CPUWIZ Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 Anyone seen this yet? I haven't had time to hook up my CC2 but this is supposedly a whole new game based on the PF2 engine. http://www.otakunozoku.com/p2plus/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 Looks and plays pretty much like a level hack. At least, other than this alleged bug, there's nothing in the game that would seem to indicate anything new in terms of enemies or gameplay elements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 I started a topic on this a long time ago, but I can't find it anywhere. Its a decent hack. I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted October 17, 2004 Author Share Posted October 17, 2004 I started a topic on this a long time ago, but I can't find it anywhere. Its a decent hack. I like it. http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34374 Man, now I am wearing two of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 Anyone seen this yet? I haven't had time to hook up my CC2 but this is supposedly a whole new game based on the PF2 engine. Um... I didn't think Pitfall II worked with the Cuttle Cart 2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted October 17, 2004 Author Share Posted October 17, 2004 Anyone seen this yet? I haven't had time to hook up my CC2 but this is supposedly a whole new game based on the PF2 engine. Um... I didn't think Pitfall II worked with the Cuttle Cart 2... LOL, you're right, I forgot about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major_Havoc Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 OTAKU! That dude used to hang around in IRC a lot using that handle (usually in #rgvc and #rgvac). Last I heard he was trying to switch jobs.. But I think I scared him off with too many dog porno links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 man i read about this years ago. so the 'in a week' till he fixes the bug must be like the longest week in history. how many years has this week been now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Now if someone can "alter" Pitfall 2 so that it can work on the CC2, that would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvigor Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 You're not kidding there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuwatari Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Otaku is japanese for fan, nut, or addict. Like some of us are Atari otaku. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Now if someone can "alter" Pitfall 2 so that it can work on the CC2, that would be great. Could probably be done if you don't care about the music. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvigor Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Could probably be done if you don't care about the music. ..Al Well FORGET IT THEN! How could we live without the circus caliope music playing while we ride up on the magical balloon? LOL! Actually, quite the opposite! If someone could hack the game to run on the CC2 without music, awesome! If they could hack it to magically use the onboard Pokey, even better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Or better yet, just port it to the 7800. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Or better yet, just port it to the 7800. Would be great to see a port of the 5200 version with the second world. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Could probably be done if you don't care about the music. The DPC chip does a lot of stuff other than the music. I don't think it can be done unless partial DPC emulation is added to the CCII. -paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Could probably be done if you don't care about the music. The DPC chip does a lot of stuff other than the music. I don't think it can be done unless partial DPC emulation is added to the CCII. Ahh, oh well, I was thinking it was just used for the music. What else does it do for Pitfall II? ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Here is what someone was talking about in that old thread (not sure if it is true or not) ...you'd never be able to change any of the graphic colors or sprites. They're all encoded in the DPC. Essentially, you'd need to be a hardware wizard and create your own DPC clone out of a PIC or some sort of hardware. Lots of effort here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Hierophant Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 If there is ever a Cuttle Cart 3, which I will be the first to place an order, couldn't they add a socket for the Pitfall II chip like they added a socket for a Pokey in the Cuttle Cart II? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 If there is ever a Cuttle Cart 3, which I will be the first to place an order, couldn't they add a socket for the Pitfall II chip like they added a socket for a Pokey in the Cuttle Cart II? Sure, but where are you going to get a DPC chip from? As far as I know the only place you can find them is in a Pitfall 2 cartridge. Kind of defeats the purpose. :wink: Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 If there is ever a Cuttle Cart 3, which I will be the first to place an order, couldn't they add a socket for the Pitfall II chip like they added a socket for a Pokey in the Cuttle Cart II? Sure, but where are you going to get a DPC chip from? As far as I know the only place you can find them is in a Pitfall 2 cartridge. Kind of defeats the purpose. :wink: Mitch Agreed, it's not really worth it. It's cool enough that the Cuttle Cart 2 includes a socket for the POKEY, and at least the POKEY is relatively easy to come by given its use in several different Atari products. However, wouldn't the patent from the DPC chip have long expired, allowing anyone to reproduce it? Perhaps the DPC functionality could be duplicated in a PIC of some sort? ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Hierophant Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 My idea was to take the chip from the Pitfall II cartridge you own and scrap the rest. One less cartridge to worry about. Of course, this is unthinkable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianscott27 Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 wow, a pitfall II engine could be used for so much. its always been one of my all time great games, i remember getting it and playing it for hours and hours to beat it. i always thought that if you could somehow make pitfall harry use a gun or a whip the game would be so much better...get that damn condor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Perhaps the DPC functionality could be duplicated in a PIC of some sort? I think Chad said he looked into duplicating it in the CC2, but it was too complicated to include. I don't think it's terribly complicated, but it does include quite a few functions and I'm guessing it would have required a larger FPGA, raising the cost of the CC2 even more. And I believe the DPC chip and ROM are integrated into one chip in the Pitfall 2 cart, so it's not like you can just pull the DPC and use it with an EPROM to make a new DPC game. Otherwise I probably would have tried that already. -paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Perhaps the DPC functionality could be duplicated in a PIC of some sort? I think Chad said he looked into duplicating it in the CC2, but it was too complicated to include. I don't think it's terribly complicated, but it does include quite a few functions and I'm guessing it would have required a larger FPGA, raising the cost of the CC2 even more. And I believe the DPC chip and ROM are integrated into one chip in the Pitfall 2 cart, so it's not like you can just pull the DPC and use it with an EPROM to make a new DPC game. Otherwise I probably would have tried that already. -paul Interesting, I've never opened a Pitfall 2 cart so I didn't realize that it wasn't a seperate chip. Doesn't really surprise me now that I think about it though. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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