Tempest Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 It's been a while since I posted my Atari 8-Bit prototype roms, so I thought I'd start a thread. This zip file contains all the Atari 8-Bit prototype roms I posses, with a few exceptions (roms I cannot share for various reasons). If you find a difference in one of the prototypes that isn't documented on my page (http://www.atariprotos.com/8bit/software/8bitsoftware.htm), or you have some rom versions that I'm missing, please let me know! Note that I generally don't deal with disk based prototypes unless they were meant to be released on cartridge. There are far too many disk based 8-bit prototype games so I've drawn the line at cartridge based game. 8-Bit Protos.zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Do you mind listing the ones you have but cannot share? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 1 minute ago, www.atarimania.com said: Do you mind listing the ones you have but cannot share? Thanks! Really it's just Xenophobe. I believe that Video61 owns that prototype rom and sells copies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 It is probably the same one that is already out on the Internet anyway. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted May 13 Author Share Posted May 13 3 hours ago, Mitch said: It is probably the same one that is already out on the Internet anyway. Oh is the 8-Bit Xenophobe proto out in the wild? I didn't know that. Yes it probably is the same since I believe there's only one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 It isn't out in the wild. Fandal paid a lot of money to save the ROM for the community and there's a moral agreement to avoid sharing the dump so that he can at least partially recoup the cost with royalties he gets from Video 61. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted May 13 Author Share Posted May 13 8 hours ago, www.atarimania.com said: It isn't out in the wild. Fandal paid a lot of money to save the ROM for the community and there's a moral agreement to avoid sharing the dump so that he can at least partially recoup the cost with royalties he gets from Video 61. Ok that's what I thought. That's why I didn't include it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jindroush Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 (edited) @tempest, first thanks for all the info and the dumps, it's very valuable. I believe that the other 'not yet released' is Pink Panther. In the archive is the video, but not the dump. Just FYI: Because I'm re-doing my ACDP project, I cross-checked which of the files I already have and found these problems in your archive: a) Star Raiders II - one of the dumps is empty, the other one is Crystal Castles XEGS version. No Star Raiders II, at least I can't find it. b) Football - I think the dumps of both roms are invalid - there are longer streaks of FFs in the middle of code in multiple parts, it's quite obvious when compared with the release one. Thanks. Edited May 19 by jindroush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 23 minutes ago, jindroush said: @tempest, first thanks for all the info and the dumps, it's very valuable. I believe that the other 'not yet released' is Pink Panther. In the archive is the video, but not the dump. You FYI: Because I'm re-doing my ACDP project, I cross-checked which of the files I already have and found these problems in your archive: a) Star Raiders II - one of the dumps is empty, the other one is Crystal Castles XEGS version. No Star Raiders II, at least I can't find it. b) Football - I think the dumps of both roms are invalid - there are longer streaks of FFs in the middle of code in multiple parts, it's quite obvious when compared with the release one. Thanks. I just found out about the 'Star Raiders II' roms. The checksum on the EPROM is the same as the released version so it's not a loss. Interesting about the Football dumps. That's unfortunate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jindroush Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 3 minutes ago, Tempest said: I just found out about the 'Star Raiders II' roms. The checksum on the EPROM is the same as the released version so it's not a loss. Interesting about the Football dumps. That's unfortunate. If you own the roms, you may maybe try to re-dump? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 5 minutes ago, jindroush said: If you own the roms, you may maybe try to re-dump? Not anymore. I don't know who owns those now to be honest. Looks like I was having trouble dumping it even back then: http://www.atariprotos.com/8bit/software/football/rev0.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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