GroovyBee Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 My, that would be fun to play on a real 7800 ... I often do on mine . Hopefully I'll get a demo level out this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted June 11, 2009 Author Share Posted June 11, 2009 And as if by magic here it is! 7800Birthday_11_06_06.1.13.a787800Birthday_11_06_06.1.13.bin For CC2 users its a 32K image and doesn't need any extra RAM. The bugs... The colours are shot in PAL. The scrolling could be smoother. Vertical scrolling has "jitter" sometimes. Theres collision detection problems. You can't die . ..... Its probably not worth reporting bugs at the moment. I know it has lots . Its just a release to prove that its not vapourware. I also had to cut down the active screen display . MARIA's 160B is hell full screen. I really must document the 160B MARIA "features" sometime. Anyways... Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Wow GroovyBee...impressive! Thank you for sharing this with the community. I especially appreciate you posting the ROMs. That is very generous of you. I'm looking forward to the progress and final product and (if made available) cartridge purchase! -Trebor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8th lutz Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 (edited) Very impressive. Thank you for sharing this. Edited June 11, 2009 by 8th lutz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Hi Mark Wow,looks great.Cannot wait to see a playable level....... Keep on the great work. greetings Walter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 And as if by magic here it is!... That's awesome, thanks for sharing! Looking forward to see how this one develops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 (edited) Wow - just finally got this game onto my CC2 (long story). Looks fantastic, Mark! Love the art direction. Can't wait to see what you do with it and also if you ever get your adventure game going ... Great work The character and the maze navigation reminds me a little of a CoCo game I once loved called A Mazing World Of Malcolm Mortar. http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/malcommortar.html Edited June 14, 2009 by DracIsBack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Thanks for the compliments so far. Hopefully I'll get around to fixing the most obvious bugs this week. Not all play mechanics are in place in this demo. There's still more to come . Would any people that are interested in creating some levels for the game drop me a PM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Thanks for the compliments so far. Hopefully I'll get around to fixing the most obvious bugs this week. Not all play mechanics are in place in this demo. There's still more to come . Would any people that are interested in creating some levels for the game drop me a PM? Hi Mark Sure,i would like to make some levels.PM me with details please..... greetings Walter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Thats looking very very nice, thanks for the .bin Look forward to seeing the progress on this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 There should be another release in a day or two that fixes a few problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 (edited) Latest release :- 7800Birthday_18_06_09.1.14.a787800Birthday_18_06_09.1.14.bin Whats new :- - Version number on title page. - Added placeholder sub pages to the title page menu. - Scrolling is much smoother in all directions. - Fixed scrolling "jitter" bug. - Real PAL palette. - Implemented PAUSE game (RESET takes you back to the title page menu). Still to fix :- - Collision detection bugs. - Random apple appearing bug. Still to add :- - Loads . CC2 users need the following :- 7800_32K 78BIOS Its probably not worth reporting bugs in this version either. Anybody got any good ideas to name this game? Nothing BD related . The names so far (as of 20/06/09) are :- Plow Under! Stone Drop Miner Rock Run Pebble Pusher Shaft Skedaddle Pit Runner Undermine Dirk Digger Dig'N'Run Nolan the Digger Mark`s Dash BD (Ball``s Digging) Apple Panic Rox Rockz Miner Bit of Trouble Miner Trouble Miner Jack Major Miner Bit Miner Bit 'N' Run Dig'Em Apple Chaos Nolan`s Apple Chaos Apple Harvest Apples and Boulders EDIT: Added game names on 20/06/09 Edited June 20, 2009 by GroovyBee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espire8 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Anybody got any good ideas to name this game? Nothing BD related .How about: Plow Under! yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 Plow Under! I'll add it to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Coming along nicely! I really like the use of color and style of the graphics. Great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianC Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Stone Drop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 Stone Drop Added to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 How about just 'Miner'... Is that taken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 How about just 'Miner'... Is that taken? Nothing with that name in the 2600, 7800 or 5200 AA databases. Probably a bit too close to Miner 2049er tho. I'll add it to the list as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Rock Run? Pebble Pusher? Shaft Skedaddle? Pit Runner? Undermine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 @Mayhem: Thanks! All added to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 (edited) Dirk Digger? EDIT: And if you change the apples to cherries it could be "Dirk Digger: Adventures In Cherry Popping". There is alot of those plays on this name with similar effect. Anyone remember the movie with a dude of a similar name???? Edited June 18, 2009 by Shawn Sr. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 Dirk Digger? thats a bit below the belt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Dirk Digger? thats a bit below the belt! A bit below the belt? More like around the knees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 How about Dig'N'Run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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