Crazy Valet

Credits and web links

Here are a few links to people who deserve some measure of credit on this project:

• Bob Colbert's Homepage -- Okie Dokie was the first homebrew game that I found a couple of years ago, and his site was the inspiration for me to look into producing my own cartridge.
• Nick Bensema's Atari Programming Page -- The document 'How to Draw A Playfield' should be renamed to 'Atari 2600 Programming, Course Number 101', that is how good and fundamental it is. Thanks for using so many comments, Nick.
• Hozer Video Games -- Randy Crihfield did an outstanding job putting together the very first prototype of my game (picture above) and in giving me pointers about how to do the wiring for the cartridge.
• Nob Yoshigahara -- Nob is the creator of Rush Hour, the sliding block game from Binary Arts.
• Traffic! -- Phillip Cheng has written by far the best implementation I have seen of Rush Hour for the Palm OS. If you own a Palm OS device, I highly recommend Phillip's freeware version.
• Joel Park (e-mail address) -- Joel provided me with a bunch of common cartridges (Pac-Mans mostly) that I used for my experimentation.
• And a general thanks to the folks who haunt the Stella mailing list. The list is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Atari 2600 programming.

Testimonials

Here are some testimonials from people who have received copies of the game:

• From Joel Park -- "Your game was in the mail last night when I got home. The label and the manual are the coolest things I've ever seen."
• From Randy Crihfield of Hozer Video -- "The game is most excellent! And a clever, original idea."
• From Joe Grand -- "Great game! :) Excellent job with the manual and label, too - it looks awesome!"
• From Tim Snider -- "Very addictive little puzzler!"
• From Elizabeth Burgener -- "You did a terrific job. I absolutely love playing your game! Thank you very much."
• From John Hardie -- "Thanks very much. They look great. Hope to see you at CGE." (My response to John: "Wild llamas couldn't keep me away.")
• From Smitty of Game Emporium -- "I loved the game."
• From Sandy Huner -- "I received the game this weekend, the cartridge and game look great, thank you very much."
• From Pete Holland -- "The carts arrived yesterday. They work perfect, and the game is maddening. I am stuck on board 23. Thank you again for the game, as you can tell, I'm enjoying it very much."
• From David Newman, organizer of the PhillyClassic show -- "The game itself is *extremely* cool!! Nice work."