Tempest Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 51 minutes ago, Ballblaɀer said: I’m pretty sure you can’t go vine to vine directly, I think you must grab the tree in the middle in between. Doh! That makes sense. That's how the CV and 8-Bit versions work too. I guess I was thinking of Jungle Hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 @ubersaurus do you know if 4D did the Atari 8-Bit version as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 14 minutes ago, Tempest said: @ubersaurus do you know if 4D did the Atari 8-Bit version as well? Is there an 8-bit version available for download? That'd be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stamos Mullet Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 (edited) Me looking at the other files my torrent client had seeding when I clicked the link for Tarzan: Edited June 4 by John Stamos Mullet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenfuzz Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 4 hours ago, Rom Hunter said: Excellent news and great article! Will add the ROM to the database tomorrow. Thank you! I suppose this is a stupid question, but will this play on the portable Atari or is the 16k beyond its limitations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman2000 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 19 minutes ago, bent_pin said: Is there an 8-bit version available for download? That'd be awesome. Yes, there has been for years. Tarzan of the Apes.atr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShanMan Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 How cool that this has been dumped! Got it on my harmony cart and have started playing it. Manual is here btw: https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-tarzan_20495.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 You can download a PDF of the manual here: Tarzan 2600 Manual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Is there a PAL(60) version? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeafAtariFromKansas Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Get a warning letter from my friend about this, 🤣 thanks all whoever work hard to get prototype ROM out of black hole and released... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wavemotion Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 I probably missed it (though I did attempt to read everything) - but is the original banking scheme for Tarzan (either 12K or 16K with the doubled bank) documented somewhere? I'm more interested in that than the actual game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 26 minutes ago, wavemotion said: I probably missed it (though I did attempt to read everything) - but is the original banking scheme for Tarzan (either 12K or 16K with the doubled bank) documented somewhere? I'm more interested in that than the actual game Hotspots are $fff0, $fff1, $fff8, $fff9 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+splendidnut Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Wow. The music is really good in this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MarcoJ Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Phwoar! What a treasure that has been uncovered. Retrieving and reviving the ROM image off a 40 year old EEPROM might be one of the heights of digital archaeology. I'm hoping for someone to find the Super NES Commanche prototype one day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wavemotion Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 52 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Hotspots are $fff0, $fff1, $fff8, $fff9 Thanks Thomas! Has an 'official' name been given to the scheme? I suspect you guys will go with something like 0189... but please at least consider JANE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergun Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 11 minutes ago, wavemotion said: Thanks Thomas! Has an 'official' name been given to the scheme? I suspect you guys will go with something like 0189... but please at least consider JANE That’s just golden! I love it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 I was playing this quite a bit last night as it really is fun. I think I was able to get through about 4 times before my timer ran out. The hunter is ruthless at that point since if you get shot right in front of him.. that's it because he shoots again just as you get up due to the timing being the same. I was able to land a punch on him once to get out of the loop but lost a lot of time in the process. My only complaint is how dark the last 'boss' screen is on the palette to the far right. Anyway, here is the best I've manage to get when playing last night. I started from game 1. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 (edited) 10 hours ago, Al_Nafuur said: Is there a PAL(60) version? Yes Please let me know if I missed a color change. Note: I brightened the chain and apes in the last screen. Tarzan (F6) (PAL60).bin Edited June 4 by Thomas Jentzsch 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnusfalkirk Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 16 hours ago, Dutchman2000 said: Yes, there has been for years. Tarzan of the Apes.atr 90.02 kB · 10 downloads Is there a copy of the manual for the 8 bit version available anywhere, or can you use the 2600 manual to play the computer version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman2000 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Just now, magnusfalkirk said: Is there a copy of the manual for the 8 bit version available anywhere, or can you use the 2600 manual to play the computer version? I have no idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 27 minutes ago, magnusfalkirk said: Is there a copy of the manual for the 8 bit version available anywhere, or can you use the 2600 manual to play the computer version? Not that I'm aware of but since the 8-Bit version is almost identical to the Colecovision version I'd use that manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 21 hours ago, Tempest said: I also took a look at the Atari 8-Bit proto Has there ever been any signs of JWDA may have planned a C64 version of this Tarzan game too? I see they're credited to at least two entries in GB64, Big Top and Q*Bert's Qubes so it doesn't seem entirely unlikely. Coleco also published WarGames for the C64 (and A8) as well as Family Feud so that would also line up. I don't see any ties between JWDA and the Martech team, except for the reused title graphics, whether those were a property of Coleco or the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Just now, carlsson said: Has there ever been any signs of JWDA may have planned a C64 version of this Tarzan game too? I see they're credited to at least two entries in GB64, Big Top and Q*Bert's Qubes so it doesn't seem entirely unlikely. Coleco also published WarGames for the C64 (and A8) as well as Family Feud so that would also line up. I don't see any ties between JWDA and the Martech team, except for the reused title graphics, whether those were a property of Coleco or the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate. You've got me. C64 stuff isn't my area. I don't think JWDA would have done the C64 version as it would have most likely been a clone of the CV/Atari 8-Bit versions, neither of which were done by them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Aha, true. Still intriguing with so many hints pointing in the same direction, if that never was on the roadmap. However this ludography of 4D Interactive Systems doesn't mention the C64 so perhaps that was a blind spot for them which would explain why no such prototype might exist. While Moby has one C64 entry, it looks to be a user conversion of a PET/CBM game as it completely lacks graphics or colours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 4 minutes ago, carlsson said: Aha, true. Still intriguing with so many hints pointing in the same direction, if that never was on the roadmap. However this ludography of 4D Interactive Systems doesn't mention the C64 so perhaps that was a blind spot for them which would explain why no such prototype might exist. While Moby has one C64 entry, it looks to be a user conversion of a PET/CBM game as it completely lacks graphics or colours. It doesn't mention them doing the Atari 8-Bit port either. I wonder who did it then? Whoever did it had to have had access to the CV version as they're identical other than the expected changes in some graphics. Since the CV version was released so late there really wasn't time for a separate team to examine it and do their port based on it. That makes me think they must have done the Atari 8-Bit version in conjuction with the CV version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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