Danno Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Ok - so what are the chances that either this or Beef Drop are going to make it to cart form any time soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferris Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Oh damnit.... now you got me. April Fools! Here's to all of us who run *real* 7800 hardware! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted April 2, 2005 Author Share Posted April 2, 2005 Kenfused posted a Q*Bert style avatar recently Yeah, that was before we decided to release this ROM on April 1st, although he did let the cat out of the bag a bit for those who were paying attention. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 Mmm--kay... Dude -- your site is hacked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferris Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 Curt!! ....Ken! .....where ARE you guys???[shouts from the Atari look-out fort that I built in my back yard when I was 10] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted April 2, 2005 Author Share Posted April 2, 2005 Curt!! ....Ken! .....where ARE you guys???[shouts from the Atari look-out fort that I built in my back yard when I was 10] I'm sure they'll post later today--most of us have to work during the day and can't spend as much time surfing the web as we might otherwise like. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfused Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 Curt!! ....Ken! .....where ARE you guys???[shouts from the Atari look-out fort that I built in my back yard when I was 10]I am here where are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfused Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 Actually I am spending most of my time off and on waiting for stuff to come up here and hoping it doesn't time out and mark all the topics as read like it does from time to time. I just got home from work a couple of hours ago and am working on recovering some of my 7800 beef drop source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimurphy Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 To get the new 7800 Q-bert ROM to work with the EMU7800 emulator (.bin or .a78 format, doesn't matter), add the following line to the ROMProperties.csv file found in the emulator executable folder: Q-bert,,Parker Bros,,A7832,A7800NTSC,Prototype,,,66e7230f7ef9d14db82d76b06b241bc0 EMU7800 is an Atari 2600/7800 emulator implemented in .NET for the Win32 platform and is available at http://emu7800.sourceforge.net. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 Why is there a 1989 copyright on it? Seems like Q*bert would have been a pretty old license by then. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 Not bad for a proto, though it could use more work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWriteDude Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 OK, I give up. I'm confused. Is this ROM legit or a really good recreation of Q*Bert? I managed to play up to Level 4, and still I see no "April Fools!" message or whatnot. If it's a fake, wow, what a fantastic fake then -- a fully playable game trying to pass itself off as a lost proto. I think I'll be more impressed if it's a fake, and not a real proto. It will be even BETTER if it's fake, because then the author can simply add the finishing touches to it to make it into a full-blown reproduction of Q*Bert. So I actually hope it's fake. Thanks, AtariAge. This is what I would call a "good" April Fool's joke, where the prankee directly benefits from the joke too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfused Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 I guess I am left with the difficulty of proving it is for real A. Convert a page of the original source code into PDF B. Post the PDF here Repeat until the truth is known. Good enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 The "April fools" was an april fools. And announcing a real proto on April 1. The ROM is apparently real. One interesting thing I noticed when looking at it was that the two copyright strings (Atari and Gottlieb) were written backwards for some reason. But a 1989 copyright? I didn't notice that. That's waaay late in the 7800's lifetime. This was also an excuse to get the pair of 29C256 flash chips I found recently desoldered and working with my 7800 proto board. Turns out I needed a wire from pin 1 (/WE) to +5 volts, but now it works. So in a way, it has now been put on a cartridge, even if temporarily, and without a cartridge shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 Wow... and it looks mucho better than the 5200 version! Nice.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 As in legit it plays and runs on the 7800 ? but if you mean it's actual code that was used in development who knows. Time will tell I guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 I take it you can't record video using the emulators? I don't use the emus so I dunno? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfused Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 I guess I am left with the difficulty of proving it is for realA. Convert a page of the original source code into PDF B. Post the PDF here Repeat until the truth is known. Good enough? Too subtle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfused Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 I just noticed that this came from scans of a source code listing? Any chance of the source code getting released?Here is a little bit: LDA SWCHB AND #64 CMP ZLASTB BEQ NOCH INC CHEAT STA ZLASTB NOCH: LDA CHEAT CMP #8 BCS TITLESC2 JMP LPMAINTITL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about... but even if you had the code don't you still need graphics or is that just part of the programming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman_x_2002 Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 Well I refuse to weigh in on this because... well I'm confused. I will say this, however. Joke or no, this game begs to be finished! Absolutely astonishing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 Good to hear... I LOVE Q*Bert (haha, gameboard, trashcan, wheres the plush!?) in my gameroom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 I guess I am left with the difficulty of proving it is for realA. Convert a page of the original source code into PDF B. Post the PDF here Repeat until the truth is known. Good enough? I there any chance the original source will be made public? It would be highly educational to budding 7800 programmers. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+batari Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 LDA SWCHB AND #64 CMP ZLASTB BEQ NOCH INC CHEAT STA ZLASTB NOCH: LDA CHEAT CMP #8 BCS TITLESC2 JMP LPMAINTITL I know what this code does... but should I say anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 Mmm--kay... Dude -- your site is hacked. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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