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by eslapion
Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:20 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: New Release : Frogger '07
Replies: 108
Views: 27720

It just suddenly hit me! ... This theory also explains the rapid evacuation of the area as indicated with the frantic traffic patterns in both directions. Frogger evidently takes place shortly after some ecological disaster. ... Wow! I thought only autistic people noticed such details! Usually when...
by eslapion
Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:39 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Jupiter Lander code
Replies: 4
Views: 1632

Thanks very much. :D You mentioned there are two jump-upon-reset addresses, what's the difference between them? Is there a canonical resource for this info, by the way? I don't see these details in the PRG. Regards, Brad I think one is an address for reset and the other is for NMI or interrupt. I a...
by eslapion
Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:45 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: can someone help me dump a cart for the Megacart?
Replies: 7
Views: 2587

Hi Brent, Before you do that, of course, try to physically inspect the cart to see if BLK 1, 2 or 3 are being used. What you want is to power up the VIC with your terminal cartridge turned off then turn the cart back on. At this point you should still have the 3583bytes free message but the cart is ...
by eslapion
Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:46 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: got my hands on some rare cartridges
Replies: 42
Views: 16492

WRT to uploading games to zimmers site for global availability, I believe credit should be to folks who dumped or donated images from their collections (rather than who was first to send image along to Bo). I recovered Basic V4 back in 1997 but I only got it fixed last year... I also recovered Mobi...
by eslapion
Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:31 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: After 25 years... my own 80 column cartridge!!
Replies: 17
Views: 5036

Having typed in and played Hammurabi by David Ahl back in 1983, I rediscovered these: http://www.atariarchives.org/basicgames/ http://www.atariarchives.org/morebasicgames/ http://www.atariarchives.org/bigcomputergames/ Maybe I'll type in and save on a tape a couple of these on the VIC for the fun of...
by eslapion
Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:11 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: A bunch of new cartridges uncovered for the MEGAcart
Replies: 23
Views: 8608

Be careful when you send him stuff. Bo has no time to classify stuff. Don't send him a zip archive with a bunch of files in there that are different in types (such as mixing util with game carts) and tell him in advance where you think it is the best place to put these files. Give a good description...
by eslapion
Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:40 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Jupiter Lander code
Replies: 4
Views: 1632

Pretty much anything that loads at $A000 on the VIC is autostart cartridges. For the autostart to be activated by the VIC's kernal, you have to have a very specific sequence of bytes at the beginning of the code. You are right in interpreting that the first two bytes indicates the load address to be...
by eslapion
Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:51 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: A bunch of new cartridges uncovered for the MEGAcart
Replies: 23
Views: 8608

I sent Mobile attack, Frogman and Keyquest for posting on Zimmer's.
by eslapion
Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:42 am
Forum: Games
Topic: New Release : Frogger '07
Replies: 108
Views: 27720

Just a note concerning gameplay. The real game of Frogger can be set to offer 3, 5 or 7 frogs at the beginning of the game. As an example, Omega Race can also offer more lives at the start of a game. On the VIC, if you press Shift-F1 to start a game instead of just F1, you'll get 5 lives instead of ...
by eslapion
Sun Aug 05, 2007 12:38 am
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: Burning data on 27c256 or 27c512 for 4$/6$
Replies: 1
Views: 916

Burning data on 27c256 or 27c512 for 4$/6$

If you have any electronic projects, VIC related or not, that requires data on a non-erasable (OTP PROM) 27c256 or 27c512, just send me your file. I will permanenetly record your data on a 27c256 for 4$ each chip or on a 27c512 for 6$ each chip. Chip and programming service included. Quantity discou...
by eslapion
Sun Aug 05, 2007 12:24 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Mega-Cart
Replies: 695
Views: 186763

... This is a broad assumption to make, given you do not know all of the functionality or have code. ... I would simply make the M29F032 appear at the same place and in the same manner as the 2 EPROMs and change nothing to the rest. There are lots of changes between the hardware of the original VIC...
by eslapion
Sun Aug 05, 2007 12:00 am
Forum: Games
Topic: New Release : Frogger '07
Replies: 108
Views: 27720

... Q-Bert was indeed just as bad as Frogger, I agree - I don't really like Q-Bert as I find it frustrating to play, and to do a good conversion would have to clock up a few hours playing it.. we'll see.. :) ... My suggestion, if you want to know how a game is supposed to look and feel like and inv...
by eslapion
Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:50 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: New Release : Frogger '07
Replies: 108
Views: 27720

Re: New Release : Frogger '07

wiskow wrote:
eslapion wrote:Or... making a VIC version of M.U.L.E. :D
That gets my vote! 8)

-Andrew
Well, I asked for that a while ago. I suggested it should be made into a 24k or 32k game.

I even offered money for it... :?
by eslapion
Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:01 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: New Release : Frogger '07
Replies: 108
Views: 27720

... As for NTSC, what I really need is for a few people to fire it up on their NTSC machines and tell me what you can see, and therefore what you can't see... problem is the PAL game uses 256 scanlines (same as the arcade machine), which may be more than NTSC can display.. I have a few suggestions ...
by eslapion
Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:28 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: New Release : Frogger '07
Replies: 108
Views: 27720

Re: New Release : Frogger '07

Hi everyone, ... Many thanks to anyone who has answered a technical question, given support to this project or inspired the coding.. the credits on the disk (PAL only) is very brief, but following thanks also... : ... Eslapion - again, for answering many technical questions I've had ... -Glen "...