Lava (2021 version)

[Andre Leao]

Much better, now!



https://planetasinclair.blogspot.com/20 ... -2021.html

[+3code]

Nice. I remember the original (awesome but ultra-slow). Downloading...

[Ralf]

I remember it too. Actually I made a rzx recording of it (to be checked at Rzx Archive). I played it with emulator speeded up to 800% or so because only this way it was playable.

I remember we were also really surprised about the excellent quality of graphics and wondered who Natasha Zotova is and why some guy hides under a female nick Eventually it turned out she's very real

I can't check the new version now but I guess you can play it normally now, without any tricks.

[R-Tape]

It's good that the original BASIC version exists as a proof of concept, but this asm version is great to see. I'm halfway through and will probably complete this version. It plays pretty well, but it's a shame that it resembles a compiled BASIC game, even though it's not. Smoother movement of the airborne sprite & enemies would make it it more fair and playable.

I wondered why they dropped the orginal loading screen, and I see they went some way to answering this on the game page:

A: One of the reasons is the loading time. Loading screen is comparable in size to the game itself. But of course, this is not the main reason... Try to guess =)

I'm going to guess they decided the first one was too racy...maybe they could have gone for riding sidesaddle!

[Audionautas]

I'm going to guess they decided the first one was too racy...maybe they could have gone for riding sidesaddle!

Hi [mention]R-Tape[/mention]

Natasha Zotova commented on Facebook: "we decided to use that loading screen for a larger release". So we can guess that the original loading screen will be reused sooner or later for an upcoming game.

[Ast A. Moore]

Dang, it’s hard. (Playing it on fast.)

[R-Tape]

Dang, it’s hard. (Playing it on fast.)

Completed on 'Normal'. Just checked out 'Crazy'. Nope!

[Neil Parsons]

Awesome game that only fits in almost 8K of memory. I have played some screens at normal speed just for practise. I haven't finished it yet and test the more difficult ones, but I keep on trying.