Atari 2600 News
Muncher (25-07-2011) (A2600 Game)

Wickeycolumbus is working on a small game, which is currently named “Muncher”. You play as a yellow square and your goal is to “eat” the red squares while avoiding aliens.

There are currently four game modes:

Game 1 – one enemy bouncing off the walls
Game 2 – one “smart” enemy
Game 3 – two enemies bouncing off the walls
Game 4 – one “smart” enemy, one bouncing off the walls

Wickeycolumbus would love feedback, so maybe you have a minute or two to do so.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/185388-muncher-2600/

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Epic Adventure v4 (A2600 Game)

Epic Adventure by Byte Knight is an entirely new Adventure game built from the ground-up featuring 32 rooms / mazes with all-new items and enemies (see picture below). It’s kind of a mixture of Adventure and Lord of the Rings. The goal of the game is “the usual” – get the golden chalice back to your home castle. But first, you must kill the Dragon in order for the chalice to appear in one of three places – the Wizard’s Castle, the Dragon’s Castle, or the Troll’s Cave.

The demo is Level 1 of the game, with all of the items non randomized and easy to find in or near your home castle. Test it out and let the author know what you think!

Changes:

* upgraded graphics
* new torch lighting effect
* one skeleton key to open all castles
* staff for long-range attacks
* amulet makes you invisible to enemies
* you can make the hawk drop objects by sniping him with the staff (if you’re quick enough)
* the hawk will sometimes pick you up if you don’t have any items, and you can control his x-axis while flying.
* when you’re in the same room as the palintir, you’ll move at half-speed.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/184924-epic-adventure/

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Epic Adventure (15-07-2011) (A2600 Game)

Epic Adventure by Byte Knight is an entirely new Adventure game built from the ground-up featuring 32 rooms / mazes with all-new items and enemies (see picture below). It’s kind of a mixture of Adventure and Lord of the Rings. The goal of the game is “the usual” – get the golden chalice back to your home castle. But first, you must kill the Dragon in order for the chalice to appear in one of three places – the Wizard’s Castle, the Dragon’s Castle, or the Troll’s Cave.

The demo is Level 1 of the game, with all of the items non randomized and easy to find in or near your home castle. Test it out and let the author know what you think!

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/184924-epic-adventure/

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2600Tris (17-07-2011) (A2600 Game)

atari2600land has updated his single and two player simultaneous play variant of a very well known Russian block game.

Release notes:

Hey, all. Now you can turn the next shape feature on and off mid-game.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/153710-2600tris/page__st__150

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2600Tris (16-07-2011) (A2600 Game)

atari2600land has updated his single and two player simultaneous play variant of a very well known Russian block game.

Release notes:

It doesn’t seem to be present in this version. Like I said before, tell me if you see any bugs or it doesn’t work on a Harmony cart.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/153710-2600tris/page__st__150

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2600Tris (14-07-2011) (A2600 Game)

atari2600land has updated his single and two player simultaneous play variant of a very well known Russian block game.

Release notes:

ACK! It’s present in the old one, too! Maybe someone can help me out here? I’ve posted the code. Player 1’s line clearing routine is in bank 4.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/153710-2600tris/page__st__150

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2600Tris (12-07-2011-a) (A2600 Game)

atari2600land has updated his single and two player simultaneous play variant of a very well known Russian block game.

Release notes:

I got in the mood to make the game even faster moving, so I don’t know how you feel about the flashing lines (if you get a full row) I had to delete them to make way for the new way the program calculates if there’s a line or not. This new way is IMO faster than the old way, and should make both the two-player and one-player games faster.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/153710-2600tris/page__st__125

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2600Tris (11-07-2011) (A2600 Game)

atari2600land has updated his single and two player simultaneous play variant of a very well known Russian block game.

Release notes:

I think I fixed that one. I tried cleaning out four lines and it worked. Also, in this version, you can change the colors from black and white to color (and back and forth) during the game, too, not just the title screen. I don’t know why people haven’t commented on my little surprise if you get 100 lines or more in 1 player A-Type. It’s basically the same thing that happens in Tetris for Game Boy: A rocket launches (only mine says “USA” on it, although we don’t launch rockets any more. How sad…) and the same music from the Game Boy version of Tetris plays. If you spot any bugs, as usual, please let me know.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/153710-2600tris/page__st__125

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EggVenture (09-07-2011) (A2600 Game)

EggVenture is a parody on Adventure games. The goal is to rescue your Eggs which were stolen by an evil Duck Dragon. All while avoiding enemies and level hazards. There are a few puzzles to solve, but they aren’t brain benders.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/182507-eggventure-2600/

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2600Tris (10-07-2011) (A2600 Game)

atari2600land has updated his single and two player simultaneous play variant of a very well known Russian block game.

Release notes:

The last version had some bugs that had to do with line clearing. I think I’ve fixed all of them now.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/153710-2600tris/page__st__125

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