GREETINGS STARFIGHTER

[eaviii]

GREETINGS STARFIGHTERS- DOWNLOAD IS UP AND WORKING AT:

http://www.roguesynapse.com/games/last_starfighter.php

(at the bottom download full version).

Having played this on a few machines, a brief caveat: the game uses fast texture swapping and may be a bit finicky on some graphics cards. That being said, be patient and let it run a bit and, even on older machines, it will get up to a decent speed (took a few minutes but ran well on my work PC- compaq nc6000- P M 1400MHz with 256 ram, ATI Mobility Radeon 9600). Ultimately, if performance is an issue for most, I will write in a variable resolution suroutine (Space Paranoids was originally written at 400x300x16 but Starfighter just doesn't look that good at the lower resolutions). Look forward to the feedback-

In attract mode, hit "0" to enter diagnostics/preferences. The default toggle for some of the features is off (like Death Blossom and Game continue).

Again thanks to all involved- Likely not the final version but definitely enough to build a cab around-

MAY THE LUCK OF THE SEVEN PILLARS OF GULUU BE WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES!

Doc

P.S. I am no Alex Rogan- Can't even get through the third level with 3 shields at start and no continues/no death blossom.

[Arcade Antics]

* applause *

Best news I've heard all week. Quite an awesome undertaking, everything looks fantastic. Kudos!

[Kid Ice]

Uhh...I think I'm in love.

[98PaceCar]

Nice to finally see it done Doc!! Now you just need to get the cabinet ready to go so we can play it the way it was meant to be played!!

[eaviii]

Just a heads up, the newest version of STARFIGHTER is available for download. New features include:

7-6 1-0 Fixed lighting glitch on Logo Demo
7-6 1-1 Fixed Music Single play (have to reload each time)
7-6 1-1 Made Attract sounds less frequent/added timer
7-6 1-2 Added toggle for soundefx during attract
7-6 1-3 Adding mousefire and mame weapon toggle
7-6 1-4 Death Blossom occasional malfunction
7-6 1-5 Pts 1-7 Integrating Variable Resolutions
7-6 1-6 Finished variable res/Intro shows in attract occasionally
7-6 1-7 New Centauri logo
7-6 1-8 Joystick incorporation
7-6 1-9 Fixed missile glitch in Death Blossom
7-6 2-0 Variable Turret Speeds
7-6 2-1 Variable Turret Speeds- Diagnostic mode variable

7-6 2-1 DOWNLOAD VERSION 5-1-6

There is limited joystick support but there are several freeware keymappers listed in the readme that should allow mapping to any peripheral. Also look for a fixed "Bishop of Battle" teaser and a teaser for "The War of the Worlds" arcade redeux (should be up in the next few days).

As always, www.roguesynapse.com for the downloads.

Doc