PacManPlus Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Hey Guys: Just wanted to get out there that the game I did for the 7800 - 'Failsafe' - which is sort of a 'Countermeasure II', will be put in the VCS store (7800 section) tonight or tomorrow. I wasn't sure if I was allowed to talk about this but I was given the green light. Thanks all! Bob 22 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Congratulations Bob, that's very exciting! Hopefully this will bring more attention to the excellent homebrew scene and the incredible work that yourself and many others are doing with the Atari 7800 and other classic Atari platforms! - James 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Dude congrats! That is awesome man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripled79 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 4 hours ago, PacManPlus said: Hey Guys: Just wanted to get out there that the game I did for the 7800 - 'Failsafe' - which is sort of a 'Countermeasure II', will be put in the VCS store (7800 section) tonight or tomorrow. I wasn't sure if I was allowed to talk about this but I was given the green light. Thanks all! Bob Maybe you'll be informed that you were not allowed to talk about it until after it comes out? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted June 27, 2023 Author Share Posted June 27, 2023 I explicitly asked if I could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davpa Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 WAIT!!! Who said you could say something.... Just kidding. We are happy to have Bob join us on the VCS. We look forward to more things to come and hope Bob is open to us coming to him for his stellar 7800 programming skills! 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 Great news, congratulations Bob! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killersquirel Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 8 hours ago, PacManPlus said: Hey Guys: Just wanted to get out there that the game I did for the 7800 - 'Failsafe' - which is sort of a 'Countermeasure II', will be put in the VCS store (7800 section) tonight or tomorrow. I wasn't sure if I was allowed to talk about this but I was given the green light. Thanks all! Bob This is awesome news. I have owned the game on cartridge since it was released and I will definitely be buying it again on the VCS to support you, Bob. You are absolutely awesome on the 7800. I hope you would be open to making some arcade conversions that Atari has the copyrights of. There are some awesome new Stern acquisitions that Atari recently did and other games that could use your treatment on. Thanks again! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted June 28, 2023 Author Share Posted June 28, 2023 Thanks guys! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 Bought, and played for a while. It looks great! I'm so happy to see more homebrew games for Atari coming to the VCS... Should the VCS Store have a link to a manual for the game though? Probably I'm missing something... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 28 minutes ago, justclaws said: Bought, and played for a while. It looks great! I'm so happy to see more homebrew games for Atari coming to the VCS... Should the VCS Store have a link to a manual for the game though? Probably I'm missing something... The manual is in the Details section for the game, tab on the bottom of the info text screen. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 Excellent game! Picked it up this morning for my Atari VCS 800 and have played it for a good hour so far. I really want to get this on cart now for my Atari 7800 collection. I'm new to homebrew on the 7800 and only started collecting for the console around a year ago so still picking up some of the official releases but will certainly be looking to pick up some homebrew releases for the system on cart. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 The title screen soundtrack is particularly impressive given the limitations of the tech. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Defender_2600 Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 Great news, I love Failsafe! Congratulations Bob! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrZarniwoop Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Wonderful, bought it and enjoying it. A minor quibble: the listing says it's only for the modern controller. It plays fine with the classic controller, as expected. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 Thank you! The reason why the classic controller isn't listed, is because sometimes the 'paddle' part of the classic controller interferes with the movement of the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmuDan Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 That's great to hear! I also own a copy of the 7800 cartridge and have been playing it on emulators for a few years. I like it better than the original Countermeasure. Failsafe has more of an arcade feel to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 I've noticed Failsafe is no longer in the Atari VCS store, is this a glitch or has the game been pulled for another reason? Glad i purchased it when i did now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davpa Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 51 minutes ago, Atari_JaguarVCS said: I've noticed Failsafe is no longer in the Atari VCS store, is this a glitch or has the game been pulled for another reason? Glad i purchased it when i did now. Not sure what happened, but Failsafe was Unpublished. It was probably some backend engineer monkeying around, but I restored Failsafe to a Published state. Thanks for alerting us on that. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Featured Comment Mockduck Posted September 25, 2023 Featured Comment Share Posted September 25, 2023 Looking at Failsafe on the Atari VCS: 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Another game on my list of "will buy once the ZIP code bug gets fixed". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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