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July 21st, 2013, 22:45 Posted By: wraggster
This is a screenshot from the Atari 5200 version of the classic game Berserk. But the write-up we’re featuring actually looks at the original coin-op version. The maze for each level was established on the fly using a seed number fed into a rudimentary algorithm . Here’s a close look at how the maze building code actually worked.
Recently we saw a talk by Pitfall creator [David Crane] as part of our Retrotechtacular series. That is a real gem of programming history, and one of our favorite take-aways was that the levels were not hardcoded, but built using a random number generator algorithm with a hardcoded seed (so that the game was the same each time you played it). This uses a similar method but with a somewhat random seed.
The maze building was reverse engineered by observing the game in a MAME emulator, and by digging through disassembled code. Each time the code is “cold started” the seed starts out at zero, but from there the room number is used as the next seed. This is fed through a very simple algorithm. It generates directions for the walls, which use s few bit-wise operations to add the pillars inside the rooms.
It’s a great thing to study if you’re writing games for your embedded projects. By generating the room programmatically you don’t use up as much program memory. Of course these days even simple hobby controllers have way more storage to work with than [Alan McNeil] had when he designed Berserk.
http://hackaday.com/2013/07/21/how-t...-berzerk-game/
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July 18th, 2013, 00:02 Posted By: wraggster
After perusing Amazon one day, [Dave] found a very interesting piece of kit: a small, 1.5″ digital picture frame. They’re not very complex, just an LCD, a few buttons to cycle the picture, and a battery to keep everything portable. He decided the best use of this tech would be a tiny arcade cabinet, featuring screen shots of the best games a darkly neon lit arcade of the late 80s had to offer.
After sourcing a few of these digital picture frames on eBay, [Dave] set to work disassembling the frames and designing a custom enclosure. He wanted a few specific features: controls in the right place, replaceable sides, and the glowing red eyes of a coin acceptor slot. [Dave] whipped a model up in OpenSCAD and sent the parts over to his printer.
The controls for the digital picture frame were connected to a quartet of tact switches on the control panel, and a red LED provides the glow from the coin acceptor. With a USB plug and the frame’s memory loaded up with screen shots, [Dave] has a fabulous desk toy.
All the relevant files are up on Thingiverse if you’d like to build your own.
http://hackaday.com/2013/07/11/the-t...uve-ever-seen/
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June 30th, 2013, 23:36 Posted By: wraggster
New York's Museum of Modern Art has announced that it is adding six video games, including Minecraft, and a console to its famous collection of contemporary art. The Museum chose to honor fourteen games last year (including Pac-Man, SimCity 2000, EVE Online, and Portal) based on their traits of behavior, aesthetics, space, and time. This year, the museum is adding Atari classics Pong, Space Invaders, Asteroids, Tempest, and Yar's Revenge, as well as Mojang's modern hit, Minecraft.
MoMA's also adding the Magnavox Odyssey to the collection, remembering it not only as the first commercial home video game console, but as "a masterpiece of engineering and industrial design." As part of the museum's collection, all of these games and the console will periodically show up in exhibits put together by MoMA's Architecture and Design department.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/28/mi...rding-to-moma/
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June 25th, 2013, 15:32 Posted By: wraggster
If you weren't able to scrounge up enough coin to snap up the last few Apple I computers to be auctioned off, another chance to score one -- and empty your bank account -- is headed your way. Starting today, Christie's will be auctioning a functional Apple I until July 9, with a starting bid of $300,000. If last month's record-breaking $671,400 sale of a similar rig is anything to go by, this machine may rake in more than its estimated $500,000 value. The owner of the Apple I, who picked it up over three decades ago in a swap, modified it with a keyboard, monitor and a tape deck for storage - in other words, just the motherboard is original. Those more interested in window shopping can ogle the classic hardware at Mountain View's Computer History Museum beginning tomorrow.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/24/a...sties-auction/
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June 25th, 2013, 08:34 Posted By: wraggster
Growing publisher Nordic Games has moved to acquire yet more IP.
Following the news that many of Atari’s owned IP were put up for sale last month, Nordic Games has moved to capture two of its licenses – Desperados and Silver.
The former is a stealth-based RTS franchise set in the Wild West that has to date seen two releases – 2001 title Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive and 2006’s Desperados 2: Cooper´s Revenge.
The Silver IP is less well known. The action RPG was released on PC in 1999 and later on Dreamcast.
These are far from the first IP acquisitions Nordic has made in 2013.
The company emerged as a central figure in THQ’s IP sale earlier this year, securing rights to brands such as Darksiders, Red Faction, Stuntman, Full Spectrum Warrior, Destroy All Humans, MX vs ATV, Supreme Commander, Frontlines, Juiced and Titan Quest.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/nordi...-atari/0117607
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June 18th, 2013, 00:31 Posted By: wraggster
Finding himself in need of an arcade monitor [Eric Wright] turned to this ancient CRT television. The problem is that arcade monitors and televisions didn’t operate in the same way, differing in both resolution and refresh rate. [Eric] modified the television to work like an arcade monitor, but only with limited success. He’s hoping a few more alterations will lead him to a complete solution.
The image above shows him testing a Pac-Man machine on the altered Sharp television. Those familiar with the game will immediately notice that there is something wrong. We see most of the tracks upon which Pac-Man and the ghosts travel, but he maze itself is completely missing. To get to this point [Eric] consulted the television and arcade schematics to figure out how to connect the composite sync and three color channels directly to the arcade machine. This way the CRT timing is forced to conform to the game standard. The problem is that there is no way to adjust the drive and cutoff of the individual color channels. This is something [Eric] hopes to fix in the next iteration of his experiments.
If you already have a working arcade monitor but no gaming cabinet why not use a Raspberry Pi?
http://hackaday.com/2013/06/17/modif...rcade-monitor/
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June 17th, 2013, 14:23 Posted By: wraggster
News from Neoflash:
NEO Summer Retro Coding Contest 2013 for all retro platform announcement
*** Close time: Aug.20th 2013 ***
more info: http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php/topic,7624.0.html
* Homebrew Game division
There are top 3 winners for all platform
* Homebrew APP division
There are top 3 winners for all platform
Note: The platform just specify to the retro console, something like NES/PC-E/MD/SNES/N64/GBA/NDS/PSP/Wii ......
The rules of NEO Summer retro coding contest 2013:
[1] All original entries will get +5 "original score " , but the second entry (same project from last contest but improved, and just enter one more time again ) will don't get any "original score" in this contest.
[2] If your production have enter other contest before, you can use it to enter this NEO contest still.
[3] The No.1 winner from last Neo contest can't use their same project (even it come with many updated) to enter this contest again.
[4] You can submit more than one project for any platform at the same time, without any limit.
[5] You must put the NEO Retro Compo badge and NEO website link to your program and show it in the first page.
The top 3 prize list for the winners:
The No.1 : US$500 cash , OR choose any items from the NEO online shop, just not over U$800 total value.
The No.2 : US$300 cash , OR choose any items from the NEO online shop, just not over U$500 total value.
The No.3 : US$200 cash , OR choose any items from the NEO online shop, just not over U$300 total value.
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June 17th, 2013, 14:09 Posted By: wraggster
The following Utilities have been submitted and approved to the database (in submitted order oldest to newest):
•TitlePokéEdit RB (Game Specific)(GB)
•PaneponGUI (Game Specific)(GB)
•Exodus (Debuggers / Special Emulators)(GEN)
•Asar (Assembly Tools)(SNES)
•NBA Jam: Tournament Edition Player Editor (Game Specific)(SNES)
•LALE - Link’s Awakening Level Editor (Level Editors)(GB)
•CadEditor (Level Editors)(NES)
•Pancake 3 (Graphics Editors)(GEN)
•Megadrive Voice Editor - MDV (Sound)(GEN)
•Palettes of Rage (Palettes)(GEN)
•Pancake 2 (Graphics Editors)(GEN)
•LZ77 Restructor 2 (Miscellaneous)(NA)
•Copy File (Miscellaneous)(NA)
•Magic File Resizer (Miscellaneous)(NA)
Relevant Link: (http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/)
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June 17th, 2013, 14:05 Posted By: wraggster
Editroid 3.5 has been released. This new version adds a built-in assembler to Editroid and allows users to add a screen-load routine to any screen. This makes it easier to do all sorts of things. Different graphics and music can be loaded for different parts of an area, The appearance of a screen can change based on the player’s status, and so on.
Relevant Link: (http://snarfblam.com/words/?p=466)
http://www.romhacking.net/
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June 13th, 2013, 00:09 Posted By: wraggster
They’re not a 2600, but the Atari 400, 800 and 1200 are awesome computers in their own right. With only BASIC built in to the ROM, they’re not especially useful or fun, as [Jeroen] found out when he acquired an 800 with a broken tape drive. There are options that allow you to load emulator files from a PC, but [Jeroen] wanted something more compact. He came up with a way to load games and apps off an SD card using a simple microcontroller.
The 400, 800, and 1200 each have a port that allows the computer to talk to printers, modems, disk drives, and load games. There are already a few circuits around that connect the SIO port to a computer so games can be loaded, but [Jeroen] wanted a more compact and portable solution for his 800.
What he came up with is actually pretty simple; just an Arduino, SD card, and an LCD display that allows him to browse the directory on the SD card and load it into the 800′s memory.
A lot of folks over on the Atariage forums are really impressed with [Jeroen]‘s work, and would like to get their hands on one of these boards themselves. The project isn’t done just yet – [Jeroen] still needs to make a case for his device – but hopefully he’ll be spinning a few boards up in the coming months.
http://hackaday.com/2013/06/12/loadi...om-an-sd-card/
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June 7th, 2013, 14:11 Posted By: wraggster
Los Angeles gallery iam8bit is hosting an art exhibit in celebration of 1980s games, called "iam8bit Entertainment System." Here's where it gets a tad confusing: It also has a physical console designed specifically for retro gaming, called "iam8bit Entertainment System." So, the iam8bit Entertainment System will be at iam8bit Entertainment System from June 7 to June 20, and the console will be available to order online at iam8bit.
Sometimes we just don't understand art.
Iam8bit Entertainment System – the exhibit – hosts a ton of work from prominent artists around the globe, including the ones whose installments are shown in the gallery below: Olly Moss, Dadu Shin, DKNG Studios, Hine Mizushima, JC Richard, Jophen Stein, Mark Englert and Steve Courtney.
The show will include a treat for DuckTales: Remastered fans, with a 10 foot x 10 foot recreation of Uncle Scrooge McDuck's money bin, complete with giant gold coins and gems, and the Green Cheese of Longevity. It's like a ball pit for kids that's really for adults. Now that we understand.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/06/ia...o-art-exhibit/
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June 6th, 2013, 01:05 Posted By: wraggster
There's a new batch of games on the way for the NeoGeo X console, released last Christmas, which opted not to have an online store to sell games but to pack them up and sell them the old fashioned way.Unfortunately - maybe unsurprisingly - the new games are not cheap.There are five packs each containing three different games and they cost £25 a pop. Or you can buy them altogether - all 15 games - for £60.They're due 25th June and can be pre-ordered from Funstock.Here's a breakdown of the games in each pack: The NeoGeo X handheld.
- Vol 1: Metal Slug 2, Sengoku, Top Hunter
- Vol 2: Samurai Shodown 3, Savage Reign, The Next Glory: Super Sidekicks 3
- Vol 3: The King of Fighters '96, Blazing Star, Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle
- Vol 4: Garou: Mark of the Wolves, Shock Troopers, World Heroes 2 Jet
- Vol 5: The Last Blade, Blue's Journey, The Path of the Warrior: Art of Fighting 3
The Neo Geo X (sold as a Gold Limited Edition) comes with a handheld NeoGeo X console, a dock with telly-out options and a plug-in joystick. It costs £175.Sadly, it doesn't live up to its price tag. The screen on the NeoGeo X handheld is the biggest disappointment and suffers badly when compared to pretty much every smartphone on the market not to mention PS Vita and 3DS.The telly connections - HDMI and composite AV - on the console dock don't produce much better. Digital Foundry delved deeper for our NeoGeo X review at the start of the year.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ne-for-25-each
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June 6th, 2013, 00:20 Posted By: wraggster
This week we’re taking another departure from the ordinarily campy videos featured in the Retrotechtacular section. This time around the video is only two years old, but the subject matter is from the early 1980′s. [David Crane], designer of Pitfall for the Atari 2600 gave a talk at the 2011 Game Developer’s Conference. rounds up to a full hour with the Q&A afterwards. It’s a bit dry to start, but he hits his stride about half way through and it’s chock-full of juicy morsels about the way things used to be.
http://hackaday.com/2013/06/05/retro...he-atari-2600/
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June 3rd, 2013, 15:36 Posted By: wraggster
news via http://www.emucr.com/
Virtual Jaguar Git (2013/06/01) is compiled. Virtual Jaguar is an open source emulator based on Jagem (Virtual Jaguar) for Linux, MacOS X, and Windows. The source also compiles on BeOS. Virtual Jaguar is an awesome Atari Jaguar emulator with great compatibility.
Virtual Jaguar Git Changelog:
* Added ability to use old, incompatible, but faster blitter.
Note that most games fail when using this blitter, but some games, such as Tempest 2000 and Spacewar 2000 do. Use at your own peril!
* Special patch by ggn. :-)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/jxcjx3
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June 2nd, 2013, 21:56 Posted By: wraggster
Legend has it that Atari's 1982 E.T. game was so astoundingly bad that allegedly millions of copies of it were buried in a landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico during September, 1983. Only now, on the 30th anniversary of the burial, it's being dug back up.
According to New Mexico local news stationKRQE, the Ontario-based film production company Fuel has signed a deal with Alamogordo's City Commission allowing the company to access the landfill for six months while it makes a documentary about the archaeological dig.It's generally believed that E.T. - along with some other Atari products like the Atari 2600 port of Pac-Man - were crushed, then packed into nine semi trucks before being buried. Reports on the incident are shaky and conflicting, however, with some believing it never happened at all.City officials are hoping this will bring more attention to the town. Alamogordo's mayor Susie Galea stated, "I hope more people find out about Alamogordo through this opportunity that we have to unearth the Atari games in the landfill."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...o-be-excavated
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May 27th, 2013, 23:05 Posted By: wraggster
KingMike has released a complete translation patch for Deep Dungeon III for the Famicom, completing his translation patches for the entire four-game franchise. This one improves on the second as being the first with multiple dungeons and the first with multiple party members and a wider magic selection. It is also the only one which allows the player to create their party. Originally odino translated the scripts for both III and IV in 2008. The big holdup on this has been because KingMike had quite a frustrating time with the game’s difficulty. After analyzing the code, he discovered the game had some bugs, including a severe one that can mysteriously nullify a party member’s armor. So, this translation patch includes a few bug fixes as well as changing a few features he didn’t like about the game, like how your characters could randomly fumble and de-equip their weapon in battle. But he has also included an offset list for those who disagree on his changes and want to make their own version. At the last minute, KingMike on his own also made a hasty, largely machine-assisted localization of the manual. He’d really want to make you understand you should know the rules to this game when you’re going to play it as does he. You might even pick up a few tips to make the game less painful to play than it was for him. Note that the translation patch does require the ROM to be expanded first.
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/1996/
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