An in-depth multiformat look (includes the ZX Spectrum) at Street Fighter 2 If It Took Place In A World Like Golden Axe. The game launched with the benefit of Maria Whittaker's outstanding ('personality' - Ed), stood next to a pre-fame Wolf-from-Gladiators.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy2RueaO_tQ
Known as Death Sword in other places.
Barbarian by Palace Software
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Barbarian by Palace Software
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New video: Nine ZX Spectrum magazine controversies - How Crash, Your Sinclair and Sinclair User managed to offend the world!
New video: Nine ZX Spectrum magazine controversies - How Crash, Your Sinclair and Sinclair User managed to offend the world!
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Re: Barbarian by Palace Software
There are two version of Barbarian for the Spectrum—a single-player and a two-player. The two-player version alternates between the mountain range and the forest backgrounds and goes on indefinitely (although it tends to get stuck at the forest background after a few rounds). The single-player version has different backgrounds—featuring Drax—and allows you to beat him and rescue the girl at the end.
Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.
Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
Re: Barbarian by Palace Software
You may like to know that there is currently and enhanced version of Barbarian being developed. The development seems quite advanced:
http://www.indieretronews.com/2018/07/b ... amiga.html
http://www.indieretronews.com/2018/07/b ... amiga.html
Re: Barbarian by Palace Software
"There are two version of Barbarian for the Spectrum—a single-player and a two-player"
I had no idea :O
I watched the Barbarian remake clips. Couldn't the Spectrum also have a higher framerate remake, and maybe digitised sound effect samples?
I had no idea :O
I watched the Barbarian remake clips. Couldn't the Spectrum also have a higher framerate remake, and maybe digitised sound effect samples?
Re: Barbarian by Palace Software
It could be possible but probably it would become 128 kB only. Samples eat a lot of memory and it's pretty tight in Barbarian I suppose.Couldn't the Spectrum also have a higher framerate remake, and maybe digitised sound effect samples?
The game has a lot of frames of animation and they eat a lot of memory too.
By the way, there is a Russian mod of Barbarian available for Spectrum with new backgrounds and music:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=26556
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Re: Barbarian by Palace Software
Yes, Barbarian takes up pretty much the entire RAM of the Speccy. The two backdrops could be compressed, I suppose, but that wouldn’t free up much nearly enough room for the extra frames of animation.
Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.
Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
Re: Barbarian by Palace Software
does anyone know how the AI is done?