+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 ZeroPage Homebrew: The Game BUY IT NOW IN THE ATARIAGE STORE! Credits: Design and Programming: Leandro Camara @HSW3ET Beta Tester: Vivi Peçaibes Cart & Manual Layout: James Earl O'Brien @ZeroPage Homebrew Programmed: Nov 2020 Released: May 27, 2022 Info: Atari 2600 / NTSC / 4kB Game Binary: 20220527-ZeroPage Homebrew - The Game (L.Camara).bin Cartridge Label / End Label (600dpi): 20220529-ZeroPage Homebrew The Game-Cart Art.zip Game Manual: 20220801-ZeroPage Homebrew The Game Manual.pdf PLEASE NOTE: You have permission to download and copy the game for free and also have AtariAge create a cartridge version of the game but you do NOT have permission to sell the game in binary or cartridge form. The Story: Catch! Pixel and Atari are bored and want some new cat toys to play with! Tanya, Darcy and Aerlan decide to head over to the local Pong arena to collect some bouncy balls for the cats to have fun with. There’s only one problem, James needs to start the ZPH show soon! Help James gather his friends and convince them to come back to the ZeroPage studios otherwise the show will start late! This game is for two players and you get to choose which character will face James. Good luck… for the cats! Controls & Settings: Player One / Left Joystick: James Player Two / Right Joystick: ZPH Crew / Cats (Select via Left/Right Difficulty Switches): Darcy (EASY) - B / A Tanya (NORMAL) - B / B Aerlan (MEDIUM) - A / B Atari Cat (HARD) - A / A Color/B&W Switch: Footstep Sounds On/Off Starting the Game: Press the Reset Switch or the Left Joystick button to change from the title screen to the game screen. Once on the game screen, move either of the two joysticks in any direction to start the game and you will see the ball start moving. Difficulty switches, including player two selection, can be changed at any time during the game. Scoring: James Goal: Prevent the ZPH Crew from gathering the balls bouncing around the screen, the lower the score at the end of the game the better.Prevent the ZPH Crew from gathering the balls bouncing around the screen, the lower the score at the end of the game the better. ZPH Crew Goal: Catch as many balls as possible for the cats to play with, the higher the score the better.Catch as many balls as possible for the cats to play with, the higher the score the better. Pong Wave: James: Every time you catch a ZPH Crew member, the status bar goes down. The status bar will turn yellow when it gets low and red when it’s critical. Once the status bar reaches zero, the game ends. The balls collected by your opponent determines your score, the lower the better. ZPH Crew: Score 1 point for each ball collected. Every 20 points, it switches to the Boss Wave. The more points the better. Boss Wave (Pixel Cat): James: Capture Pixel Cat six (6) times within 35 seconds to win the game immediately. Be mindful that each capture of Pixel restores one (1) square to the Status Bar, delaying James ability to win if he returns to the arena.Pixel Cat: Avoid capture by James in order to return to Pong Wave so the ZPH Crew can gather more cat toys. Hint: If you’re feeling brave, you can deliberately get captured to build up your status bar, but make sure you don’t get captured more than five (5) times! End of Game: The game ends when either the Status Bar reaches zero or Pixel Cat is caught six (6) times. Screen Layout: This game is dedicated to Pixel (2013-2021) 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 ZeroPage Homebrew is playing the Exclusive Retail Version of ZeroPage Homebrew: The Game and is GIVING AWAY FOUR SIGNED COPIES as part of our multi-player gaming extravaganza on tomorrow's stream LIVE on Twitch, hope you can join us! Fri May 27 @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 7PM GMT WATCH: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: ZeroPage Homebrew: The Game (2022 Exclusive Retail Version + Cartridge Giveaway | 2600) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET QuadGames (2021 WIP | 2600) by Nathan Tolbert @gauauu Chaser (2021 | 2600) by Karl Garrison @Karl G Space Debris (2021 Tech Demo | 2600) by Karl Garrison @Karl G Witch's Tower (2021 Tech Demo | 2600) by Karl Garrison @Karl G Raindrops (2021 Tech Demo | 2600) by Karl Garrison @Karl G Pressure Gauge II (2000 WIP | 2600) by John K Harvey @Propane13 Vroom! (2020 WIP | 2600) by Thomas Jentzsch @Thomas Jentzsch Medieval Mayhem (2006 Retail | 2600) by Darrell Spice Jr. @SpiceWare (WATCH AT 1080P60 FOR BEST QUALITY) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted May 29, 2022 Author Share Posted May 29, 2022 Congratulations to @8bitSwami (8bit_swami), @Jason_Atari (atari2600dude), @cwieland (charlesweiland) and @p1FqO3 (rc7e) for winning a signed 'ZeroPage Homebrew: The Game' cartridge on Friday's show! - James 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted May 29, 2022 Author Share Posted May 29, 2022 The binary and cartridge art have been posted! Full manual download will be coming soon. - James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skwrl63 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Can we get custom cartridges made at AtariAge? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Skwrl63 said: Can we get custom cartridges made at AtariAge? You bet! In the top post there's the binary and labels you can send to AtariAge to have a cartridge made. ? Custom AtariAge Carts: https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=949 - James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSW3ET Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 (edited) I just watched the ZPH The Game show! Very cool! The four of you together... and Atari! I am very happy. Thank you James! Thanks ZeroPage Homebrew! [ I hope you saved one of these cartridges for me! Hehehe! (Just kidding!) ] Congratulations on the show and everyone involved... so much fun. ?? Leandro Camara Edited May 30, 2022 by HSW3ET 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_Atari Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 10 hours ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: Congratulations to @8bitSwami (8bit_swami), @Jason_Atari (atari2600dude), @cwieland (charlesweiland) and @p1FqO3 (rc7e) for winning a signed 'ZeroPage Homebrew: The Game' cartridge on Friday's show! - James Thanks James, really appreciate it ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 17 hours ago, HSW3ET said: I just watched the ZPH The Game show! Very cool! The four of you together... and Atari! I am very happy. Thank you James! Thanks ZeroPage Homebrew! [ I hope you saved one of these cartridges for me! Hehehe! (Just kidding!) ] Congratulations on the show and everyone involved... so much fun. ?? Leandro Camara Thank you so much for making the game and immortalizing Pixel in an Atari 2600 homebrew Leandro! We had a lot of fun playing it on Friday and definitely a signed copy of the game will be going out to you! ? - James 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8bitSwami Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Many thanks! Great concept and design. I will be eagerly checking the mailbox. ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSW3ET Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 On 5/30/2022 at 10:49 PM, ZeroPage Homebrew said: Thank you so much for making the game and immortalizing Pixel in an Atari 2600 homebrew Leandro! We had a lot of fun playing it on Friday and definitely a signed copy of the game will be going out to you! ? - James Thank you very much! ?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+littaum Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 So here's a question - how many Atari 2600 games feature playable characters based on actual living people? ZeroPage Homebrew: The Game, Data Age's Journey Escape, and ... ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HatNJ Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 CGE Adventures https://www.retrogamingroundup.com/games/info_cge_adventures.php 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Very cool! Thanks for posting the files! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 Update! I've (finally) updated the top post with a downloadable PDF of the final print ver of the manual and have updated the text instructions to reflect the updated manual. Enjoy! - James 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 The physical manuals are back from the printers and now everything (cart, manual, ZPH coaster & ZPH keychain) can be sent out to the winners. Congratulations again! - James 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_Atari Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 I just received my parcel today after a month in postage. Another big thank you to James and Tanya for your generous gifts, a worthy addition to my Atari collection. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted September 13, 2022 Author Share Posted September 13, 2022 6 minutes ago, Jason_Atari said: I just received my parcel today after a month in postage. Another big thank you to James and Tanya for your generous gifts, a worthy addition to my Atari collection. It must have taken a leisurely cruise on the mail boat all the way from Vancouver to Australia to take a month to get there. 🙂 Glad it made it all the way there in the end and congratulations again on winning the cart! I'll let Tanya know you got all the goodies that came with the prize! - James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwentySixHundred Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Thanks for the uploads to YouTube James, i missed the final episode and half the prior one. Really enjoyed watching you guys run through the original games. Some hidden gems in the ruff so it's always good to know what i have overlooked. So what's planned for the 50th anniversary? Every homebrew from 92 till 2027? Thought id give you a 5year head start to acquire all the ROM's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted September 13, 2022 Author Share Posted September 13, 2022 11 hours ago, TwentySixHundred said: Thanks for the uploads to YouTube James, i missed the final episode and half the prior one. Really enjoyed watching you guys run through the original games. Some hidden gems in the ruff so it's always good to know what i have overlooked. So what's planned for the 50th anniversary? Every homebrew from 92 till 2027? Thought id give you a 5year head start to acquire all the ROM's You're so welcome! It was quite a haul to get through those hundreds of games but a lot of fun in the process! For the 50th we'll probably do all the 'games that could have been' by playing all the prototypes and games that were programmed from 1977-1992 and were later released. We try to play all the homebrews on the regular show, hahah. We've probably covered a lot of them already with the almost 500 streams we've broadcast so far. - James 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 We made it to PRGE and are looking forward to a full day tomorrow of checking out the showroom floor and talking to developers! If you see us around and you'd like to win the last 'ZeroPage Homebrew The Game' cartridge, just come up to us with the right answers to the following questions. 1) Is our cat Atari left or right handed? 2) What did we dress up as on the 2021 Halloween show? 3) What discovery/bug did Tanya find in Bruce Lee Return of Fury (A8) recently while playing? If you see us interviewing someone, be sure to wait until we're done the interview. 😉 - James 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 ZeroPage Homebrew: The Game is now available in the AtariAge Store! A huge thank you to @Albert for making this game available to those who want a copy on cartridge with the manual. STORE LINK: ZeroPage Homebrew: The Game - James 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted December 12, 2023 Author Share Posted December 12, 2023 ZPH: The Game is now available in the VCS Store! I announced this on the stream but forgot to post that ZPH: The Game is now available on the Atari VCS! I set the price to the minimum of $1 so that it's as accessible to as many people as possible! Have fun! HINT: To access characters other than the default of James and Tanya, you need to plug in a USB keyboard and press F5-F8 to pick the appropriate combination for Darcy, Aerlan and Atari! - James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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