tep392 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Here's a demo to try on your Concerto carts. I've been working on this on and off again for about 6 years. I'm trying to find the motivation to finish it, but I can't guarantee it will be anytime soon. I thought I'd go ahead and put the demo out for people to try out. Should play exactly like the real deal, even more so than DKXM. There is only one screen so far and it just repeats continuously. It's working on Concerto with the latest 0.96 firmware. I haven't tested it on earlier versions. It uses RAM at $4000 and 128k Bank switching. The sound is done with POKEY or HOKEY but some of the sounds are off on HOKEY. Synthpopalooza used some two-tone mode sounds that don't seem to be supported on the HOKEY. Hopefully they will be supported eventually. PLEASE DON'T POST ABOUT THIS OUTSIDE OF ATARIAGE. And keep comments to this thread only. Thanks! EDIT: If you are using an emulator, use the version Trebor provided in the second post. Thanks Trebor! Enjoy! DKRDEMO.A78 17 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Just a quick note that the console 'Select' button will 'Insert Coin'. POKEY@450 is absent from the header in the above attached file, which makes it place nice[r] with Concerto, but sound may be absent under emulation and elsewhere. The attached contains POKEY@450 in the header. DKRDEMO (POKEY 450).a78 7 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 8 minutes ago, Trebor said: Just a quick note that the console 'Select' button will 'Insert Coin'. Cool! Thanks gents. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 @tep392: *awesome* job. This is probably my favourite of the fan-made games, and it's great to see it on the 7800. It would make for an excellent addition to the library, and - I think - may qualify as the first home port of it. FWIW, the original kicks my ass to this day, and your version is no different 18 minutes ago, Trebor said: POKEY@450 is absent from the header in the above attached file, which makes it place nice[r] with Concerto, but sound may be absent under emulation and elsewhere. The attached contains POKEY@450 in the header. Using this version, I get no sound and a lockup at the point where gameplay would kick in. The one originally posted seems to work fine :shrug: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 11 minutes ago, x=usr(1536) said: Using this version, I get no sound and a lockup at the point where gameplay would kick in. The one originally posted seems to work fine :shrug: That is the expected result under the Concerto. Indeed, use the original one posted for the Concerto instead. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corby Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) If i give you all the hugs, will that motivate you to finish it!? 🤗 Also, can you show a pic of said repeated screen? I don't have a concerto cart. Everyone took them.... Edited February 17, 2023 by Corby ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris1997XX Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 9 hours ago, tep392 said: Here's a demo to try on your Concerto carts. I've been working on this on and off again for about 6 years. I'm trying to find the motivation to finish it, but I can't guarantee it will be anytime soon. I thought I'd go ahead and put the demo out for people to try out. Should play exactly like the real deal, even more so than DKXM. There is only one screen so far and it just repeats continuously. It's working on Concerto with the latest 0.96 firmware. I haven't tested it on earlier versions. It uses RAM at $4000 and 128k Bank switching. The sound is done with POKEY or HOKEY but some of the sounds are off on HOKEY. Synthpopalooza used some two-tone mode sounds that don't seem to be supported on the HOKEY. Hopefully they will be supported eventually. PLEASE DON'T POST ABOUT THIS OUTSIDE OF ATARIAGE. And keep comments to this thread only. Thanks! Enjoy! DKRDEMO.A78 128.13 kB · 17 downloads Damn, could this be a contender for best Donkey Kong port!?!? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Corby said: Also, can you show a pic of said repeated screen? Title and Credit screens: 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cjherr Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Just plain awesome... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 Here are a few video's I posted. The audio is quiet in this one so you will need to turn up the volume a bit. Kill Screen - It doesn't have super short timout like original DK. It just throws all the barrels as fast as possible. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Hi Perry Simply great, but damn heavy. You are Mr. Donkey Kong 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stamos Mullet Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 The fact that we have this rom and you can’t download one for the arcade version, and you have to buy a full size DK arcade cab/original board and then a special kit to install the remix version is a testament to your generosity. Thank you Perry! I have the spooky remix and Christmas remix ones on my emulation cabinet, but the original DK Remix rom was never released, and has thus far proven illusive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 8 hours ago, John Stamos Mullet said: the original DK Remix rom was never released, and has thus far proven illusive Ditto the DK Jr. Remix, which is also pretty damn good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 On 2/16/2023 at 11:13 PM, tep392 said: I'm trying to find the motivation to finish it... Guarantee another 3 (or was it 4) copies purchase by me. Oh, and this: If that doesn't do it, then... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Defender_2600 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 On 2/17/2023 at 5:13 AM, tep392 said: I'm trying to find the motivation to finish it Hi Perry, I will send you the other sprites within a few weeks and thank you very much for your kind waiting. Believe it or not, you have always been on my mind. You're doing an *incredible* job and it deserves a long and detailed description to make everyone understand how extremely close and accurate this port is. I confess that out of nostalgia this is the 7800 project that I hold dearest. Don't give up, you know that we've been dreaming about this for 10 years and, after so much study and work, no one really can do it better than you! 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Defender_2600 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Trebor said: Guarantee another 3 (or was it 4) copies purchase by me + 3 / 4 by me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mksmith Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Fantastic mate - looks brilliant! I hope over time your find the energy to one day finish this but in your time my friend 👍 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Wow, really cool! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Trebor said: If that doesn't do it, then... And, if it becomes necessary to really pull out all the stops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Question, is this only meant for use on Concerto? I tried it on BUP to test it out and there is no sound with either binary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 4 hours ago, TrekMD said: Question, is this only meant for use on Concerto? I tried it on BUP to test it out and there is no sound with either binary. I don't think there is any sound for it? I don't get any sound from it on my DF cart either so I suspect it just didn't have any audio? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 On 2/16/2023 at 8:13 PM, tep392 said: PLEASE DON'T POST ABOUT THIS OUTSIDE OF ATARIAGE. And keep comments to this thread only. Thanks! Absolutely stunning! Thank you for the heads up on posting externally about the game. Just to be double sure, should I refrain from showing/playing/talking about it on the next Atari 7800 stream of ZeroPage Homebrew? - James 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 I stand corrected. Pokey audio is present if you use the file that @Trebor posted. Or at least I'm getting audio from the game through my DragonFly now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 39 minutes ago, -^CrossBow^- said: I stand corrected. Pokey audio is present if you use the file that @Trebor posted. Or at least I'm getting audio from the game through my DragonFly now. Indeed. The difference between the file that tep392 posted and the one posted after it is flagging POKEY@450 in the header, which tells most other devices/emulators to provide accordingly. Concerto often has issues when POKEY@450 is present in the header. Games such as Arkanoid, Millie & Molly, Popeye, and others, also need a 'Concerto fix' which includes excluding POKEY@450 flag in the header. 6 hours ago, TrekMD said: Question, is this only meant for use on Concerto? I tried it on BUP to test it out and there is no sound with either binary. Unfortunately, no sound with the BupSystem emulator. File posted with POKEY@450 in the header, works fine under A7800 emulator though. As @-^CrossBow^- mentioned, works fine with DragonFly too. MiSTer FPGA also plays it perfectly. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+darryl1970 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 How did I miss this? Great to see progress. I can't wait to try this out!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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