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Here's another secret...
« on: February 20, 2013, 01:42:40 PM »
Don't let Blackthorne and Klytos fool you...

Quest For Infamy isn't a new game; it's another remake — albeit a very good remake — of an old Atari 2600 / Intellivision game from the early 1980s.

As proof, here is my copy of the original Intellivision gamebox:

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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2013, 01:52:13 PM »
Needs in-game screenshots!  :)
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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2013, 04:22:39 PM »
Quote from: Lambonius on February 20, 2013, 01:52:13 PM
Needs in-game screenshots!  :)

I toyed with the idea of doing mock-ups of the controller overlays when the whole "retro" thing was happening on FaceBook last month, but I'll try to get a few screen shots out here in the week or so!   :)
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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2013, 02:20:40 PM »

After some hard work getting the emulator to accept the rom, I was able to get screenshots from the Intellivision version of "Quest For Infamy":

Title Screen



Mr. Roehm meets Udo



Close-up of "Mr. Roehm Meets Udo" -- check out that 8-bit detail !




I was even able to dig up the old overlays that went with the game; here's a scan:


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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2013, 02:25:55 PM »
You win the internet, my friend.
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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2013, 03:56:41 PM »
Quote from: Lambonius on February 24, 2013, 02:25:55 PM
You win the internet, my friend.

Thank you for the kind words, Lambonius!

I had a lot of fun designing/creating the overlay, and the screenshot -- even thought is very crude by today's standards -- still took most of a day to look "just right"...

As such, I really appreciate all of you artists who are contributing to the game.  I can't image how difficult it is or how much work is involved to make something look realistic!
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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2013, 05:20:01 PM »
Quote from: Lambonius on February 24, 2013, 02:25:55 PM
You win the internet, my friend.

I have to agree mate, this is fantastic. You do really good work
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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2013, 05:38:04 PM »
Love it Goatmeal!  Very nice... I'm imagining what the music might sound like, maybe like back when the sound came from your internal PC speaker...;)
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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2013, 05:58:29 PM »
Thanks, Lupin and SarahLiz!   :)

Re-creating QFI for the first gaming system our family had in the early '80s was a lot of fun, and where the good old days of early video gaming are concerned, I certainly appreciate your kind words for these ancient "flights of fancy"...   :)
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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2013, 06:36:06 PM »
Excellent work!
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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2013, 10:49:04 AM »
Goatmeal dude, thanks a bunch! The disk-turning region of my wrist muscles got a serious jolt from your controller overlay, buddy...  What an awesome blast from the past.    8)
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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2013, 10:51:11 AM »
Seriously - are they any Intellivision or Atari Emulators out there with On-line play capability!  We should get a "Combat" tournament going some night for all of us old folks.


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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2013, 10:54:10 AM »
PlayCable-over-IP ?  :o
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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #13 on: February 25, 2013, 12:32:28 PM »
Thanks, Broomie and s_d !

It was a given to transfer the drop-down menu options from QFI onto the various Intellivision controller buttons.  However, I didn't want it to be just plain, generic text against a plain background; all of the best overlays had intricate background artwork and/or unique shapes for the buttons...

The "shield" shape was obvious (for the medieval setting), but then inspiration hit me: how could little Intellivision Roehm be infamous?  Hence, the "Infamous Actions" buttons -- Drink Ale, Hurl Insult, and Start Fight -- were born !
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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #14 on: February 25, 2013, 01:11:44 PM »
Quote from: SarahLiz on February 24, 2013, 05:38:04 PM
Love it Goatmeal!  Very nice... I'm imagining what the music might sound like, maybe like back when the sound came from your internal PC speaker...;)

Funny you should say that.. I did a Tandy 3-voice internal speaker version of the QFI theme tune... Maybe we could put all this together???

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/72601548/QFI%20TANDY%201000%20EX%20VERSION.mp3

^ ^ ^ linky ^ ^ ^
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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #15 on: February 25, 2013, 02:30:09 PM »
I could listen to that over and over again.
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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #16 on: February 25, 2013, 03:47:27 PM »
Already done, James.  Watch Backer VLog #3.


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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #17 on: February 25, 2013, 04:16:19 PM »
And it's amazing, Bt!  I love that section.

One thing that I wish it (and actually the demo itself) had is some sort of IQ logo animation & a "studio hook" of like one bar of music or something, like the Sierra On-Line logo animation:

<a href="http://youtu.be/phPkRY3U9RA" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://youtu.be/phPkRY3U9RA</a>


'Twould be glorious!

I have so much nostalgia wrapped up in that start-up audio & animation, and I'd dearly love to see IQ represented by a similar, short iconic interlude.  Of course, a 3-voice retro could be made, as well.

That is... assuming there isn't already something like that playing during the disclaimer screen that I just haven't heard due to a Linux AGS bug  :P
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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #18 on: February 25, 2013, 04:59:26 PM »
Quote from: sickfiction on February 25, 2013, 01:11:44 PM
Quote from: SarahLiz on February 24, 2013, 05:38:04 PM
Love it Goatmeal!  Very nice... I'm imagining what the music might sound like, maybe like back when the sound came from your internal PC speaker...;)

Funny you should say that.. I did a Tandy 3-voice internal speaker version of the QFI theme tune... Maybe we could put all this together???

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/72601548/QFI%20TANDY%201000%20EX%20VERSION.mp3

^ ^ ^ linky ^ ^ ^


Yesss!  After I typed my response I saw the video you did & with sound...EXACTLY what it sounded like in my head!
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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #19 on: February 25, 2013, 06:26:14 PM »
Quote from: Blackthorne on February 25, 2013, 03:47:27 PM
Already done, James.  Watch Backer VLog #3.


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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #20 on: February 25, 2013, 07:12:11 PM »
I'm on the ole toes.


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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #21 on: April 01, 2013, 11:32:01 PM »
Here's a nice shout-out for the Play Cable system for the Intellivision, named the "Gaming Innovation Of 1981" by the good folks at The Video Game Years, starting at 12:16...

The Video Game Years - 1981 Pt 1
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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #22 on: April 02, 2013, 04:10:17 PM »
holy crap lets scrap everything and do  everything for intlavison
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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #23 on: April 03, 2013, 02:03:43 PM »
Really great stuff :D
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Re: Here's another secret...
« Reply #24 on: April 03, 2013, 08:42:47 PM »
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