rsiddall Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Sprite updates and a better looking playfield. What Popeye might have looked like in 1983. Haven't tried inserting sprites into original rom - yet. Popeye moves around on one floor and punches. Popeye.bin 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredtdk Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 I just say... Wow. Imagine if Popeye at that time was released with this level of graphic detail. I understand that at that time there were deadlines and everything was done in a rush and there was not so much concern with graphic fidelity compared to arcades. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredtdk Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 May I suggest that Moon Patrol with the carnivorous alien plants on the ground or Jungle Hunt with the monkeys in the vines one day become part of the What if...? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsiddall Posted July 9 Author Share Posted July 9 I did try a hack of Moon Patrol a while back. Tried to make the buggy look better but to mixed results. I think the vehicle would benefit by making it from two sprites to allow for more detail. Hard to make better wheels within the confines of an 8 pixel wide graphic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TrekMD Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 That looks very nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glurk Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 I approve of these "What If" ROMs. Cool idea. And this one looks really good. I compared it to the original game, and it looks like not TOO many changes. Single-line colors on the players, and some changes to the PF graphics, and a few PF color changes. It makes me wonder if it would be possible to modify the original game to add these changes. Not enough to make me disassemble the whole game and work on it, though... Probably, the existing kernel is doing all it can and there would not be enough cycles for per-line color changes without using DPC or something. I do wonder if it could be done in 16K though. Probably, if I did work on it, I'd eventually get it disassembled and find it's max-ed out on cycles already... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsiddall Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 1 hour ago, glurk said: I approve of these "What If" ROMs. Cool idea. And this one looks really good. I compared it to the original game, and it looks like not TOO many changes. Single-line colors on the players, and some changes to the PF graphics, and a few PF color changes. It makes me wonder if it would be possible to modify the original game to add these changes. Not enough to make me disassemble the whole game and work on it, though... Probably, the existing kernel is doing all it can and there would not be enough cycles for per-line color changes without using DPC or something. I do wonder if it could be done in 16K though. Probably, if I did work on it, I'd eventually get it disassembled and find it's max-ed out on cycles already... Thanks! I am trying to make only playfield, background and sprite changes with these examples. I have no way of knowing if what I'm doing would work within the confines of a specific kernel, but looking at it as having the potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsiddall Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 On 7/9/2023 at 3:01 PM, TrekMD said: That looks very nice! Thanks! I enjoy the graphics part more than the game mechanics. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredtdk Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 I don't know if it was just me, but at first it doesn't seem to work on the console. I got only a small blur on the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsiddall Posted July 12 Author Share Posted July 12 25 minutes ago, alfredtdk said: I don't know if it was just me, but at first it doesn't seem to work on the console. I got only a small blur on the screen. I haven't tried to play on real hardware. I've got a Harmony cart and will check and report back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsiddall Posted July 13 Author Share Posted July 13 (edited) On 7/12/2023 at 12:52 PM, alfredtdk said: I don't know if it was just me, but at first it doesn't seem to work on the console. I got only a small blur on the screen. The attached should work on real hardware. I had some wonky code 'developer mode' didn't catch. It involves walking/punching and some collision detection. I've disabled but worked around it to get you something for viewing on a console. PopeyeRev1.bin Edited July 14 by rsiddall 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredtdk Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 (edited) It worked. Thanks. Edited July 20 by alfredtdk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsiddall Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 Looks great! Go for it... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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