José Pereira Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 (edited) Going trough them there again and following the 'rule' (outside and around the world scenarios) these are the ones I think will fit (but also because of their design, colours,...): I don't think these are on the A8 current version... Edited June 22, 2023 by José Pereira 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Nice but please remove the purple... 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
José Pereira Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Philsan said: Nice but please remove the purple... 😄 Where is purple just 'paint' before with one(s) you find more appropriate in each case... P.s.- This one, for example, choose wich you want (and on A8 we can but also better be two: sky /DLI/ water): Edited June 22, 2023 by José Pereira Added a 'purple screen' example... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 3 minutes ago, José Pereira said: Where is purple just 'paint' before with one(s) you find more appropriate in each case... Just kidding, many C64 images are purplish because of the palette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
José Pereira Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Philsan said: Just kidding, many C64 images are purplish because of the palette. Yes, I know that but can be changed on A8 if authors permit and ours wish... Edited June 22, 2023 by José Pereira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
José Pereira Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Wilheim said: It shouldn’t be hard to add more scenarios. We can make a cartridge with 100 backgrounds if needed. What we need is standardize the image file creation. Maybe Homesoft could help on that. Those 'just gfxs part' C64 are same tall as in A8: 96scanlines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 3 hours ago, _The Doctor__ said: I Like this one That's because the purple's way, way in the background. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 What is the maximum number of backgrounds that can be used in the Atarimax 8 Mb cartridges? Would a "construction set" be feasible where the user could just add backgrounds to a file? (Loaded by disk, of course.) I do hope someone will pick up the idea for "out of this world" backgrounds. I can envision the rings of Saturn or a background of earth from the moon. Who could have dreamed of the quality of today's A8 computer art in the 1980's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 I was wondering if my RastaConverter picture of a real life Sydney Opera House scene back in December was inspiration for this or not? Amazing work. Nothing stops 2, 3 or 4 cart images being released really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Nothing says a Daytime Version and a Night time version can't be included for some that lend themselves nicely to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlazer Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 The mountain backdrop has white ground so the text is not visable. Would be good if the color was changed to a different shade so the text shows. EDIT. Looks like the C64 version is cyan? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peri Noid Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 😁 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlazer Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 Any way this scene can be changed with a darker color for the ground? Text is very hard to see. The C64 version had a darker color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 (edited) If it doesn't look excellent on the Commodore don't include it just because Commodore. If it can be made better than that and look excellent on the Atari then of course you'd include it. Edited June 24, 2023 by _The Doctor__ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilheim Posted June 27, 2023 Author Share Posted June 27, 2023 I just see that there are some compatibility issues with side3. Well, here’s a “side3 friendly” version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 10 hours ago, Wilheim said: I just see that there are some compatibility issues with side3. Fixed: Note that IK still requires a register lock on SIDE3 (which was previously broken), so your patched version might actually be preferable anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudografx Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 (edited) I've finished another background, this time it's the Odawara castle in Japan. Background color for the players should be $18, dark player could be $76. Original image as taken last year by @R0ger: Mockup: Edited June 27, 2023 by pseudografx 20 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 1 hour ago, pseudografx said: 've finished another background, this time it's the Odawara castle in Japan. Wow! That looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 (edited) @pseudografx absolutely stunning!!! One thing that would be interesting, (which I am sure isn't on the cards or is even possible given the cpu cycles already taken up), is horizontal dli colour changes in the lower screen/play area. So the single colour play area background would be broken up a little horizontally. It this were hypothetically possible then for some screens with certain backdrops it might work quite well visually. If course I'd imagine this would break into the core game engine code and not easy. Just putting it out there. I love the fact we are getting so many gorgeous new backdrops for such a classic and deserving A8 game. Such a pity Archer never got to see them. Edited June 27, 2023 by Beeblebrox 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 (edited) @pseudografx hey, you know what would make cool upper screen backgrounds. (?) - hot air balloons or kites. Wonder how many colours would work with the rcx format. Few images to illustrate what I mean. Or in keeping with ol school 16bit fighter titles like street fighter, etc you could have background images with crowds of onlookers, where of course the colours and image is much simplified: Edited June 28, 2023 by Beeblebrox 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvas Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 Would be fun to add backgrounds from other games like Bruce Lee, Pitfall, Alley Cat etc... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 13 hours ago, Beeblebrox said: @pseudografx Or in keeping with ol school 16bit fighter titles like street fighter, etc you could have background images with crowds of onlookers, where of course the colours and image is much simplified: 9 hours ago, jvas said: Would be fun to add backgrounds from other games like Bruce Lee, Pitfall, Alley Cat etc... Let's do some crowd in the background - but with these martial art figures: Bruce Lee / Ninja / Yamo (from Bruce Lee), Karatekas (from Broderbund's Karateka), Ninja /Karateka/Thug (from Mastertronic's Ninja), Kung-Fu Fighters (from The English Software Chop Suey), Ninja/other fighters (from the last Ninja 1, 2, ...), fighters from Yie Ar Kung Fu, ... all of them watching you fighting. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Fred_M Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 On 6/21/2023 at 7:33 PM, Wilheim said: Well, I rewrote the patching routine from the cartridge image. Now it should work with all the scenes on PAL machines. Please try it and bring me your feedback. EDIT: just replace the CAR image. The address used on the color patching didn't work. IK RCX2 - Atarimax v2.car 1 MB · 120 downloads Thank you! Great job! Is there an easy way to convert it to Megacart? I don't have Atarimax 😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 5 minutes ago, Fred_M said: Thank you! Great job! Is there an easy way to convert it to Megacart? I don't have Atarimax 😞 I think you can do it in Altirra. Let me have a tinker.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Fred_M said: Thank you! Great job! Is there an easy way to convert it to Megacart? I don't have Atarimax 😞 Obviously you know it, but game works on multicarts too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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