Rybags Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 I guess another factor could be the source data used which might be low rate and possibly only 2-bit samples. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdefabri Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 29 minutes ago, Rybags said: Looks good, though I know little of this game and it's history. How's the speech done? It seems a bit distorted as if using delay loops instead of Pokey timers (which would probably help it considerably) Not sure, but I laughed when I played the video and wasn't watching the screen - I could tell right away what the character was saying. I know in the C64 version, the speech is very similar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 1 minute ago, rdefabri said: Not sure, but I laughed when I played the video and wasn't watching the screen - I could tell right away what the character was saying. I know in the C64 version, the speech is very similar. On the c64 it sounds like all the voices were done by someone who was a heavy smoker. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreatari Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 (edited) About the speech, first of all I have to thank @shanti77 for his help 😊 I modified part of his code to have a good speech in different pitches and without spoiling the many DLIs. I use Pokey but probably the result could be better using 'clean' recordings... Currently in my version I use the original game audio re-sampled (Encoding=Unsigned 8-bit PCM at 3889hz) and this could return too much distortion... I decided to use the original speeches because they have been recorded personally by John Kutcher in the 80s 😉 Edited April 18 by Andreatari 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdefabri Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 31 minutes ago, Andreatari said: About the speech, first of all I have to thank @shanti77 for his help 😊 I modified part of his code to have a good speech in different pitches and without spoiling the many DLIs. I use Pokey but probably the result could be better using 'clean' recordings... Currently in my version I use the original game audio re-sampled (Encoding=Unsigned 8-bit PCM at 3889hz) and this could return too much distortion... I decided to use the original speeches because they have been recorded personally by John Kutcher in the 80s 😉 They sound authentic to the original, which is why I like the way you implemented them! Awesome job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARIO130XE Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Ehm.. sorry, but is there any progress regarding the release? 😚 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreatari Posted May 11 Author Share Posted May 11 12 hours ago, MARIO130XE said: Ehm.. sorry, but is there any progress regarding the release? 😚 Definitely yes... 😎 An Exclusive World Premiere in ZeroPage Homebrew pages is planned on Friday 26th May You can check the scheduled time here: A complete and working Beta version of the game will be presented and played live 👍 During the week after the Premiere it will be possible to download the A8B Beta version... stay tuned 🤩 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 EXCLUSIVE WORLD PREMIERE of SPACE TAXI (A8) on ZeroPage Homebrew Fri May 26, 2023 | LIVE @ 2PM PT | 5PM ET | 9PM GMT WATCH LIVE: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ WATCH LATER: https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/ - James 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreatari Posted Wednesday at 08:17 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 08:17 PM Don't forget the date: And the download of the beta version for Atari 8 Bit will be available in the days after the Premiere 😎 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted Wednesday at 11:52 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 11:52 PM I need a cart of this in my life. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted Thursday at 12:04 AM Share Posted Thursday at 12:04 AM We need Bruce Willis on the label! 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted Thursday at 12:13 AM Share Posted Thursday at 12:13 AM 6 minutes ago, Irgendwer said: We need Bruce Willis on the label! That would have been the sequel to Fith Element. Korben Dallas: Space Taxi Driver. It would have had Robert De Niro in for a cameo. 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted Thursday at 07:02 PM Share Posted Thursday at 07:02 PM EXCLUSIVE WORLD PREMIERE of SPACE TAXI (A8) TOMORROW on ZeroPage Homebrew ZeroPage Homebrew is playing the Exclusive World Premiere of Space Taxi along with a written interview with developer Andrea on tomorrow's ZPH stream LIVE on Twitch, hope you can join us! Fri May 26, 2023 | LIVE @ 2PM PT | 5PM ET | 9PM GMT WATCH LIVE: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/WATCH LATER: https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: Space Taxi (2023 Exclusive World Premiere | A8 Port) by Andrea Cucchetto @Andreatari 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLic0ne t0aD Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Saw this via ZPH on YouTube. Super impressive! Wonderful news this game is finally getting ported over. Always good to see some Space Taxi love. 😎 Unfortunately, I don't have any Atari computers, so I just hope you please consider a future 5200 conversion as well. 🙏 Besides Atari & C64 machines, I can only hope it'll get ported to the ColecoVision and maybe Intellivision eventually.. Some of us have been dreaming of seeing this title on those platforms for years. 🤞 An NES port would be sweet too! Love me some Space Taxi. Anyway, great job and keep up the great work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 5 minutes ago, SiLic0ne t0aD said: Saw this via ZPH on YouTube. Super impressive! Wonderful news this game is finally getting ported over. Always good to see some Space Taxi love. 😎 Unfortunately, I don't have any Atari computers, so I just hope you please consider a future 5200 conversion as well. 🙏 .. 🤞 Just download Altirra emulator on your Windows pc/lappy and play away. Or buy an Atari. 😁 https://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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