SpiceWare's Blog

Very nice - this is coming along great...

 

How are you going to handle the difference in the lethal walls / robots? (i.e. the robots in Frenzy just stop you from moving in that direction instead of killing you, as do the walls) ...or I should say *are* you going to handle it differently than the Berzerk-inspired version?

I ask this because In the version I am doing for the 7800 I am having two separate collision routines for Frenzy and Berzerk... Because In Frenzy the objects stop moving just *before* there is a collision (i.e. there's a small gap between them), and in Berzerk you (or the robot) die when there *is* a collision.

Nice big Otto, and multi-coloured too!

 

Now I know the power plant and central computer will look just as cool.

Thanks! Haven't worked out all the differences yet, but I was planning on separate collision processing for Berzerk/Frenzy. I've been playing Berzerk and Frenzy in MAME to figure out the differences. I need to track down how to disable the lives decrement so I can figure out how the higher levels in Frenzy work - ie: I still want death to occur, but want to keep playing without having to start at the beginning.

 

Don't forget the Robot Factory! I can't wait to see how those turn out. Once I figure out what all the special objects do, I'll let you know what I need. I should be able to get screen grabs from MAME if that will help.

Yeah, I think getting screen shots from mame is a good idea.

 

Watching the posted videos, I noticed in coleco's version it has different art for the central computer than the arcade. The case may be with the robot factory too. But I never got that far playing in either version, so I really don't know if they do look different.