Devin

A friend sent me a link of a guy on YouTube who played (and beat the game). He recorded the game as he was first encountered each character – which was fun for me to watch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGiBl_T4ZbY The video is quite choppy.

The graphics are great! I agree with thegoldenband, this games looks like something running on the Commodore 64.

Howard the Duck?

Thanks. Are you using machine language or 2600 basic? Any plans for a background yet? Assembly language. I am thinking about using a bankswitching scheme with a lot of RAM (4A50 perhaps) and doing a 96x128 bitmap. Unfortunately, this would limit the game to only one or two colors per line. The SMB playfield is not very complex - just a simple grid. You could implement the level as an array of bytes. In the attachment, NES SMB uses about 10 squares per column. In your version, you can use 8 and the game will be just as good. So, each column in your game could be a single byte. You could even have to parallel arrays for 4 grid item types. I remember seeing an excellent version of a Mario sprite on these boards. It didn't use flickering, but looked great. That might be a good solution.

No worries, I will use the win animation from AVGN KO Boxing!

Sorry, I forgot "Matley" in the above screenshots.

Here's an update on the game. I am converted it over to the same codebase that I used for Angry Video Game Nerd K.O. Boxing. Some of the changes will be dodging and a nice credits screen at the very beginning. It will have the same fade effect as the AVGN game. I've attached some screenshots. I don't have a playable binary yet.

Looks great! Minor question: How do you edit your posts? Well, I mean the posts that are tad older?

Cool, so the Kangaroo can now make a comeback? Chris The great roo shall return in K.O. Homebrew. For K.O. Cruiser, I'm just going to use characters from my Commodore 64 version.

Not yet. It's in the queue. In the meantime, I plan to use my 32k codebase to push K.O. Cruiser from 16k to 32k. The result will be a nice credits screen. I can also make some changes to the backgrounds - since I can store more than just three. GREAT! Actually, as of last night - I have moved over all the chars from the 16k into a 32k codebase. So, I have a 32k K.O. Cruiser on my computer. I haven't taken advantage of the extra storage yet. So much room!

Not yet. It's in the queue. In the meantime, I plan to use my 32k codebase to push K.O. Cruiser from 16k to 32k. The result will be a nice credits screen. I can also make some changes to the backgrounds - since I can store more than just three.

I started a thread in the Homebrew Forum: Angry Video Game Nerd: K.O. Boxing

I just cycle through the shades of gray - from $00 to $0E. There isn't any fancy code.

... and just for fun, I created a ton of GIFs for the different boxers. These aren't animated, but they might be fun anyway. KO_AVGN_Sprites.zip

Here is the page on CineMassacre: AVGN game: KO Boxing!

Hello all. I am pleased to announce that I have finished my first sequel to K.O. Cruiser! Woot! In "Angry Video Game Nerd K.O. Boxing", you fight the cast and characters from the hit Internet show: The Angry Video Game Nerd. AVGN KO Boxing 2009-09-06 NTSC.bin AVGN KO Boxing 2009-09-06 PAL60.bin K.O._AVGN_Manual.pdf If case you are not familiar with the show, the Angry Video Game Nerd is an Internet show based on reviewing old video games. The "nerd" is a retro gamer like us and, like us, has been aggravated playing terrible games. Often, in the past, we would buy a game (or most likely get one as a gift) only to find out it was TERRIBLE! "Back to the Future for my Nintendo? Thanks Santa! This looks great!" (10 minutes later) "This sucks!" The show combines knowledge of video games & old systems with rants so acerbic and scatological that they can cause paint to peel. In quite a few episodes, characters from the game, such as the Joker, Cowardly Lion, Bugs Bunny, etc... join in. Mike Matei, who acts in these roles, and creates the episode title art, was kind enough to draw a cover for this game. He also was helpful by giving me tips and suggestions during development. Enjoy! P.S. In this sequel, I added I added the ability to dodge punches. When your opponent is about to throw a punch, you can move left or right and dodge. If your boxer is not in danger, you will move normally. I'll update my other boxing game to use this feature.

Speed is one thing. Security is far more important. I don't mean to knock Microsoft - they did a great job on the evolution of Windows and a great job on XP (can't say the same for Vista). Their software development tools are the best out there. ... but, security. Microsoft has never been able to do security well. IE is not secure, has little to no privacy features, and has a clunky Vista-ish interface.

The video looks like you might be losing sync when you change screens. Are you jumping from vertical bank directly into the vertical blank of the next screen?

I can't put any validity into HitsLink stats given is collected primarily from paying clients and they show Alexa (spyware) on their website. I wasn't able to substantiate the claim that Firefox is #1, but I also couldn't find any evidence to suggest that 80% of current users use IE. Based on a wide variety of sources, I found that IE has a user base of about 60-70% but falling, and Firefox around 20-30% and growing. Okay.I still go by the motto: Friends don't let friends use IE and browse

I am very diligent with security on my home system. I don't use IE, never will. The fiasco known as ActiveX still haunts IE - and all Windows machines to this day. I use XP SP2, but replaced the utterly worthless Windows Firewall with the free one from ZoneAlarn (I also have 2 redundant hardware firewalls). The Windows Firewall only offers incoming protection. Its basically half a firewall. ... and, just to be completely safe, I installed a plugin for Firefox called NoScript. You can control which websites can use Javascript. I would also suggest to all users that they download Spybot Search and Destroy. The anti-spyware that comes with Vista and XP SP3 is worthless.

I can't put any validity into HitsLink stats given is collected primarily from paying clients and they show Alexa (spyware) on their website.

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I am too. I suspect it is made of Opera and some of the other browsers. One of the neat statistics you can get from browser usage is an approximate platform market share. This is quite different from the installed base, since not all computers are used with browsers. Anyway, Macintosh is doing much better and has jumped up to 6% of the market. This is exceptional. Before Jobs returned, Apple has dropped below 1%. They have been rising every month.

I am too. I don't like 7 or 8. Is it not going to work with the new forum? Download Firefox! Firefox is the number one browser in the World right now. Google Chrome is a rising star as well - although not quite yet up to the market share as Firefox. IE6 has about 14.4% of the market.

Hee hee! It looks fun! I can't wait to see more on this.