+Allan Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Those Star Raiders are just pussies. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 This is cool! I played the MAME version last night before this was released. It's amazing how close these two versions are in gameplay/graphics! The 5200 version is a tad sluggish compared to the arcade, but still highly playable! One thing I wonder though: How do you die in the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Interesting, the 800 version says © Williams, the 5200 version says © Atari... any other differences in play? Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 help i have downloaded the XFormer Atari800 emulator and dont know how to load the game i got the atr disk file but cant load it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 high score Edit: Since this post, I've managed to get 294,400. I'm having a problem cracking the 300K mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Ok here is my take on an exe version of Blaster, suitable for making flash carts, loading via 'load exe' option of emulator, etc. The changes I made from the original version: Removed write to Port B (wouldnt run on XL/XE, it turned the OS ROM off) Removed copy protection @807A Removed copy protection @BAE9 Should run on any Atari computer with 48k. Enjoy Steve blaster__cracked__xlxe_mod_.exe.gz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 I can't exactly remember what my high was, but I got to stage 5-1 and I was well over 400,000. Of course it's alot easier to play on a real 5200. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 It certainly has that Eugene look.. I noticed that it does a lot of extra jumping (ie a JSR to a JMP instruction and so on...). I wonder what the overhead of all these jump tables is. I guess what I'm thinking is: I bet there are some ways this game could be sped up. (how fast is the line routine... ) -Bry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Here is my high score and sorry for the crappy picture. But you only have about 10 second to snap a picture before it goes thru the demo of all 4 levels. It is 408900 if you can't read thru the blur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Nice score! This game is tearing my poor hand up. -Bry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 This is cool! I played the MAME version last night This game is also on Midway Arcade Treasures for the gamecube. I have gotten thru all 20 levels on that version and got to paradise (gotta love those spinning babes ) One thing I wonder though: How do you die in the game? The beginning of the 8bit version is pretty slow, but once you get to about 400K it is really tough. Post some high scores and you will find out just how to die in the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cootster Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Stage 1-1 = awesome. Reminds me a heck of a lot of StarFox, which came out what, 10 years later . . . Stage 1-2 = What in the heck do you do? I get the tunnel, and then it's just a random starfield animation. I can shoot, but I don't see the point. And there were only 500 arcade Blaster machines made? Odd how I actually have played this before (I believe at Birmingham's Riverchase Galleria Arcade in about '88-'89) and I live in a gaming ghetto . . . But the game needs music . . . I recommend Pink Floyd. This is the problem I was having in MESS. You finish stage 1-1 and then you go through the "time tunnel" which is a series of rings that fly by your ship. You're supposed to pick up humanoids on this stage, but in MESS the humanoids don't appear. Then the time tunnel stage ends and a starfield stage begins. But no enemies appear on this stage either and the level just goes on forever. No matter what level you start the game on, you only get one level of actual fighting and then you get stuck on a level where there are no enemies to shoot. Atari800Win doesn't seem to have this problem tho. I shall try it, then . . . Thanks . . . And way too much 5200 stuff doesn't work in MESS . . . Even Pitfall II and Mountain King don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 I give up trying any help would be useful! thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cootster Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 I give up trying any help would be useful! thanks Get Atari800Win. The original .bin file runs perfectly on it . . . I've gotten 99K so far as a high score . . . This is a great game . . . Thanks to Tempest and whoever else got Jarvis to let this puppy out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEBRO Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Think if Keithen and the Vid Kidz had gotten together. Imagine how 5200 Tempest would have looked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 I guess what I'm thinking is: I bet there are some ways this game could be sped up. (how fast is the line routine... ) It does seem to run somewhat slowly for the number of lines that are on the screen-- especially considering that it's nothing but horizontal and vertical lines, which you can optimize the frell out of. The fact that everything is made of squares (meaning every line has another same-length line parallel to it) might allow for even deeper optimization. BTW, you can pick the starting level by pressing SELECT and OPTION, all the way up to 8-3 (or thereabouts). You can get around 900 thousand points just by finishing that one wave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaxxon Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 I give up trying any help would be useful! thanks Get Atari800Win. The original .bin file runs perfectly on it . . . I've gotten 99K so far as a high score . . . This is a great game . . . Thanks to Tempest and whoever else got Jarvis to let this puppy out. What are your settings on Atari800win to get this game to run? I can get a bunch of other A8 games to run but not this one. I've been messing with the settings nut nothing seems to help. I got it to run in mess but it doesn't display correctly but at least it loads and starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Just select it as a rom cartridge. You might need to disable any extras, like devices H:, R:, fast I/O...but I didn't. It executed normally. If you are using the 5200 rom, just select machine type = 5200 and select the cartridge. If the boot screen isn't showing the title, the rom isn't attached...so open up the rom cartridge menu and attach it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 You can talk i dont even know how to choose a rom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 RTFM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Zylon the zinging lurker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Zylon the zinging lurker! Who was that masked man? Hint: With Atari800Win+, you can drag most types of files right into the window. Hint #2: Under the File Menu you can select whatever kind of file you wish. This ROM will not run in XL/XE mode, BTW, but Steve Tucker has posted a fixed version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cootster Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 I give up trying any help would be useful! thanks Get Atari800Win. The original .bin file runs perfectly on it . . . I've gotten 99K so far as a high score . . . This is a great game . . . Thanks to Tempest and whoever else got Jarvis to let this puppy out. What are your settings on Atari800win to get this game to run? I can get a bunch of other A8 games to run but not this one. I've been messing with the settings nut nothing seems to help. I got it to run in mess but it doesn't display correctly but at least it loads and starts. 800XL . . . Make sure to rename the file extension to .rom . . . My high score so far, 198,900 . . . But then I've always been pretty good at games created by Eugene Jarvis . . . The man knows how to make one heck of a shooter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 You do not have to rename the file. Just load it as a cartridge and it works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyranthraxus Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 How did this game get re-discovered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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