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05-25-2004, 10:22 AM
Hi there!
I am working on two more ColecoVision games. The first one is a sure bet: Pac-Man Collection, now completely playable! Just check the screenshots bellow. Due to the CV screen resolution and the fact the original arcade screen was verticaly oriented, I was forced to scale down the game graphics to 3/4. Now the good news: bellow the new screen the game runs almost emulated. The screenshot shows the same scene for both the arcade and my version. In the first row I started a game but didn't touch the control till Pac-Man got "eat" by the ghosts. Second row was took from attract more after Pac-Man got "eat" by the ghosts. I am now debugging the game, but it is already very stable. Soon I wil add Ms. Pac-Man and Pac-Man Plus.
http://www.opcodegames.com/games/pacman/COMP.gif
Now, if you are in shooting games like me, probably you will be interested on Knightmare (Majou densetsu in Japan. Sounds familiar? Akumajou densetsu anyone?:) ), the classic Konami MSX shooter. This obscure game was released in arcades around 85/86 and got a remarkable port for the MSX. The game was so much succesfull it got two sequels, Maze of Galious and Shalom. Knightmare isn't another generic shooter. In this game you are the brave knight Popolon in your quest to free Aphrodite who was captured by Hudnos, the king of demons. It isn't going to be easy task, since you will need to go thru 8 different stages till reach the top of mount Atos (the game has lots of mythologic references), each stage with a demon boss and dozen of different enemies. To help you there are magic spheres send by the Greek gods, which can give you better weapons (5 different with 2 levels each) and magic powers (4 different). Add to the mix a catchy soundtrack that will be forever burned in your mind and you end with one of the best classic shooting games ever.
The challenge to port this game for the CV is that it will require extra RAM and bankswitching, but I have a good portion of it already running in an modified version of MESS...
http://www.opcodegames.com/games/knightmare/kmare.gif
Eduardo
I am working on two more ColecoVision games. The first one is a sure bet: Pac-Man Collection, now completely playable! Just check the screenshots bellow. Due to the CV screen resolution and the fact the original arcade screen was verticaly oriented, I was forced to scale down the game graphics to 3/4. Now the good news: bellow the new screen the game runs almost emulated. The screenshot shows the same scene for both the arcade and my version. In the first row I started a game but didn't touch the control till Pac-Man got "eat" by the ghosts. Second row was took from attract more after Pac-Man got "eat" by the ghosts. I am now debugging the game, but it is already very stable. Soon I wil add Ms. Pac-Man and Pac-Man Plus.
http://www.opcodegames.com/games/pacman/COMP.gif
Now, if you are in shooting games like me, probably you will be interested on Knightmare (Majou densetsu in Japan. Sounds familiar? Akumajou densetsu anyone?:) ), the classic Konami MSX shooter. This obscure game was released in arcades around 85/86 and got a remarkable port for the MSX. The game was so much succesfull it got two sequels, Maze of Galious and Shalom. Knightmare isn't another generic shooter. In this game you are the brave knight Popolon in your quest to free Aphrodite who was captured by Hudnos, the king of demons. It isn't going to be easy task, since you will need to go thru 8 different stages till reach the top of mount Atos (the game has lots of mythologic references), each stage with a demon boss and dozen of different enemies. To help you there are magic spheres send by the Greek gods, which can give you better weapons (5 different with 2 levels each) and magic powers (4 different). Add to the mix a catchy soundtrack that will be forever burned in your mind and you end with one of the best classic shooting games ever.
The challenge to port this game for the CV is that it will require extra RAM and bankswitching, but I have a good portion of it already running in an modified version of MESS...
http://www.opcodegames.com/games/knightmare/kmare.gif
Eduardo