Simon Posted January 6, 2005 Author Share Posted January 6, 2005 Hi everybody, I started working on A-VCS-tec Challenge again and implemented/improved some more things. I really hope to finish the game this year... The next things to be done are: - Graphical adjustment of the different leveldesigns - Correction of small bug in the player sprite - Playtesting of all settings and possible situations Best regards, Simon Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-772261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Hey Simon, I'm excited about the eventual release of this game! Slightly off-topic: Did you ever make NTSC versions of your Graz and Parallaz demos? I think you totally raised the bar of excellence of 2600 demos( much cooler than my Globetrotter demo ) ! Let us know if you will be making these available for NTSC systems. Cool! Weston Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-772265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 I know I am not alone when I say, I cannot wait for this to be released. Glad to hear it is back in the works! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-772536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osmeroid Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 That's great news Simon, I can hardly wait to see and own the finished game! Are you going to incorporate both PAL & NTSC on the same cart again? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-772623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Great to hear you are back to work on A-VCS-tec Challenge! What you've done so far with the game is very promising, and I look forward to watching this game come to completion! ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-772633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted January 7, 2005 Author Share Posted January 7, 2005 Thanks for your feedback. Some more bugs have been eliminated, but others were spotted: - scanline jump while adding bonuspoints (for each remaining life) after level 03 - level 11 not appearing correctly when playing Gauntlet and Stairs levels after the other I already thought about solutions and will implement them this weekend. The game contains too much colordata to put both PAL- and NTSC-colors in one 8kb cartridge. I'm going to finish the NTSC-version first and will decide afterwards how to make a PAL-version... Slightly off-topic: Did you ever make NTSC versions of your Graz and Parallaz demos? The demo "Graz2004" is PAL. You can watch it in your favorite emulator without problems. It displays constant 312 scanlines. I don't plan to convert the demo to NTSC-colors/scanlines. The demo "Paragon" is not completed right now - it might be used as the intro sequence for another game. The current demo is running well in z26, both in PAL- and NTSC-mode. It displays constant 312 scanlines. Did you try both demos on real NTSC-hardware already? Best regards, Simon Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-773004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted January 21, 2005 Author Share Posted January 21, 2005 Hi everybody, I'm still working on the game. The formerly mentioned bugs have been eliminated and the game works pretty fine now. Somehow a "strange" bug showing vertical missile lines appears on screen sometimes. It's strange, because I don't use missiles anywhere in the game. The bug only appears under special settings and circumstances and I'm trying to locate and erase it... Best regards, Simon Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-781894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 YAY! Have been totally looking forward to this one! Any idea how close you are to a release? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-781953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 Greatto hear about this game still being developed. As a huge fan of the c64 original and already having heard the amazing 260 music conversion, I am frothing with anticipation to buy this one Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-782024 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted February 9, 2005 Author Share Posted February 9, 2005 Hi everybody, some more bugs have been eliminated and some improvements added: - missile bug removed - bug "no jump possible for a few seconds right after the intro" removed - different random patterns and sizes of stones added - color of player changed a bit - sky is more detailled now - random stairs varies the bonus-level a bit more I'm currently playtesting and adjusting the spear and stone difficulty (amount, speed, pause between). Also some colorsets have to be choosen (levels 7 and up). We'll see... Simon Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-793416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted March 1, 2005 Author Share Posted March 1, 2005 Hi everybody, after working some more on A-VCS-tec Challenge I decided to post two new screenshots. The first shows the new skydesign (more detailed graphics). As I had some space left I decided to include an endsequence, too. It'll show a beach scene and a special scrolltext... please have a look at the second screen. Some more bugs were found and eliminated aswell. I'm currently working on a the leveldesigns and lengths and difficulties and hope to have these adjustments finioshed soon. Best regards, Simon Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-807124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Amazing. I am simply astounded by both of those screenshots. I cannot wait to play this. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-807253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
legeek Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Looking awesome! Cheers, Ben Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-807318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Looking awesome! Yup! Though the nice shadow doesn't match the sun position. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-807322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Wow! Those look amazing. The title screen graphic almost looks like a postcard! Fantastic work. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-807324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted March 2, 2005 Author Share Posted March 2, 2005 Thanks for your kind answers. Those look amazing. The title screen graphic almost looks like a postcard! Thanks, but the beach scene is not the title screen. It's the endsequence (after finishing the game). The title screen still features the mask as shown in earlier screenshots... Some more things have been changed (end-music, end-scrolltext, end-picture, init after reset) yesterday. Best regards, Simon Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-807869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 holy poop in my pants batman, those screen shots look phenomenal. I forgot, does your version feature any of the other game play types from the original, or is it just the infuriating arrow dodging? I now REALLY really REAAALY can't wait to buy this :-) Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-809722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted March 7, 2005 Author Share Posted March 7, 2005 Hi everybody, at the weekend I worked on the leveldesigns and adjusted the colors to show completely different scenes. Only the spears and stonescolors have to be done. Afterwards I'll have a look at the amount of free ROM and decide how to fill it. I'm currently thinking of an easter egg... we'll see. I forgot, does your version feature any of the other game play types from the original... Best regards, Simon Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-811213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Wow truely an awesome looking game! Can't wait for this one. Well Ok I CAN wait, but I wish I didn't have to. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-811215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 simon: suhweeet :-) that answers that question :-) Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-811348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted March 22, 2005 Author Share Posted March 22, 2005 Hi everybody, just a fast update to indicate that I'm still striving to finish this game somewhen in 2005. Some more things have been improved now. The free space of about 300 byte is mainly used now. Further playtesting didn't show any more bugs. I'm currently trying different spear appearances and spear and stone colors now and hope to find the perfect setting soon. Best regards, Simon Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-821976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasty Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Looking great! Also, nice to see I'm not the only one with a game being delayed by quite some time Regards, Rasty.- Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-822202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted April 12, 2005 Author Share Posted April 12, 2005 Hi everybody, after taking a break and finishing "Resident Evil 4" I finally sat down again and improved/repaired these things in AC. - player0 reflect bug level 9 removed - color bug remaining lives removed - colors/graphics spears changed Next thing to be done is the adjustment of stone colors in the stairs levels. Best regards, Simon Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-835509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osmeroid Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Hi everybody, after taking a break and finishing "Resident Evil 4" I finally sat down again and improved/repaired these things in AC. You too, hunh? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-835846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasty Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 after taking a break and finishing "Resident Evil 4" I finally sat down again and improved/repaired these things in AC. 835509[/snapback] Your skills are admirable.. I definitely can't progress since I rescued Ashley! I hope A-VCS-tec Challenge will not be so hard...! Regards! Rasty.- Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/27276-a-vcs-tec-challenge/page/2/#findComment-835856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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