opcode Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Sky Jaguar was the second game I released for the CV. It was the first MSX port I did, and I actually started the project after I had started Pac-Man. I was a big MSX user during most of the 80s, and Sky Jaguar was the first game I got for my brand new HotBit, so it still holds a special place in my heart. Actually I still like SJ a lot because the difficulty level is perfect for my skills. But the decision to port the game came when a friend of mine in Brazil told me he was having a hard time trying to port Road Fighter (MSX version) for the CV. I decided to help him and noticed that Road Fighter was actually using 2KB of RAM, so a port would be kind of non-trivial task. He was also using some kind of software to do all the conversion automatically, and that wasn't working right either. So out of curiosity I started to check out if any MSX game was actually using a single KB of RAM and found out that a few Konami games were indeed using that little. And since SJ was one such game, I decided to start porting MSX games. The other fun fact was that I kind overestimated the sales potential of MSX games and sent Albert 80 copies of Sky Jaguar to have the game released during some show I don't even remember the name (I produced the cartridges in a holiday marathon that almost killed me and my wife). I was expecting the game to be a complete sellout after the show, but Albert managed to sell like 15 copies or so. So that was kind of a disappointment. In my mind if Space Invaders could sell 100 copies almost in day 1, Sky Jaguar, a much more advanced game, should be able to do that at least as quickly. But that isn’t how things work in Colecoland. Anyway, it took a little more time than I had originally anticipated but the game is finally sold out. Just like SIC, I hope to re-release Sky Jaguar soon, to take advantage of the super module features. In the meantime you can enjoy the game using any good CV emulator, like BlueMSX. JA_13.zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph74 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 As said many times before, thanks Eduardo for your efforts and for sharing your talents with the rest of us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Just like SIC, I hope to re-release Sky Jaguar soon, to take advantage of the super module features. In the meantime you can enjoy the game using any good CV emulator, like BlueMSX. so, what would be the difference between the first edition and the future "super module" edition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Thanks so much! I can't wait to give this a good play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CV Gus Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 It is a good game. It's also tough as anything. I've only managed to get about 2/3 of the way through the fourth time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opcode Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 Sky Jaguar sold out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfraMan Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Oh nooooooooo, this one was next on my list I just ordered Yie Ar Kung Fu and Magical Tree a few days ago, and I figured I would pick this one up next week, lol. Oops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ten-four Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Hi InfraMan I know that Sky Jaguar can not be replaced with a different game. But two great space shooters are Gulkave and Star Force from Team PIxelboy. These two games are highly ranked -you will not be disappointed, -they are fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 But two great space shooters are Gulkave and Star Force from Team PIxelboy. These two games are highly ranked -you will not be disappointed, -they are fast. Star Force is sold out, however. Gulkave is still available, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfraMan Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 But two great space shooters are Gulkave and Star Force from Team PIxelboy. These two games are highly ranked -you will not be disappointed, -they are fast. Thanks for the recommendations, but I actually already have Gulkave, and I was lucky enough to get one of the last copies of Star Force before it sold out. I haven't received Star Force yet, but Gulkave is indeed awesome...I really wish I'd picked up one of those CV Arcade Controllers to play it with, though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyBoss Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Have to agree with Opcode, Roadfighter is a nasty one to Port. I Already ported Pacman (MSX) and Comic Bakery (MSX) to the Memotech MTX computer (Almost same hardware specs. as the CV, just a bit quicker CPU). Actually I also have a runable verison of Roadfight at the Memotech MTX, but the soundemulation is not ok yet. But game runs. But its quite fun to do those ports - of cause wife thinks it waste of time but I dont Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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