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[PacManPlus]

I have just been given permission to make 'Pel Plus' for the 7800. I want to figure out the logistics before I start: http://www.kongregat...tedfun/pel-plus
It looks like it can be fun. I plan on doing Paddle controls, as well as the classic controls the game uses now. I can probably do this with stock hardware as it doesn't require extra memory nor has a complicated soundtrack to go with it.

I saw it on the monitor while in GameStop one day, and I immediately thought it would make a good port to the 7800... It seems pretty addicting...



Bob

[Marc Oberhäuser]

Bob, how about doing a really slow and boring game that I can play longer than about 1 minute without losing all my lives:)

[lucifershalo]

oh , yeeeees
another game that will drive me crazy

[PAC-MAN PRIME]

I just get a red X. :-(

What kind of game is it?

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

I have the feeling that Bob is still working for Atari of the Tramiel era..........

[Indiana Quack]

Hi Bob,

This looks to be a really awesome addition to the 7800 library especially with paddle support. Hope you can make it happen!

[PacManPlus]

PAC-MAN PRIME, on Tue Jun 28, 2011 5:50 AM, said:

I just get a red X. :-(

What kind of game is it?

Thanks guys!

It's this, except that the Pels can originate from either side of the screen (not just the left):

Bob

[PAC-MAN PRIME]

PacManPlus, on Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:32 AM, said:

PAC-MAN PRIME, on Tue Jun 28, 2011 5:50 AM, said:

I just get a red X. :-(

What kind of game is it?

Thanks guys!

It's this, except that the Pels can originate from either side of the screen (not just the left):

Bob

Ah ok, thanks! I'm on another computer now, and I can play it from the link in your first post. Great game! I can totally see myself playing a lot of it. So of course I'd be down for a cart as well!

[toymailman]

Wow Bob, you have to be one of the most prolific 7800 coders right now. How many projects are you working on? It seems there are at least half a dozen. If this makes it to cart put me down.

[PacManPlus]

Thanks for the kind words guys.

I'm working on a few projects. I had too much of an issue with collision detection for Frenzy, so I put it back down for now. With Battlezone, I need to re-visit the line drawing routine to somehow make it faster. (My blog has the list of games I've started).
Bob

[DEBRO]

Hi Bob,

I'd suggest you go to atarimania.com and look up Trial by Fire! for the Atari 8-bits. It is the same game concept but with graphics to draw you into the game. If you are planning to use paddles then it would be nice to use more than three horizontal positions and have the objects bounce based on the position of the "paddle".

I look forward to seeing this completed.

[tz101]

It's not Make Trax!

[gambler172]

Hi Bob
Give it a try....Every new game is welcome
greetings Walter

[Cebus Capucinis]

This looks a lot like that classic DOS game "Bouncing Babies" only 2-directional!



That game used to make me want to punch the monitor it was so hard! Look forward to this one as well!

[BrianC]

Cebus Capucinis, on Sat Jul 2, 2011 11:34 AM, said:

This looks a lot like that classic DOS game "Bouncing Babies" only 2-directional!



That game used to make me want to punch the monitor it was so hard! Look forward to this one as well!

That game was also a clone of Nintendo's Fire LCD handheld (which has very similar gameplay). I have a keychain version and the versions in Game nd Watch Gallery 1 and 4. Good stuff!

Is there going to be a mode in this game with a single pel where you try to get the pel in the three baskets near the top left or top right of the screen?

[jeffgamer]

When this is ready for sale, make sure to count me in! :-)

[Rex Dart]

BrianC, on Mon Jul 4, 2011 5:16 PM, said:

Cebus Capucinis, on Sat Jul 2, 2011 11:34 AM, said:

This looks a lot like that classic DOS game "Bouncing Babies" only 2-directional!

That game was also a clone of Nintendo's Fire LCD handheld (which has very similar gameplay). I have a keychain version and the versions in Game and Watch Gallery 1 and 4. Good stuff!

Oh, there were dozens and dozens of games in this same "Catch/Dodge the Falling Object" genre then. Interesting to see a new entry, to say the least.

Edited by Rex Dart, Tue Jul 5, 2011 10:59 AM.

[BrianC]

Rex Dart, on Tue Jul 5, 2011 10:59 AM, said:

BrianC, on Mon Jul 4, 2011 5:16 PM, said:

Cebus Capucinis, on Sat Jul 2, 2011 11:34 AM, said:

This looks a lot like that classic DOS game "Bouncing Babies" only 2-directional!

That game was also a clone of Nintendo's Fire LCD handheld (which has very similar gameplay). I have a keychain version and the versions in Game and Watch Gallery 1 and 4. Good stuff!

Oh, there were dozens and dozens of games in this same "Catch/Dodge the Falling Object" genre then. Interesting to see a new entry, to say the least.

That may be so, but there is no doubt Fire is the game Bouncing Babies is based on, right down to the flaming buliding on the left and the ambulance on the right. It hard to tell which came first, but Fire was 1980 and many of the similar ones came after.

[jeffgamer]

If this is going to make it onto cart, please count me in for one...thanks!

[TrekMD]

Very cool!