Subject: Re: R: [stella] New project - RPG engine From: emooney1@xxxxxxxx (Erik K Mooney) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 23:08:07 -0400 |
>You must absolutely play it before starting an RPG project on the >2600. Not >forgetting that it has a very nice way of handling some lines of text. >If you don't have the Stella CD and you can't find a tape, then maybe >Glenn >could be so kind to "lend" you the binary... :) Could I, Glenn? Please? =) >> Possibly, I can use Chris Wilkson's 128k mega-cart design, >> which would also have 16k battery-backed RAM... problem there is >that >> I don't have an EPROM burner, eraser, or a cart. > >Before doing such a choice, you should be certain that it is possible >to >have a given number of these carts manufactured at a decent price. > >After all, we aren't doing these games just for the hell of it, but >especially for the rest of the "survived" population of the Atari 2600 >lovers. > >So it is important that they can have access to these games. >For 2K/4K games there's no problem: you can have the carts done like >Bob >Colbert did, or you can put the binary on the net so that people can >burn >eproms, download to the Supercharger or play on emulators; they could >even >be included in multi-carts. > >Supercharger-only games wouldn't really be for all, as not everybody >has a >Supercharger, but it's always a good way to reach the 2600 >enthusiasts. And >they run on emulators. I really don't want to use the Supercharger if avoidable, because it does limit the target audience, and I also don't like waiting for loads like it'd have to do. I'll use Chris Wilkson's mega-cart if both testing and manufacturing prove possible.. otherwise, I'll probably use a 16k bankswitched design, which would work on the emulators. If I release a 16k game, I may reuse the kernel in a sequel with a larger ROM format later on. >I had proposed the idea of a multi-4k game with parts linked by an >access >code, have you thought about it? I think I missed that message.. can you run it by me again? -- Archives updated once/day at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsubscribing and other info at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/stella.html
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