Category: Atari 2600

In the year 2574 a lot of things have changed. Humans have colonized our solar system and the O81b “flying saucer”is the primary means of getting around town. However, some things don’t change, specifically the need for diamonds. In 2574, the largest known diamond in the solar system was found in the moon, Titan. But in the process of trying to mine it, the 2 petaton atomic bomb used was overkill and scattered diamonds across the planet and across the solar system. You are one of the many that have equipped their O81b’s with rock blasters and set off to mine for the diamonds. But watch out, the explosion also caused a lot of meteorites! Good luck diamond hunter, and get rich!

Other release notes:

Features:
* shoot rock in attempt to find diamond that is same color as playfield (also ball) except it flickers (the diamond)
* 2 players
* can shoot opposing player
* get points by collecting diamonds (“win” game at 10 diamonds?)
* may/may not die by hitting playfield
* can select different levels
* can bump into other player
* falling meteorites
* ground quakes when playfield is shot
* player resting position landing strip is “safe” to land on
* self-destruct sequence when lander is damaged (colors of red)

Original Plans not implemented/won’t be implemented:
* landing pad where you refuel (ball) – pfscore not working
* ufo runs across top and shoots down at you – ditched ufo
* lose fuel by hitting playfield – pfscore not working
* run out of fuel and you crash – pfscore not working
* playfield only crumbles when ufo’s shots hit ground – ditched ufo

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Short: Titan Diamonds is a game with Lunar Lander style elements.

Long: In the year 2574 a lot of things have changed. Humans have colonized our solar system and the O81b “flying saucer”is the primary means of getting around town. However, some things don’t change, specifically the need for diamonds. In 2574, the largest known diamond in the solar system was found in the moon, Titan. But in the process of trying to mine it, the 2 petaton atomic bomb used was overkill and scattered diamonds across the planet and across the solar system. You are one of the many that have equipped their O81b’s with rock blasters and set off to mine for the diamonds. But watch out, the explosion also caused a lot of meteorites! Good luck diamond hunter, and get rich!

GoSub2, the successor of GoSub has been updated… Build 54 is out!

Changes:

Figured out my problem. It was a stupid typing error and not the variables’ fault. Well, anyway, I got started on the mini-game. To access what I have so far, at the title screen, press the select switch until the first number is 2, then press switch reset. To start the game, player 2 presses fire. I’m having trouble with player 2’s sub to avoid. As you can see, it’s not resetting to the top as quickly as player1’s sub to avoid is. I need some help with this.

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Fort Apocalypse has updated his game “Titan Diamonds”.

Changes:

* can now explode by hitting playfield (can sometimes hit it safely, sometimes you can’t- some chance involved!)
* self-destruct sequence before killed (length depends on “random damage” caused by hitting playfield or getting shot)

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Fort Apocalypse has updated his game “Titan Diamonds”.

Release notes:

Here is 0.3. Basically the game is almost done as I described it with the exception of a life counter because I ran out of memory (4k top). Has sound, lander collisions, lander explosions and dropdowns after dying, game ends at 10 points. Get points by killing other player or finding diamond.

There is a slight bug in the 2 player scorecolor. Curtis, if you have time can you check to see why score2 keeps flickering red when you call pfpixel/pfread too much? Thanks!

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GoSub2, the successor of GoSub has been updated… Build 54 is out!

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The PAL version of the recent “Bee Ball” release is out…

Bee Ball is a volleyball type game, but the difference matters. You and your CPU player are bees and of course you don’t push around any ordinary volleyball, no it’s a honeyball!

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=109531&st=100

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atari2600land is still working on his Qix style Atari 2600 conversion.

Release notes:

If I made the playfield 200 pfblocks, then I could just divide the # of pfblocks filled in by 2 to get a %. This is what I did in this next version. Also, the automatic line stops once you reach a playfield block, whether it be the border or not and adds the %age to the score (the 5th figure should be a ‘%’, I just haven’t gotten around to making it yet.

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Bee Ball is a volleyball type game, but the difference matters. You and your CPU player are bees and of course you don’t push around any ordinary volleyball, no it’s a honeyball!

This version fixes a graphical glitch, introduced in yesterdays update.

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GoSub2, the successor of GoSub has been updated… Build 53 is out!

Release notes:

Added levels 22-24. I think I’ll work on a Street-Racer-type minigame soon so the monotony of level designing doesn’t wear on me.

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