Tutankham conversion source code

Back in 2008, we saw a stream of ColecoVision/SG-1000 to MSX conversions, fueled by a one-sided arms race between Muffie and his good friend SLotman. Today, Muffie released the complete source code of his Tutankham conversion.

His intention is to help potential MSX developers with converting other ColecoVision games, like Gyruss or Roc 'N Rope. Mufster's code is not very organised though, and will take some time to understand. Use Pasmo to assemble it, msxtut7_main.mac being the main file.

Relevant link: Tutankham conversion source code

Comments (29)

By ARTRAG

Enlighted (6832)

02-03-2010, 07:54

Great! I hope this will open the way to other Coleco Conversions.

My wish list:
Jumpman Junior
Gateway to Apshai
Nova Blast
Wing War

just to tell some of them

By muffie

Paladin (933)

02-03-2010, 13:24

Coleco BIOS and Game ROM were converted to text files with one byte "DB" per line. That way, it was extremely easy to patch'em.
BTW, _Wolf, thanks for fixing my English on the news.
Is that true that all Dutch know how to speak English?

By wolf_

Ambassador_ (9950)

02-03-2010, 15:06

It was hap, not me.

By MäSäXi

Paragon (1884)

02-03-2010, 17:05

By the way, muffie, do you have Finished version of your Pepper II Coleco port? The one I had, hanged always after game over, probably because MSX doesn´t have Coleco controller to restart game.

By muffie

Paladin (933)

02-03-2010, 18:43

Hey MäSäXi. If I remember correctly COLECO had a numeric pad, and you have to press a key on it to restart. The pad emulation routine maps keys to MSX numbers. So, just at the game over screen, try to press 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, -_ or =+
I was planning to change that to space, but the Pepper II conversion was made in less than a day if I remember correctly.

By MäSäXi

Paragon (1884)

02-03-2010, 18:56

Thanks muffie, maybe I have to download it again someday and try numbers row.

By muffie

Paladin (933)

03-03-2010, 15:23

Developers would need a tool to transform the binary original ROM into text files.

DB 0fh
DB 0f6h
DB 0d0h
CALL SOM_0FAB-COLECO_DATA ;DB 00h
;DB 00h
;DB 07eh
DB 0e6h
DB 0f0h
DB 0fh

that way, patching and positioning the ROM is easy.
Extremely expensive tools...

while (!feof(arq))
{
c=fgetc(arq);
printf("DB $%02x\n",c);
}

By SLotman

Paragon (1240)

03-03-2010, 21:15

Please, Heitor Barcellos (aka Muffie) isn't my friend.

By muffie

Paladin (933)

03-03-2010, 21:51

He's right. I'm homophobic.
Can you please correct that hap?

By SLotman

Paragon (1240)

03-03-2010, 21:58

So you don't like yourself Muffie?

Personal attacks again... how childish of you.

By muffie

Paladin (933)

03-03-2010, 22:05

What are you doing on this post?
* It's 100% Pascal-Free!
* I'm not charging per download!
* No free tickets for a Gloria Gaynor show in San Francisco

By FiXato

Scribe (1733)

03-03-2010, 23:01

Why don't people see the "Stop Feeding The Trolls" signs?
Also, it might be an idea to have *OBJECTIVE* news posts… No subjective jokes that only regulars know and certainly no low stabs under water to get another flaming conversation running.

Is there a 'lock' option for newspost comments?

By SLotman

Paragon (1240)

03-03-2010, 23:24

Would be nice to have a 'ignore user' feature here... maybe even a 'ignore poster', since it seems hap has 'joined' muffie on his 'war' against me.
Too bad, it's acts like those that will really kill MSX.

By hap

Paragon (2040)

03-03-2010, 23:45

"good friend" is sarcasm, it's obvious to everyone that you two don't like eachother. I'm not picking anyone's side, the only thing I pick is my nose.

By muffie

Paladin (933)

04-03-2010, 00:31

gosh, I hate ppl without any sense of humor.
That's between me and you SlOtman, leave hap out of that...
And fixato, plz, enough with that mature BS.

By JohnHassink

Ambassador (5602)

04-03-2010, 02:11

This is good news for developers!

My 2 cents regarding the Off Topic component of this discussion;
muffie, you know that I also like the occasional stirring things up and creating fuss with those taking things too seriously.
To put it short: the lulz.

We know SLotman is a good guy who feels things strong. Maybe his reactions are just what makes him attractive for you to tease a bit.
..but you know he really did nothing wrong. All he did was using his spare time to create some good & nice ports.

Your work is widely appreciated; I know I also like the humour and sharpness you bring in the community, for sure.
So, wouldn't (y)our wit and humour, but mostly (y)our bile better be spent on people who deserve it, you know who they are, the idiots, the leechers, the negative ones.
The ones who make us... Our SLotty ain't one of them, right?

..rather rip on negative factors than at someone who actually creates content. That's all.

By wolf_

Ambassador_ (9950)

04-03-2010, 13:10

hap is the comedian among the crew, always digging into the past for odd references, or digging into things we've forgotten, combining them. It's nothing more than that: the stand-up comedian pulling some legs, like the ones you see on TV. MRC considers SLotman a friend, while muffie is balancing on a very thin cord. I don't think hap will change his style in the future, I kind of think it's not really all that bad.

By cidra

Master (202)

04-03-2010, 13:29

muffie, you're balancing...

By muffie

Paladin (933)

04-03-2010, 15:28

Fair enough.
I consider hap, Bifi, GuyveR800, MäSäXi and Artrag friends (even if they don't). And Wolf is just balancing on a very thin cord. Oops... just felt.

By ARTRAG

Enlighted (6832)

04-03-2010, 19:24

I had sworn to muffie my eternal (platonic) love after his crapware entry (very à la Monty Python)

PS
About the quarrels between whoever, ATM I only belongs to the amused audience of the site.
Nowaday there are less and less MSX reason to visit this site (actually any site) so, IMHO, a bit of nice flames and trolling is acceptable even to keep the interest alive