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Jungle Quest Work in Progress Video for June 11, 2023. I completed setting up the levels I planned to have in the offical game. They my need further tweaking, because some things may be discovered in the wrong location, or something may be impossible to get past. So, there is going to be further testing. The game is going to be targeted for 64K to 128K Atari 8-bi computer. It will include several mega levels to be played on the 130XE. Does this by combining sections of other levels to make a big level.
I have been busy with other projects, some of them still Atari related. I plan to continue to support the Atari 8-bit, 5200, and 7800 with new games. I hope things do get patched up with myself and Atari community members, however they have their own agenda that makes them difficult. Most of the news I view lately is some hack of a game that already exists. Maybe something new like Prince of Persia being released.

I will look into this as the game is still a work in progress. I choose the current color scheme to help avoid making it appear too close to something else. I know it is very unlikely someone will come over to us to do anything. Maybe I can do something with the next build. The game is using the 3 color player/missile overlay mode where the 3rd color is the result of the other two color registers calculated as a binary or, and it is sometimes difficult to control the 3rd color.
 

MEGAOIDS for ATARI JAGUAR
Today I am announcing we have been developing Megaoids for the Atari Jaguar. This will be taking advantage of the system's advanced features and will play unlike any of the 8-bit versions. It will feature full rotating asteroids, colorful space scene backgrounds, overlaid score, shield bar, additional power ups, and more types of enemy ships This is still a work-in-progress and many more changes are scheduled to happen. We have different types of boss stages going on, and other original ideas are being developed and added into the game. We hope to have the game released soon and hope there will not be any problems.
Here are some screen shots.

I really look forward for you to complete this game and wish you the best of luck. You have the support of the community here at Atari.IO.

I really look forward for you to complete this game and wish you the best of luck. You have the support of the community here at Atari.IO.

Jungle Quest For Atari 8-bit Work in Progress For July 31, 2022. Some Progress has been made with the game after many years. Now have the main character running around and climbing ladders. Collision Detection works. You may post your comments here or on Atari.IO for a quick response from myself or Video61. Posting on that other Atari forum will not get a response from me there, but on here or Atari.IO. To respond to an earlier comment, the reason why this game had been put aside for many years is that I had been busy with many other Atari game projects. Also, when I decided to come back here, I decided to revamp the programming with all the techniques I learned after putting this game aside. It did take me some time to port over my player/missile multiplexer and align with the scrolling action. 

MEGAOIDS for ATARI JAGUAR
Today I am announcing we have been developing Megaoids for the Atari Jaguar. This will be taking advantage of the system's advanced features and will play unlike any of the 8-bit versions. It will feature full rotating asteroids, colorful space scene backgrounds, overlaid score, shield bar, additional power ups, and more types of enemy ships This is still a work-in-progress and many more changes are scheduled to happen. We have different types of boss stages going on, and other original ideas are being developed and added into the game. We hope to have the game released soon and hope there will not be any problems.
Here are some screen shots.

MEGAOIDS for ATARI JAGUAR
Today I am announcing we have been developing Megaoids for the Atari Jaguar. This will be taking advantage of the system's advanced features and will play unlike any of the 8-bit versions. It will feature full rotating asteroids, colorful space scene backgrounds, overlaid score, shield bar, additional power ups, and more types of enemy ships This is still a work-in-progress and many more changes are scheduled to happen. We have different types of boss stages going on, and other original ideas are being developed and added into the game. We hope to have the game released soon and hope there will not be any problems.
Here are some screen shots.

MEGAOIDS for ATARI JAGUAR
Today I am announcing we have been developing Megaoids for the Atari Jaguar. This will be taking advantage of the system's advanced features and will play unlike any of the 8-bit versions. It will feature full rotating asteroids, colorful space scene backgrounds, overlaid score, shield bar, additional power ups, and more types of enemy ships This is still a work-in-progress and many more changes are scheduled to happen. We have different types of boss stages going on, and other original ideas are being developed and added into the game. We hope to have the game released soon and hope there will not be any problems.
Here are some screen shots.

Megaoids Atari 7800 Work in Progress for June 29, 2023. Changes were made to indicate how much you have for shields in the upper right corner. Now, a bar represents your shield strength that will flash red when shields get low. We hope to make Megaoids available for the Atari 7800 soon.
I am aware of what is going on with the Atari community. I have seen the announcement, reading posts, and seen the YouTube video. People believing something is happening with copyright infringement. Myself, and Video61 had made efforts to ensure what we are now doing is original and different enough from someone else's work to be called our own. There has not been any real indication that anyone is coming to crack down on those who ported unlicensed games and duplicated intellectual properties within the retro community. I know we are also guilty of making some games and using titles. I was once working with someone that did music for Tempest and Venture. Believed ports make more money. Even made unconfirmed claims that he did talk to the copyright holders and got permission. Found out later, it was a lie. He was demanding and wanted things done his way. So far, no one has anything to us. Even during development of Venture, I was looking at the programming I had already did for these games, and started experimenting to see if I can come up with something original. It did not take much to turn the Venture source into an RPG top down adventure game that eventually became Secretum Labyrinth. I also applied some programming to improve my Jungle Quest project. I hope to release the most recent form of Megaoids available for the 7800 without further delays.

Edit: there is now an update for June 29, 2023.  I decided to apply the new spaceship shape design I have been working on for the last few days, and make it part of the official 7800 version. 
 

Megaoids Under Construction for the Atari 7800. This will be a game released on cartridge from Video 61. It is one of several games I am currently developing for the Atari 7800. This is another port over from the Atari 8-bit and 5200 version. It will be similar, using a shield that you need to recharge by collecting power. Get power ups. After all the asteroids are destroyed, you must go through the galactic gate to go to the next level. 7800 Special features are the rotating animated asteroids and an animated galactic gate.
 

Megaoids Atari 7800 Work in Progress for June 29, 2023. Changes were made to indicate how much you have for shields in the upper right corner. Now, a bar represents your shield strength that will flash red when shields get low. We hope to make Megaoids available for the Atari 7800 soon.
I am aware of what is going on with the Atari community. I have seen the announcement, reading posts, and seen the YouTube video. People believing something is happening with copyright infringement. Myself, and Video61 had made efforts to ensure what we are now doing is original and different enough from someone else's work to be called our own. There has not been any real indication that anyone is coming to crack down on those who ported unlicensed games and duplicated intellectual properties within the retro community. I know we are also guilty of making some games and using titles. I was once working with someone that did music for Tempest and Venture. Believed ports make more money. Even made unconfirmed claims that he did talk to the copyright holders and got permission. Found out later, it was a lie. He was demanding and wanted things done his way. So far, no one has anything to us. Even during development of Venture, I was looking at the programming I had already did for these games, and started experimenting to see if I can come up with something original. It did not take much to turn the Venture source into an RPG top down adventure game that eventually became Secretum Labyrinth. I also applied some programming to improve my Jungle Quest project. I hope to release the most recent form of Megaoids available for the 7800 without further delays.

Edit: there is now an update for June 29, 2023.  I decided to apply the new spaceship shape design I have been working on for the last few days, and make it part of the official 7800 version. 
 

Megaoids Under Construction for the Atari 7800. This will be a game released on cartridge from Video 61. It is one of several games I am currently developing for the Atari 7800. This is another port over from the Atari 8-bit and 5200 version. It will be similar, using a shield that you need to recharge by collecting power. Get power ups. After all the asteroids are destroyed, you must go through the galactic gate to go to the next level. 7800 Special features are the rotating animated asteroids and an animated galactic gate.
 

Here is my latest progress with Delta Space Arena on the Atari Jaguar. Thankyou guys for guiding me on setting on Linux on my system and getting these Libaries to work.
 

I will look into this as the game is still a work in progress. I choose the current color scheme to help avoid making it appear too close to something else. I know it is very unlikely someone will come over to us to do anything. Maybe I can do something with the next build. The game is using the 3 color player/missile overlay mode where the 3rd color is the result of the other two color registers calculated as a binary or, and it is sometimes difficult to control the 3rd color.
 

Here is my latest progress with Delta Space Arena on the Atari Jaguar. Thankyou guys for guiding me on setting on Linux on my system and getting these Libaries to work.
 

Jungle Quest Work in Progress Video for June 11, 2023. I completed setting up the levels I planned to have in the offical game. They my need further tweaking, because some things may be discovered in the wrong location, or something may be impossible to get past. So, there is going to be further testing. The game is going to be targeted for 64K to 128K Atari 8-bi computer. It will include several mega levels to be played on the 130XE. Does this by combining sections of other levels to make a big level.
I have been busy with other projects, some of them still Atari related. I plan to continue to support the Atari 8-bit, 5200, and 7800 with new games. I hope things do get patched up with myself and Atari community members, however they have their own agenda that makes them difficult. Most of the news I view lately is some hack of a game that already exists. Maybe something new like Prince of Persia being released.

Maybe do something similar, if there are issues with the copyright owner. I am just getting started with learning Jaguar programming.

Maybe do something similar, if there are issues with the copyright owner. I am just getting started with learning Jaguar programming.

Delta Space Arena for the Atari 7800. Work-in-Progress for April 25, 2023. Bug fixes mostly. There had been delays with testing and making sure games work properly during the Winter months in Minnesota where Video 61 operates from. Tests are done with real hardware with what the end user has. Hopefully, we will be able to get a few more game cartridges on the market this year.
 

Delta Space Arena for the Atari 7800. Work-in-Progress for April 25, 2023. Bug fixes mostly. There had been delays with testing and making sure games work properly during the Winter months in Minnesota where Video 61 operates from. Tests are done with real hardware with what the end user has. Hopefully, we will be able to get a few more game cartridges on the market this year.
 

First time I visited Jungle Quest since December and did some work on the programming. I added Music and Sound. Corrected several bugs. "Jungle Quest" could be renamed before the final release. Video61 and I have a title in mind, and will be making the announcement when the game is more complete.
Jungle Quest, is a game that I started when I returned to Atari in 2007. I resumed work on the game around August 2022. The game was intended to be similar to Pitfall, but would have new worlds to explore. Use big scrolling screens and take advantage of extended RAM. It will have a jumping system similar to what is seen in other side scrolling action type games. It will have moving platforms. Video61 wanted more elements to make it different from Pitfall because David Crane is someone he knows. I looked at another MS-DOS called "Jill of the Jungle" for inspiration. This will be a colorful and action packed challenging game.
Jungle Quest was a game that I started before I met KJMANN (SAL) and many probably do not know who he is. I posted this game on another Atari forum, and several months later, I got contacted by Sal about doing other games, such as Battle Squadron, Tempest, and eventually Venture. Kjmann was separated from our group, and I, Video61, and team achieved better after he left. I learned how to use Raster Music Tracker myself, so I do not need to depend on others to create music files. 

Maybe a giant Space Centipede pops up in one of the upper levels.
 

Megaoids Under Construction for the Atari 7800. This will be a game released on cartridge from Video 61. It is one of several games I am currently developing for the Atari 7800. This is another port over from the Atari 8-bit and 5200 version. It will be similar, using a shield that you need to recharge by collecting power. Get power ups. After all the asteroids are destroyed, you must go through the galactic gate to go to the next level. 7800 Special features are the rotating animated asteroids and an animated galactic gate.
 

Megaoids Under Construction for the Atari 7800. This will be a game released on cartridge from Video 61. It is one of several games I am currently developing for the Atari 7800. This is another port over from the Atari 8-bit and 5200 version. It will be similar, using a shield that you need to recharge by collecting power. Get power ups. After all the asteroids are destroyed, you must go through the galactic gate to go to the next level. 7800 Special features are the rotating animated asteroids and an animated galactic gate.