+Muddyfunster Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 A.R.T.I. (Archaeological Rescue Team International) LATEST DEMO IS AVAILABLE HERE A.R.T.I. is inspired by the classic 2600/C64/A8 game H.E.R.O. by Jon Van Ryzin. H.E.R.O. which alongside Keystone Kapers was another of my favourite 2600 titles. Objective You are Arty's new apprentice. A bunch of explorers and adventurers have got themselves lost in South America and you need to go and rescue them. There are additional on-ROM instructions accessible from the title page. Controls Left & Right - Run / fly left and right. Up - Activate the jetpack Fire 1- Laser Fire 2- Dynamite Scoring Rescuing a lost explorer or adventurer will earn you 1,000 points. Destroying a wall is worth 75 points Killing any critters or beasties is worth 50 points Bonus points are awarded for each stick of dynamite remaining and for remaining power, when making a rescue. An extra life is awarded at 20,000 points Demo A 7 level demo is available below. Please chose the correct version depending on how you want to play. Please note the demo is currently designed for NTSC machines and is not fully optimised for PAL machines yet- there may be speed glitches etc. Regular version - Works on real hardware, MiSTer, Dragonfly, BUP, A7800 ARTI_PublicDemo1.a78 Concerto Version - Here PAL FIXED version - should work fine on PAL units ARTI_PAL_FIXED_Demo1.a78 A.R.T.I. Compatibility A.R.T.I. is tested and working great with Dragonfly, GD7800, MiSTer, A7800 V5.2 or better. A.R.T.I works with most Emulators but has some issues with BUP System (Some POKEY notes are off key) and ProSystem based emulators (some graphical glitches and POKEY notes are off). A.R.T.I works ok with Concerto but there are some minor graphical glitches on the text on the titlescreen (known Concerto issue). Use the Concerto specific build A.R.T.I is untested with Argon but should work fine. Plans Themed rescue zones. SaveKey + AtariVox support for hiscore saving. Credits & Thanks @sramirez2008 @-^CrossBow^- @Trebor for their testing and feedback - fantastic as always! @RevEng for help with compression and answering my never ending stream of questions! @Synthpopalooza for some Pokey Perfection @mksmith for helping to get the tunes into the game! @ZeroPage Homebrew for showing the demo on the stream Media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MUgBf8ORLQ&t=2046s ARTI_PublicDemo1.a78 ARTI_PAL_FIXED_Demo1.a78 Concerto Version 36 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Tee hee hee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 (edited) Something about the dialogue and look reminds me of the book Heart of Darkness. can HERO be beaten? Or does it trip levels? Edited May 7, 2022 by Cousin Vinnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted May 7, 2022 Author Share Posted May 7, 2022 12 minutes ago, Cousin Vinnie said: Something about the dialogue and look reminds me of the book Heart of Darkness. I'm not familiar with that one. For the character, his dialogue is very cheesy and over the top "stiff upper lip" parody dialed up to 11. 12 minutes ago, Cousin Vinnie said: can HERO be beaten? Or does it trip levels? I think after level 20 it just cycles screens from levels 12 onwards but randomly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted May 7, 2022 Author Share Posted May 7, 2022 (edited) Also thanks @Andrew Davie for pointing out the spelling error on "archaeological" ! Edited May 7, 2022 by Muddyfunster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeguychicago Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 (edited) This looks amazing! It looks like C64 or Amiga game vs. a 7800. I'll need to give this a go on my Concerto once the demo is available. Edited May 7, 2022 by bikeguychicago 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Awesome, I was bored to rescue only miners... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Will your version have an ending Lewis? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Trebor Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 @ZeroPage Homebrew reveal and preview of A.R.T.I. here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1477067248 *Plus - review/playthrough of T:ME Salvo. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted May 7, 2022 Author Share Posted May 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Cousin Vinnie said: Will your version have an ending Lewis? Nothing set in stone yet Vinnie. My current thinking is when you finish the classic levels, you unlock the "plus" levels which will be the all new levels. I'll also likely add in a level select feature like the original. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 This game looks amazing. Toodle pip. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 I'm watching the stream archive on Twitch, and this looks pretty amazing! I'm looking forward to seeing a demo. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TrekMD Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Oh wow, that looks awesome! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 5 hours ago, Muddyfunster said: Also thanks @Andrew Davie for pointing out the spelling error on "archaeological" ! You're welcome! The game looked amazing. I have one suggestion - during the transition to a dark screen (I saw this when J. went off the bottom of one screen, into a "black" screen). I thought it might work if you started a fade-to-black on the first screen when the player gets below a certain point but before the screen switch. In other words the lower you go the darker the current screen gets (but never fully dark), and then you switch to the new screen. I don't know if this would work (and of course the same going back the other way). But i thought it worth mentioning. Congrats on the swell piece of work; I loved the mayan-feel of the artwork. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 I loved the graphics and the several tile levels. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Pac-Lander Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 This looks awesome! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 8 hours ago, Muddyfunster said: Credits & Thanks @sramirez2008 @-^CrossBow^- @Trebor for their testing and feedback - fantastic as always! @RevEng for help with compression and answering my never ending stream of questions! @ZeroPage Homebrew for showing the demo on the stream Thank you so much Lewis for letting us debut A.R.T.I. on ZPH last night, the controls and visuals are already incredible. I can't wait to play it again on the stream further into development! - James 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 15 hours ago, Andrew Davie said: I thought it might work if you started a fade-to-black on the first screen when the player gets below a certain point but before the screen switch. In other words the lower you go the darker the current screen gets (but never fully dark), and then you switch to the new screen. Thanks Andrew, that's actually a really neat idea. I'm not sure how well it would translate in game but I'll give that a look. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coleco Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Amazing work. Always thought a big boss monster at the end would be cool to rescue the last miner. Thanks for your work. Looking forward to seeing it progress. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 I watched the ZPH twitch feed. I love the fact that the trapped explorers sometimes look like famous peeps like Indiana Jones and Lora Croft. Jolly good show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted May 10, 2022 Author Share Posted May 10, 2022 10 minutes ago, Cousin Vinnie said: I watched the ZPH twitch feed. I love the fact that the trapped explorers sometimes look like famous peeps like Indiana Jones and Lora Croft. Jolly good show. The similarity between these wayward souls and other famous peeps is purely coincidental, Vinnie old chap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Indiana and Ms. Croft wouldn't be bested by spiders and bats... we know this. These are clearly amateur copycat imitators. This thing looks beautiful. Nice jorb. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 23 minutes ago, sramirez2008 said: you got me 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Looks really amazing. It even has more personality than the SH-1000 port, which was previously my favorite. Looking forward to it! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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