+DamonicFury Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Welcome to the first round of the 18th 5200 HSC season. Jumpman Junior won the poll by one vote. Play using the default setting. CORRECTION: There is no default setting, so use speed 3. Emulation is fine, as are custom controls. Pics preferred, but not required except for HSC wins and records. No current record exists for this game. So some participant here will set one! The ROM can be found here: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/84154-xlxea8-to-5200-ports/?do=findComment&comment=1024816 Round ends Sunday, January 21st, 2024 @11pm EST Standings: RB5200 - 1,328,150 Cafeman - 5,175 rubeon - 2,975 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB5200 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 58 minutes ago, DamonicFury said: Play using the default setting. Ok, this game doesn't really have a default setting, the setting needs to be interred by the player, and that is the speed setting (when game asks for player speed), this speed should probably be defined by you since your the judge. I can recommend a setting of either 3 or 4, 3 - is a pretty decent speed and difficulty, If you have some experience with the game, this is a good choice. 4 - is a little slower and easier setting If you don't really have much experience with the game. A good learning speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 Thanks, RB5200, you're quite right. (Been playing this game since having a disk for it for my Atari 65XE in the 80's. But just copied the standard intro post without thinking it through last night.) Let's go with speed 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB5200 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 64,125 not sure how I'm gonna get any pics. on this one, by the time I get the camera ready, the screen changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 I can't get the game to start in Altirra. It plays the music, shows several named screens, repeat. Start / button press or pressing 1/2/3 etc don't do anything. ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB5200 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 (edited) 3 hours ago, Cafeman said: can't get the game to start in Altirra. It plays the music, shows several named screens, repeat. Start / button press or pressing 1/2/3 etc don't do anything Key board start, Press the minus button first, then f2, then #3 button. Try that should work. Edited January 12 by RB5200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB5200 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 CX52 controller start, Press asterisk ✳️ first, then start, then 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 I tried it, nothing registers. Game won't start, oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB5200 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 70,800 new score Tried to get the camera ready to take a pict. and it was was on video. Lol Better than nothing I guess. VID_20240112_021913956.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 10 hours ago, RB5200 said: Key board start, Press the minus button first, then f2, then #3 button. Try that should work. I tried this and it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 I got it to work in Altirra by changing the firmware from OG 4-port 5200.ROM to the AltirrOS that Altirra defaults to. 1st game 2275. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB5200 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 107,875 new score Getting my grove back on this game. Been a little while. VID_20240113_021520912.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB5200 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 126,600 new score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 On 1/11/2024 at 10:01 PM, Cafeman said: I tried it, nothing registers. Game won't start, oh well. I'm having the same problem in both Altirra and Kat5200. Nothing I do seems to work...and as you said, oh well... Seems like I have this problem every time the 5200 HSC starts up. I can never get the controls to work. I think last time I wound up uninstalling everything and doing a fresh install of the programs before I could finally play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 16 minutes ago, jblenkle said: I'm having the same problem in both Altirra and Kat5200. Nothing I do seems to work...and as you said, oh well... Seems like I have this problem every time the 5200 HSC starts up. I can never get the controls to work. I think last time I wound up uninstalling everything and doing a fresh install of the programs before I could finally play. I got it to work in Altirra by changing the firmware from OG 4-port 5200.ROM to the AltirrOS that Altirra defaults to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 New poll is up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 21 hours ago, Cafeman said: I got it to work in Altirra by changing the firmware from OG 4-port 5200.ROM to the AltirrOS that Altirra defaults to. I will take a look at that and see if it works for me. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 1/16/2024 at 1:49 PM, Cafeman said: I got it to work in Altirra by changing the firmware from OG 4-port 5200.ROM to the AltirrOS that Altirra defaults to. Well, I still can't get the controls to work. So I don't know what I might be doing wrong. I've tried both playing on my keyboard and via a USB gamepad. I loaded a different game and it plays just fine. I guess Jumpman Jr. just doesn't like me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB5200 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 16 minutes ago, jblenkle said: Well, I still can't get the controls to work. So I don't know what I might be doing wrong. I've tried both playing on my keyboard and via a USB gamepad. I loaded a different game and it plays just fine That's really interesting, that the two of you, have had issues with this not wanting to work in altirra. Can you play the XE file of Jumpman junior, it is the same game. Wonder if @DamonicFurywill allow that, they are exactly the same game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 1 hour ago, jblenkle said: Well, I still can't get the controls to work. So I don't know what I might be doing wrong. I've tried both playing on my keyboard and via a USB gamepad. I loaded a different game and it plays just fine. I guess Jumpman Jr. just doesn't like me. It's still tricky to pull off - press the - key first (which I think is Asterisk). Then press Start (F2). Then select your speed by pressing 3. I'm just spelling it out in case you didn't try this after changing the firmware/BIOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB5200 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 214,575 new score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 19 hours ago, RB5200 said: That's really interesting, that the two of you, have had issues with this not wanting to work in altirra. Can you play the XE file of Jumpman junior, it is the same game. Wonder if @DamonicFurywill allow that, they are exactly the same game. Oh, for sure, feel free to run the 400/800/XL/XE version if you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Got to the 3rd stage "Dumbwaiter". 3650. Never played it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 6 hours ago, DamonicFury said: Oh, for sure, feel free to run the 400/800/XL/XE version if you like. I did try the computer version. It acts exactly the same way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/17/2024 at 6:36 PM, Cafeman said: It's still tricky to pull off - press the - key first (which I think is Asterisk). Then press Start (F2). Then select your speed by pressing 3. I'm just spelling it out in case you didn't try this after changing the firmware/BIOS. Nope...nothing works. That's OK, I'll just sit this one out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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