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    Twin Snakes Run - new game, avaliable also on tape at Retronics

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted · Edited by michomis

    Twin Snakes Run is an uncomplicated puzzle game reminiscent of the popular snake. It differs from other games of this type in that we control two twin snakes at once, which move in the same directions, creating the same route, but mastering mazes with different obstacles. We don't collect anything here, and the trick is to lead both snakes to the exit at once.

     

    Blocking one of them makes it impossible to continue the game and then the level must be restarted. The snake gets longer with each "step" and cannot go through itself. There are 32 levels, and the level of difficulty usually increases with each new one. For ease, we can also start the game from 10 or 20 level.

    The game was written in 6502 assembler and it is my first program in this language, because so far I have only tried coding in Atari Basic ("Tuneup", "Troll's Treasure" and "Moon Quest" games). The impulse to try to write something in assembler was the series of videos "Let's Make EdVenture" on the YouTube channel "Mission: Ed Possible", where the author presents the creation of a roguelike game for small Atari from scratch.

     

    During the development of "Twin Snakes Run" Marek "Xeen" Cora was a great support to me, he gave advice, explained many things, and also wrote some procedures that make the game work, look and sound much better. The title artwork was created by Piotr "Piesiu" Radecki. The rest of the work (game mechanics, level art, music) was done by me.

    There was an idea to make a few copies on a cassette tape for the creative team, but finally we decided with Jerzy "Duddie" Dudek to release it in his company Retronics, in the "Classic" version for those interested (limited to 50 copies). Jerzy "Mono" Kut also came with support, who prepared a loader for the cassette release, as well as Konrad "Gades" Leśniak, who lent one of his songs (more specifically "Nightride" from the album Runaway from 2017), which is played on the second channel when loading a game from a tape.

     

    The game should run on any configuration. It was tested on Atari 400/800 and XL/XE series. It supports both PAL and NTSC systems. A minimum of 32kB of RAM is required. The snakes are controlled with a joystick. Other control keys:

    FIRE - start or restart of the level
    START - start from level 01 or return to the title menu
    SELECT, OPTION - start from level 10 or 20

     

    Game is avaliable to buy at https://retronics.eu/ please contact publisher directly.

     

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    Mad Studio

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

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    Big thanks to author of Madstudio @Gury

    I have made whole graphics and sprites with this great tool in my latest game Moon Quest.

    Keep in mind I am no pixel artist, therefore I've used mode 5. I could also fit many (over 40) pictures with code for the game on one disk, without compression.

     

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    ABBUC Software contest 2022

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

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    I have watched @ZeroPage Homebrew part 1 of playing abbuc games. There were some issues with saving Moon Quest state. Let me explain how it works.

     

    1. There are TWO independent save states. One for each part of the game. By the way, you cannot save AFTER you go to the Moon.

    2. Player should save on first part of game, BEFORE going on rocket route and before loading second part of game. Then, when replaying the game he first loads first save and right away is able to go to second part of game.

    3. Second save must be done similarly. Just before going to the Moon player should make an another save state.

    4. AVG cart with latest firmware supports save on Moon Quest atr. Saves can be also done on Sio2sd and sdrive or real disk.

     

    Save remembers your items, activities performed, parts of suit collected etc. So do that each time you've made some progress.

     

     

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    Short review of 2022 ABBUC entries

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

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    5 hours ago, MichaG said:

    I've played it quite a long time. I think I have to pass the robot, but he doesn't want to let me... 

    Spoiler

    If you already have helmet, backpack and boots, you need to obtain suit which is past the robot. Before going toward rocket route you need to obtain launch codes and repair server as well. As for the robot you need to ocupy it with some object (notice it trys to calculate something) and then you can damage it with other object, so it will turn off. Let me know if you still have problem.

     

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    Short review of 2022 ABBUC entries

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

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    On 10/12/2022 at 7:53 AM, darwinmac said:

     

    Moon Quest - I haven't gotten too far in this adventure. However, it's nice to see a new graphical adventure on the 8-bit. 

     

     

    Bob C

     

    My game is quite a simple adventure game. All puzzles are reasonably logical and rationally explainable. This at least what I was trying to achieve. In many places, we encounter hints that are not immediately obvious. What's worth to do at begining:

     

    - TALK to or actually listen to others (characters suggest many things)
    - read the descriptions in the location quite carefully
    - use the LOOK option to learn more about the location
    - review items we collect and associate where or how they can be used
    - check the environment (graphic screen), because sometimes there are hints or solutions to the problem on screen
    - remember that items can often also be obtained from other people

     

    The game consists of three main locations. Two of them are on Earth.

    After releasing the games (there are three language versions: English, Polish and German) I will try to create a walkthrough or "hint book" for those who want to play the game and encounter a problem.

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    Troll's Treasure - atari XL/XE game

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

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    9 hours ago, Thelen said:

    Played it yesterday, nice! Very cool also that your kids are programming on the 8 bit!!

    My son (10 yo) was rather helping with graphics and gave some ideas for clues etc. He is usually unconcentrated, which do not help in programming.

    But when I was 10 I have already tried programming in Basic, so who knows :)

    My daughter is 6 so she only helped with packing physical edition etc.

     

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