+Karl G Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 This is my space-themed Adventure-inspired game for the Atari 7800. You must find the Energy Cube and bring it to the space rift to heal the rift and win the game. Watch out for the hungry space blobs, and malfunctioning scavenger droid! Updated 8/31/2023: NTSC region: SpacePeril_NTSC_9.a78 (most emulators and carts) SpacePeril_NTSC_9.bin (cuddle cart) PAL region: SpacePeril_PAL_9.a78 (most emulators and carts) SpacePeril_PAL_9.bin (cuddle cart) Space Peril! Manual Space Peril! Manual.pdf Play online with JS7800 Backstory: A dangerous rift to a pocket dimension has been growing for many years, and the ships sent by the Galactic Empire to fix it have all been sucked into the rift before completing their missions. Your mission is different: you have been asked to purposefully enter the rift, and fix the rift from the other side. To do this, you must locate the energy cube (lost in a previous mission), and drop it into the rift to fix the dimensional rupture. Based on information from scans into the pocket dimension, this will be no easy task! The pocket dimension is full of energy barriers, and odd environments not yet understood by the Empire's greatest scientists. There are strange creatures that may attack your ship or steal its equipment. In addition to the energy cube, there is likely to be other technology scattered through the dimension from the previous failed missions, but note that your ship only has the power and cargo space to install one upgrade at a time. Good luck with your mission! The Galactic Empire is counting on you! 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 I have updated the ROMs and link in the first post Version 3 has the following improvements: Added a title screen. Title ship graphic is by @TIX Funky TIA title screen music by @mvo Game can now be reset with a long press of the drop button without having to hit "reset" Fixed issue with the ship occasionally getting trapped in the void Added the ability to reset the game by holding the "drop" button for about a second This isn't new, but I should also mention that there's also an Adventure-style easter egg in the game. It should be interesting to see if anyone finds it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 At the request of my sister, I made a version that has thrusting SFX for the ship when appropriate. I haven't decided if I prefer it with or without yet. Version 4 with thrust SFX: SpacePeril_4_thust.a78 SpacePeril_4_thust.bin Play online with JS7800 One feature I forgot to mention from the last release: Holding down the "drop" button for about a second will act as the Reset switch. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 I've updated the current version with only minor changes. Blobs can no longer start in the starting room when starting a new game. I think this one is more or less done, failing any bugs that are found. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 I've updated the first post with a new version. This version is back down to 48K without losing any features. Additionally, there are the following minor changes: Blobs won't appear in the starting room after hitting Reset (otherwise it's not very sporting-like) Bugfix related to the scavenger bot stealing the energy cube from the player 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Nice job Karl, Going to give it a spin over the weekend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 Version 7 has been added to the first post. This version adds a PAL region version, and one bugfix to the easter egg, 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Game is great....story not easy to understand.... What must i do? It is like Adventure....only in Space....this is the problem..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 1 hour ago, gambler172 said: Game is great....story not easy to understand.... What must i do? It is like Adventure....only in Space....this is the problem..... Find the energy cube, and return it to the rift (in the middle of the starting screen). The game needs a proper manual, though, which should help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted September 8, 2021 Author Share Posted September 8, 2021 Version 8 has been uploaded with many changes: Added a much-needed manual for the game Added 3 game modes: Simple, Normal, and Random, as well as variations that disable the ship thrust sound effect, all descrived in the manual Fixed sporadic cannon firing issue More PAL version speed tweaks Fixed issue involving the easter egg Random mode still needs some tweaks. Most games are winnable, but there are a few unwinnable combinations that I need to check for. There have been enough changed and additions that I wanted to see how the new version worked for people in the meantime, however. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainBreakout Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Looking good! Nice to see a new game like this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 I am honored that Space Peril! was nominated for an award. Thanks to @TIX for the titlescreen graphic and @mvo for the funky TIA theme music. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted August 16, 2022 Author Share Posted August 16, 2022 I got a request for a walkthrough of the game, so I decided to make a short video showing me playing and winning in "Simple" mode. Getting the hang of Simple mode should make it easier to figure out the more challenging modes. Apparently my screen recording didn't capture sound, however. Edit: revised video link (cropping) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 ZeroPage Homebrew has the Exclusive WIP Update of Space Peril! on tomorrow's ZPH stream LIVE on Twitch! Hope you can join us! Fri Aug 30, 2024 | LIVE @ 6PM PT | 9PM ET | 1AM GMT+1Day WATCH LIVE: https://twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ WATCH LATER: https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: Space Peril! (2024 Exclusive WIP Update | 7800) by Karl Garrison @Karl G / Konstantinos Giamalidis @TIX (Title Ship Graphic) / Maggie Vogel @mvo (Title Screen Music) Osotos (2024 Final | 7800) by Inufuto Get Lost! (2021 WIP | 7800) by John K Harvey @Propane13 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted August 31 Author Share Posted August 31 Edit: newest version added to the first post. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Thank you for the update Karl. Previously, there were separate NTSC and PAL binaries. Does the above latest single file release support both regions? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted August 31 Author Share Posted August 31 10 hours ago, Trebor said: Thank you for the update Karl. Previously, there were separate NTSC and PAL binaries. Does the above latest single file release support both regions? This one is NTSC only, but I'll put out a PAL binary soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted September 1 Author Share Posted September 1 15 hours ago, Trebor said: Thank you for the update Karl. Previously, there were separate NTSC and PAL binaries. Does the above latest single file release support both regions? The newest versions have been added to the first post, including PAL binaries. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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