Dionoid Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 (edited) As a big surprise, John van Ryzin (the designer/programmer of H.E.R.O. for the Atari 2600) just released the new Atari 2600 game "Alien Abduction" as a digital download in the Atari VCS store. It's a 16K game ROM (using F6 bank-switching) and plays on the Stella emulator without issues. 20 levels, 140 play screens, 16 obstacle types. Wow!! [Edit: I just noticed the game was also announced in the Atari VCS forum] I wonder if John is working with Atari to release a cartridge version of the game later this year. If so, I hope the game is also released for PAL 50Hz! And I also wonder if John has talked with his former Activision colleagues at Audacity Games about a possible release on their platform. Edited May 6 by Dionoid 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MarcoJ Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Does look quite hero-like. Good to see the game engine being repurposed for another great title. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SabertoothRetro Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Here's some gameplay only footage of the game. It definitely has that H.E.R O. DNA. I would buy a physical release in a heartbeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phobos867 Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Oh my, this is HUGE! I don't have a VCS or 2600, but I would love to buy a rom of this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prizrak Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Wish there was a way to purchase the download from atari without a vcs so the consumer could pull the ROM and play it on their 2600. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insertclevernamehere Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 “The princess has abducted”? I hope that gets corrected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linards Ticmanis Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 11 hours ago, insertclevernamehere said: “The princess has abducted”? I hope that gets corrected. I think the letter in question is in fact supposed to be a "W". Look closely at the horizontal stroke, it is lower than the one in the "H" of "Hero". 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 2 hours ago, Linards Ticmanis said: I think the letter in question is in fact supposed to be a "W". Look closely at the horizontal stroke, it is lower than the one in the "H" of "Hero". This is correct. I've seen this same font styling used also on a few 7800 games too or I should recent 7800 homebrew games with text in them does similar with the 'W' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 14 hours ago, insertclevernamehere said: “The princess has abducted”? I hope that gets corrected. All your princess are belong to us! 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Game is fantastic, nice VCS exclusive for now. Seems likely to get a physical XP-style release from Atari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insertclevernamehere Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 5 hours ago, Linards Ticmanis said: I think the letter in question is in fact supposed to be a "W". Look closely at the horizontal stroke, it is lower than the one in the "H" of "Hero". Yep, that makes sense and looking again, it does look like it could be a “w” and not an “h”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dionoid Posted May 8 Author Share Posted May 8 Could this enemy character in Alien Abduction be a reference to "Master Chief" from Halo 2600? 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymz887 Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 is this rom availablr for download. thanks jaime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prizrak Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Not unless you own a new Atari VCS, is not released for the 2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 8 hours ago, jaymz887 said: is this rom availablr for download. thanks jaime Currently only on the new VCS, but I'd expect them to figure out a way to release it to other systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phobos867 Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 No Swear Gamer made a review about the game: I love how this is basically HERO 2, I always tried to imagine what a true sequel to HERO would be (on the same vein as Pitfall 2, River Raid 2 or Frogger 2) and this is better than anything I could make up 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phobos867 Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 (edited) [double post] Edited May 9 by Phobos867 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Looks pretty good. I’ll purchase it soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredtdk Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Incredible! How many kb will be needed if it is converted to 2600? 8, 16, 32, 64, 128kb... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 AFAIK 8K. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 16K 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 I am not normally in the habit of promo'ing my videos in the 2600 forum, but I figured I'd do it this time for this game: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 ZeroPage Homebrew is playing Alien Abduction on tonight's ZPH stream LIVE on Twitch, hope you can join us! Fri Aug 11, 2023 | LIVE @ 6PM PT | 9PM ET | 1AM GMT+1Day WATCH LIVE: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/WATCH LATER: https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: Bob and the Alien Fire Flies (2023 | 2600) by Peter Cullen @8bitsinthebasement Caesar (2023 WIP | 2600) by Alberto @jab Domino (2023 WIP | 2600) by Alberto @jab Alien Abduction (2023 | 2600) by John Van Ryzin @John Van Ryzin WATCH AT 1080P60 FOR BEST QUALITY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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