Arenafoot Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 This morning, AA user "Tempest" of AtariProtos.com released the ROM for the recently-discovered nearly-complete version of Xevious for the Atari 2600. The ROM can be found here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/229880-atariprotoscom-update/page-5?do=findComment&comment=3281764 or downloaded from below....... Xevious (Fix v0.03).bin XevRom-11884.bin Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Professor Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 That's incredible news! Thanks for sharing this Arenafoot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted July 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 more info coming out about this prototype................. http://www.pr.com/press-release/628522 Near-Complete Xevious Atari Prototype Discovered Previously Unknown Prototype to be Playable at California Extreme July 18-19. Santa Clara, CA, July 15, 2015 --(PR.com)-- The discovery of a polished, playable test cartridge dated January 1984 is exciting news for video game historians and enthusiasts. Until now, Xevious for the Atari 2600 was believed to have been abandoned in a mostly unfinished state in the wake of corporate restructuring at Atari in the early 1980s. The Digital Game Museum is pleased to present this previously unknown version of the game for public play at California Extreme, July 18-19, in Santa Clara, California.In 1984, adaptations of the arcade game Xevious were canceled for the Atari 5200 and 2600 home consoles. Prototypes of the Atari 2600 version which contain partial development progress from late 1983 were known to exist but these versions lacked a title screen, final sprites, enemy waves, and music. The newly discovered cartridge features all these additions and represents a far more playable game than the previous known version.“This discovery provides an interesting window into the inner workings of Atari at the time and gives us a chance to see what such a landmark arcade game would have looked like running on the 2600,” said Digital Game Museum Director Judith Haemmerle. “We’re excited to be able to provide an opportunity for people to play it on original hardware.”Digital Game Museum is proud to be partnering with California Extreme to provide the public with a chance to play this newly discovered version of Xevious on original Atari 2600 hardware for the first time. Attendees will be able to compare the Atari 2600 prototype with the original 1983 arcade version of Xevious courtesy of collector Tom Bazzano and view other original Xevious artifacts.“This version of Xevious is one of the most faithful arcade ports I’ve ever played on the Atari 2600,” said Dave Beaudoin, Digital Game Museum Board Member. “The speed and responsiveness combined with the graphics and audio are jaw dropping. It’s amazing they were able to get this kind of performance out of the 2600.”California Extreme runs from July 18th through the 19th at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara. For more information on the show see the California Extreme website at: http://www.caextreme.org/.About the Digital Game MuseumThe Digital Game Museum is California’s premier professionally managed museum dedicated to the preservation of digital game history and artifacts. The collection represents games and memorabilia spanning from the early days of the arcades to the modern home consoles and PC titles. The Digital Game Museum preserves both artifacts that were publically available as well as internal corporate memorabilia that contextualizes the creation of memorable game experiences. Learn more at digitalgamemuseum.org.If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Judith Haemmerle at (408)610-1444 or email at judith@digitalgamemuseum.org. screenshots can be found at: http://digigames.org/items/show/2080 gameplay can be found at: Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted July 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 and this one too.......... http://kotaku.com/ancient-atari-2600-arcade-pops-up-and-its-so-bad-1717759403 Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Adventure Square Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Wow! The forest-field, the nifty bg sfx, the intro music, the swift gameplay! Dat shadow effect on the grey building! Man, I'm not surprised the great VCS can still deliver to this day. But I'm always blown away by the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Are you devious enough to beat Xevious? "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicSage Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Holy cow! That really is an amazing port, especially with the music and game sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumRD Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Another look , 2600 gameplay starts around 3min 25sec. https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=276&v=2y05xxUhii0 I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
correagonzalez Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 I'm surprised that there was a xevious for 2600 the only I find strange is the ship doesn't look like one, I'm assuming the final version would've look different since it's a prototype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo-Yo Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 I'm not so sure. Don't forget the 2600 was only built to be 2 players and a missile. There's a lot going on at one time on the screen in Xevious, that makes me think this may have been the final ship. Then again who knows, Galaxian looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted August 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 I still have to try out this prototype ROM........ Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Just posted a blog entry here with video: http://www.vectorgamer.com/apps/blog/show/43514488-xevious-2600-prototype ⚠️ THIS MEMBER HAS BEEN BANNED FOR THE FOLLOWING INCIDENT: http://forums.atari.io/index.php/topic/475-theretrocade/?p=7683 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted August 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 finally got around to try this title ....it is a good one. I'll have to try other versions of it to compare and see how good it was ported over to the VCS. Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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