opcode Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 I am an old school shooting game fan, no doubt. Now that Sky Jaguar was released and when I get bored of working in PMC, I just switch to Knightmare, my latest MSX port. Never heard of Knightmare? That's ok cause it is another obscure Konami arcade game: http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter...r=&game_id=8331 I was fortunate enough to play Knightmare in arcades, but then I have already enjoyed it for years in my MSX. In fact Knightmare was so sucessful in the MSX that two sequels were released. Well, Knightmare isn't another me too 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opcode Posted May 21, 2004 Author Share Posted May 21, 2004 Knightmare is available for cell phones! Look here (you will need Japanese font to see the page correctly) http://www.konami.net/i-mode/dx/i-appli_shooting.html And here we have the MSX Yie Ar Kung-Fu for cell phones (the same I will release for the CV): http://www.konami.net/i-mode/dx/i-appli_action.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opcode Posted May 21, 2004 Author Share Posted May 21, 2004 And here we have .... Road Fighter!! http://www.konami.net/i-mode/dx/i-appli_race.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killersquirel Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Is there any updates to Knightmare for the colecovision? Would a conversion of either metal gear or metal gear 2 be possible for the colecovision? -mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 http://www.msx.org/newspost2417.html March 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdie3 Posted November 19, 2004 Share Posted November 19, 2004 Does this mean that the Colecovision is going to be re-released as an MSX device? I am not understanding this link very well. Please explain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killersquirel Posted November 19, 2004 Share Posted November 19, 2004 I think that the link just means that they are releasing an msx computer device next spring and not a colecovision product. This is GREAT news and I'm super excited about this. -mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cootster Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 As I understand it, the capabilities of this system can be edited/changed via VHDL . . . Seems like it could be used as a dev platform not only for the MSX, but the CV, SG-1000, or any other very closely related system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opcode Posted November 27, 2004 Author Share Posted November 27, 2004 Is there any updates to Knightmare for the colecovision? Would a conversion of either metal gear or metal gear 2 be possible for the colecovision? -mike Hi! Knightmare is basicly finished but there is a problem: it just works on my modified version of MESS. The reason? It needs extra RAM and more than 32KB. So does it means there is no way to play this game on a real CV? Yes, there is! Or there will be... Metal Gear is something I have thought for a while. A bit risk for sure, but probably worth taking the risk. And it would share the same technology I am planning for Knightmare... Metal Gear is a MSX2 game, but I still think it would be possibe to port for the CV. I was thinking about doing the same with Zanac, the classic Compile shooter. There is a MSX1 version, but the MSX2 is far better. Lets see... About the MSX revival, it is true. The MSX will be back this March. Eduardo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Hi there! Any news about this one? Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opcode Posted December 14, 2005 Author Share Posted December 14, 2005 Hi there! Any news about this one? Greetings, Manuel 980968[/snapback] Hi Manuel, Complete, just waiting for a package, like many other.... Eduardo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Hi there! Cool! It is one of the ones that comes with the Extra RAM expansion module, or? Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opcode Posted December 14, 2005 Author Share Posted December 14, 2005 Hi there! Cool! It is one of the ones that comes with the Extra RAM expansion module, or? Greetings, Manuel 982641[/snapback] Yep, it will come with extra RAM. And it was available for play at vgXpo. BTW, the Magical Tree package was sent to the printer today. Probably it will be available at AA store sometime this January (we can then conclude that deal). Now Pac-Man Collection is the next in line. Eduardo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Hi there! Probably it will be available at AA store sometime this January (we can then conclude that deal). Now Pac-Man Collection is the next in line. Phew... let's complete the other deal for Sky Jaguar and 1-2-3-4 first Then I need some time to catch up with 2600 development Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opcode Posted December 14, 2005 Author Share Posted December 14, 2005 Hi there! Probably it will be available at AA store sometime this January (we can then conclude that deal). Now Pac-Man Collection is the next in line. Phew... let's complete the other deal for Sky Jaguar and 1-2-3-4 first Then I need some time to catch up with 2600 development Greetings, Manuel 982683[/snapback] No problem, my collection is missing Gunfight too... Eduardo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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