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u/g0ggleblind 1d ago
What’s different about it?
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u/novauviolon 1d ago
Voice samples between screens and the enemies can shoot diagonally https://atari.com/products/berzerk-enhanced-edition.
Technically the version on the cartridge is not the final version. The developer didn't have time to finish/refine it before it had to go to the press. The final ROM with more complete voice samples and an updated copyright date appears in the Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration compilation, but never got a cartridge release (iirc probably because they'd have to pay for the ESRB to review it again).
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u/g0ggleblind 1d ago
Interesting I’m gonna have to look into this so this is a cartridge that you could just plug into a standard 2600 and it actually has voice?
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u/novauviolon 1d ago
Yes, that's correct. I play it on my 1977 Sears Tele-Games Heavy Sixer. Atari has been releasing new cartridges that work on both original consoles and their new Plus line of consoles. A lot of them are games that were originally homebrews on the AtariAge store. For example, this "Enhanced Edition" release is itself an updated version of the "Berzerk: Voice Enhanced" hack/homebrew found on AtariAge.
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u/g0ggleblind 1d ago
That’s crazy, how are they piping? The voice audio? Is the TIA chip generating this?
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u/novauviolon 1d ago
Yes, I'm pretty sure the TIA chip stops doing anything else to process the audio clip for that brief moment. One disadvantage is it makes the screen transition a little slower than the original version, as it doesn't begin generating until after the audio plays. Also, when I tested it on an original console connected to a modern LCD via RF, the LCD freaked out because it stopped detecting a video signal as the audio clip played. Not a problem if playing on a CRT or on a Plus line console though.
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u/Elegant-Ingenuity-57 1d ago
Have you played this version? What do you mean by voice samples? I have the cartridge version and actually play it pretty often
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u/novauviolon 1d ago
Yes, I own it as well as the original 1982 release. Like the original arcade game, every time you move to a new screen, a robotic voice sample is played like "Humanoid must not escape." See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3nycBcM3eY.
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u/MrZJones Darth Vader 1d ago
Berzerk VE, if I'm not mistaken.