which is I guess the only way it can scroll anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+pboland Posted November 6, 2021 Author Share Posted November 6, 2021 4 hours ago, Lost Monkey said: Freedom Fighters doesn't really have any "scrolling" either - as in there is no background - scrolling is inferred by the movement of the spaceships. I was aware that it wasn't "real" scrolling, but the way it's done in the game works quite well. It very fluid and smooth when playing for being fake scrolling. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 I guess Speedway would kind of fit the bill then too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+pboland Posted November 6, 2021 Author Share Posted November 6, 2021 16 minutes ago, Lost Monkey said: I guess Speedway would kind of fit the bill then too. Also what about "Cosmic Conflict" (and that does kind of have a background of stars)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomBeck Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Maybe the programmer from the past can`t do this, but we had wonderful homebrews for Videopac/Odyssey2 that can scroll. First we had Cavity from Revival Studios= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAVZnIU7gS8 Then we had Down from Revival Studios= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XRM_L2V6fQ An other kind of scrolling we find in Laser Blitz from Videopac Belgium= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsFQN2aLzDY 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Cavity is just redrawing grids over and over again really fast to make it look like it was scrolling. You'll notice it isn't very smooth in the YouTube video. I bet Down was made with the colors of the background changing rapidly as well, allowing for much smoother animation. As for Laser Blitz, it looks like a Jopac game with + graphics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+pboland Posted November 7, 2021 Author Share Posted November 7, 2021 1 hour ago, atari2600land said: Cavity is just redrawing grids over and over again really fast to make it look like it was scrolling. You'll notice it isn't very smooth in the YouTube video. I bet Down was made with the colors of the background changing rapidly as well, allowing for much smoother animation. As for Laser Blitz, it looks like a Jopac game with + graphics. I agree that Laser Blitz is G7400 game. You can tell by looking at it. I was questioning if Down might be a G7400 as well only because the background has very fine dots to it. Anyway, to be honest I'm not really interested in G7400/O3 stuff as that's not really something I have much accessto here in the states (other then with emulation and I prefer real hardware). As to scrolling, I do like the way Cavity scrolls. I get that it's not technically scrolling, but it is a way for O2 to scroll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomBeck Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 All games I show you work on G7000/Odyssey2 and G7400/Jopac. Laser Blitz: The "plus graphics for G7400/Jopac" are only the blue Mountains with the stars on the top, the words "Laser Blitz / lives / score and power" and the red color at the bottom. I post a pic how the game look , when you put the same cartridge into a G7000/O2. Down: The "plus graphics" are here only the blue static background. When you put the same cartridge into a G7000/Odyssey2 is the background black. The game is the same and it`s fun and fast. Unfortunatly, I have no pic without the blue background. So you must only replace the blue background with black in your mind. ? Cavity: This game has only a "plus" cover screen at G7400/Jopac. The game look the same at G7400 and G7000/Odyssey2. I post a pic from the cover screen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timdu Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 (edited) Would the homebrew HAPPY BIRD! count as a scrolling game? https://youtu.be/EqDAI76ZhtU?t=165 Also in the homebrew MEAN SANTA, programmer Rafael Cardoso made it appear as though Santa is flying through the night-time sky and it appears as though the screen is scrolling from the right to the left. The trees below are also moving from right to left as well. It gives the appearance of scrolling. Or do you think this was this one of Rafael's programming tricks? https://youtu.be/ZluKV8aLtgk?t=120 Shameless plug: I still offer both of these games for sale. The game is available as a loose game cartridge and manual, or I can even provide a durable, black hard plastic box for an additional expense. Send me a private message for more information and details or visit the web pages: HAPPY BIRD: http://timduarte.blogspot.com/2018/03/happy-bird-for-odyssey2.html MEAN SANTA: http://timduarte.blogspot.com/2018/03/mean-santa-for-odyssey2.html thanks, Tim Edited November 13, 2021 by timdu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbee Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 And also there´s Neon Nights: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youki Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Super Cobra, there is a "kind of" scrolling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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