There's 4 player "sprites" and 4 missile "sprites"
The 4 missile sprites can combine to be a 5th player.
Each player is one colour, or 3 colours if 2 players are combined, and these are different colours to the rest of the graphics.
Multiplexing is possible.
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- Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:44 am
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: Atari 400 Mini
- Replies: 15
- Views: 914
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:02 am
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: Atari 400 Mini
- Replies: 15
- Views: 914
Re: Atari 400 Mini
4 colours is usual for most games, but you can change the colours every line without tying up the CPU. On top of that, you have sprites, which can add extra colours. You also have over 100 colours to choose from, so the 4-colour mode is more flexible than on the Amstrad. It can look and sound fantas...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:00 am
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: Atari 400 Mini
- Replies: 15
- Views: 914
Re: Atari 400 Mini
I don't get the mini computers with non-working keyboards - this one is pretty ugly, too. C64 breadbin was just about fair enough, although with working small keys it would have been much better. Might as well use one of the hacked mini consoles - the Playstation Classic was great value when it was ...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:08 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: A 16K/48K/128K Spectrum game?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 192
Re: A 16K/48K/128K Spectrum game?
Has there even been a game that was different on 16K and 48K? In the early 48K era that would make some sense.
I wouldn't imagine any commercial games would support 16K in the 128K era, although it would be an interesting game design and coding exercise.
I wouldn't imagine any commercial games would support 16K in the 128K era, although it would be an interesting game design and coding exercise.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:23 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Steve Crow): vote
- Replies: 23
- Views: 397
Re: Devfinitive Edition (Steve Crow): vote
1. Starquake
2. Wizard's Lair
3. Firelord
All 3 are great - there wasn't much in it.
2. Wizard's Lair
3. Firelord
All 3 are great - there wasn't much in it.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:37 am
- Forum: ZX Spectrum Next
- Topic: Atari Driving Controller Games
- Replies: 7
- Views: 318
Re: Atari Driving Controller Games
The Driving Controller is digital, rather than analogue like the paddles, so can work on any system, as long as the game is coded for it. It uses the standard UDLR inputs to encode the current angle. By reading the joystick port and comparing to the previous reading you can ascertain which way the w...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:02 am
- Forum: ZX80 & ZX81
- Topic: WRX True High Resolution Graphics
- Replies: 4
- Views: 422
Re: WRX True High Resolution Graphics
Someone archived Wilf's site and uploaded to Dropbox here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ewop992480t9w ... r.zip?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ewop992480t9w ... r.zip?dl=0
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 2:45 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Mike Richardson): vote
- Replies: 24
- Views: 585
Re: Devfinitive Edition (Mike Richardson): vote
A lot of games that felt cinematic back in the day, Not sure they had enough substance underneath to keep me playing, though.
I'm rating these based on how they play, not on how amazing or groundbreaking they were at the time.
1. Scuba Dive
2. Harrier Attack
3. Turbo Esprit
I'm rating these based on how they play, not on how amazing or groundbreaking they were at the time.
1. Scuba Dive
2. Harrier Attack
3. Turbo Esprit
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:45 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Keith Burkhill): vote
- Replies: 29
- Views: 597
Re: Devfinitive Edition (Keith Burkhill): vote
1. Commando 2. Ghosts n Goblins 3. Marauder Commando is almost perfect. Ghosts n Goblins is great, but so so hard, expecially the 4-way scrolling on level 2. Missing most of the levels isn't really a detriment, as can never get that far, anyway! I enjoy Marauder, but it has flaws. The main challenge...
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:10 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7696
- Views: 232574
Re: Guess the screen$
Marauder?
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:59 pm
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: MIA on ebay... ?!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 707
Re: MIA on ebay... ?!
It does sound like it's the same game as Football - Play The Computer.
Exactly the same nonsensical instructions
Press a key from b to y, the keys a to i will give progressively longer kicks, other keys give a short kick.
Unless they have a very exotic keyboard, that doesn't make much sense to me!
Exactly the same nonsensical instructions
Press a key from b to y, the keys a to i will give progressively longer kicks, other keys give a short kick.
Unless they have a very exotic keyboard, that doesn't make much sense to me!
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:28 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7696
- Views: 232574
Re: Guess the screen$
Sentinel?
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:09 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: In game beeper music
- Replies: 43
- Views: 1659
Re: In game beeper music
Jet Set Gertie (which is oddly not a JSW mod)
I remember finding a way to get the interrupt-driven music loaded up and running in Basic.
I remember finding a way to get the interrupt-driven music loaded up and running in Basic.
✓ Reviewed
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:12 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: R-type question
- Replies: 54
- Views: 1996
Re: R-type question
The massively inaccurate horizontal collision detection between your ship and the pixel-scrolling background objects always did for me on level 6, as you had to get fairly close to the vertical walls.
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:58 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Paul Holmes): discussion
- Replies: 1
- Views: 221
Re: Devfinitive Edition (Paul Holmes): discussion
Missed the discussion window, but there's a strong chance that Paul was involved in 911TS, as it uses the same engine as Grand National.
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:51 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Paul Holmes): vote
- Replies: 19
- Views: 569
Re: Devfinitive Edition (Paul Holmes): vote
1. Bomb Jack
2. Wild West Hero
3. Frank Bruno
2. Wild West Hero
3. Frank Bruno
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 9:08 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7696
- Views: 232574
Re: Guess the screen$
Plexar? (Top-down section?)
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:46 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: ZX Spectrum Raytracer
- Replies: 17
- Views: 926
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 10:44 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Games buried by Bumfun Software
- Replies: 4
- Views: 533
Re: Games buried by Bumfun Software
Cars: The Remix is available to download here - (dropbox download provided by the author) -
Not sure why you'd ever want to download it....
Not sure why you'd ever want to download it....
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7696
- Views: 232574
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 3:44 pm
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: Atari 400 Mini
- Replies: 15
- Views: 914
Re: Atari 400 Mini
I have an 800XL and it's a nice machine - very similar to a C64, in a lot of ways. I use a Raspberry Pi 1 as disk drive for it. It was a shame that the Atari 8-bit software started tailing off a lot earlier than the C64 or Spectrum, as it was well capable of having decent conversions of the later ga...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:02 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7696
- Views: 232574
Re: Guess the screen$
Yep, passed me by, too.bluespikey wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 4:53 pm Well that passed me by. Its Diamond by Destiny Software. Sounds a bit like Mission Omega. It even has a John Smyth cover (The chap wot did the art for Masterronic. Maybe thats not a good thing to do when you're trying to sell your game form £8.99.).
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 3:35 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7696
- Views: 232574
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:40 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7696
- Views: 232574
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 2:52 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7696
- Views: 232574