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  1. Posted

    And you can start training on an emulator right now :)

    Thats how I did it. Plus its much easier to turn a 14" monitor upside down for the reverse gravity ;)

     

    Once you see the video, you will see how I go about killing the guns. I would still suggest using a simple joypad setup, but if you can beat it with a homemade joystick, more power to you ;) Hope to see some spectacular scores soon :D

    Didn't you use a homemade joypad too ;)

    I'v wired the buttons but the sheild disables the thrust button :(

    So now I have to re-rewire the buttons so the sheild in next to the fire button.

     

     

    Some stratergy for anyone who is actually trying :)

    I noticed in the vid that on planet 5 you turned 180 degrees to shoot the reactor.

    I usualy shoot it at 90 degrees. I find it much easier and there is plenty of room to allow for

    the swinging pod on the way out. (which is very slight because you only turn a little bit right)

    Also on planet 3 I find it easier to hit the reactor 14 times and clear all the guns first and return

    for the fule afterwards, It takes about as much fule as your sheild tactic and there is no danger of being shot at :)

    Planet 4, I shoot the reactor 14 times to disable the guns before heading down to the pod room.

     

    Although I am still in awe of how you handle reverse gravity. I'm soooo close (planet 6) to getting past it.

  7. Posted

    . I don't think I will ever get the programming thing down.

    Don't give up.

    I'v been at it (on and off) for a year now and haven't really finished anything.

     

    I'll be entering this years minigame comp, and it will probably take me every last second from now

    until it starts to get a game ready ;) Keep and eye on stella for my proof of concept sometime soon ...... I hope.

  9. Posted

    well the fire button on my thrut controller (;) ) has died on me so I thought I'd conduct a

    little experiment before I get the soldering iorn back out. I hooked up my C=64 mouse and

    started it in joytick mode (right button at power on). I pretty much sucked more than usual but I

    can see how good this could be if I had more room for the mouse or if I had a trackball :)

     

     

    I found a download manager that compiles on my system so I should be watching that video soon.

  16. Posted

    Another vote for Another world (out of this world)

    I loved the feeling of not knowing WTF was going on at first. Your thrown in at the deep end (literaly ;) )

    and it's sink or swim// The sound is suitably weird.

    Did I mention the visuals :) There need to be more games that look like this (ie: Flashback, which is itself a little unsettling)

     

    Another World is my favorite game of all time simply because nothing else compares to it's strange atnmosphere.

    I love swinging in the cage until it breaks, firing through the force feilds, running from the

    underground flood of water, shooting the guard in the mirror and most of all looking through

    the prison window at the landscape.

     

    I better stop ranting or i'll go on forever :D

  19. Posted

    No, I have never coded a emulator before.

     

    So, what system should be easier to emulate? NES?

    The NES would be fairly easy to write a reasonable emulator for.

    There are millions of abandoned projects out there, Just go to Zophars Domain and

    download the source code for a few to get the idea and possibly use one as the base for your project.

  21. Posted

    Haven't tried the latest one (must get around to that  :-) )  

    But I'd guess it still can't play Missile Command T.B. (please tell me I'm wrong  :-) )

     

    The new version added support for the three types of Atari Trak-Ball controllers, so that the Missile Command hacks can now be played.

     

    commandlines

    -)TB or -)ST

     

    -)ST works for me. Now I know that I must buy myself a copy of Thomas's Missile Command TB hack! :-D :thumbsup:

    Alright. Lets hope this translates into more trackball games :D

  23. Posted

    If you want to know whats fun then just play them

    you can download most of the roms from here ;)

     

    Of course my opinion is that you can't go wrong with Thrust+.

    Starfire is also an awsome game and you can still get a patch.

    And of course you have Stan's money back guarentee on Marble Craze and Climber 5 :D

    i'm playing Oystron in emulation. and i'm buying it soon :D very cool game.

    If you like Space invaders, INV_ is the best there is with 12 invaders per row, just like in the arcade.

    SCSIcide is also good and it's probably making it's way to my Atari in my next order too :D

  24. Posted

    It could be entertaining.

    I'll have to try that out :)

    The Atari ST mouse can be used with the CX-80 version, and there's also an Amiga Mouse version of the hack.

    The closest thing I have to any of those is this mouse.

    I think the 1350 mouse will work, because it's basically a glorified joystick. The 1351 won't work, because it's a true mouse.

    Damn!........., guess which one I have.

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