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  2. Posted

     

    Glitches are fixed and Higher max speed, fire button starts game, flipped game modes to emphasize its a multiplayer game.

    THere is a small graphics glitch but it does not seem to be game breaking, so I felt OK uploading.

     

    Yep, the trees keep scrolling when you reach 362 points so that's fixed. It's good that you can start the game with fire now, this should be a standard for all games IMO.

    The speed progression is nice and the max speed is pretty fast. I like that the game gets frantic fast enough to stay challenging and keep players going.

    The climbing sound volume is also nice now, gives a good audio cue of the game speed without being annoying.

     

    Apparently it's not possible to have no more than 3 branches in a row but it's not that important as it doesn't affect the gameplay negatively. With only 3 branches in a row it might even become too easy.

     

    You're aware of the max speed not resetting after game over and the glitch with the score minikernel so these 2 bugs still need to be squished. ;)

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    -It used to start when you pressed the fire button, but I noticed that it often restarted after you died. (thus losing the chance to see the score, etc.) So that might be annoying for people who are going for high scores. its a good one to ask around for though!

    -I can make the sound quieter compared to the other sounds. Its already 60% vs 100%. Maybe 40% is better. But I would like to keep the sounds in, it helps me estimate how quick its moving.

    -I'll look into that. I agree that it looks weird.

     

    For starting the game with the fire button just add a delay - ignoring fire button presses for ~3 seconds or so after game over should do the trick.

    Check the batari Basic forum for examples, this was used in a few bB games IIRC.

     

    Good point about the moving sound, i find it too noisy as it is but making it quieter should help.

     

    If you have enough variables and rom-space left maybe make the winning player flash or make him bigger to give a visual cue who won the round at the end.

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    I just played Monkey King a bit, nice little game! You made some good progress since the version that was shown at ZeroPage Homebrew.

     

    I have a few suggestions:

     

    - Let players start the game with the fire button, that's always better than having to press the reset switch.

     

    - Remove the sound when the score increases. That constant beeping is quite annoying especially when the game gets faster IMO.

    That would also make it easier to concentrate on the coconut sound.

    Or just play a sound for each 100 points reached.

     

    - Maybe don't allow more than 3 branches in a row, having 4 or 5 in a row looks a bit weird and not much like a tree.

     

    Looking forward to see how this one comes along. :)

  12. Posted

    I think most of the hacks listed are not suited to the requirements James has mentioned in his stream, because they are just graphic hacks. James is looking for hacks which e.g. change the game play or add some real value to a game. Graphical hacks are usually only interesting for a few minutes.

     

    You're right but i think these hacks are worth a look although they might not be interesting enough for playing on the show.

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    If you have any more great hacked 2600 games that you'd like me to include in another episode of hacks, leave your favourites here or PM me! :-)

     

    A few nice River Raid hacks:

     

    Alien Menace: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/62869-alien-menace/

     

    Planet Raid: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/53913-planet-raid-10/

     

    Death Race 2000: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/48867-death-race-2000/

     

    Some other nice hacks:

     

    Venture 3 (adds the third level to Venture): https://atariage.com/hack_page.php?SystemID=2600&SoftwareHackID=269

     

    Ms. Suc-Man: https://atariage.com/hack_page.php?SystemID=2600&SoftwareHackID=297

     

    Berzerk Voice Enhanced: https://atariage.com/hack_page.php?SystemID=2600&SoftwareHackID=171

     

    Hack'em!: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/55226-hackem-hangly-man-combined/

     

    Ms. Hack: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/89358-mshack-edit-of-hackem/

  20. Posted

    Nice game! I like the simple concept, reminds me a bit of batari's Zombie Chase.

     

    It's a bit too easy as it is so maybe make the walls deadly like in Berzerk in the later levels. Or let the ball sprite bounce around the screen like in Pong to liven up the gameplay.

    Looking foward to see how this one develops. :)

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