Asmusr Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 For those of you who don't read the development forum, I'm happy to announce that after 6 months of development, version 1.0 of my remake of Flying Shark is now ready. The game is provided as a 512K cartridge image for FinalGROM99/UberGROM/red boards and requires a 32K RAM expansion. It will not run from FlashROM99 or disk. The game can be played using joystick 1 or keyboard (S, D, E, X, Space). If you start the game using the keyboard only the keyboard will be active and vice versa. Hold down fire/space a little longer to fire a smart bomb. Key M on the title screen turns off the music. The graphics are based on the ZX Spectrum version of the game, and the music was recreated after listening to the arcade version. None of the original program code has been used for the remake. The source code is available from: https://github.com/Rasmus-M/Flying-shark Thanks to Tursi for the use of his music/sound player and to ralphb for his xas99 assembler. flying-shark-v1.0-8.bin flying-shark-v1.0.rpk 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabrice montupet Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Rasmus, Once again, congratulations on your game. I admire the quality of the work you do about the TI-99/4A. Words are really missing, thank you so much! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artrag Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Greetings for this masterpiece! Probably the best arcade for ti-99/4a at the date. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Outstanding programming! I am really glad you are part of this community. . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 This Flying Shark game is one of those rare breed that STAY on the computer because it adds a level of play and enjoyment that never seems to grow old. If this game had been around back in the day instead of Parsec, I bet an additional 1 million units would have been sold changing the history of the TI. Yes, I DO think it's THAT GOOD! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Does it only work on a F18A equipped console? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Does it only work on a F18A equipped console? No, it works on a 9918 as well. I refer to << this message >>. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Yeah, this will be on display at VCF-SE. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 (edited) Does it only work on a F18A equipped console? As Omega wrote, the game is written for the 9918A, but it does looks better on an F18A because there is no sprite flicker or color bleeding. If also works in MAME with the EVCP console emulation. Edited April 17, 2018 by Asmusr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Excellent game... Wish I could get to Level 3, but 1 and 2 are superb. Thanks for this release! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Excellent game... Wish I could get to Level 3, but 1 and 2 are superb. Thanks for this release! I feel the same way! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO_4l2lmCHo ... practice, practice I must do! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Yeah, this will be on display at VCF-SE. That would be great, I'm going to try to make it, but I do have an unexpected family issue in Indiana right now and may have to pass it buy to go to a funeral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I get the title screen and nothing more (no matter what keys I press or which joystick I use) using the red board and a garbled screen display on the ubergrom. It apparently doesn't work on a 9938 system. Oh well . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Yeah, this will be on display at VCF-SE. There is a possibility of a Flying Shark competition and Fest West... which, is only 10 days away now! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 (edited) I get the title screen and nothing more (no matter what keys I press or which joystick I use) using the red board and a garbled screen display on the ubergrom. It apparently doesn't work on a 9938 system. Oh well . . . I have no idea why it doesn't work on a 9938 system. It seems to indicate two things: a) the 9938 is not fully backwards compatible with the 9918A, and b) the EVPC emulation in MAME has some issues because here it's working fine. Any ideas anyone? [Edit: I assume that color and pattern table masking works on an 9938.] Edited April 17, 2018 by Asmusr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 Excellent game... Wish I could get to Level 3, but 1 and 2 are superb. Thanks for this release! If you find anything that seems impossible I will be happy to change it. Also, if you or Omega or anyone else want to do some testing of levels 2-4 just send me a PM and I will show you how to change the starting level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 (edited) Here is the 'official' cartridge label. Thanks to ti99iuc. Edited April 17, 2018 by Asmusr 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 If you find anything that seems impossible I will be happy to change it. Also, if you or Omega or anyone else want to do some testing of levels 2-4 just send me a PM and I will show you how to change the starting level. Thanks! Ill pass on that though, since the game is complete... Now that its no longer BETA, I will just need to put in the work to advance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I have no idea why it doesn't work on a 9938 system. It seems to indicate two things: a) the 9938 is not fully backwards compatible with the 9918A, and b) the EVPC emulation in MAME has some issues because here it's working fine. No guarantees for the 9938 emulation (and no money back). I never really looked deeper into its implementation, and some issues are already known (like unrealistic command performance). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Usually, the cause of failure on a 9938 is not setting the VDP registers to spec.i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 Usually, the cause of failure on a 9938 is not setting the VDP registers to spec.i I'm only setting regs 0-7. The only difference between the VDP regs on the title screen and the rest of the game is that VR3 is set to >FF (3 color tables) for the former and >9F (1 color table) for the latter. VR0 is set to >02 and VR1 is set to >E2 or >A2 depending on whether the screen is on or off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Here is the 'official' cartridge label. Thanks to ti99iuc. flying-shark-label.png You know, for presentation I will go ahead and put this on a flash, red board, and stick it in a cartridge. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Just a got a chance to try this out finally... WOW! With games like this, hard to believe you're playing a TI sometimes. Especially like the music. Also occurs to me the irony of having background music + sound effects, when there are countless games for the Amiga and ST that have you choosing one or the other. Always hated that. Game plays really well, but yeah - it's pretty tough. Need to remind myself to stay away from the sides! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I don't know if this is right. I've catched some B icons (I suppose bonus) and there appears B at left, but when you lose a life these stay the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 It means you have more than four. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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