A look at Venture for Atari 7800 - Work in Progress

[peteym5]

Here are some work in progress screen shots for Venture on the Atari 7800 I have the first 3 map screens put together. I am planning to make this more like the arcade verses the 2600, Coleco, Intellivision, or even my 8-bit/5200 version. It may have several modes, default being arcade, other modes being home console, 8-bit challenger mode, and 7800 challenger mode. The issue I had with the 8-bit version was I could only dedicate 6 sprites for the enemies inside of each room. 7800 that can be extended to 8 or 10 maybe, or have something else like flames or energy bolts bouncing between walls. Many ideals are being considered. 

[RickR]

Looking forward to this one.  Thanks.

[TrekMD]

One word:  AWESOME!

[peteym5]

Here are some more work in progress screen shots for Venture. I am starting to work on the individual dungeon rooms where you need to go in and get the treasures. I am sure I can make things multicolored at 160 resolution. 

[peteym5]

Here are a few more screen shots of Venture being made for the 7800. 

[TrekMD]

That looks awesome!  Will this version have the animation as you enter the rooms and exit?  That is missing from all home versions, as far as I know. Is that doable on the 7800?

Edited December 22, 2017 by TrekMD

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On 12/22/2017 at 2:46 PM, TrekMD said:

That looks awesome!  Will this version have the animation as you enter the rooms and exit?  That is missing from all home versions, as far as I know. Is that doable on the 7800?

We are looking at doing something different than the home versions. we will see what we can do with the 7800.

Lance

[peteym5]

Here are some screen shots from Map 3, the Yellow Levels. We are making excellent progress with the game now. 

[peteym5]

Here is the next set of the extra 4 dungeons that were present on the Atari 8-bit version of Venture. These only get played if you choose challenger mode. 

[peteym5]

Here is the next WIP video now we have treasures and Winkys bow changing direction. I still need to work on the arrow sprites, but hope to have that done soon.

 

[peteym5]

Here is the next WIP video now we have an arrow in bow that shooting when pressing the joystick button. 

Edited January 8, 2018 by peteym5

[peteym5]

 

 

Here is my work in progress so far for Venture. Right now I am figuring out how to make one of my games work with the 7800 and use it as a template for the rest of the games that I am looking to port over later. Also get one game out on cartridge to see how it sells before deciding on more games. The other games on the list include Delta Space Arena, Laser Blast X, Tile Smashers, Putt 18 Miniature Golf, Animal Keeper, and Secretum Labyrinth. 

[TrekMD]

Cool!

[Atari Creep]

Looks good!