digitalpress Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Happy New Year, folks! The game, the interview, and the video can all be found here: http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=524569 Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Thanks! Looks like a really cool one/ I would have bought it back in the day.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Nice find, too bad it's a another plane game. Try as I might I can just never get into them. Still, another one crossed off the list... Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Wow, that's pretty cool! I didn't know there was a proto floating around out there, and yet here's two different revisions. Very nice. The commercial's particularly cool - did that ever air? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Mitchell Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Thanks for the game! I enjoyed reading the interview!! Now I'm off to the Cuttle Cart! Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Has anyone been able to d/l the files? All I get is a page of garbled text. If anyone has managed to grab it, could you please post it in this thread? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Has anyone been able to d/l the files? All I get is a page of garbled text. If anyone has managed to grab it, could you please post it in this thread? Thanks. wings.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalpress Posted January 2, 2005 Author Share Posted January 2, 2005 Wow, that's pretty cool! I didn't know there was a proto floating around out there, and yet here's two different revisions. Very nice. The commercial's particularly cool - did that ever air? None of us had ever seen the commercial before we posted it, and it came off of a master tape of four CBS commercials - the Mountain King commercial was certainly replaced by the one with a human being (instead of the cartoon character seen in the version we've got online) to most of our recollections. Still, I'd be interested to hear if someone had seen that Wings commercial before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 I've added an entry for Wings to our database here, and Matt has written up a thorough review of the game over at AtariProtos.com. Thanks for releasing the binaries! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 None of us had ever seen the commercial before we posted it, and it came off of a master tape of four CBS commercials - the Mountain King commercial was certainly replaced by the one with a human being (instead of the cartoon character seen in the version we've got online) to most of our recollections. Still, I'd be interested to hear if someone had seen that Wings commercial before. The animated one plays more like a storyboard concept reel -- I have a bunch of those for various Atari titles that eventually became live-action ads. I have my doubts about the Wings ad airing; it mentions that it's available for 2600, and soon for other systems, and since it was never released, the ad, which was probably made in anticipation of its release, probably got shelved along with the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 very cool. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 What bankswitching mode is needed for this in CC2? Is it FA by any chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 I'm curious as to why the nearly complete version is in PAL format and not NTSC. Was CBS planning Wings as a PAL only title towards the end or is there a nearly complete NTSC prototype out there somewhere? Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 This worked for me: cc2serial -r 115200 -b FA -s 26QUICK <wings6-3.bin >/dev/cu.USA*.1 (using my own command line cc2serial program and a Keyspan USB serial adapter) The PAL one displays in grayscale on the LCD monitor I'm using, but seems to have no sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 The PAL one doesn't seem to start with sound..but when I press the F6 key during the game in Z26...the sound suddenly comes alive. Also, pressing the "D" key on my keyboard in z26 will cause the cross-hair to turn into a big blue open box? What key on the keyboad does the "D" key emulate anyway for the 2600? I literally pressed it by accident. Otherwise it is very difficult to play in emulation. Really need the dual stick setup for this one. Also I believe F4 in z26 causes the plane to sorta either slow down, or engages what could best be called as an autopilot of some sort? Anyone else noticed any of this and have any insight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 What bankswitching mode is needed for this in CC2? Is it FA by any chance? Wings (NTSC - PROTO) WINGS1 FA 78BIOS Wings (PAL - PROTO) WINGS2 FA 78BIOS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 he PAL one doesn't seem to start with sound..but when I press the F6 key during the game in Z26...the sound suddenly comes alive. Yes the PAL one starts with sound off. The difficulty switches turn it back on. I should make a note of that in my review. Also, pressing the "D" key on my keyboard in z26 will cause the cross-hair to turn into a big blue open box? What key on the keyboad does the "D" key emulate anyway for the 2600? I literally pressed it by accident. "D" is down on the right stick. This swtiches weapons from guns to missiles. The big box is the missile target system. Pushing up (or "E") will fire your selected weapon. Otherwise it is very difficult to play in emulation. Really need the dual stick setup for this one. Also I believe F4 in z26 causes the plane to sorta either slow down, or engages what could best be called as an autopilot of some sort? Anyone else noticed any of this and have any insight? I didn't notice this, but I'll look into it. Was this on the PAL or NTSC proto? Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Thats amazing, thank you SO much! Been waiting to see this one since I was a wee lad :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Nice! Remember that thread where we debated whether or not you could get all those characters on one line? I guess it's been proven that it wasn't an Atari 8-bit screenshot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Has anyone really gotten into this game yet? I flew around for awhile and only got shot at a few times. Mostly I just flew around endlessly looking for ANYTHING. I found it really boring. Anyone else have better luck? I was expecting much more fighting or at least some kind of action. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Hi there! Remember that thread where we debated whether or not you could get all those characters on one line? Well, actually you still can't do that, it just flickers Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Well, actually you still can't do that, it just flickers Correct. Check out the screenshots on my page and you'll see this. Only two of the four labels on the gauges are showed at one time. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 It certainly looks nice, judging by the screenshots at atariprotos.com. I like games with planes but Spitfire Attack is my favorite on the 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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