Pitfall - SG-1000 (Pitfall Hack)

[alfredtdk]

As there was no first SEGA Pitfall for the SG-1000, this hack is an exercise in imagination, as it has the elements of SEGA's Lost Caverns with the first game in the series.

 

 

Pitfall SG-1000 (Pitfall Hack) (2022) (Alfredtdk).bin

[Bomberman94]

9 hours ago, alfredtdk said:

As there was no first SEGA Pitfall for the SG-1000, this hack is an exercise in imagination, as it has the elements of SEGA's Lost Caverns with the first game in the series.

 

 

Pitfall SG-1000 (Pitfall Hack) (2022) (Alfredtdk).bin 4 kB · 1 download

Is this a NTSC version?

[alfredtdk]

12 hours ago, Bomberman94 said:

Is this a NTSC version?

And NTSC, my friend. If interested, I can provide a PAL version.

[Bomberman94]

21 hours ago, alfredtdk said:

And NTSC, my friend. If interested, I can provide a PAL version.

Yes please - i really like the style of the graphics and the colors. Ever dreamed of a translation of the arcade Pitfall game for the Atari 2600 ?

[alfredtdk]

1 hour ago, Bomberman94 said:

Yes please - i really like the style of the graphics and the colors. Ever dreamed of a translation of the arcade Pitfall game for the Atari 2600 ?

OK. I think until this weekend I provide the PAL version. And yes, by coincidence I'm already polishing an Arcade PLC version. I'm trying to find a good color pattern, so the various patterns are mixed, for now only Harry's sprite has been changed, other characters I'll see if I change or leave it like that, original. If you want to test it, it's not the final version yet, when it's ready and  standardized, I'll officially launch both NTSC and PAL versions.

Pitfall II - Arcade Lost Caverns.bin

[alfredtdk]

Harry remodeled. An innovation is that I intend to leave it fixed and Harry will turn pale when taking a ride on the balloon, because he suffers from acrophobia, fear of high places.

 

P.S

I'm not sure which color palette to set Harry on. The first one is simpler or the second one with a more diverse color palette like Arcade. Which one do you think is best?

 

 

 

Pitfall II - Arcade Lost Caverns Test.bin

[Bomberman94]

13 hours ago, alfredtdk said:

Harry remodeled. An innovation is that I intend to leave it fixed and Harry will turn pale when taking a ride on the balloon, because he suffers from acrophobia, fear of high places.

 

P.S

I'm not sure which color palette to set Harry on. The first one is simpler or the second one with a more diverse color palette like Arcade. Which one do you think is best?

 

 

 

Pitfall II - Arcade Lost Caverns Test.bin 10.25 kB · 3 downloads

The first one „will do the job“ but the second one is slightly better ?. Great idea of turning pale while floating with the balloon ?

Edited April 7, 2022 by Bomberman94

[alfredtdk]

The PAL version.  Bomberman94 check if the colors on the real hardware are good.

 

Pitfall! SG-1000 (Pitfall Hack) (2022) (Alfredtdk)(PAL).bin

[Bomberman94]

On 4/10/2022 at 1:31 AM, alfredtdk said:

The PAL version.  Bomberman94 check if the colors on the real hardware are good.

 

Pitfall! SG-1000 (Pitfall Hack) (2022) (Alfredtdk)(PAL).bin 4 kB · 5 downloads

First of all: thanks for the PAL version ?

 

Colors are fine from my side maybe crocodiles in the pond could be a tone darker to distinguish from the man when standing on it.

 

Two things I found in this version:

 

- no sound if man catches/swings with the vine (to be precise: the very first tone can be heard and then nothing, the „jingle“ is missing)

- the movement of the frog (jumps from one to the other side is not happening, it just shakes)

 

Everything‘s else is beautiful ?

 

 

[Bomberman94]

I really like this hack - cool style and choice of color. Maybe you will do an update (because of the things I found)? ☺️

[alfredtdk]

20 hours ago, Bomberman94 said:

I really like this hack - cool style and choice of color. Maybe you will do an update (because of the things I found)? ☺️

Hello Bomberman94  , how are you? I apologize, I haven't analyzed the code yet, thank you for noticing the error.
I will check and correct with the update. Thanks.

[alfredtdk]

Fixed PAL ROM. Crocodile colors changed to a darker shade.

 

Pitfall! SG-1000 (Pitfall Hack) (2022) (Alfredtdk)(PAL).bin

[alfredtdk]

There's not much to do about the frog, Bomberman94,  it's just two sprites to work on the movement. I made two more versions of the frog, see which one you like best.

PSG1000 - Toads Edition (PAL).zip

[Bomberman94]

5 hours ago, alfredtdk said:

There's not much to do about the frog, Bomberman94,  it's just two sprites to work on the movement. I made two more versions of the frog, see which one you like best.

PSG1000 - Toads Edition (PAL).zip 6.66 kB · 1 download

Thx, will check and respond ☺️

[Bomberman94]

10 hours ago, alfredtdk said:

Hello Bomberman94  , how are you? I apologize, I haven't analyzed the code yet, thank you for noticing the error.
I will check and correct with the update. Thanks.

Hi, I’m fine and really no need to apologize (we’re all doing it for the fun of it ?). I really appreciate your great work?

[Bomberman94]

On 5/7/2022 at 7:20 AM, alfredtdk said:

There's not much to do about the frog, Bomberman94,  it's just two sprites to work on the movement. I made two more versions of the frog, see which one you like best.

PSG1000 - Toads Edition (PAL).zip 6.66 kB · 4 downloads

Definitely Toad 1 (= bigger one) is better. But movement of the toad is still strange - it doesn’t jump but shakes instead. 

[Bomberman94]

On 5/7/2022 at 6:47 AM, alfredtdk said:

Fixed PAL ROM. Crocodile colors changed to a darker shade.

 

Pitfall! SG-1000 (Pitfall Hack) (2022) (Alfredtdk)(PAL).bin 4 kB · 4 downloads

Crocodile colors are fine - maybe the clothes of Pitfall Harry could be a bit different (compared to the water in the pound). ?

 

[alfredtdk]

8 hours ago, Bomberman94 said:

Definitely Toad 1 (= bigger one) is better. But movement of the toad is still strange - it doesn’t jump but shakes instead. 

 

I applied a change to the lake to differentiate it from Harry. Unfortunately in the frog I don't think there is a satisfactory solution, it's just two frames of movement in a very small space in 15 lines of its scan, to compare Harry has a total of 9 frames of movements in 22 lines of scan, with the possibility of up to 23 lines. If in the original programming the snake was not static and had at least some movement on the screen, this would make the frog's jump something more natural, not a shaky thing.

PSG1000 - Toads Edition (PAL).zip

[Bomberman94]

On 5/8/2022 at 9:55 PM, alfredtdk said:

 

I applied a change to the lake to differentiate it from Harry. Unfortunately in the frog I don't think there is a satisfactory solution, it's just two frames of movement in a very small space in 15 lines of its scan, to compare Harry has a total of 9 frames of movements in 22 lines of scan, with the possibility of up to 23 lines. If in the original programming the snake was not static and had at least some movement on the screen, this would make the frog's jump something more natural, not a shaky thing.

PSG1000 - Toads Edition (PAL).zip 6.66 kB · 7 downloads

Colors are all fine now! Sound while swinging the liane is ok now and Toad 1 wins (animation is as good as can be ?). Overall very nice version for one of the Activision finest ?