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[retroillucid]

Hi everyone

Just to let you know that Chess Challenger is coming in 2012 !!
Who said it won't be possible to make a Chess game on CV?

Anyway, that's one of the sweet project coming for the CV 30th Anniversary

This game was made from scratch, so a "completely" original game based on the unreleased game showed in the silver catalog

Here's a screenshot of the game

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[youki]

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Who said it won't be possible to make a Chess game on CV?

there was chess game on PET , VIC 20 and ZX 81 that worked with 1k to 4k. So chess on CV was definitly possible!

I thought at one point in time to port the 1k Chess from ZX81 to Coleco (as i think i have the commented source code in z80 somewhere.).. but i'm not fond of chess game in fact and board game on "screen" in general. So i prefered worked on other project.

But that's really cool to have one finally on coleco !! One more vaporware that is no more! Thank J-F !

[Pixelboy]

Lookin' good!

[retroillucid]

youki, on Fri Aug 19, 2011 3:52 PM, said:

But that's really cool to have one finally on coleco !! One more vaporware that is no more! Thank J-F !

Since a year, I'm really commited to release those damn vaporware
Side Trak is coming ... and Chess Challenger too... whats next?

Pixelboy, on Fri Aug 19, 2011 4:47 PM, said:

Lookin' good!

Thanks


Here's the box I'll use, enjoy!

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[opcode]

Indeed, looking really good.
In fact I wish there were more board games for the CV, from classic to strategy stuff...

[retroillucid]

opcode, on Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:27 PM, said:

Indeed, looking really good.

Thanks

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In fact I wish there were more board games for the CV, from classic to strategy stuff...

I agree, .... RISK would be awesome on CV!

[retroillucid]

Another game coming for the 30th Anniversary is: Armaggedon
Compatible with both Regular Controller and Roller Controller!

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[Yurkie]

retroillucid, on Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:47 PM, said:

Another game coming for the 30th Anniversary is: Armaggedon
Compatible with both Regular Controller and Roller Controller!

Yes!

Missile Command incarnate!

[rpgcollector]

Looking good!!!

[NIAD]

Tremendous news J-F! We have so much to look forward to in the remaining months of this year and next year is shaping up to be as good or even better.

I don't follow the other retro console homebrew scenes, but I have to believe that the ColecoVision has the most and best support of them all. Since Kevtris was released back in 1996 on cartridge up until Puzzli a couple months ago, it's gotta be getting close to more Homebrew releases made than original releases from 1982-1985... if not, the next couple of months should take care of that!

[retroillucid]

I can't speak for other cv homebrewers here but..
All I can tell is we will celebrate the 30th Anniversary and it will be a HUGE party that every fans is welcome to celebrate and participate!

Bet that there will alot of Colecovision stuff coming in 2012

Edited by retroillucid, Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:29 PM.

[evg2000]

I'm going to have to get another job to pay for all the cool coleco stuff coming out in the future!!

[Bartsfam]

The chess game looks great.....if I only knew the first thing about how to play chess.

Maybe checkers can be next! Remember the Activision checkers that took one hour for the computer to make a move on the hardest level?

Edited by Bartsfam, Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:41 AM.

[Pixelboy]

retroillucid, on Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:47 PM, said:

Another game coming for the 30th Anniversary is: Armaggedon
Compatible with both Regular Controller and Roller Controller!

This one should be fun to play with the Roller Controller. Will it have planes and satellites like Missile Command? Just wondering.

[nonner242]

Both look SWEET!

[NIAD]

Does the programmer or programmers of these two games want to remain anonymous? I ask this only because the graphics and sprite style of Armageddon reminds me of someone from back in the day who produced some outstanding ADAM software.

[ozma wars]

NIAD, on Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:16 PM, said:

Does the programmer or programmers of these two games want to remain anonymous? I ask this only because the graphics and sprite style of Armageddon reminds me of someone from back in the day who produced some outstanding ADAM software.

Both these two games seem "made in France"... isn't it ?

[retroillucid]

NIAD, on Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:16 PM, said:

Does the programmer or programmers of these two games want to remain anonymous? I ask this only because the graphics and sprite style of Armageddon reminds me of someone from back in the day who produced some outstanding ADAM software.

He want to remain anonymus indeed ... and he did not programed any ADAM stuff

ozma wars, on Sun Aug 21, 2011 6:56 AM, said:

Both these two games seem "made in France"... isn't it ?

Not at all

[ChuckH]

There at least three chess games for ADAM.
One is Chess Champ by Digital Express. It plays an embarrassingly bad game of chess. To top it off, it takes a long time to be "thinking..." about the bad moves that it makes. Only one level.
Another is Chess Solitaire. You don't exactly play a game against the computer but play some Master games and try to guess the next moves. Not too bad actually and different. I think there are only 15 games to play with though.
The last is Modem Chess by Bonafide Software. It plays a much better game of chess and much faster. There is only one level though and that level is somewhat of a beginner level. Still, all in all, not too bad.
Chuck

[retroillucid]

ChuckH, on Sun Aug 21, 2011 9:41 PM, said:

There at least three chess games for ADAM.
One is Chess Champ by Digital Express. It plays an embarrassingly bad game of chess. To top it off, it takes a long time to be "thinking..." about the bad moves that it makes. Only one level.
Another is Chess Solitaire. You don't exactly play a game against the computer but play some Master games and try to guess the next moves. Not too bad actually and different. I think there are only 15 games to play with though.
The last is Modem Chess by Bonafide Software. It plays a much better game of chess and much faster. There is only one level though and that level is somewhat of a beginner level. Still, all in all, not too bad.
Chuck

I'm pretty sure you won't be disapointed with our Chess Challenger

[Vic George 2K3]

Yay, a Missile Command clone for the ColecoVision.

[Pixelboy]

retroillucid, on Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:14 PM, said:

ChuckH, on Sun Aug 21, 2011 9:41 PM, said:

There at least three chess games for ADAM.
One is Chess Champ by Digital Express. It plays an embarrassingly bad game of chess. To top it off, it takes a long time to be "thinking..." about the bad moves that it makes. Only one level.
Another is Chess Solitaire. You don't exactly play a game against the computer but play some Master games and try to guess the next moves. Not too bad actually and different. I think there are only 15 games to play with though.
The last is Modem Chess by Bonafide Software. It plays a much better game of chess and much faster. There is only one level though and that level is somewhat of a beginner level. Still, all in all, not too bad.
Chuck

I'm pretty sure you won't be disapointed with our Chess Challenger

Will there be a savegame functionality in the cartridge? I hope so, because few people today have the time to play an extended chess match against a computer (or a human friend for that matter).

[retroillucid]

Pixelboy, on Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:53 AM, said:

Will there be a savegame functionality in the cartridge? I hope so, because few people today have the time to play an extended chess match against a computer (or a human friend for that matter).

No, there will not have save feature, sorry

[5-11under]

retroillucid, on Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:12 AM, said:

Pixelboy, on Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:53 AM, said:

Will there be a savegame functionality in the cartridge? I hope so, because few people today have the time to play an extended chess match against a computer (or a human friend for that matter).

No, there will not have save feature, sorry

I've got a GameBoy Chess game, where if you want to save the game, it encodes the current status into a fairly long string of letters. Something like that might be able to work, if there's space available.

[retroillucid]

5-11under, on Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:48 AM, said:

retroillucid, on Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:12 AM, said:

Pixelboy, on Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:53 AM, said:

Will there be a savegame functionality in the cartridge? I hope so, because few people today have the time to play an extended chess match against a computer (or a human friend for that matter).

No, there will not have save feature, sorry

I've got a GameBoy Chess game, where if you want to save the game, it encodes the current status into a fairly long string of letters. Something like that might be able to work, if there's space available.

That's an excellent idea!
I'll talk about this with the programer of the game since we have some space left

We'll also implement a 2-Player mode too