Atari_JaguarVCS Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) Crystal Quest: 7800 is now available on the Atari VCS 800 store priced £7.99 I'm really looking forward to checking this one out! Gameplay video below. Edited March 22 by justclaws game released 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 45 minutes ago, Atari_JaguarVCS said: Crystal Quest: 7800 is now available on the Atari VCS 800 store priced £7.99 I'm really looking forward to checking this one out! Gameplay video below. Sweet! @PacManPlus Congrats on having another one of your titles added to the VCS800 Store. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 There appears to be an issue with the game having no sound, hopefully a patch can address the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stirrell Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 13 minutes ago, Atari_JaguarVCS said: There appears to be an issue with the game having no sound, hopefully a patch can address the issue. I think this is the first 7800 game to come out for the VCS with Pokey sound. I wonder if that is somehow related. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 6 minutes ago, stirrell said: I think this is the first 7800 game to come out for the VCS with Pokey sound. I wonder if that is somehow related. I think that might just be the issue 🙂 hopefully the game gets a little update soon to resolve the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 (edited) The game is possibly getting pulled from the store and refunds given if the sound issue can't be resolved by this evening! What a shame, it should have been properly tested on the Atari VCS 800 before it dropped. It seems this game can't do sound on any emulator, its not even compatible with the 2600+ apparently. And its gone from the store. Edited February 9 by Atari_JaguarVCS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stirrell Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 30 minutes ago, Atari_JaguarVCS said: The game is possibly getting pulled from the store and refunds given if the sound issue can't be resolved by this evening! What a shame, it should have been properly tested on the Atari VCS 800 before it dropped. It seems this game can't do sound on any emulator, its not even compatible with the 2600+ apparently. And its gone from the store. That's a real bummer ☹️. I do remember trying the ROM out on OpenEmu on the Mac (and Commando which uses the Pokey chip) and it ran fine with sound. They happen to use ProSystem for emulation so maybe the AtariOS uses something different under the hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 I believe AtariOS uses a7800. Not sure if it's the full MAME installation or standalone a7800 version, but I am fairly certain a7800 can play Pokey sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stirrell Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Oh, and I should point that I have absolutely no idea what the problem actually is. So my musings are totally uninformed speculation. The use of the Pokey seemed to be be a variation from the other 7800 games released on the VCS so I was just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriSBA28 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 What a shame, I really wanted to try this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 I've still been playing the game, just with no sound. I really do hope they can fix the sound issue and get this gem put back up on the Atari VCS 800 store immediately for everyone to enjoy. I'd definetaly be interested in picking this game up again but as a physical release for my real 7800 hardware and CRT set up, its just so much fun and looks great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THX-1138 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 17 hours ago, zzip said: I believe AtariOS uses a7800. Not sure if it's the full MAME installation or standalone a7800 version, but I am fairly certain a7800 can play Pokey sound? It's a fork of MAME for just the A7800. Should play Pokey sound fine, I believe EXO uses it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 This topic keeps drawing me in because I think it’s about the old Mac game called Crystal Quest. I haven’t been this disappointed since some game show called Wipeout came out and it had nothing to do with futuristic hovercraft racing. Well I hope the sound gets fixed for you guys. That’s some quality control they’ve got going there. Game looks cute though. 😃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripled79 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 The game looks a bit like Wonder Boy/Adventure Island... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Hmm, I asked this before but could not find an answer. Does the mame used for the A7800 on the VCS capable of Yahama sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zeptari Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 On 2/10/2024 at 11:40 AM, Flojomojo said: I haven’t been this disappointed since some game show called Wipeout came out and it had nothing to do with futuristic hovercraft racing. So glad I'm not the only one. Gets me, every, single, time... LOL @Flojomojo How about this? https://store.steampowered.com/app/497510/Crystal_Quest_Classic/ On 2/10/2024 at 11:40 AM, Flojomojo said: Well I hope the sound gets fixed for you guys. Same. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 It's disappointing that they haven't gotten the sound working in this yet. It's a fun game and probably one of the more technically impressive 7800 games. I've been playing a ROM of it for years but would love to be able to purchase it for the VCS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 On 2/10/2024 at 9:28 PM, tripled79 said: The game looks a bit like Wonder Boy/Adventure Island... It plays like it too. It's a platformer that will punish you for trying to speed through it. It has hidden levels and warps too. Quality game and easily a top 3 7800 game. Too bad it sounds like they didn't test it before selling it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 23 hours ago, Zeptari said: So glad I'm not the only one. Gets me, every, single, time... LOL @Flojomojo How about this? https://store.steampowered.com/app/497510/Crystal_Quest_Classic/ Same. I backed that on Kickstarter, but the campaign failed. The developer gave us backers Steam keys as tokens of appreciation, which was cool. I think the goal was not to make money but to reengineer the game in Unity so it could live on much longer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBLIVION23 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 This is one ive been wanting to get the 7800 physical of for a long time and never have pulled the trigger. Hopefully the issue is resolved and the game is out on the store again 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 The game is released today, and the music works perfectly now. 🙂 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Just now, justclaws said: The game is released today, and the music works perfectly now. 🙂 Did the recent OS update fix the Pokey sound in the a7800 emulator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 On 3/22/2024 at 4:23 PM, zzip said: Did the recent OS update fix the Pokey sound in the a7800 emulator? I don't believe the OS update fixed the sound issue as i still had the game in my library after it was pulled from the store and i tried it after the new OS update out of curiosity and it still didn't have sound. I noticed that when the game was brought back to the store my game had an update available and after the update the sound worked. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 This is good to hear as it was such a good game. Don't expect to run and gun it. Be methodical with your playthroughs! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 I think it was a Pokey *address* issue. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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