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Atari XL/XE Space Harrier Conversion Project
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31st March 2007
Since my appeal last year, Sal Esquivel has recently produced some great Atari versions of the tunes (and sound effects) in the game using Raster Music Tracker. Over the course of only a few weeks or so, he's recreated every tune and jingle in the game. Considering the musical limitations of the Atari, they have worked out better than even I had hoped for. I couldn't have done such a good job myself - thanks Sal! The songs have been cleverly designed to work with either a normal Pokey sound chip in 4 track Mono, or in 8 track Stereo if a dual Pokey upgrade is installed. As it's a sophisticated music player, Raster Music Tracker can use a lot of processor time, especially when playing the 8 track Stereo songs. The game could sometimes slow down noticeably in this situation, so 8 track Stereo may have to be included as an selectable option. The Raster Music Tracker code is now working in the game, and I've been tweaking it a bit to make it play more nicely with my own code.
With Sal's permission, I've added his complete soundtrack for the game in Download. I've also added the original arcade version of the main theme tune, to show how close he's managed to get.
The game has been moved over to use the Atarimax flash cartridge format now. The flash programmable nature of this Cartridge should make it easier for people (including myself), to be able to run it on some real hardware.
Stage 5 - Uriah
