+Philsan Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Rob 'n' Banks, @Ryan Witmer new game for 5200 has been converted to A8 by Homesoft http://www.mushca.com/f/atari/index.php?idx=R Website: https://phasercat.com/rob-n-banks/ 5200 Release thread: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/336986-rob-n-banks-release-thread/ 27 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Thanks, looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ryan Witmer Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Well, that didn't take long. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Philsan said: Rob 'n' Banks, @Ryan Witmer new game for 5200 has been converted to A8 by Homesoft http://www.mushca.com/f/atari/index.php?idx=R Ah, thanks... I'd been waiting to see it happen. I think he was waiting to see (like I was) if there were any more bugs that popped up, before he completed any conversion (there were two minor bug-fixed releases after the original: 1.01 & 1.02). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ryan Witmer Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 3 minutes ago, MrFish said: Ah, thanks... I'd been waiting to see it happen. I think he was waiting to see (like I was) if there were any more bugs that popped up, before he completed any conversion (there were two minor bug-fixed releases after the original: 1.01 & 1.02). Bugs or no, 1.02 is the version on the cartridges heading to PRGE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Ryan Witmer said: Bugs or no, 1.02 is the version on the cartridges heading to PRGE. I guess so... it looks like that's going down in 6 days from now. Nice game btw; I always like to see arcade classics make it to the 8-bit/5200 world. I appreciate you allowing Homesoft to do the conversions too. Edited October 8, 2022 by MrFish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ryan Witmer Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 "Allow" probably isn't the right word, I've actually never communicated with the guy at all. I just put the source code out there and he keeps converting my games. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, Ryan Witmer said: "Allow" probably isn't the right word, I've actually never communicated with the guy at all. I just put the source code out there and he keeps converting my games. I didn't think you were communicating with him, tbh; I just meant allowing by releasing the source code under the GNU Public License / Free Software Foundation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ryan Witmer Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Ah, I see. I always put the code out there hoping someone will do something with it, and he's been pretty consistent about it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darwinmac Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 (edited) It’s a good game. I’m glad it was converted to the 8-bit. I like the variations from a standard Pac-Man clone. Thanks also for releasing your code under the GPL so it could be converted to the 8-bit so we non-5200 owners could enjoy your game. Bob C Edited October 9, 2022 by darwinmac Corrected grammar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Ryan Witmer said: Ah, I see. I always put the code out there hoping someone will do something with it, and he's been pretty consistent about it. Yeah, he's pretty big on 5200 -> 8-bit conversions. He's very consistent with your releases; As far as I can tell, he's converted all of your other 5200 games. Intellidiscs (2021) Magical Fairy Force (2020) Realsports Curling (2018) Rat Catcher (2016) You're pretty consistent in making games, too. Cheers to that... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 9 hours ago, Ryan Witmer said: "Allow" probably isn't the right word, I've actually never communicated with the guy at all. OK, I have my eye on 5200 forum and just pointed him next "victim". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 Homesoft confirmed me that he has converted latest 1.02 version. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Philsan said: Homesoft confirmed me that he has converted latest 1.02 version. Thanks. I already confirmed this from the file. As @Ryan Witmer points out in his release thread, starting at 256 bytes from the end of the cartridge, there's a release and date stamp. This doesn't completely hold in the conversion file, because I think the file's been compacted; the release number is fully intact, but the date is chewed up a little (and the stamp starts 32 bytes from the end of the file). Thanks again to Homesoft ( @nobody ). Edited October 9, 2022 by MrFish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saberman Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Gameplay: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ryan Witmer Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 9 minutes ago, Saberman said: Gameplay: Hmm, seems a bit slow to me. Is that running on PAL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 19 minutes ago, Ryan Witmer said: Hmm, seems a bit slow to me. Is that running on PAL? More than likely, yes. Notice the difference in colors from NTSC too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 As it's a 5200 port it really should be in NTSC.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Video was made in Poland and Poland is a PAL country... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Spanish Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Mclaneinc said: As it's a 5200 port it really should be in NTSC.. Whenever I see a 'new game' & the country of origin is 'PAL' I don't even bother to download it as it looks like doo-doo on a NTSC. Unless of course there's 2 versions of it. Don't get me wrong though as I'm appreciative of all these new games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 21 hours ago, Ryan Witmer said: I just put the source code out there and he keeps converting my games. Having the source code is the key, that's at least 95% of the job done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 4 hours ago, Ricky Spanish said: Whenever I see a 'new game' & the country of origin is 'PAL' I don't even bother to download it as it looks like doo-doo on a NTSC. Unless of course there's 2 versions of it. Don't get me wrong though as I'm appreciative of all these new games. That's a bit harsh, I can think of several PAL-country-origin games that look perfectly fine on my NTSC equipment. Albert, Yoomp, Crownland, Little Princess, Marbled, Assembloids... many more... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthpopalooza Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 One interesting note: The music routine I used has a PAL flag set which keeps the tempo the same whether it plays on PAL or NTSC. As a result, the intermission musics all finish a second or two early before the intermission is done. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthpopalooza Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Also I will say again: This was such fun to do ... a great arcade classic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level42 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 9 hours ago, adam242 said: That's a bit harsh, I can think of several PAL-country-origin games that look perfectly fine on my NTSC equipment. Albert, Yoomp, Crownland, Little Princess, Marbled, Assembloids... many more... Huh ? Albert isn't even suppose to run correctly on NTSC ? (lags greatly when I run the cartridge with NTSC ANTIC enabled, fine with PAL ANTIC) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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