You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
The bar is blue for me also. Maybe there is another ROM where the red line works.
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Getting closer...You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Has anyone managed to get speeds higher than 252 (address 0x40, which I think is speed)?
Since the game is so short, why not write a bot to rapidly try variations on good paths and record the fastest one? Or would a bot never find the god strat?
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
According to gamefaqs, there's 2 modes of play. Does that affect the possible score?
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Language: lua-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- (Atari) Dragster Bars -- -- Lua script that works around the issue of blue tach bars by drawing over -- -- them. -- -- By Scepheo -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Point where green bar stops. local GreenLimit = 19; -- Point where bar is extra long local BarLimit = 18; -- Colours local Green = "DarkSeaGreen"; local Red = "IndianRed"; local Yellow = "Gold"; -- Current tachometer local Rev = { 0, 0 }; -- Y Position local Y = { 70, 167 }; while true do for player = 1, 2 do -- Get bar sizes local greenBar = Rev[player]; local diff = 0; if (greenBar > GreenLimit) then greenBar = GreenLimit; end if (Rev[player] > BarLimit) then diff = 1; end -- Draw green bar gui.drawRectangle(0, Y[player], (greenBar + diff) * 4 - 1, 7, Green, Green); -- Draw yellow line if (Rev[player] > BarLimit) then gui.drawLine(79, Y[player], 79, Y[player] + 7, Yellow); end -- Draw red bar if (Rev[player] > GreenLimit) then local redBar = Rev[player] - GreenLimit; gui.drawRectangle(80, Y[player], redBar * 4 - 1, 7, Red, Red); end -- Update rev (0x28, 0x29) Rev[player] = memory.readbyte(0x27 + player); end -- Allow the emulator to advance emu.frameadvance(); end
Fixed PlayField Score flag not being set. Fixes the tachometer in Dragster
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
--If the racer hasn't finished the race
LDA $D2,X
BEQ $F344
--If the countdown has reached 0
LDA $8D
BNE $F367
--add time
SED
CLC
LDA $B7,X -- this is a counter that increments by 34 every other frame
ADC #$34
STA $B7,X
LDA $B5,X -- notice that the carry flag can be set, so sometimes it adds 4
ADC #$03 -- add time for the current racer
STA $B5,X