+dhe Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 On suggestion, I went over to JS99er and was running the F18A demo's collected there. One was a very well represented screen of Super Mario Brothers. I remember at one time, there was an add for a Mario Brother like game in Micropendium. Does anyone have a copy of that, I'm interested in how close that came to the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelpedant Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Here is what I was able to find, though I can't find a copy: 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Anyone know how to get hold of Stan Krajewski? We know at least he had a copy. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 I'm surprised it's not already in some repository. I for one would very curious to see how it looks and plays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 35 minutes ago, Vorticon said: I'm surprised it's not already in some repository. I for one would very curious to see how it looks and plays. amazingly! it's not in game base or whtech.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dhe Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 I don't hold out much hope, but I wrote Baker Software in Sacramento, inviting them here or to purchase TI hardware or software.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 IIRC, somewhere in the forum there is a video of what I believe is this game. I did a quick search but only found Rasmus' excellent demo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Tried a different search. Here's the video and a link to the topic where it was mentioned (2016). At least one person commented it had been a purchase long ago. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Ah I remember it now. Not a bad take on it. Could have used a nicer font and maybe some background scenery like clouds to spice up the look though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Checkout Yesterday's News - August 2022 - Volume 7, Number 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 I think I actually purchased a complete set of the Baker Software titles BITD. I'll have to look to see if I still have the disks. Of course, I will follow @sparkdrummer's advice and check the referenced edition of YN to see what all is on that disk too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 I am also waiting for a bunch of original copies of that Baker Software Mario Bros (maybe three), the goal will be to scan all and publish with also the dump, also if it is already present 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 I only have this 2 .DSKs for XB: SuperMario.dsk SuperMario.v9t9.dsk And a short manual: Super Mario Bros by Baker Software.pdf 4 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 It's a terrible take on it, why are people so generous with it? Here's a walkthrough for the entire game: - pick up the joystick - hold right and fire If it doesn't crash, you will complete all the levels in sequence. On the very rare case that you die, you'll have plenty of lives to continue. Their ad for it was "pushes the TI to its limits!". It pushes your PATIENCE to its limits with the 2-3 minute load time. I'm still bitter that Micropendium gave it four stars when it looks awful and crashes all the time, and my game only 2.5 because it didn't support two players. 5 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhataKowinkydink Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, Tursi said: It's a terrible take on it, why are people so generous with it? That was my impression after watching the video... 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 4 hours ago, Schmitzi said: And a short manual: Super Mario Bros by Baker Software.pdf 3.39 MB · 9 downloads Interesting copy of the manual--and of significantly higher quality than the one I received with my copy of the program. Mine was a very poor double-sided photocopy on white paper. I'm glad there was a better copy out there. . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 3 hours ago, WhataKowinkydink said: That was my impression after watching the video... 🤣 You made it through the entire video? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 3 hours ago, Tursi said: I'm still bitter that Micropendium gave it four stars when it looks awful and crashes all the time, and my game only 2.5 because it didn't support two players. Yeah, well, they can suck on your conversion of Dragon's Lair. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DuaneAL Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 3 hours ago, Tursi said: I'm still bitter that Micropendium gave it four stars when it looks awful and crashes all the time, and my game only 2.5 because it didn't support two players. Which game are you talking about? I would like to take a look at it. I agree that this one is hard to watch and probably was hard to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 2 hours ago, Ksarul said: Interesting copy of the manual--and of significantly higher quality than the one I received with my copy of the program. Mine was a very poor double-sided photocopy on white paper. I'm glad there was a better copy out there. . . That's what I had too. I wonder why that one is red? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 43 minutes ago, DuaneAL said: Which game are you talking about? I would like to take a look at it. I agree that this one is hard to watch and probably was hard to play. Mine was Super Space Acer. It's in Classic99. Here's the review (right beside RXB! ) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Tursi said: Here's the review (right beside RXB! ) I notice RXB wasn't dinged for being single-player! Conspiracy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DuaneAL Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Wow, that was harsh! The reviewer says it can't be difficult to add a second player- nothing is difficult or even impossible if you (the reviewer) don't have to do it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 59 minutes ago, DuaneAL said: Wow, that was harsh! The reviewer says it can't be difficult to add a second player- nothing is difficult or even impossible if you (the reviewer) don't have to do it. I was still rather inexperienced, it's true. There's no score because I hadn't yet thought of loading character patterns to the VDP dynamically, or separate character sets for sprites and characters... and there were no patterns free for the 10 digits. I'll eventually get the update done, the Coleco version is looking way better. Mind you, a friend of mine has prophesied that the completion of Super Space Acer (started in 1988) is a mark of the end of the world. I know I considered two player, but only simultaneous. But again, I had no sprites free and didn't think about how to flicker. Besides, I didn't have any friends, what did I care for two player? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DuaneAL Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 (edited) To be clear, I thought the reviewer was harsh and was minimizing the difficulty of adding features. I watched video of the game being played on the ti and it looked amazing. Glad to see your friend situation has improved! Edited November 1, 2022 by DuaneAL 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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