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Thanks! It uses the SuperChargers native ability to rewrite the program code to change the soundtrack.

PongMusicdemo.bin This demo plays Arkanoid creating a new soundtrack every level. There are some Island sounds that are very relaxing and other interesting musical pieces created, listen to it for a while and see what you think! You can play any time pushing up and return to demo mode by pushing down, the BW switch changes the musical tempo and increases the speed. This Atari demo also runs in the Commodore 64 embedded emulator, the SID sounds are very relaxing too but the songs sound completely different when the TIA chiptunes are played through the SID. I couldn't upload the prg file for the C64 but will share it if support for .prg files are added 🙂

Thanks. Yes someone broke the TIA to SID emulation and deliberately released a non-working version to make the C64 to 2600 project look bad. That was disappointing but motivated me to focus on improving TIA to SID emulation even more. I've been sidetracked with sound frequencies and envelopes but will be get back to working on compatibility for bB 2K and 4K games.

Thanks! Yes I am working on the next version with more color support and improved sound. Here is a SuperCharger game running on a real Atari and in the emu on the C64: This game takes advantage of the SuperChargers ability to dynamically change code to rewrite the soundtrack every level. In the C64 emu the SID sounds even better than the TIA and the graphics are enhanced:

Scott I've been reading an incredibly good Atari book I found on your site, the ABC to the Atari VCS: book_abc_to_the_vcs.pdf (ataricompendium.com) The author has logically divided the book into genre categories and makes a good argument for listing by genre over going alphabetically. This book was written in the 80's and is fantastic. I found more Space Invaders there to add to the list, he also describes reverse Space Invaders in some instances. This is a great read! 🙂

Thanks I read the Gas Hog manual, interesting the screenshot within is sepia monotone making it look like a ZX-80 game instead of the colorful Atari 2600. Awesome Atari resource site btw, I have bookmarked it!

Thank you Scott! 🙂 I tried a few rounds last night Spacechase is excellent! I never thought of Millipede or Centipede as an SI port but you are right, they really take the genre to the next level like Arkanoid with Breakout. I think to qualify for an SI port the player must be able to shoot incoming Invaders. I tried Space Cavern too, another interesting SI port. Also tried Mission Survive but only have the PAL version, it looks very cool I will try to find it for NTSC. Agree on 007 but not Gas Hog because you cannot shoot the invaders (or I don't know how, it does look like you have a Turret on top of the Car). I think sideways Space Invaders like SpaceWar also qualify for being similar to Astroblast. In Fantastic Voyage, Zevious, Super Cobra and Vanguard you are the Invader so I don't think these qualify or could be reverse SI ports.

Alright the updated list is now: SpaceInvaders Threshold Communist Mutants from Space Gyrus Condor Attack Galaxian INV21 INV60904 Megamania Pigs in Space SIA V0.1 Spider Fighter SuperCharger SpaceInvaders for Girls Laser Blast Moon Patrol Gorf Pepsi Invaders Pleiades proto Guardian Encounter at L5 Demon Attack Pheonix Space Instigators And this classic port I can't remember the name of but found a screenshot here:

Found a few more Space Invaders! Pleiades proto which has a space invaders first stage. Pheonix and another paddle game Guardian, and Encounter at L5. Also found a very close space invaders port with a scrolling large planet in the background with continents visible. I can't remember the name and can't seem to find it again the sea of ROM's I found it in.

I love board games this looks awesome! It reminds me of Dark Tower, great review 🙂

Two more awesome ports! I'm adding both to the genre folder.

There are so many fantastic Space invaders ports for the Atari 2600. Here is a list of SI ports in the Space Invaders folder on my Flashcart: SpaceInvaders Threshold Communist Muants from Space Gyrus Condor Attack Galaxian INV21 INV60904 Megamania Pigs in Space SIA V0.1 Spider Fighter SuperCharger SpaceInvaders for Girls Laser Blast Moon Patrol I like playing them back to back to enjoy the nuances between them. What are your favorite ports in your Space Invaders folder and cart collection?

X2 on a new Atari Flashback that uses the single chip and neatly done video mod! I opened mine up to check, ordinary Jr. I like that the Jr has the RCA jack exposed, I use a shielded coax with an RCA adapter to clean up RF. My Vader is on another Television setup and I think I broke my six switch removing the hex buffer with solder braid but it may be repairable, damaged it with static from my hands switching controllers. It still looks iconic just sitting there.

OK tried to pick 10 🙂 Video Chess Missile Command COMBAT Defender Pacman (BW switch on) Zaxxon Enduro Crystal Castles QBert Popeye Star Ship Gyrus Zevious Burgertime Tron Deadly discs Frisco Stargate Centipede Robot Tank Moon Patrol Video Pinball Asteroids Mr Do

Checkout BattleSphere on the Jag it looks like StarRaiders 2000. It was programmed by the original developers and might have been inspired by the proto.

X2 StarShip plays like an abstract StarRaiders port that captures the gameplay elements and simplifies strategy. On the Atari 400 and 800 StarRaiders was incredible as a 3D Star Fighter like nothing seen before.

The Chameleon 64 sounds really cool, I like that it has FPGA cores for the Atari 2600 and the C64. I am not affected by chip shortages, Gameloader is running Atari 2600 program on an unmodified C64. This is a software only solution using a soft ANTIC blitter accelerated by the VIC-II. I have just uploaded a surprising benchmark where it it is outperforming a real Atari 2600.

The Commodore Atari 2600 Cartridge Adapter was Vaporware in 1980 but the R&D looked real: Was a prototype produced? This MADPlanet article from 2011 sheds more light on the mysterious Atari Cardapter suggesting if a prototype was produced it would have had to have been similar to the units produced for the Colecovision, Intellivision and Atari 5200 which were basically an entire Atari 2600 inside an expansion unit. That's not really an Atari 2600 adaptor and the marketing was misleading. "playing Atari games on the other system with the adapter" really meant adding an Atari console to it; these adapters can be modified to run as a stand alone Atari 2600 clone console. These Adapters were defended as the only possible way to play Atari on other systems at the time since 1 Mhz target platforms supposedly cannot in any way emulate or run each others programs natively. Maybe the Game Loader was an Atari adapter that was truly different as described? This description details Commodore sound and graphics being used to play Atari 2600 games of all different types. It would be awesome to play Atari 2600 games with a VIC-20 soundscape and graphical skin! Fake product to fool investors? Maybe a fake prototype Cardaptor was presented at CES to lure unsuspecting investors like a mock up made from blinking Christmas tree lights cardboard and paper mache. No real Adaptors only Knock Offs It would have been easy to fool Investors at CES because there were no real Atari adapters on the scene just Knock Off Atari 2600 consoles that you plugged into your existing system which marketing called an adaptor, with marketing magic. I'm working on the real version of the product and Loader described to natively run Atari programs with CBM graphics and SID sound rendition! 🙂 Here's the thread on AtariAge, in the Commodore section. The Loader is running a real Atari program written in BASIC and Assembly with no changes to the BASIC and Assembly code on a stock C64. CBS RAM and SuperCharger bank switching formats are supported transparently by the Loader and TIA graphics transposed to VIC-II in real time. Haven't added the sound yet, the SID is a subtractive analog synth like a Moog. Atari TIA to SID sound will be transposed dynamically by the loader in real time on 1 Mhz systems as described by the R&D team for that phat Commodore sound while playing Atari for real, on your Commodore 64.

Pacman has an awesome night mode. Mr Do becomes less interesting using the same board color. Missile Command is more interesting toggling night vision on and off between stages like you've got filter settings on the view. Defender feels like a different game in black and white. Video Chess looks sharper and the AI still dreams in color. Which games do you throw the Black and White switch for?

Sure! 🙂 KC_OS_RC7_4PartHarmony.bin

I like the shields, VCS Asteroids with the multicolored asteroids and captivating Jaws theme is tremendously fun. I never knew about flip until now, I'll try that variation 🙂 The Meteoroids prototype is also fantastic.

KC_OS_RC7_SuperCharger.zip Love the music and technology art in these videos! 🙂

This is a cool thread! I used to have big stacks of BYTE, Personal Computing, Rainbow and Compute! My favorite way to enjoy old computer magazines and books is just to read them from the bookshelf and magazine stacks, but over time they disintegrated or were badly damaged. My copy of EDTASM+ Assembly Language programming by William Barden Jr. was probably the most severely dog eared damaged book I kept reading and rereading until it fell apart. Preserving the stacks and books is a great idea, maybe put a few out on the bookshelf at a time to be able to peruse them and read them just like in the 80's, that's important imo. Books and magazines still have the best UI.

This cracked me up:

This cart should be produced by Hozer Video Games!