JagChris Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Who has this so far besides me? Who doesn't have this yet and why not? Who hasn't heard of this yet? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 I have heard of Circus Convoy, but I have not yet purchased it. I have not bought any homebrew games from any source -- my original hardware still remains in storage (though I hope to extricate it soon) and the exchange rate plus international shipping make most titles cost prohibitive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 I have it. I really like it. I've been playing it with NO hints and still haven't beat it. I only play a few short bursts here and there though. Really fun game! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 There are a few topics on Circus Convey in the proper Atari 2600 forum since this is not a 7800 game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingonwheels Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Has anyone got this game to work with the Concerto with the latest firmware? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted February 27, 2023 Author Share Posted February 27, 2023 1 hour ago, fdr4prez said: There are a few topics on Circus Convey in the proper Atari 2600 forum since this is not a 7800 game. Usually I would agree but I think this situation is unprecedented. There are a few AA members I've run into and a couple 7800 owners on FB who seem to have been unaware of it. The chances are miniscule here in this forum that that is the case but in the off chance it is, like someone coming in from hiatus etc. IMO its important this is supported. They said they'd expand what they were doing if successful and include other retro consoles. Hopefully expansion to proper 7800 games. But that is the fanboy in me talking. I've always been fascinated by the early Activision games. I would love to see Audacity do a proper 7800 game. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Anyone have any gameplay footage? I am not into all the hype stuff shown(older than 11) almost unwatchable. Looking to see what it is like with the actual game sounds and progression as the game plays. Any info as well. Who is selling and how much? How many available etc. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted February 27, 2023 Author Share Posted February 27, 2023 23 minutes ago, Jinks said: Any info as well. Who is selling and how much? How many available etc. Bingo. This is what i was referring to. Here is a review. You can find a few others. You can buy it from Audacitygames.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 I knew about this but didn't think it would be that good. Admittedly I only watched about 5 min of this, but I can see this as a mind blowing game if it came out in '82. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 I think the cart wouldve cost the same as a new 2600 if it came out BITD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 I noticed while I was playing it that the smoothness and the animation of Andre the protagonist is incredibly fluid. I don't remember playing a 2600 game that felt like this before. So far it's a very good platformer, puzzle type game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Zonie said: I knew about this but didn't think it would be that good. What would make you predisposed to think that? Did you not like any of the old Activision games? Edited February 28, 2023 by JagChris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 2 hours ago, JagChris said: What would make you predisposed to think that? Did you not like any of the old Activision games? Sure, but I didn't realize it had so many levels. I mean, a Pitfall car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 19 minutes ago, Zonie said: Sure, but I didn't realize it had so many levels. I mean, a Pitfall car? Yeah it has a few homages to the old classics. He could only get 128k chips at the smallest. So it allowed him to exploit the extra space. Is that bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 It's pretty good-I have an unsealed Collector Edition copy, played it on EMU mostly. The whole thing seems overhyped now, tbh. It WAS pretty good, but I think the community kinda hoped for more games to follow. Hate to say-is silly, not to look into "what you need to do", to beat the game. A person only has so much time in their life, lol. "Just because you know HOW, doesn't mean you can" It's really a timed game anyway, so completing it is no big deal, you have to learn to do it, and then learn to do it as fast as you can. Was/is pretty good, but a tad overrated, for the hype. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Rogerpoco said: The whole thing seems overhyped now, tbh. It WAS pretty good, but I think the community kinda hoped for more games to follow. Well its David Crane and Kitchen. That's always going to be a buzz. And by your own admission its a pretty good game. Not sure how fast the community is expecting them to spit these out. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 2 hours ago, JagChris said: Well its David Crane and Kitchen. That's always going to be a buzz. And by your own admission its a pretty good game. Not sure how fast the community is expecting them to spit these out. Ya, for sure, it's actually a really good game. As far as spitting them out, CC is(thinking)...surely pushing a couple years old now? Every indication from Audacity was that there was more to come, "soonish". That's all I was saying, really. Mebbe not the game itself being overhyped, but what the actual plans for the company were. I've chatted with Dan some, in private, Good Guy, I'm really looking forward to his game, when(?)it's released. It's not really "expectations", as much as assuming we were being properly informed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) Nah, CC is only about a year old. And more forthcoming was based on how well this does. Except for the Dan Kitchen game. Ball is already rolling on that one. Edited March 1, 2023 by JagChris 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Back Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 17 hours ago, JagChris said: Nah, CC is only about a year old. And more forthcoming was based on how well this does. Except for the Dan Kitchen game. Ball is already rolling on that one. Circus Convoy will be 2 years old this month. I haven't heard much about Casey's Gold so I'm not sure if it's coming or not but I got my fingers crossed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Pat Brady Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 On 2/28/2023 at 11:04 AM, Zonie said: I knew about this but didn't think it would be that good. Admittedly I only watched about 5 min of this, but I can see this as a mind blowing game if it came out in '82. New 2600 games in 1982 were 4K or 8K. CC is 128K, which might have been viable in 1986, had the market not moved on to newer consoles. 18 hours ago, JagChris said: Nah, CC is only about a year old. And more forthcoming was based on how well this does. It's a 2-year-old 2600 game, one that received a ton of attention when it came out. I think it's not very realistic to think that promoting it at this point will move the needle enough to make them develop a 7800 game, especially since IIRC they explicitly stated disinterest in the 7800. It has no more relevance to this forum than any other 2600 game. If you want to encourage more 7800 development, tell your friends to buy 7800 games from people who make 7800 games. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Silver Back said: Circus Convoy will be 2 years old this month. I haven't heard much about Casey's Gold so I'm not sure if it's coming or not but I got my fingers crossed. Ya, I was just gonna bow out, I don't always know stuff, just sorta remember it, and USUALLY right, but you know "those kinds". Dude is really actually only talking, not listening. Ya, it was/is a great game, but the hype is actually VERY long gone now. Thanks for having my Back, Silver! (See what I did there?). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Were you guys asleep when it came out or something? For all of about 15 minutes, I was one of the top 20 scores posted on the day carts began showing up for the first buyers. 😛 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 4 hours ago, Silver Back said: Circus Convoy will be 2 years old this month. I haven't heard much about Casey's Gold so I'm not sure if it's coming or not but I got my fingers crossed. Yeah my mistake. The world premiere I watched said filmed a year ago. But YouTube doesn't mark the second year until the second year actually rolls around. So it can be up to almost 2 years old and still say only a year old on the video but you're right. It came out in march of 2021. And I only heard about it a few months ago. I actually had to go find a thumbnail so that it would actually show the date it was posted. I thought it came out at the beginning of the year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 3 hours ago, DrVenkman said: Were you guys asleep when it came out or something? For all of about 15 minutes, I was one of the top 20 scores posted on the day carts began showing up for the first buyers. 😛 Haha. I was on top of it for mebbe a couple months, 'till others caught up, a few weeks after it was out. Was just too lazy to keep pushing for faster, TBH. It's really a much more fun game when you know what you plan to do, and essentially speedrun it, try to nip every bit of time away. I guess I hadn't mentioned, to the topic starter, that I was one of the best to ever play this game, lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thanatos Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 I also have one of the collector editions. I remember sitting at the wait on the computer the morning for the game to go on sale to score one... They were supposed to be working on Casey's Gold, then they announced this game, and 2 years later still no word on Casey's Gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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