shanti77 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Unexpectedly today the results of the ABBUC 2021 competition were announced. So I can share my game, which took 1st place. The game requires an Atari with 64K RAM and a PAL system. gacek.xex 28 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Congratulations! Bomb Jack for 64k (PAL) machines, this is a wish come true! And even if NTSC requires 128k RAM, it is less than the other Bomb Jack that requires min. 320k RAM (or Corina cart.). And I really like the fluid gameplay and the difficulty, I could play four or five screens without any problem (whereas in the 320k Bomb Jack I rarely made it past the first screen, one of the reasons I rarely play the Bomb Jake cart.). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gury Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Fantastic game!!! Great Bomb Jack conversion, fast and good graphics/music. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darwinmac Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 @shanti77 - Congratulations on your ABBUC win. It is a great game. I look forward to playing the 128k NTSC version Bob C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALEXANDER Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Shanti77 !! you are awesome ! Thanks a lot. In your honor a video of your game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKlVLYuEZw4&t=64s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Super game! Never thought I'd see Bomb Jack on the A8. Congratulations on the 1st place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Oh wow, well done Shanti77, excellent work as always, you spoil us! Keep safe in this world madness... Paul.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesk8 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Super! thank you:) Are you planning to release a cart version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 23 hours ago, shanti77 said: Unexpectedly today the results of the ABBUC 2021 competition were announced. So I can share my game, which took 1st place. The game requires an Atari with 64K RAM and a PAL system. gacek.xex 32.39 kB · 120 downloads This year is a year of many surprises. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 On 11/13/2021 at 1:05 PM, shanti77 said: Unexpectedly today the results of the ABBUC 2021 competition were announced. So I can share my game, which took 1st place. The game requires an Atari with 64K RAM and a PAL system. gacek.xex 32.39 kB · 132 downloads Congrats on winning the title for best game, I'm just a bit bummed out that we Americans can't get in on this due to it being only for PAL machines (NTSC XEGS owner here in Port Townsend, WA) , I would love to take my shot at it and review this ABBUC-award-winning port on The Atari Report real soon!!!! Thanks, Ray Jackson AtariAge user ID: BIGHMW Host of The Atari Report Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 18 hours ago, ALEXANDER said: Shanti77 !! you are awesome ! Thanks a lot. In your honor a video of your game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKlVLYuEZw4&t=64s Here is the vid right here, I have already downloaded it and hopefully she'll work here in The States on my XEGS so I can review this award-winning port on the 8-bit edition of The Atari Report Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Hey @shanti77, she works on my XEGS and I use an Ultimate Cart!!! And even though this port is best displayed in PAL, she runs fine on my NTSC XEGS!!! WELL DONE!!! I've first got to get another HD CapturePro (my old one died on me from being powered on too long and burned out) so I can film the gaming action directly, and then I can film my review of this 2021 ABBUC Award winning port on the 8-Bit Edition of The Atari Report, but yes!!! FINALLY a version of Bomb Jack I can (help) proudly make viral even here in the States!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I even went out of my way to learn to pronounce "Gacek" in its proper way, in Polish, this is so I don't get it wrong when I do my review of this great port. https://forvo.com/word/gacek/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
800XLNZ Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 A great Atari 8 bit game, thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesk8 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 btw. I cannot launch it in Atari800MacX (ver 6.0). It loads the first screen, but it ends there Has anybody seen it as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 On 11/14/2021 at 4:28 PM, BIGHMW said: Hey @shanti77, she works on my XEGS and I use an Ultimate Cart!!! And even though this port is best displayed in PAL, she runs fine on my NTSC XEGS!!! WELL DONE!!! I've first got to get another HD CapturePro (my old one died on me from being powered on too long and burned out) so I can film the gaming action directly, and then I can film my review of this 2021 ABBUC Award winning port on the 8-Bit Edition of The Atari Report, but yes!!! FINALLY a version of Bomb Jack I can (help) proudly make viral even here in the States!!! On my 130xe NTSC through both my UNO and FujiNet it does load and play, but has extensive slowdown during game play and the sprite objects will show corruption when they overlap. As such it can make it tough to see exactly where the enemies are on the platforms when things blend in. Having said that, it does still play otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanti77 Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share Posted November 18, 2021 As I said, the NTSC version requires 128KB RAM, it is a beta version with unadjusted gameplay speed, it is 20% faster on NTSC computers. gacek128.xex 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darwinmac Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 39 minutes ago, shanti77 said: As I said, the NTSC version requires 128KB RAM, it is a beta version with unadjusted gameplay speed, it is 20% faster on NTSC computers. gacek128.xex 49.64 kB · 4 downloads I look forward to trying the NTSC version. Thanks for providing this version. Bob C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Even though I only have the stock 64K in my XEGS I'll try her out later on tonight (around 10:00 pm 22:00 US Northwest-time), I'll report back on it compared to the 64K PAL version I currently run. Boy games like these graduates of the "Class Of" 2021 ABBUC Software Contest make it an even tougher decision of (if it HAD TO BE ONLY ONE) keeping either the 5200 (there are 20 games on the 5200 that are currently not available on A8/XL/XE/XEGS, including Tempest) or my XEGS, Jesus, this graduating class looks and plays great. Congrats to all the programmers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a8isa1 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 8 hours ago, shanti77 said: As I said, the NTSC version requires 128KB RAM, it is a beta version with unadjusted gameplay speed, it is 20% faster on NTSC computers. gacek128.xex 49.64 kB · 20 downloads Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanti77 Posted November 20, 2021 Author Share Posted November 20, 2021 The 128K version, running on PAL and NTSC systems, adjusts the music, colors and speed of the game by itself. gacek128multi.xex 9 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patjomki Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 (edited) Thanks for this version. ? Is it planned to further enhance gacek (bombs and music)? Edited November 20, 2021 by patjomki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aking Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, shanti77 said: The 128K version, running on PAL and NTSC systems, adjusts the music, colors and speed of the game by itself. gacek128multi.xex 49.9 kB · 13 downloads Works great on ntsc emulated Jumping is not so good on real usa hardware and overscan area is wrong too Edited November 20, 2021 by Aking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 128K NTSC Gacek seizes up using 64K stock XEGS and Ultimate Cart, but I have no (other than flickering) problems using the OG 64K PAL Gacek on her, I can deal with the flickering of the enemies, it's nothing I'm not used to having 3 other systems (2600, 5200, and 7800) that also do the same thing. I'm getting better at it, I reached the 2x levels now and I'm starting to get the hang (no pun intended) of the jumping of Gacek himself as I retrieve all the bombs and know I don't HAVE TO collect the lit ones first even though they're worth 100 points as opposed to 10 for unlit ones, it's not like they're gonna explode or anything like that. But I really enjoy this game, well done @shanti77!!! No wonder you won the title as having the best game in this year's ABBUC SWC, I CAN'T WAIT to get a new HD Capture Pro next month (my old one died from being powered on too long, that being 24/7) after I pay all of my bills so I can record the in-game footage I need so I can review this award-winning INSTANT CLASSIC on the 8-Bit Edition of The Atari Report!!! SUPERB!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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