Mendon Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 After reading another "Ghost in a Jar" auction on eBay (they seem to get cancelled quick as its gone now) I got to thinking that someone ought to hack KaBoom! so that instead of buckets you have jars and instead of bombs you have Haunted House ghosts that you have to catch. Call it "Ghost In A Jar: The Game" and make a fortune off of it on eBay. Mendon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 good idea, but Activision has a stranglehold on the ROMS so any hack you make is totally illegal and definitely NOT for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 There are some roms that you can hack on the hack page itself! Not much of a stranglehold there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendon Posted January 19, 2004 Author Share Posted January 19, 2004 good idea, but Activision has a stranglehold on the ROMS so any hack you make is totally illegal and definitely NOT for sale. LOL.. yeah, I know. I probably should have put a "j/k" or a smiley at the end. Was just a wacky idea that hit me while reading the auction that anything based on "ghost in a jar" would sell big on eBay Maybe turn the Bomber into the Grim Reaper and instead of a "SCORE" you have "PAYPAL BUCKS". Mendon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 good idea, but Activision has a stranglehold on the ROMS so any hack you make is totally illegal and definitely NOT for sale. He could hack Lost Luggage.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 There are some roms that you can hack on the hack page itself! Not much of a stranglehold there. shhh! Nukey, don't tell Activision... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 good idea, but Activision has a stranglehold on the ROMS so any hack you make is totally illegal and definitely NOT for sale. Not if one were to hack Eggomania. That game is similar to Kaboom except that you shoot the eggs back at the bird(right?) after you catch all of the ones in a certain round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 there's an idea.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 good idea, but Activision has a stranglehold on the ROMS so any hack you make is totally illegal and definitely NOT for sale. Who sells hacks anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 good idea, but Activision has a stranglehold on the ROMS so any hack you make is totally illegal and definitely NOT for sale. Who sells hacks anyway? I am forever grateful to you after buying and playing Asteroids DC! This is how Atari SHOULD have released it all along! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 This is how Atari SHOULD have released it all along! Agree 100% I see no problem improving something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoSnorlax Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Heh, find a pacman cart that's lost its label and sell it as a cartridge that not only has a ghost in it, but actually has four gohsts in it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Is one of the ghosts named "enjoyment"? Whoa! Now that's what I call serendipity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuwatari Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 This is what controls the shape of the "egg": (used Distella for this one) LF832: .byte $C6,$CD,$30,$01,$60,$4C,$6B,$F8 I've gotten my Eggomania to use ghost shaped image rather than egg Now if I can figure out how to get the color of the "egg"to be white rather than green. And maybe to change the yellow egg goo on the bottom (from when you miss) to something else. What color? Shape of the bowl is at $A0B, data $FF,$7F,$7F,$3F,$1F,$0F,$00. I'm going to change that to jar shaped. Need to change color as well. How? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vb_master Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 red or blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoSnorlax Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 maybe green, like that slime stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuwatari Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 I don't think red would work, some touchy people might think of those as blood. And the bear's all blue so blue goo wouldn't do justice either. I'm thinking sick green color (ie ecto-slime) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 I played around with hacking Kaboom earlier and while it is MUCH easier than hacking Eggomania, unless you take the time to hack the colors its not going to look right. The ghosts have pink heads and mustaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuwatari Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 Double post. (dumb slow dialup!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuwatari Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 Oh well. Once I master the archanic 2600 code, I could get the color done right. Until then, here's my version with the ghost instead of egg and jar instead of bowl. Graphic wise, this one was rather easy to edit. ghost_in_jar.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 good WIP, the ghosts look pretty good, maybe a little thin at the bottom. The jar looks like a hat when you first fire the game up. Are you going to work on the bird and bear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 Glad to see that someone took my suggestion of hacking Eggomania. I need to download another copy of Z26 so I can try out roms again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuwatari Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 good WIP, the ghosts look pretty good, maybe a little thin at the bottom. The jar looks like a hat when you first fire the game up. Are you going to work on the bird and bear? The white line appears briefly when you start a new game. I don't know where that is in the code since it isn't part of the actual image. I'd have to figure that later. I need to study the 2600 coding a lot more than a simple graphical hack as I'd like to change the color as well. I may work on the bear if someone can provide an artistic suggestion since I suck in graphic. The actual image in the game is only half of the bear since it's mirrored for the second half so it;'d have to be symmentry. I don't know about the bird though, you're talking at least a dozen different images!!! just to animate the bird walking, feather flying when you hit it, and the flying up. It's a lot of work and changing the color's also tricky. I think I'll leave the bird, it looks silly when it gets hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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