Pacman - the Amiga conversion from the arcade game - Page 8

Don_Adan · 15 September 2021, 16:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by jotd

now that you're mentioning it, I'm working on MsPacman right now. Very early and didn't really start anything, but the Pacman code base is really a good start, since there are actually very little differences

- ghost behaviour slightly different at start (random)
- 2 different mazes
- moving bonus

I have some work to do in the blitting area (can't reuse the plane trick I used for pacman) and also music + intermission screens are completely different. But that's it.

I played mostly Ms. Pacman on arcade cabinet and it has 4 or maybe more mazes. I dont reach more than 4 maze (maze after banana level), if i remember right, but it was over 30 years ago.

paranoicb · 15 September 2021, 21:44

I've made a video and tested the whdload version on vampire1200 with AmikitXE and 3.2 roms with turle mode=on and game is playing nice. Also i've notice some small blue glitches on the ghost presentation

[ Show youtube player ]

jotd · 15 September 2021, 21:59

Cool video, music and all. I notice you have a SCART->HDMI converter. I'd say that those glitches originate from the converter.

paranoicb · 15 September 2021, 23:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by jotd

Cool video, music and all. I notice you have a SCART->HDMI converter. I'd say that those glitches originate from the converter.

Thanks mate. Ah ok cool, except those glitches everything else works awesome.
Congratulations mate. You're giving so much for the community.

jotd · 16 September 2021, 07:23

thanks

those converters are cheap and give a pretty correct display. Always better than a black screen on HDMI

I 've bought 2 of those square black thingies, they work for everything I plug them into (NES, Oric, Amiga, joystick-consoles....)

modrobert · 16 September 2021, 17:46

I like this port, it feels right as far as remembering the arcade version, impressive work. The arcade ports back in the day usually sucked compared to this quality (one of the reasons I had a SNES to complement the Amiga).

Superman · 16 September 2021, 22:36

Really nice job with this

MGAmiga90 · 17 September 2021, 19:36

Looks excellent - great job.

I love the hard work people are putting into Amiga rewrites of old arcade games.

RoC · 17 September 2021, 19:48

Great 1:1 port - many many thanks !!!

rabidgerry · 22 September 2021, 20:38

Seems when I use the WHDload version the game crashes iGame V2 on my system. Then iGame closes. Haven't tried using the slave by itself but I will. Using a 060 and classic WB 3.1.

SquawkBox · 01 October 2021, 13:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by modrobert

The arcade ports back in the day usually sucked compared to this quality.

Not a faithful port by any means, but I enjoy myself a lot playing FootMan (1988) (TopDown). Try the classic mode (not the "enhanced" mode in which pac man sprite is modernized). One cool feature is the presence of exits to join the other side of the game area.

chadderack · 01 October 2021, 14:22

Hey jotd... hope you had a happy birthday

Speaking of different games that remind people of Pac-Man... was just thinking that I remember an old pirated version of Pac-Man called Piranha. MAME emulates it. It was (in fact) a machine I discovered at a ripe age of about 16 at the local campus of Penn State university. It's different enough to merit its own conversion, maybe... but maybe only a few people would enjoy it

Maybe one of these days I'll adapt your Pac-Man source into Piranha

(But not until Black Tiger is well underway

)

SquawkBox · 01 October 2021, 19:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by SquawkBox

One cool feature is the presence of exits to join the other side of the game area.

... And the other is the presence of a floating shrubbery among the eatable bonuses

. I knew there was something else worth mentioning.

rothers · 01 October 2021, 20:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by MGAmiga90

Looks excellent - great job.

I love the hard work people are putting into Amiga rewrites of old arcade games.

Some great ones lately, can't wait for a youtuber to do a compilation of them all.

SquawkBox · 05 October 2021, 12:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by chadderack

But not until Black Tiger is well underway

Easily among my top 5 favorite MAME games, that would be awesome

. Hope it won't require more than a 1 MB A500 to run properly.
@jotd
Any news of Miss Pac Man btw ? I've read somewhere that you were working on porting that one, in the wake of Pac Man completion.

jotd · 05 October 2021, 13:11

yes http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=108339

jotd · 12 October 2021, 22:29

Pacman has been updated. Thanks to phx new ptplayer lib that I had overlooked (with sound loops) and fellow member no9 who wrote the music as a module (in 1 or 2 days!!) now the game runs on 512k amigas.

The packed exe is 90kb

https://jotd666.itch.io/pacman-500

DaveInFL · 12 October 2021, 22:37

Looks like the pacman500.zip is empty...Only 22 bytes.

Estrayk · 12 October 2021, 23:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by jotd

Pacman has been updated. Thanks to phx new ptplayer lib that I had overlooked (with sound loops) and fellow member no9 who wrote the music as a module (in 1 or 2 days!!) now the game runs on 512k amigas.

The packed exe is 90kb

https://jotd666.itch.io/pacman-500

Seems the .zip is broken. check it please.

chadderack · 12 October 2021, 23:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by jotd

Pacman has been updated. Thanks to phx new ptplayer lib that I had overlooked (with sound loops) and fellow member no9 who wrote the music as a module (in 1 or 2 days!!) now the game runs on 512k amigas.

The packed exe is 90kb

https://jotd666.itch.io/pacman-500

Great work!

22 September 2021, 20:38	#150
rabidgerry Registered User Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Belfast Posts: 1,512	Seems when I use the WHDload version the game crashes iGame V2 on my system. Then iGame closes. Haven't tried using the slave by itself but I will. Using a 060 and classic WB 3.1. Last edited by rabidgerry; 22 September 2021 at 20:46.

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15 September 2021, 21:44	#142
paranoicb 68k Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Athens - Greece Posts: 15	I've made a video and tested the whdload version on vampire1200 with AmikitXE and 3.2 roms with turle mode=on and game is playing nice. Also i've notice some small blue glitches on the ghost presentation [ Show youtube player ]

15 September 2021, 21:59	#143
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,160	Cool video, music and all. I notice you have a SCART->HDMI converter. I'd say that those glitches originate from the converter.

16 September 2021, 07:23	#145
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,160	thanks those converters are cheap and give a pretty correct display. Always better than a black screen on HDMI I 've bought 2 of those square black thingies, they work for everything I plug them into (NES, Oric, Amiga, joystick-consoles....)

16 September 2021, 17:46	#146
modrobert old bearded fool Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Bangkok Age: 56 Posts: 775	I like this port, it feels right as far as remembering the arcade version, impressive work. The arcade ports back in the day usually sucked compared to this quality (one of the reasons I had a SNES to complement the Amiga).

16 September 2021, 22:36	#147
Superman Super Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Wakefield Age: 48 Posts: 1,333	Really nice job with this

17 September 2021, 19:36	#148
MGAmiga90 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Coventry/UK Posts: 19	Looks excellent - great job. I love the hard work people are putting into Amiga rewrites of old arcade games.

17 September 2021, 19:48	#149
RoC Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Italy Posts: 214	Great 1:1 port - many many thanks !!!

01 October 2021, 14:22	#152
chadderack Registered User Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: Sandy, UT Age: 55 Posts: 230	Hey jotd... hope you had a happy birthday Speaking of different games that remind people of Pac-Man... was just thinking that I remember an old pirated version of Pac-Man called Piranha. MAME emulates it. It was (in fact) a machine I discovered at a ripe age of about 16 at the local campus of Penn State university. It's different enough to merit its own conversion, maybe... but maybe only a few people would enjoy it Maybe one of these days I'll adapt your Pac-Man source into Piranha (But not until Black Tiger is well underway )

05 October 2021, 13:11	#156
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,160	yes http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=108339

12 October 2021, 22:29	#157
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,160	Pacman has been updated. Thanks to phx new ptplayer lib that I had overlooked (with sound loops) and fellow member no9 who wrote the music as a module (in 1 or 2 days!!) now the game runs on 512k amigas. The packed exe is 90kb https://jotd666.itch.io/pacman-500

12 October 2021, 22:37	#158
DaveInFL Registered User Join Date: Apr 2021 Location: Florida Posts: 48	Looks like the pacman500.zip is empty...Only 22 bytes.

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