Either i post like crazy or i disappear for a few months...(ahum). This past friday, i've received in the mail these goodies:
And despite the few scruffs here and there on the boxes, all the games are complete and looks brand new! I think the person who had them only played once as all the parts looks untouched. But now i can FINALLY simulate all the official released games for the Magnavox Odyssey as i was missing some accessories from Baseball and Invasion to simulate both these games.
What do you think i was doing this week-end...scanning and programming (you %&%? bet! LOL!!!)
Second, i wrote that i was working to be able to use a USB gamepad with OdySim, what proper way than just to watch!
So this is coming, don't worry (be happy!) =)
And third; the goofed-up!! As i was watching the video once uploaded, i notice that at 0:02 seconds (if you pause the video), you see something that wasn't meant yet:
Look on the left of the picture where you can see the folders: DOH!!! I've just shown in plain sight what are the 4 games in the "Arcade Pak"!! Double DOH!
So the cat is out of the bag! So here's what the games looks like on a 49" TV and in a 800x600 window:
FROGGER:
DONKEY KONG:
SPACE INVADERS:
PAC-MAN: EAT & RUN
So this is all the 4 games in the upcoming "Arcade Pak". Frogger is ready to be released and Space Invaders needs a simple tweak to do to be ready. Donkey Kong is almost finished as i have only 9 cards created out of 12 and Pac-Man, well this one has been retouched this morning as the logo has changed and the maze is a bit bigger. It looks like the Coleco tabletop version isn't it ? The bezel and maze are from the tabletop as the name "Eat & Run" but in this case, you have to touch all 8 bonuses to win before the ghost gets you.
How do you like these games so far ? Don't be afraid to leave a comment (good or bad).
And finally for this week-end, i'll leave with a "funny" overlay not released...LOL!!
Until next post, take care all! =)
--- Sly DC ---
Wow, I can't wait to see the original library completed!!
ReplyDeleteHi Derf! Neither can i! It's been now 6 years i've been doing this project. It was first called the "LÖVEOdyssey" project and changed to "OdySim" as it's developed during time. I'm just need to finish 6 games and all 28 official games will be finally done!
ReplyDeleteBut it will not be the end of OdySim as i'll still need to simulate the homebrews and new games to come. And that's not all as i will also talk about how modifying an original Odyssey with mods like Video output, Audio output, Teleprompter, Golf Putting, etc... and maybe i'll even make a new Odyssey simulator called "......." (Sorry, can't tell for now!)
Just to say that this blog will be "kept alive" for some year to come, especially if i continue to disappear from time to time...LOL!!! =)
Catching up with the blog. You're doing great work. Thank you for these efforts in preservation.
ReplyDeleteFirst, again all hail to Sly DC for inventing the OdySim. Like in the latest Avengers movie there’s the Infinity Stones. In retro gaming it’s similar. You had MAME, MESS, DICE and Visual Pinball. But no one had really simulated the Magnavox Odyssey. Our friend Sly finally brought balance to the retro-universe with the OdySim gem. (The next stone IMHO would be and electro mechanical simulator, like visual pinball, but would be an open editor for all the coin-op rifle, combat, and novelty games that dominated arcades form the mid 50’s thru mid-70’s. Hint Hint. Like you have nothing else to do except act on my suggestions.)) Seriously Brother, I hope your feeling back to your old self, after all you’ve been through.
ReplyDeleteNext, the Odyssey 500 Overlay, is an awesome idea, since it is such a standout in the Odyssey series ,as you point out on you tube.
Next I don’t know what to say about the 80’s retro games. It’s like an MC Eschar painting where you can’t really reconcile what you’re seeing. It’s a mind-numbing juxtaposition of two different era’s. The Space Invaders screen shot looks stunning and electrifying. I will try playtesting these games, to make possible house rule suggestions, but it could be overwhelming to my psyche!
Finally I would humbly make two simple requests for this Autumn; First take one of the other rifle games, and put in the Haunted House as the overlay. You wouldn’t even have to make new rules and it would be a better game than original 1972, which was horror-survival in the sense of “Why is this game more of a drag than filling out my tax return?” Second, you could take Santa’s Gift Hunt and replace the graphics with some Family friendly Haunted house clip art (or graphics from the game), and keep the same rules. This would also be better than the original flaming pile of ---- game. (Sorry to keep coming back to this general idea. At this point you probably don’t need to be a Sigmoid Freud to figure out one my great child hood disappointments. When described to me, I envisioned the Odyssey Haunted House game as looking and playing like the later invented Epoch’s handheld LCD Monster Panic. Sadly, not even close!)
Also in my opinion, the Santa Gifts game is the still most genuinely playable Odyssey game in current existence (apart from “States,” because nothing’s more exciting than shining a penlight behind the page of a Rand-Mcnally atlas.)
So Sly, Thanks again for all the Retro Gaming goodness, and we’ll wait and see what happens next. (and sorry for this lengthy post.)
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