Jack Retro
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So with that being said, what are the chances of it being emulated?
Atari's Garfield Arcade Game ROMS
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Tornadoboy
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This is AWESOME! 
Hopefully somehow the full source code/ROMs will someday turn up for Gremlins, and if we're lucky Rocket Racer and Hovercraft's source codes will at some point get compiled into working versions. I think ET was also being planned for System 2 hardware but I don't think it got very far into development.
Hopefully somehow the full source code/ROMs will someday turn up for Gremlins, and if we're lucky Rocket Racer and Hovercraft's source codes will at some point get compiled into working versions. I think ET was also being planned for System 2 hardware but I don't think it got very far into development.
Jack Retro
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I'm hoping the same thing for jammin!This is AWESOME!
Hopefully somehow the full source code/ROMs will someday turn up for Gremlins, and hopefully Rocket Racer and Hovercraft's source codes will at some point get compiled into working versions.
lordfrito
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Here's what I think is the original proposal for the game
Tornadoboy
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Maybe there's still hope for Bouncer if that source code turns up?
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Dutchman2000
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There is no PCB, never was one really. This game never made it to production. This is as far as it got.
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Dutchman2000
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If it did, I would be all over that.
First off, thank you for sharing this! It's always great when unreleased stuff finds a way out.
I looked through the ROMs and saw there's less files in the zip compared to another System 2 game, Paperboy, so I hoping there's not any missing graphics data or anything like that. I did find these strings in one of the ROMs which gives us more info on who worked on the game:
I looked through the ROMs and saw there's less files in the zip compared to another System 2 game, Paperboy, so I hoping there's not any missing graphics data or anything like that. I did find these strings in one of the ROMs which gives us more info on who worked on the game:
Yup, Williams used a VAX as well for Joust, Sinistar and Star Rider.
HudsonArcade
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The T11 is basically a hacked down PDP11 on a chip.
Keep meaning to ask some of the DEC old timers at work if they remember the T11, but that was probably before their time.
Jack Retro
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Why'd I have a feeling they would do the "Play garfield" thing like they did with most Atari Games that collabed with famous TV shows?
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Dutchman2000
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I have some code for Gremlins, but it is only the sound. No other data is present.This is AWESOME!
Hopefully somehow the full source code/ROMs will someday turn up for Gremlins, and if we're lucky Rocket Racer and Hovercraft's source codes will at some point get compiled into working versions. I think ET was also being planned for System 2 hardware but I don't think it got very far into development.
Jack Retro
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Is the sound rippable? I'd love to hear the ost! And what about code for atari's jammin! Do you have that too?
Tornadoboy
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I have no idea if it's compatible, but I've wondered if the graphics data for Ms Gorf could be installed in regular Gorf in place of its own, it probably wouldn't fit the game well but it would be cool to see. Perhaps that could be done with Gremlin's sound? Install it into an existing System 2 game like Paperboy just so it can be heard?
BTW the source code for Ms Gorf is available but I have no idea what hardware it's intended for or if the game is complete enough to play, I suspect not given the fact nobody to my knowledge has ever done anything with it.
BTW the source code for Ms Gorf is available but I have no idea what hardware it's intended for or if the game is complete enough to play, I suspect not given the fact nobody to my knowledge has ever done anything with it.
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HudsonArcade
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Most of it is in Forth -- it's intended for Astrocade since those games were also primarily written in Forth.
Tornadoboy
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Any idea what is going on with it? I've heard rumors that Fenton and some others were trying to make it into a usable game, but that was quite a while ago.
80scoinops
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IIRC the two biggest roadblocks are (and this was probably 10+ years ago by now):
a) the data recovery is a monumentally difficult task, and
b) Jaime doesn't want to spend time to finish the game even if the data is recovered.
Ms. Gorf related threads:
Ms. Gorf?
I've taken a big interest in Ms. Gorf lately. From what I've read, Jamie Fenton has yet to retrieve the unfinished software, is that still the latest news? Regardless I plan on reaching out to Jamie soon. I may just have to give Ms. Gorf the attention it's been missing all these years.. :)
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Tornadoboy
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Hasn't that already happened? I've got a copy that was circulating around of what's supposedly the contents of those 8" floppies, there's even pictures of the disk's labels.
80scoinops
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I understood that at the time as some of the data was recovered but not all. Who knows? Even if it was all recovered without incident - and that's a big if - the game was a long way from the finish line.
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