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    That's actually pretty cool. How would that technique work with other sprites on screen? What you have so far is super smooth though I'd be interested in seeing it scroll past the building too. :)

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    I really like the sprites. I think they're quite charming. As a Vic 20 fanboy I've played plenty of games in which the main sprite has no animation and it's never bothered me. If I were you I wouldn't worry about your sprite work. :)

     

    Do you think proper smooth scrolling is doable while minimising flicker? That would be interesting to see. It certainly would make the diving part feel a little more 'organic'.

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    It looks really pretty so far. I can only think of one small thing that I'd change just now. That would be the colour gradient in the sky. On the first screen it's, of course, fine but on subsequent screens it's that gradient that causes it to feel like the screen's resetting like Random Terrain mentioned. Maybe setting the game at twighlight with some stars might be nice?

     

    I really like the idea of the game changing once you hit the ground. Perhaps then the game could become an 'endless' runner allowing for shooting (fire) and jumping (pushing up or button 2). It would change up the game play while keeping the pace of the 'vertical' portion of the game. :)

     

    Good luck with whichever way you go. It really does look good.

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    Too true. A license is a license but for people coming late to the table and who didn't follow the development of the game I can see why they don't quite grasp it. I suppose if the game was an 'proper' Atari sanctioned commercially released limited edition from 1983 folk wouldn't get so upset. After all, when Bungie puts out the latest Halo limited edition nobody questions it. There again, their definition of limited edition is slightly different to mine!

     

    I'm sure this has been brought up before and I don't mean to flog a dead horse but perhaps there could be a way that the ROM image could be sold as a digital download from the FSS site or something? Just a thought. :)

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    I'm going to keep this on my Harmony and every time Nintendo make another silly or annoying decision I'm going to play it just as a one man, anonymous protest! That'll show 'em!

     

    Off topic: Joe, I know they have to look after their interests. That doesn't make it not crappy though. It just makes the whole state of copyright law crappy...

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    It would be a super cool feature. Perhaps the manuals could be downloaded as a 'pack' from Atarimania? I've no idea how much work something like that would take (I'd presume a lot!) but it really would add to the whole Stella experience. I think Stephena has in the past talked about GUI upgrades but it sounded like it was a long way off (after SDL2 migration and other stuff) but you never know...

  22. Posted

    Another Vic 20 here and (of course, being my first) it's still my favourite 8 bit. I have respect for the others but nothing will ever touch that moment on Christmas morning 1984 when I hooked up that thing and saw the cyan and white glow for the first time. All computers should have a cyan border. Life would be better for everyone then.

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    Maybe we should just change the title of the thread to "Is It Fact That Nintendo Saved Gaming in North America", declare the answer "yes" and then we can let THE REST OF THE WORLD get on with it...

     

    Ataris crash meant NOTHING in the rest of the world. It caused a hiccup in gaming in North America. The NES meant VERY LITTLE to the rest of the world. It only really made a big impact in Japan and North America. The REST OF THE WORLD were getting on with gaming on 8 bit computers and, to a lesser extent, Sega systems. Do you know that where I come from until the PSX came about consoles were considered a bit of a joke in general and were only really for rich, stupid people who could afford the exhorbatant games prices and could'nt use a real computer?? The NES meant NOTHING.

     

    And to say there would be no Master System without the NES is just such bollocks. Sega would just decide to stop producing new consoles after the SG1000? Why would a successful international company do that?! Nonsense...

     

    Anyway, that's me said my piece again. Just go back to your little NES bubble land...

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