+Muddyfunster Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Keystone Koppers Latest DEMO is here (dec22) Keystone Koppers is my take on a port of the classic 2600/5200 game by Garry Kitchen. Keystone Kapers is one of my all time favourite Atari 2600 games! This adaptation for the 7800 is based on the 2600, 5200 and C64 versions and takes elements from all three versions. It's the first proper port I've attempted and I hope folks enjoy giving it a test run Objective Hoodlum Harry & his gang of krooks have broken out of jail and are looting Southwick's Emporium. Your job is to avoid the boobytraps and obstacles and apprehend the fleeing felons! There are additional on-ROM instructions accessible from the title page. Controls Left & Right - move left and right. Up - enter the elevator. Down - Duck or leave the elevator. Fire - Jump. On the title screen Up + Down to select level (1-12). Left & Right (or SELECT) - flips the music mode between A & B & Off. Fire 1 - Start game. Fire 2 - Instructions. Scoring Catching the krook awards 1,000 points + a bonus based on your remaining time X your merit bonus. Points are also scored for collecting bags of money and cases of gold and jewels. Extra lives are awarded every 10,000 points, to a maximum of 5 Hitting an obstacle costs 9 seconds. hitting a bi-plane costs 1 life. Demo Keystone Kapers is a 128k + 16k RAM NTSC only binary. (Sorry PAL owners, a PAL version will follow). The latest RC4 demo allows play upto and including level 12. Latest RC4 DEMO is here The demo supports POKEY for music and SaveKey/Atari Vox / HSC for hiscore saving. Keystone Kapers is Kouch Kompliant! I would very much appreciate any feedback or comments (or bug reports!) I hope you folks enjoy the demo! Credits I want to say a big thanks to @Synthpopalooza for two fantastic POKEY tunes and also to @mksmith for helping get them into the POKEY player. Thanks chaps! Thanks to @ZeroPage Homebrew for showing the demo on the stream, and Tanya for her BOSS playthrough. Last but by no means least, @-^CrossBow^- @sramirez2008 @Trebor . These guys murder and torture every major build to hunt out and identify quirks, glitches and bugs and provide invaluable feedback, suggestions and bug reports. Updates : Final Demo (Dec 22) Latest DEMO is here (dec22)Version 1b : some additional palette adjustments and a bug fix for the missing footstep sound. Release Candidate 4. Significant bug fixes, updated and gameplay balancing. Keystone_Kapers_demo_1b_CONCERTO.a78 Keystone_Kapers_demo_1b.a78 Keystone_Kapers_demo_1b_BUP.a78 39 10 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 That looks amazing. I'll try and have a play over the weekend 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4939884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, mimo said: That looks amazing. I'll try and have a play over the weekend Plays as amazing as it looks. Silky smooth with the beloved gameplay turned up with enhanced graphics, sounds, intermission, and other bells and whistles. 3 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4939889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Very nice! I couldn't wait and I played it on my PAL 7800 ah ah. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4939894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted November 6, 2021 Author Share Posted November 6, 2021 Can I please be allowed to edit the first post to post updates etc. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4939896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Muddyfunster said: Can I please be allowed to edit the first post to post updates etc. Be sure to tag or message a forum moderator - who’s currently running the show in this section, anyway? 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4939898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted November 6, 2021 Author Share Posted November 6, 2021 Just now, DrVenkman said: Be sure to tag or message a forum moderator - who’s currently running the show in this section, anyway? Good idea I tried @moderator but nothing doing. @tep392 could you help with this please? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4939899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Muddyfunster said: Good idea I tried @moderator but nothing doing. It would be nice if each forum/sub-forum listed the names of the Moderators with primary responsibility for that area. I could have sworn there is (or was?) a way to search the entire forum Membership too - @CPUWIZ used to do a lot of moderating in the 7800 forum but I haven’t seen him around lately. Hope he’s doing okay. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4939903 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Well phooey - I was about to do a test with a POKEY-equipped Concerto, but my 7800 is dead. Hopefully I can get it fixed soonish! 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4939937 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted November 6, 2021 Author Share Posted November 6, 2021 11 minutes ago, Karl G said: Well phooey - I was about to do a test with a POKEY-equipped Concerto, but my 7800 is dead. Hopefully I can get it fixed soonish! Hope it's nothing too serious Karl and you are up and running again soon. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4939952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Muddyfunster said: Good idea I tried @moderator but nothing doing. @tep392 could you help with this please? It's done. The "report post" button will get the attention of every moderator. I also get e-mail notifications of new reports. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4939962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted November 6, 2021 Author Share Posted November 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, tep392 said: It's done. The "report post" button will get the attention of every moderator. I also get e-mail notifications of new reports. Thank you Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4939966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 (edited) This is awesome, Keystone Kapers is one of my favorite Activision titles. Your version plays great! Looking forward to putting a bit more time into it. Edited November 6, 2021 by BydoEmpire 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4939985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Muddyfunster said: Hope it's nothing too serious Karl and you are up and running again soon. Thanks! It's likely the flaky power button that finally gave out. It's on its way to @-^CrossBow^- for button replacement and BIOS upgrade. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4940046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Hi Muddy Plays very well ? Best version.... 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4940049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeguychicago Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 This looks very much in style of a Activision Master System game. Well done! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4940105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 This is totally awesome! What a superb version of Keystone Kapers! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4940151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstrotha0975 Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Tried this out today and it's awesome, superb graphics, runs and plays smooth, going up the stairs is super smooth. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4940153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredtdk Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Keystone Kapers was the game that I was really impressed by the 2600, although other titles from that time are equivalent. The version of the 5200 I also think is amazing and the c64 is very beautiful too, although a little slow. As unfortunately I don't have a 7800 I went to test it on Prosystem Retroarch and got it with the repair demo, the only one that worked on my computer. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4940304 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug0909 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Looks great, but I think this game may be a bit dated. Nobody buys bouncy balls and toy airplanes in stores anymore, that's the type of stuff you're better off just buying on Amazon. Better return policy. Brick and mortar stores don't have the money for fancy furniture, in store dining tables with sunshades, and cathedral radios. And cops carry military grade arms, not billy clubs, and have bigger concerns than stores which don't pay for private security. Perhaps there should be a 2021 mode where Hoodlum Harry is stealing Amazon boxes and getting chased through apartment buildings by an armed vigilante... 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4940330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted November 7, 2021 Author Share Posted November 7, 2021 1 hour ago, alfredtdk said: Keystone Kapers was the game that I was really impressed by the 2600, although other titles from that time are equivalent. The version of the 5200 I also think is amazing and the c64 is very beautiful too, although a little slow. As unfortunately I don't have a 7800 I went to test it on Prosystem Retroarch and got it with the repair demo, the only one that worked on my computer. Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately Prosystem is a quite an old outdated emulator and many titles have issues with it. I would recommend trying with BupSystem or A7800 if you are able to install those, Keystone Kapers works with those. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4940336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted November 7, 2021 Author Share Posted November 7, 2021 updated binary on the first post, a couple of palette tweaks and a little bug fix for the footstep sound disappearing. 5 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4940337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredtdk Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Thanks.? 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4940359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+darryl1970 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 @Muddyfunster very nice. I actually smiled when I saw the ZPH reveal, and I didn't even play the game growing up. The graphics are great, the animation is great, and the gameplay looks great. I love the cut scenes. I've been too busy to download the ROM or finish watching the stream. (I previewed Twitch from my tablet before bed one night.) Now that it's on YouTube, I'll be able to catch up during my lunchtime elliptical. I can't wait to actually test it out. It looks great! 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4940591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 This is easily the best version of Keystone kapers anywhere. Games such at this, Millie and Mollie, Exo, Popeye, Pengo and probably 3 or 4 others hopefully make it into cart form soon. Back in 2013 when Bob I think was the only homebrew developer at the time was cranking out 3 or 4 games a year and putting them on cart right away and selling to us 7800 nerds directly. Today we have way more games going on but it seems they get forgotten and lose all the hype because they need extra artwork, manuals, boxes, more channels of distribution etc. 2 or 5 years later most people forget about them or have trouble finding out if they are limited edition who sells them etc. I know not everyone can burn their own games etc. but I miss those times when the game itself was the most important thing not boxes etc. Of course boxes manuals etc. always came after for the people that shelf them to look at and resell. Hell I think I lost my boudlerdash 2600 box and my vikki and vikki 7800 box as they have no lasting appeal for me. The games themselves such as yours have included all the artwork I need to see without it on the packaging. Btw it is great your family is interested in your hobby of classic game programming which you do very well. Whichever route any developer chooses I am not complaining as that is their choice. I am just giving my perspective on how I see things which is definitely NOT speaking for everyone. 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/326855-keystone-koppers-done/#findComment-4940674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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