ARCHON

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Martin Mangold has done it again and converted Archon to the TI 99/4A! You can grab it here: https://tigameshelf.net/asm.htm

[+OLD CS1]

Oooooooo VERY cool.

[+InsaneMultitasker]

I have fond memories of playing this after school with my friend on his C64.  Can't wait to give this a try...neat!

[unhuman]

Uhoh...  Demand must be high... Site is non-responsive.

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1 hour ago, unhuman said:

Uhoh...  Demand must be high... Site is non-responsive.

Yeah there were some routing issues on the West coast this afternoon. All resolved now.

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Aside from not really groking Archon way back when, the only problem I have is the screen blanker activates while watching a computer vs. computer game.  This is a fantastic conversion.

 

BTW, for anyone who did not read the manual, this is hard drive installable.  Even more cool.

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Runs great from a TIPI folder. An HD or TIPI are a must for real hardware play unless one has a DSDD drive and controller.

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Here's an outstanding scratch drawn disk label courtesy of OLD CS1.

[CLBrown]

On 12/18/2023 at 8:12 AM, Vorticon said:

Martin Mangold has done it again and converted Archon to the TI 99/4A! You can grab it here: https://tigameshelf.net/asm.htm

I'm confused... 

 

I have a copy of Archon for the TI that I downloaded a couple of years ago.  2021-07-23, to be precise.  

 

Is this an all new version, a major reviosion...  or just something that's been there for a while but which you hadn't noticed until now (which is easy enough to do in communities like this one!)

 

The version I have is written by Marc Walessa and compiled into an executable "cartridge bin" by TMOP. 

 

It looks like the same game, but I'll try playing it tomorrow to find out for sure. 

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15 minutes ago, CLBrown said:

I'm confused... 

 

I have a copy of Archon for the TI that I downloaded a couple of years ago.  2021-07-23, to be precise.  

 

Is this an all new version, a major reviosion...  or just something that's been there for a while but which you hadn't noticed until now (which is easy enough to do in communities like this one!)

 

The version I have is written by Marc Walessa and compiled into an executable "cartridge bin" by TMOP. 

 

It looks like the same game, but I'll try playing it tomorrow to find out for sure. 

I am not aware of a previous TI version. This version is a machine language conversion of the original game which was sent to me by Martin last week. Can you post what you have so we can compare?

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4 hours ago, CLBrown said:

The version I have is written by Marc Walessa and compiled into an executable "cartridge bin" by TMOP.

 

4 hours ago, Vorticon said:

I am not aware of a previous TI version. This version is a machine language conversion of the original game which was sent to me by Martin last week. Can you post what you have so we can compare?

 

This it?  It is the same game, but only as similar as can be done with Extended BASIC (and not terrible at that.)  Martin's rendition is almost exactly like the original EA release for other 8-bits of the era.

 

 

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So this looks like a 2 player game only without AI. I'll test it out later today to compare. 

[CLBrown]

7 hours ago, Vorticon said:

I am not aware of a previous TI version. This version is a machine language conversion of the original game which was sent to me by Martin last week. Can you post what you have so we can compare?

Here's the file I have...  or rather, the two different versions (both of which SEEM to be identical in how they run, for me, but which have different SHA-160 values, not to mention different file sizes, so they don't seem to be 100% identical).

 

Plus, several screenshots I took (I always take screenshots in Classic99 while I'm identifying and sorting my various games and apps, and put the "best" one at the top level, so I can see thumbnails of whatever the game is while I browse through my folders).

 

FYI, I don't seem to quite get how to put "inline images" from locally stored files into a post, here, only to put them in as attachments.  Yet I see others doing so, so I know it's possible.  Anyway...  they're here.

 

 

[GAME] Archon (198x)(Marc Walessa)[Compiled by TMOP]_8.bin [GAME] Archon (198x)(Marc Walessa)[Compiled by TMOP]_G.bin 0.bmp 1.bmp 2.bmp

Edited December 22, 2023 by CLBrown
fixed typo

[CLBrown]

Ah, yes... now, having played the new version, the difference are obvious.  The compiled BASIC version was nice, certainly... I've played it a fair amount, actually.  But this is a major improvement!

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The compiled XB version is very different from the original one although it does try to preserve the spirit. Good attempt for sure but no contest when compared to Martin's faithful conversion.