Rickster8 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 This is my favorite game on the Atari 2600. Has there been any solid plans or discussion of maybe getting this set up for the Intellivision? Would be awesome..... Number one on my wish list.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxivision Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 I believe I may have said the same thing in the past, but sadly, it appears that everyone is sitting on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 1 hour ago, Jaxivision said: I believe I may have said the same thing in the past, but sadly, it appears that everyone is sitting on it. Sitting on it? You mean someone is working on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 I'd like to see what they are sitting on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 56 minutes ago, fdr4prez said: I'd like to see what they are sitting on. Don't ask Rev to answer that question. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sinjinhawke Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 12 hours ago, cmart604 said: Don't ask Rev to answer that question. Are you implying he is too big to ride his pony? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Well, it has been mentioned regularly since 2014 so if anyone is "sitting" on it, they sure are sitting slowly. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 4 hours ago, Sinjinhawke said: Are you implying he is too big to ride his pony? If only it was a pony..... 😬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Back to Yars Revenge.... I never understood what the big deal was about it. Seeing that game in the early 80s was one of the reasons I wanted an Intellivision over the 2600 in the first place. And the great Intellivision sports games of course! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 12 hours ago, wolfy62 said: Back to Yars Revenge.... I never understood what the big deal was about it. Seeing that game in the early 80s was one of the reasons I wanted an Intellivision over the 2600 in the first place. And the great Intellivision sports games of course! Sorry Wolfy. I tend to derail instead on contributing. I do agree, I have never got Yar's Revenge but assumed I just suck at it. I was a bigger fan of Star Castle which it reminds me off but that would not translate well to Atari or Intellivision. Needs lots of room for flying around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 1 hour ago, Sinjinhawke said: Sorry Wolfy. I tend to derail instead on contributing. I do agree, I have never got Yar's Revenge but assumed I just suck at it. I was a bigger fan of Star Castle which it reminds me off but that would not translate well to Atari or Intellivision. Needs lots of room for flying around. Not true! Your hilarious posts are very well received and certainly appreciated by me and others here. Keep it up for sure.👍😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 2 hours ago, Sinjinhawke said: Sorry Wolfy. I tend to derail instead on contributing. I do agree, I have never got Yar's Revenge but assumed I just suck at it. I was a bigger fan of Star Castle which it reminds me off but that would not translate well to Atari or Intellivision. Needs lots of room for flying around. Star Castle Arcade is a homebrew for the Atari 2600. Meaning it has been made. It's not bad. I have the rom on my Harmony Cart. Not a huge fan of the game, but it's playable... 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 So there is and it's quite impressive. I stand corrected. Sorry Atari. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Here's a skeleton for someone to work from. Unfortunately the Intellivision doesn't have nearly the same colour resolution as the 2600 has, at least vertically. You can get a different combination of foreground and background per each 8x8 cell, or four semi-pixels in different colours. I tried to make the field change a little, but it looks boring not to mention slow to POKE directly into VRAM (plus that you can only do one such poke per vertical blank). Pre-defined graphic shapes with various static would be a little faster, but you still lack colour resolution. No, I don't have any intentions to keep working on this. yars-revenge.bas 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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carlsson Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Seriously, a wall of colored squares scrolling up and down might look decent, and also make the red shield in this mode. It would be a bit lower resolution and different from the 2600 version but the gameplay could be much the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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carlsson Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 So ETA about 3-4 hours before the Intellivision version of Yars' Revenge is finished? 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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carlsson Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Wow, I had forgotten that one moves as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Nice. Just need the box, overlays, manual and it can be shipped as a CIB prototype. Funds raised can be used to create the completed CIB that I will buy. Cannot wait until I am at a point in my life where I can sit down and learn to code. Looks so fun to convert ideas to code like I did with Atari Basic back in the day. Maybe in a couple years when I'm retired; except for maybe working as a crossing guard. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyuundere Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Looks like the demo needs some music... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunoz Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I'm sitting here in awe of how fast these prototypes are being cranked out. Reminds me of my high school days peeking and poking on a Commodore PET. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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