hyperspace revisions

Posted by SpiceWare, in Space Rocks 28 June 2012 · 302 views

hyperspace momentum tied to menu option FRICTION
"implosion" effect when coming out of hyperspace to make it easier to find your ship
initial asteroid count tied to LEVEL. Kids level starts with 2, Easy 3, Normal 4, and Hard 5
2 second delay before returning to menu after final death
If you have 9+ lives the lives digit will display X for eXceeds 9
beginnings of a demo mode
last scores removed from main menu

ROMs for Harmony or Stella 3.7.1 or later

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Csonicgo
Jun 28 2012 9:29 PM

NICE! I love how the co-processor gives the Atari more oomph.

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espire8
Jun 29 2012 10:50 AM

Thanks for this update! All the additions are great! The rematerializing ship is awesome! even with your place holder it does make a world of difference for the game play! Can't wait for when Nathan's updated graphics are in place!

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SpiceWare
Jun 29 2012 12:04 PM

Yeah, the rematerializing works great. I initially added just the color cycling, but then I realized it would need only a minor amount of additional space to also have it animate.

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Zach
Jun 29 2012 9:22 PM

I just noticed you are making good use of the 2-color 48-pixel sprite trick in the menu.

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SpiceWare
Jun 29 2012 10:26 PM

Yeah, the color option looks much better now than it did before. I was initially thinking "vertical bands of color" totally forgetting the ability to change them line-by-line as I'd just been doing luma-lighting effects until then.