Popular Post peteym5 Posted December 20, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 This is a game we have been working on for almost 5 years. Tempest Elite runs on a standard 64K Atari computer and has the ability to detect VBXE and Stereo Pokey. When detected it loads the subroutines (drivers) to take advantage of the upgraded hardware in 320x192 256 color mode. If not detected it will run with original Atari 8-bit Antic GTIA player/missile graphics in 160x192 4 color mode. MaximumRD, The Professor, RickR and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioPoultry Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 That's the Tempest 2000 music! The Professor, Lost Dragon, DegasElite and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 I'm in! Lost Dragon and The Professor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Professor Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 That looks like a fantastic port to the A8! The 7800 could really use a Tempest release too. Atari 5200 Guy, Rowsdower70 and DegasElite 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteym5 Posted December 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 I am looking for an Atari 7800 programmer to assist with development. Trying to figure out to set it up with 4k of RAM. Tempest Xtreme and Tempest Elite uses lots of pre-calculated tables, will graphics 15 screen, and player-missile RAM. So it would be a different game almost written from scratch. Atari 5200 Guy and Justin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Part of it would have to be written from scratch but it is highly possible that some of the main CPU code could be reused since both systems use a 6502 variant processor. Since the 7800 is a raster machine (and a very good one I might add) it would be able to handle all of the Tempest characters easily. You might be able to bring those over as well since the MARIA chip handles sprites in a similar fashion as GTIA...just turn the images in an upside-down order. I'm still learning how to program the 7800 but I would need aide in understanding, in dummy terms, how the DLL and DL are made up. That is my only block. Everything else I can figure out. TrekMD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteym5 Posted January 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 Well doing the ship and objects coming up the web should be easy with the 7800. I am wondering what would be a good way to do the web graphics itself. Justin and Atari 5200 Guy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 4, 2017 Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 Which controllers will it support? Please say driving controller or Trakball! Atari 5200 Guy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalakZero Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 So much want! Quote "Mmmrrrrrrhhhh.....game.....gooooood....." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteym5 Posted January 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 (edited) Which controllers will it support? Please say driving controller or Trakball! Joystick will be default controller. I am waiting for reports from beta testers that are testing it with the Trackball and Driving Controller. Edited January 6, 2017 by peteym5 Atari 5200 Guy, RickR and Justin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
correagonzalez Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 Would definitely purchase this if it came out for Atari 8bit, love it on Atari 5200, and would like to see in other consoles, especially vectrex, unless there's a version out there that I don't know of. RickR and Atari 5200 Guy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 That looks very nice and it would be great if it could be done for the 7800 as well! Atari 5200 Guy 1 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 Well doing the ship and objects coming up the web should be easy with the 7800. I am wondering what would be a good way to do the web graphics itself. Hmmm...you should be able to treat the "web" like a "maze" in Ms. Pac-Man. And knowing the cart sizes available for the 7800 it should be able to easily hold 100 or more webs. But it all comes down to the skill of the programmer(s). The sounds would be the trouble spot. Unless Lance would be willing to place POKEY chips on the carts I don't believe there would be much of the music intact knowing the 2-channel limitations of TIA. Although some games pulled the TIA sounds off really well I don't think it would be able to handle the music in Tempest Elite by itself. Maybe if there was a way to combine the TIA sounds with POKEY music but you risk slowing the CPU down when accessing any TIA functions. The Professor and Justin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 Sound would definitely be an issue if only the TIA is used. Adding POKEY would definitely be better. I think if both TIA and POKEY are used, though, sounds get much better. Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteym5 Posted February 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 We are getting ready to release the Atari 8-bit cartridge and I hope there would be enough cartridges available for immediate sales. We thought we had enough for Tempest Xtreme, We found someone that sold us parts to make more for both games. Justin and Yo-Yo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo-Yo Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 Thats good news. Looks like a cool Tempest game. It'll give me a good reason to pull out my Atari XE again. Nice programming skills dude, good luck w your project! Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteym5 Posted February 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 Sound would definitely be an issue if only the TIA is used. Adding POKEY would definitely be better. I think if both TIA and POKEY are used, though, sounds get much better. TIA and Pokey would give you six voices. We use a program called RMT to generate the Music on the 8-bit. Not sure how Pokey is mapped on those cartridges. Don't have a ton of information on those. I had given thought about trying that 7800 Basic to see if I can port my Adventure/RPG project over. The Professor and Justin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 Does this work with Paddles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video 61 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 i sent out yesterday for review from my team, all of the artwork and documentation for review. we made a film with commentary. and it shows us playing the game with a joystick, a 2600 driving controller, with paddle controllers, and a trak-ball. its been a long haul for the guys who made this possible, but it looks like we are about there. Quote VIDEO 61 & ATARI SALESwww.atarisales.com22735 Congo St. NE, Stacy, MN 55079 651-462-2500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteym5 Posted March 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 (edited) We Finally have unlocked the video with commentary with people playing the actual game with different controllers. I know when people were asking about these controllers, I pointed out various issues with using those controllers like needing to constantly moving your hands or not having a separate direction for the SuperZapper. So the Space Bar acts as the switch to activate the superzapper, and escape acts as pause when using something other than the joystick. When joystick is selected as the game controller, Space Bar will just pause the game. You also need to use SELECT and OPTION to cycle through the controller options on the title splash screen as someone will need to plug in another controller before starting the game. Please stand by for the official announcement about the release of the Cartridge Game as we are hard at work preparing everything. Edited March 26, 2017 by peteym5 Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 That 7800 programmer would be Bob Decrendeso on AA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted April 5, 2017 Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 Hello, all, Been a long time. Sorry about the hiatus. I am one of the beta testers for V61 and Tempest Elite, listed in the end credits as Artisan21. It is a spot-on game that will live up to players' expectations. We have tested various controllers, as it will have multiple controller support. So far, the best controllers that I have tested are the joystick, the European joypad, and the driving controller, with the driving controller being the best. You guys will love to play this game. It will be great. Thanks for letting me share that tidbit of information. TrekMD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted April 6, 2017 Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 That looks fantastic Peter. You should be really proud of the work you're doing, thank you for being part of our community and sharing this with us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video 61 Posted April 7, 2017 Report Share Posted April 7, 2017 Hello, all, Been a long time. Sorry about the hiatus. I am one of the beta testers for V61 and Tempest Elite, listed in the end credits as Artisan21. It is a spot-on game that will live up to players' expectations. We have tested various controllers, as it will have multiple controller support. So far, the best controllers that I have tested are the joystick, the European joypad, and the driving controller, with the driving controller being the best. You guys will love to play this game. It will be great. Thanks for letting me share that tidbit of information. got to level seven today, even made it to the bonus round. my hands are still to slow yet to beat the bonus round. i am using the euro 7800 pad. Justin 1 Quote VIDEO 61 & ATARI SALESwww.atarisales.com22735 Congo St. NE, Stacy, MN 55079 651-462-2500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
correagonzalez Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 Please keep us updated on the actual release of this game, will definitely purchase this, thanks. Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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