Fighter pilots needed in sector wars...

[Lynxpro]

Cool!

 

I see HSC support. Any Pokey audio goodness?

[YANDMAN]

Yessssssssss Bob does it again this is brilliant thank you thank you, Another great arcade port

[AtariBrian]

Awesome ! Would that ingame speech even be possible ? I just watched a video that has the Title anouncement ... love it .

Edited December 19, 2013 by AtariBrian

[Jinks]

So there is no sound FX just all talking during the game? That's what I seen on you tube.

[gorfcadet]

Of course I want a cart when you're done. Looks awesome as always!

[Mayhem]

Nice Xmas pressie

 

(and yeah, mark me down for the inevitable cart release!)

[VectorGamer]

Very cool. Maybe you could do Astro Fighter sometime as well?

[Atariboy]

So there is no sound FX just all talking during the game? That's what I seen on you tube.

It has sound effects and background audio, that YouTube video is wrong. Check this one out instead to hear the audio (The game starts at 1:29... the silent early segment is the attract mode).

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDp-iN59wLI

 

I hate when YouTubers stretch their videos to 16:9. Especially when they're 3:4 vertical arcade games.

Edited December 19, 2013 by Atariboy

[AtariBrian]

Lots of info on the game here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR2kStMWBCs

[GaryH917]

You are the Magic Man! Great job as always Bob!

[AtariBrian]

There are a ton of hidden bonuses in this game . Will they all be in here Bob ?

[Jinks]

That old guy in the video is really cool.. and smart about stuff. I would buy arcades from him if I was closer..

This game is really wild! The screenshots Bob posted look totally awesome!!

[iesposta]

Awesome ! Would that ingame speech even be possible ? I just watched a video that has the Title anouncement ... love it .

 

In-game speech is possible with the 2600. SpiceWare's Frantic (Berzerk/Frenzy) will speak during gameplay, of course helped along with the DPC+, but DPC+ is not a requirement. You do have to hit the volume Register anywhere from twice a scanline (good sound), including vertical blank & overscan, to every other scanline (scratchy sound).

If your game can't handle giving up time each scanline, you can play samples between screens.

I am sure the TIA of the 7800 is doing samples, but probably the 7800 has too much going on to give up that much scanline time.

[Stun Runner 87]

It has sound effects and background audio, that YouTube video is wrong. Check this one out instead to hear the audio (The game starts at 1:29... the silent early segment is the attract mode).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDp-iN59wLII hate when YouTubers stretch their videos to 16:9. Especially when they're 3:4 vertical arcade games.

Thank you, i was going to link that for Jinks....

[+cmart604]

Awesome! Totally in for the inevitable cart!

[Jess Ragan]

I do love this game, and this looks like a commendable port.

[darthkur]

 

 

 

I am overjoyed to see this! Will definitely get the cart when it's available. Thanks so much for this, Bob.

[ZylonBane]

Looks great! What's the technical reason for the monochrome sprites? Insufficient bandwidth for 320B mode?

[PacManPlus]

Thanks everyone!

 

@ZylonBane: Yes - that is exactly why - there are some screens where there are 10 enemies in one zone. That uses about 385 cycles, where the max is about 417. 320B mode would double that.

 

 

 

Happy Holidays / Merry Christmas

 

I was hoping to have this completed by Christmas, but due to a hard drive crash (complete re-load) a demo will just have to do.

All of the enemies are here. This is my TODO list as it stands now:

 

- Warp Button

- Enemies that drop in certain waves

- Hidden bonuses

- Sound

- Speech

Enjoy!

Bob

 

 

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[+Allan]

Sorry about the hard drive crash, Bob.

 

The game looks and plays great. Looking forward to finished game.

 

 

Allan

[NIKON]

OMG!!!! I am floored AGAIN!!!

 

Did not see this coming...Bob has done it again....and this is only a Demo???

 

Can you tell I like this game??? he he he he

[Stun Runner 87]

The mastermind pmp continues to impress.

[Gabriel]

Your demo is better than I would have ever expected a commercially released home port of this game to be back in the day. This is great. I've long wanted to see this game ported to a classic system from its era. Excellent work. It's going to be absolutely jaw dropping when you add the other stuff in. I can't wait for this one to make it to the store.

[AtariBrian]

And to think I never even knew this game ever existed , never seen it in my life . I am a huge megamania fan and the arcade of this game looks great so I can't wait to play this (when) this comes out on cart . Thanks Bob !

[Marc Oberhäuser]

Awesome stuff as always (man, we already take it for granted:)).

 

One suggestion: All your games feature easy settings, but they are still way to hard for me. I guess my reflexes have really gone down the bin. I played AB now for about 30 times and never manage to get as far as stage 4 while on Mame I reach at least stage 10 or 11 at almost each game without using Warp... Also I could play Megamania virtually forever on the 2600 (have to try this again, maybe I suck on it as well nowdays:)). If I don't get shot I am running out of fuel all the time. Have mercy and do a teddy bear variation for all those who sucks on arcade games. I know, a game should be challenging, especially if they have just a few levels/screens, but it wouldn't hurt anyone if there would be an really easy setting.

 

I am not asking for the radical way like Blue Azure mods (nothing against him, but his mods are too boring for me). I would just be happy with a reduced fire rate of the enemies and a slower consumption of fuel.

 

For highscore hunters you could divide the points by 10 or whatever in easy mode, I wouldn't mind. I just would like to play the game to the end and not just get stranded with only seeing 15% of the game content.

 

Hope I haven't offended the hardcore arcade players