ComputerSpaceFan Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Any homebrewers out there willing to take on a request? I've been reading up on Willy Higgenbotham's Tennis For Two and watching the footage at the following link. http://www.osti.gov/accomplishments/videogame.html Since it's sort of like Pong but side view, I was wondering if anyone thinks it would be makeable? Obviously it wouldn't run as smoothely as it does on the oscilloscope and it would look different from that, but anyone care to comment on whether or not it would be playable? I happen to have some more footage of Tennis for Two being played on my site at the following link (Right click and choose Save Target As... for easier download) http://www.computerspacefan.com/tennis.mpeg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PkK Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I already thought about making a tennis for two for the ColecoVision some time ago. I see two problems: 1) Not enough colors. The scope has lots of shades of green. The CV has just three. 2) Input. Tennis for two has a button (no problem) and a knob for each player. The is an analog input device. The ColecoVision's joystick has just 8 directions. One option would be to use the wheel on the super action controllers or roller controllers. It's doable; a small project (not the kind of homebrew to be sold, just a fun project). Maybe I'll do it this spring. I'm working on smooth movement and gravity anyway (for SCJ3). Philipp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Any homebrewers out there willing to take on a request? I've been reading up on Willy Higgenbotham's Tennis For Two and watching the footage at the following link. http://www.osti.gov/accomplishments/videogame.html Since it's sort of like Pong but side view, I was wondering if anyone thinks it would be makeable? Obviously it wouldn't run as smoothely as it does on the oscilloscope and it would look different from that, but anyone care to comment on whether or not it would be playable? I happen to have some more footage of Tennis for Two being played on my site at the following link (Right click and choose Save Target As... for easier download) http://www.computerspacefan.com/tennis.mpeg I wanted to comment, all though...I don't have time to do this request. But, I wanted to say, I did a tennis game a long time ago with very limited colors. The effect of trailing pixels, and dissolves....actually looks quite neat and wouldn't be unpleasant to the eye...it works OK, to simulate that oscilliscope feel...(that was not my intention at the time...it started, by a mistake in my calculations)....but I realized it was a pleasant effect, not unsimilar to the decay in your oscilliscope example. anyway..good luck. I'm not sure that Tennis for 2, even in its original incarnation was a fun game...it was fun in 1958, because it was so different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 This is a game to write for the Vectrex and only the Vectrex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercat Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 The effect of trailing pixels, and dissolves....actually looks quite neat and wouldn't be unpleasant to the eye...it works OK, to simulate that oscilliscope feel...(that was not my intention at the time...it started, by a mistake in my calculations)....but I realized it was a pleasant effect, not unsimilar to the decay in your oscilliscope example. Since the game doesn't need to show any players, and doesn't need much background, it could use the playfield to draw the "court" bright green, the "ball" to show the current position of the ball (also bright green), P0 and M0 to draw the two previous positions (medium green), and P1/M1 to draw the two positions before those (dark green). Wouldn't quite match the appearance of the scope, but should look pretty good anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Might make for a fun extra (or Easter Egg) on another cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PkK Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Any homebrewers out there willing to take on a request? I've been reading up on Willy Higgenbotham's Tennis For Two and watching the footage at the following link. This is far from a finished or polished game. It's just a quick and dirty hack I did this afternoon. One obvious improvement would be to ave an non-flickering ball and let only the tail flicker. It's controlled by the first ColecoVision controller only. Point the joystick tothe desired direction, press fire to hit the ball. The ball will bounce when it hits the ground or net (with some dampening). The game stops if the ball leaves the field to either side. Philipp Tennis.rom.gz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark2008 Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 (edited) Any homebrewers out there willing to take on a request? I've been reading up on Willy Higgenbotham's Tennis For Two and watching the footage at the following link. This is far from a finished or polished game. It's just a quick and dirty hack I did this afternoon. One obvious improvement would be to ave an non-flickering ball and let only the tail flicker. It's controlled by the first ColecoVision controller only. Point the joystick tothe desired direction, press fire to hit the ball. The ball will bounce when it hits the ground or net (with some dampening). The game stops if the ball leaves the field to either side. Philipp using the current rom, I found it easier to hold the fire button down, for observing the movement. neat. It's interesting to see different approaches to the same problem. It would be neat if several people tackled the task... I liked the flickering balls look, it was an interesting effect. Edited January 20, 2008 by Mark2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Any homebrewers out there willing to take on a request? I've been reading up on Willy Higgenbotham's Tennis For Two and watching the footage at the following link. This is far from a finished or polished game. It's just a quick and dirty hack I did this afternoon. One obvious improvement would be to ave an non-flickering ball and let only the tail flicker. It's controlled by the first ColecoVision controller only. Point the joystick tothe desired direction, press fire to hit the ball. The ball will bounce when it hits the ground or net (with some dampening). The game stops if the ball leaves the field to either side. Philipp I just tried it with Meka. Cool stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PkK Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I liked the flickering balls look, it was an interesting effect. You can compare with the attached ROM where only the tails flickers, not the ball itself. Philipp Tennis.rom.gz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klokwrkblu Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Any homebrewers out there willing to take on a request? I've been reading up on Willy Higgenbotham's Tennis For Two and watching the footage at the following link. http://www.osti.gov/accomplishments/videogame.html Since it's sort of like Pong but side view, I was wondering if anyone thinks it would be makeable? Obviously it wouldn't run as smoothely as it does on the oscilloscope and it would look different from that, but anyone care to comment on whether or not it would be playable? I happen to have some more footage of Tennis for Two being played on my site at the following link (Right click and choose Save Target As... for easier download) http://www.computerspacefan.com/tennis.mpeg aww damit I actually was making plans on recreating the game but looks like someone already beat me to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klokwrkblu Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Any homebrewers out there willing to take on a request? I've been reading up on Willy Higgenbotham's Tennis For Two and watching the footage at the following link. http://www.osti.gov/accomplishments/videogame.html Since it's sort of like Pong but side view, I was wondering if anyone thinks it would be makeable? Obviously it wouldn't run as smoothely as it does on the oscilloscope and it would look different from that, but anyone care to comment on whether or not it would be playable? I happen to have some more footage of Tennis for Two being played on my site at the following link (Right click and choose Save Target As... for easier download) http://www.computerspacefan.com/tennis.mpeg aww damit I actually was making plans on recreating the game but looks like someone already beat me to it oh wait your doing it for a different system never mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerSpaceFan Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 Looks like someone made a PC version http://www.gamersquarter.com/tennisfortwo/ Now we just need it for the 2600. Any takers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland p Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Looks like someone made a PC version http://www.gamersquarter.com/tennisfortwo/Now we just need it for the 2600. Any takers? This game is almost hypnotic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klokwrkblu Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Looks like someone made a PC version http://www.gamersquarter.com/tennisfortwo/Now we just need it for the 2600. Any takers? Ill do it but its gonna take me a while cause i just started learning how to program Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almightytodd Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 It seems to me that the obvious thing to do, would be to hack elements of the Video Olympics Basketball and Volleyball games together, to end up with a paddle-sports game viewed from the side, with a net, and a bouncing ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klokwrkblu Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 It seems to me that the obvious thing to do, would be to hack elements of the Video Olympics Basketball and Volleyball games together, to end up with a paddle-sports game viewed from the side, with a net, and a bouncing ball. i thought of that, but theirs lots and lots of code to sift through other than that i already have the playing field and the net, ball and pointer graphics the ping i havent done yet and i dont know where to begin with the "tennis o tron" any of you atari wizards can do all of that in five minutes but whats the rush? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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