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[PacManPlus]

Enjoy



Not complete yet, still have the following to do:

• Make 2-player Simultaneous selectable
• Bonus Lives

Not an XM game (I will be getting back to that after I complete this one)

Attached Files

•  MeteorSh.A78   32.13K   125 downloads
•  MeteorSh.bin   32K   114 downloads

[Compumater]

As always, it looks great!


Sign me up for one when its done!


/s

[8th lutz]

Great game and it is a great version of one of my favorite Atari 2600 shooters of all time, Astroblast.

Edited by 8th lutz, Sun May 22, 2011 5:57 PM.

[MadBomber]

Looks great! Joystick only or can you use paddles too like Astroblast?

[PacManPlus]

Thanks guys!

No paddles this time - I've actually never played the 2600 version.

Bob

[0078265317]

Looks great, too bad I don't own a 7800.

[ATARI7800fan]

Looks good, good work.

[Allan]

Nice game. I like the graphics. Great job as usual.

Allan

[jetset]

Awesome! I want one on cart if it happens.

[Atari Joe]

OMG its like ASTROBLAST for Intellivision but with excellent graphics. THANK YOU for making a wonderful game!

[HammR25]

On real hardware I can't get the high score screen to appear when I'm in single player mode. After the game ends the meteors keep coming and the bombs get stuck at the bottom of the screen.

Otherwise it looks great.

[atomickneedrop]

hope it makes it to cart - looks nice

[Lendorien]

Looks great. Nice graphics upgrade. Makes me wish I had a CC so I could play it on actual hardware.

Two player simultaneous is a great idea. I hope it works out.

I love Astroblast, though playing with paddles is a lot more fun than joystick (I have played the inty version). Still, given how touchy the 7800 is about paddles, lack of support is understandable.

Not an XM game... still, maybe consider making it HSC compatible? That would be sorta cool. The more the merrier, right?

Edited by Lendorien, Mon May 23, 2011 12:33 AM.

[PacManPlus]

HammR25, on Sun May 22, 2011 10:02 PM, said:

On real hardware I can't get the high score screen to appear when I'm in single player mode. After the game ends the meteors keep coming and the bombs get stuck at the bottom of the screen.

Otherwise it looks great.

hmmm.... Works ok on the real thing for me, but I am using the below build. Give this one a go!

Added:


- Selectable 2 player simultaneous (shown as '1+2')

- Hyperspace! Pull down on the joystick. I was going to make this the second button, but I wanted to be compatable with as many joysticks as possible.



Still have to add the bonus player every 1000 points



Let me know!

Attached Files

•  MeteorSh.A78   32.13K   79 downloads
•  MeteorSh.bin   32K   74 downloads

[HammR25]

That did it. I really like the Meteor Eliminators screen after a person enters their high score.

[TrekMD]

Awesome! Thank you for sharing!

[gambler172]

Hi Bob
Looks great.Count me in for a cart.
greetings Walter

[DracIsBack]

Nice looking game, Bob!

[Cebus Capucinis]

I'd love to be on the list for a cart too!

[Rex Dart]

Looks awesome, but it needs analog control.

[PacManPlus]

Thanks guys!

Here is RC1, I've added the bonus lives every 1,000 points (I may make it 5,000)
There will be carts made of this, as soon as I can find some artwork to use for the label / box.

BTW, I took actual pictures of boulders found on the internet, reduced them to 4 colors, reduced the resolution to 16x16 and used them in this game.

Also, once you hit 100,000 a *second* saucer comes out to annoy you.



Thanks,

Bob

Attached Files

•  MeteorSh.A78   32.13K   77 downloads
•  MeteorSh.bin   32K   75 downloads
•  MeteorSP.A78   32.13K   79 downloads
•  MeteorSP.bin   32K   73 downloads

[GaryH917]

Looks great Bob, as always!

[Trebor]

Fuuny how some male mention of paddle or analog support. I've only played Astroblast on the Atari 2600 with a joystick. I can only imagine a paddle or other analog control would make this shooter quite awkward.

Fantastic game, Bob. One of my (and my cousin's) favorites on the 2600 is indeed, Astroblast. This is an awesome similar game which of course you applied your usual magic touch.

Sure wish MESS would have its a7800 driver updated...Shooting is 'defective' there...Thankfully, we have ProSystem where it plays great.

Edited by Trebor, Mon May 23, 2011 5:43 PM.

[8th lutz]

Trebor, on Mon May 23, 2011 5:43 PM, said:

Fuuny how some male mention of paddle or analog support. I've only played Astroblast on the Atari 2600 with a joystick.

Same thing here. I didn't know Astroblast can be used with a paddle since I bought it at flea market in the late 1980's.

[HammR25]

PacManPlus, on Mon May 23, 2011 5:39 PM, said:

Thanks guys!

Here is RC1, I've added the bonus lives every 1,000 points (I may make it 5,000)

The game is way too easy on Normal mode with a bonus life every 1,000 points. I turned the game off when I got to 48,000 points and still had 8 lives.