and Atari was researching all of them but sorta coming into using the TMS5220 series based upon T.I.s price and other things like quality. There was the TMS5200 in Bally pins, the CVSD in Williams games. there was the SPO series that was in BallyMidway games like Gorf and in Gottlieb Q*bert. However at this time, Atari was all sorts of trying to figure out which speech device to use. the original Havoc PCB from Atari actually had speech circuitry laid out on the PCB but it was not stuffed and no software for speech was ever written for Havoc by Owen or Mark. Language ROMs - Both German and French ROM's are being released now with each new version. Speech - Yes, there will be speech but read below for all the messy details.ġ3. Star Castle on Final Space Station - Not quite like Owen's exactly because his code was lost, but same sorta thing coded from scratch.ġ2. he now lives and is invincible!? He really makes life in the mazes a bit hellish.ġ1. Max Robot - vectors were in original ROM's and looks like Max from Black Hole. Speaking of warps, there is an option in Self Test to randomize the Warps or use the standard ones.ġ0. yes you CAN warp right to the final level. There are 4 different tesseracts and 4 different space stationsĩ. 4 Tesseracts - Collect these hidden objects in mazes, they will cause you to 'fold' into a different place in space and fight a 'twisted' space station. A Vax Bonus award at the end of the game (points for extra lives, tesseracts (see below), and if you successfully escaped the last station.Ĩ. A 4-part mega station at the end (must trigger 3 reactors and then escape)Ħ. More Spinner Sensitivity - Even tho you can adjust this to be 'better' for tempest spinners, it still was almost impossible to spin a tempest spinner enough to make some moves, there is a 2x setting in Self Test now that gives some more 'speed'.ĥ. ![]() Cocktail Mode Added - this was supported on the hardware but taken out of the software at some point to get more ROM space, I put it all back!ģ. Self Test improved - Easier to read diagnostics, in game adjustments (don't need the DIPS anymore, those are the 'default')Ģ. Here is a quick laundry list of things that are updated/newġ. things have been sorta 'fluid' in the past few years trying to get the game wrapped up and also trying to push the envelope on some things based upon what Owen was sort of looking for in this new game vs what was able to be done and vs what I was able to spend time on.Īs I mentioned above, the game is pretty solid at this point and there will be no more major additions to the game (there are already a ton), but there are certainly bugs that will need to be fixed. sorry for the confusion about the speech stuff.
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