Brand new hardware for my Atari 8 bit computers :)

[ckong]

Can you help me out with it?

Yep, I have 'burnt' it on a good old floppy. I love the smell of those things. 

I dont'know if you're still playing a lot with your C64, but if so, then this is a great addition to the hobby: http://www.go4retro.com/products/zoomfloppy/

It makes copying d64 files from a modern Windows PC to a 1541 floppy drive a piece of cake, and a lot of fun. I'm making some nice game compilations at the moment.

[Etienne MacGyver]

And thats where the good old PC comes in handy...  just put it on the secondary controller port and start copying 

do you need an old pc to transfer the goodies to the modules ?
i have still plenty of them in my attic that i am cleaning out...

Extremely kind offer Etienne, but I prefer to do this on my Mac. The IDE2USG runs fine with Parallels.

DAMN, now i am still stuck with some old PC's 

[level42]

That's a nice try. And I know I'll be condemned for it but the early 80s A8 version is better.

The players "man" runs too fast.
The robots act weird, they're not moving all at once and dont act like the arcade version.They never run into walls !
Also the mazes are just wrong.
Evil Otto is also WAY too fast if compared to the 2nd ROM version of the original, which is the most common one, but even compared to the first version Otto is too fast.

No c64 bashing just think it could have been done better if looked closer at the original.
Let me say I could never program like this so it's a great effort for a one man project. And I see that the current version is 1.10 and the video shows 1.8 so maybe he improved some things ?



The speech is not freezing the game like on the A8 though which is great. And I really like the intro logo and graphics.

Compare:

A8 version:
http://youtu.be/eeYhUcJcY_w

C64 version:
http://youtu.be/dZKtYDV8BkM

Arcade version:
http://youtu.be/ektxaqu_V4k

[Belike]

Can you help me out with it?

Yep, I have 'burnt' it on a good old floppy. I love the smell of those things. 

I dont'know if you're still playing a lot with your C64, but if so, then this is a great addition to the hobby: http://www.go4retro.com/products/zoomfloppy/

It makes copying d64 files from a modern Windows PC to a 1541 floppy drive a piece of cake, and a lot of fun. I'm making some nice game compilations at the moment.

Looks like a great tool, though not quite understand how it works.

[Belike]

And thats where the good old PC comes in handy...  just put it on the secondary controller port and start copying 

do you need an old pc to transfer the goodies to the modules ?
i have still plenty of them in my attic that i am cleaning out...

Extremely kind offer Etienne, but I prefer to do this on my Mac. The IDE2USG runs fine with Parallels.

DAMN, now i am still stuck with some old PC's 

Maybe I would take one, seems like I will have to mame my Dodgem cabinet, all the original stuff (pcb, cables, monitor) is missing from it.

[level42]

Can you help me out with it?

Yep, I have 'burnt' it on a good old floppy. I love the smell of those things. 

I dont'know if you're still playing a lot with your C64, but if so, then this is a great addition to the hobby: http://www.go4retro.com/products/zoomfloppy/

It makes copying d64 files from a modern Windows PC to a 1541 floppy drive a piece of cake, and a lot of fun. I'm making some nice game compilations at the moment.

Looks like a great tool, though not quite understand how it works.

Simple: you hook up this interface to a PC. Then you connect a 1541 drive to the interface. Using some special software you can then copy (image) files to a real floppy in the 1541.

There's a similar device for the Atari 1050 but it never got very popular I guess because of SIO2PC which means you could hook up a PC that will emulate 8 floppy drives (and much more) for the A8, thus you could easily copy from an image on the PC to a real 1050 using an Atari.
Also, with solutions like SD card and IDE adapters there's not much need to go back to real floppies, unless for "sentimental" reasons

[Etienne MacGyver]

And thats where the good old PC comes in handy...  just put it on the secondary controller port and start copying 

do you need an old pc to transfer the goodies to the modules ?
i have still plenty of them in my attic that i am cleaning out...

Extremely kind offer Etienne, but I prefer to do this on my Mac. The IDE2USG runs fine with Parallels.

DAMN, now i am still stuck with some old PC's 

Maybe I would take one, seems like I will have to mame my Dodgem cabinet, all the original stuff (pcb, cables, monitor) is missing from it.

looks like i need to write something more in my "things to bring to eurocade list" 

ill see what i have here, prepare / test it, and dump it in the car 

[Belike]

And thats where the good old PC comes in handy...  just put it on the secondary controller port and start copying 

do you need an old pc to transfer the goodies to the modules ?
i have still plenty of them in my attic that i am cleaning out...

Extremely kind offer Etienne, but I prefer to do this on my Mac. The IDE2USG runs fine with Parallels.

DAMN, now i am still stuck with some old PC's 

Maybe I would take one, seems like I will have to mame my Dodgem cabinet, all the original stuff (pcb, cables, monitor) is missing from it.

looks like i need to write something more in my "things to bring to eurocade list" 

ill see what i have here, prepare / test it, and dump it in the car 

Great thanks.

[Belike]

Simple: you hook up this interface to a PC. Then you connect a 1541 drive to the interface. Using some special software you can then copy (image) files to a real floppy in the 1541.

Ok, just one more noob question:
If I copy a D64 game file to a floppy disk, is that file simply playable with the C64 itself?

[ckong]

Simple: you hook up this interface to a PC. Then you connect a 1541 drive to the interface. Using some special software you can then copy (image) files to a real floppy in the 1541.

Ok, just one more noob question:
If I copy a D64 game file to a floppy disk, is that file simply playable with the C64 itself?

Yep, and it's fun to make new floppy compilations too.

And another nice extra of the zoomfloppy: as you have attached your 1541 drive through Zoomfloppy to a PC, like André explained, it is also possible to use a real 1541 drive with emulators on your PC like Winvice. Not really necessary of course, but fun.

[Belike]

Super cool, I will order it tomorrow.
Thank you for being informed about this.

[Belike]

Tried to catch this one, unfortunately price went a little high
http://cgi.ebay.com/Commodore-64-C64-BLUE-MAX-Synapse-UR-SEALED-NR-/230652947517?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D1%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D1759776895460425304

[kroustibat]

blue max is a fond memories of my childhood:) same with "who dare wins"

[Belike]

blue max is a fond memories of my childhood:) same with "who dare wins"

I also have Who Dares Wins, as I remember there were 2 or 3 parts released from this game.

[Belike]

What do you think about this one:
http://szamitastechnika.vatera.hu/egyeb/commodore_sd_kartya_floppy_emulator_c64_1541_1575810341.html

There is an english description also, looks like something similar that Erik advised, it is just 30 eur.