HSW3ET Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Deep Space [ ATARI 2600 ] - WIP Design and Programming: Leandro Camara Year of development: 2020 Hi everyone! For those who haven't seen my new game for the ATARI 2600, the link is right below. If the ship appears incomplete on the screen, adjust the viewing quality on YouTube to (720p60) to view the 60 frames per second that Atari provides. The game is still under construction (WIP) and it is always good to know your opinion. Hope you like it! Thanks! Leandro Camara __________________________________________ Some people saw the video on YouTube and asked me how certain things work in the game, so I made this little explanation below. If anyone wants to see more details about the game, James O'Brien played Deep Space on ZeroPage Homebrew channel on the August 21, 2020 show (link below). The game has 16kBytes and does not use any kind of extra resources (DPC+ or similar), it runs on regular cartridges. Controller: Joystick 1 or Joystick 2 (Arcade Mode or for left-handed) or Paddles buttons. [ Screen 1 ] Spaceship Computer Functions Manual shooting / Automatic shooting Galaxy Scanner / Galaxy View Place the ship in the chosen Orbit Choose one of the 3 Stages of the Orbit [ Screen 2 ] Enemy Attack (3 Stages) 4 different enemies with 3 firing speeds: Slow / Normal / Fast The enemy Prism/Diamond has a shield, however it doesn't go down to the bottom of the screen to destroy you. The other enemies down to the bottom of the screen and hit your spaceship. The Status Bar shows the battle duration in each Stage. You have for the mission 1 spaceship with 6 Energy Batteries. The number of batteries directly interferes with the ship's fire power. Fast Shot / Medium shot / Slow Shot (and loss of reference bar of remaining stage time). Each time the ship is hit, a battery is lost, and this turns off the ship's rockets, commands and weapons. [ Screen 3 ] Meteor Area Recharge the spaceship's energy batteries. The colors of the Probe determine the amount of recharge supplements: Many / Normal / Few. Meteors come in different directions and speeds according to each Stage and Orbit. [ Screen 4 ] Mothership You have 1 minute to hit the Mothership 50 times at its weak points (Radars, Cannons and/or Engine). Each time you hit one of the weak points (each with a different score) the Mothership flashes indicating that you hit the target. Mothership Weapons: Normal shooting and Torpedoes or Aerial Mines. Fast shooting and Torpedoes or Aerial Mines. There's a total of 4 Motherships in the game. [ Screen 5 ] Catch Star / Mothership Destroyed Capture as many stars as possible without allowing them to escape into space. PS: Sorry for my English, I used Google Translator to help me. __________________________________________ DEEP SPACE (YouTube): DEEP SPACE (ZeroPage Homebrew): [ Deep Space - Minute 25m04s ] 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Wow, that looks awesome! I love the music but wondered if it would get annoying after awhile. Would be nice if there's a way to turn it off/on. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neotokeo2001 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 10 hours ago, cvga said: Wow, that looks awesome! I love the music but wondered if it would get annoying after awhile. Would be nice if there's a way to turn it off/on. I second the ability to turn music off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voxel Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Really nice work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 This looks fantastic! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Santiago Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Very nice! Great job on the music, the graphics and the gameplay as well! ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroeight Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 This is amazing. lloyd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 That is astonishing work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bixler Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Amazing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSW3ET Posted October 13, 2021 Author Share Posted October 13, 2021 The first game in the saga is ready. Here is the post: Cheers! Leandro Camara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 ZeroPage Homebrew is playing ZΔRKSTΔRS III - Deep Space w/ interview with developer Leandro Camara on tomorrow's stream LIVE on Twitch, hope you can join us! Tue Mar 15 @ 6PM PT | 9PM ET | 1AM GMT+1Day WATCH: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: ZΔRKSTΔRS I - A Space Saga (2021 Final | 2600) ZΔRKSTΔRS II - Ground Force (2022 Exclusive World Premiere | 2600) ZΔRKSTΔRS III - Deep Space (2020 WIP | 2600) Trilogy Credits: Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design and Soundtrack), Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting), Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting), Kenny Schmitt (Cover Illustration), Leonardo Santiago @Leonardo Santiago (Hardware) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Not sure if you are still wondering about the follower numbers display. If so, I found this website, which displays them in real time and completely accurate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Is this still in progress? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSW3ET Posted June 27, 2023 Author Share Posted June 27, 2023 On 6/19/2023 at 6:36 AM, jgkspsx said: Is this still in progress? Hi jgkspsx! It is currently stopped. I decided to finish Zarkstars IV first. Next month we will have Zarkstars IV (Nebula) and at the end of the year I will return to Deep Space. 🙂👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkarner Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 11 minutes ago, HSW3ET said: Hi jgkspsx! It is currently stopped. I decided to finish Zarkstars IV first. Next month we will have Zarkstars IV (Nebula) and at the end of the year I will return to Deep Space. 🙂👍 IV will come out before III? I thought only George Lucas did that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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