+S.D.W. Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Hello. I am releasing my first Atari 7800 game today... DESTROYER 7800 This game has been tested on real hardware using the 7800GD, the miSTer 7800 core and emulators including A7800 and BUPSystem. Region: NTSC Players: 1 Controller: 2-button gamepad/joystick Status: Complete INSTRUCTIONS You are the anti-submarine warfare officer of a destroyer on patrol somewhere in the South Pacific. The sea below your ship is rife with enemy submarines. Your job is to destroy as many enemy submarines as possible within your 90-second firing window using your ship's main ASW weapon: The depth charge. Your ship can launch up to 4 depth charges at a time. Since depth charges are timed to explode at a pre-determined depth, you must place the aiming line at the depth you wish the charge to explode while gauging the time it will take the charge to reach that depth to explode on an enemy submarine. The aiming line can be moved vertically using the controller. Depth charges are not contact weapons so they will only destroy an enemy submarine upon exploding at the pre-determined depth. You may fire a depth charge by pressing the button on your controller. Your destroyer has two speeds which may be changed using the alternate button on the controller. If you manage to manage to rack up 2500 points or more, your firing window will be extended by 30 seconds. SCORING There are five rows of submarines that score as follows: First Row: 10 points Second Row: 25 points Third Row: 50 points Fourth Row: 75 Points Fifth Row: 125 Points HISTORY I wrote this game in about 10 hours, most of which was learning how to program for this console. The game is loosely based on an old Atari Arcade game from the 1970s called Destroyer. WHAT'S NEXT I have two more games under development for the 7800 at the moment. More info when they are ready to be released. Hope you enjoy this. SCREENSHOTS UPDATE New version 1.3 uploaded (03/31/2024) Fixed: Points not being awarded for subs destroyed in the 4th row. Added: Title screen now shows version number. Previous: Fixed extended time triggering too early. Destroyer 7800 (1.3).a78 28 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 If those are supposed to be waves at the top, I think you drew them upside down. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cjherr Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Very nice! Thank you. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Cool! Thank you! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 I loved the old destroyer / seawolf type games. This is very neat, thanks for sharing. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Always liked this type of game. Thank you! BTW: I can confirm it as working on a Concerto, with or without CEM #0. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 17 hours ago, S.D.W. said: Hello. I am releasing my first Atari 7800 game today... DESTROYER 7800 Destroyer is game that I haven't played in a long time. A long time. Thanks for making & sharing your game. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Highly addictive! Btw, I believe the extended time kicked in 2k for me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 I have to stop now. Here’s my best score. I’m sure someone will beat it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+S.D.W. Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 Thanks to everybody for the compliments and that score is great! I am terrible at my own game unfortunately. I wanted to address the early extended-time bonus issue so I have uploaded a test version below. Please let me know if this version is working as expected. Destroyer 7800 (03262024) - Extended Time Fix.a78 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 I just downloaded the original release and tried it out with this online 7800 emulator: https://raz0red.github.io/js7800/ Plays great! Very nice graphics and sound effects. 💯 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 That is an awesome score, @sramirez2008! I've yet to break 1000! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Intellivision Master Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Will this game get a physical release at some point? If so, I would buy a copy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+S.D.W. Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 I was looking into the possibility of doing some physical releases but unfortunately, I haven't been able to find gerbers for a basic 32k 7800 PCB. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+S.D.W. Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 On 3/25/2024 at 12:13 PM, cjherr said: Very nice! Thank you. Thanks. Love your profile pic by the way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 18 hours ago, S.D.W. said: Thanks to everybody for the compliments and that score is great! I am terrible at my own game unfortunately. I wanted to address the early extended-time bonus issue so I have uploaded a test version below. Please let me know if this version is working as expected. Destroyer 7800 (03262024) - Extended Time Fix.a78 32.13 kB · 17 downloads Thanks. I’ll try to test again over the weekend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Found some time to test today. The extended-time bonus is working correctly now and it has made the game even more challenging. It took many tries before I was able to get 2500 points. Came as close as 2,495 a couple of times, before finally breaking through. Loving the challenge.👍 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+S.D.W. Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Terrific, thank you for testing and confirming the fix! Just a note that my next release is in progress and about 50% finished. This game is an arcade port. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cjherr Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 54 minutes ago, S.D.W. said: Terrific, thank you for testing and confirming the fix! Just a note that my next release is in progress and about 50% finished. This game is an arcade port. Can't wait! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevEng Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Great work! Minor suggestion: it would look good if you changed the background color to the sky color below the visible screen. That way the upper overscan area would be sky colored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Well...I played the latest version. Sometimes i do not get points, although I hit the subs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+S.D.W. Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 When you drop a depth charge it doesn't explode until it reaches the depth where the aiming line was when you pressed the button, that is the whole purpose of the aiming line. By design, a depth charge is harmless to the subs until it explodes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 4 hours ago, S.D.W. said: When you drop a depth charge it doesn't explode until it reaches the depth where the aiming line was when you pressed the button, that is the whole purpose of the aiming line. By design, a depth charge is harmless to the subs until it explodes. No...i hit the subs...they explode and I do not get any points 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 1 hour ago, gambler172 said: No...i hit the subs...they explode and I do not get any points Odd. I just tried the later Extended Time Fix version. It seemed to be registering scores just fine for me. I note you are in Germany. Perhaps it is some sort of NTSC vs PAL issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 (edited) 1 hour ago, LS650 said: Odd. I just tried the later Extended Time Fix version. It seemed to be registering scores just fine for me. I note you are in Germany. Perhaps it is some sort of NTSC vs PAL issue? I play on an NTSC system. And I use a 7800 GD This happens sometimes, not in every game. Edited March 31 by gambler172 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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