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    Please respond

    I agree. There wouldn't be anything to stop the player from just racking up points and no levels to progress. I've toyed with taking away a jump for every jump (good or bad) so lower the chance of playing for hours till you loose all lives, what i didn't mention iin my last update video s the game will get faster and faster (after every 6 or so successful landings i'm speeding up the copters little by little). it will peaks out at around landing 30, but if someone can survive at that speed for that long, they deserve to rack up serious points!

     

    Thanks for asking about the game! always glad to respond to users on here, sorry for the delay in response! Take care, Russ

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    Play the arcade game in MAME or watch some youtube videos of it. This game in it's original form is simple, (it is from 1979 after all.)

     

    You are entirely correct. There is no real progression, the point placement doesn't make sense and you could dive onto the same top left pad every time. However, in the original arcade version the plane does randomly change heights as it re-enters from the right and you will be forcefully booted out of the plane after about 20 seconds. Also the randomized movement and placement of the helicopters usually prevents farming a single landing pad as many times the plane will be only a few pixels above the top left "20" point pad, leaving you no time to jump and pull the D cord to hit it.

     

     

    The author has recognized that the original game is simple, hence the mission mode (of which he has only really shown a teaser...) I honestly think very few people will play the Arcade mode after they see the Mission mode.

    Thanks! I couldnt have said it better Tarzilla! VectorGamer - you should play or at least watch youtube footage of the original arcade game rip cord and you will see i'm very faithful to the arcade and to what is shown in the coleco catalog photo of the game. Missions mode is my answer to spicing up the game to be more enjoyable as i now the original version is very basic. If i go messing with the original mode i'm bound to upset players as it's not what was potentially going to be released back in the 80s. I'm sure i wont be able to make everyone happy but i'm trying with adding Missions mode.

     

    Russ

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    I got my Coleco FB today from Toys R Us in Rochester NY. The sales clerk had to get a manager to override the sale because the system actually noticed it had a release date that wasnt up yet. They where nice enough to sell me one, but i watched as the manager grabbed the other stock off the shelf right after that. yikes. Now i just have to figure out who to talk to about getting Side Trak and Rip Cord into the next version! I always wanted to go to the store and buy my own game some day!!!!!

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    This is one I'm eagerly anticipating. One of the great ones, and it looks like your port is going to be fantastic.

    Thanks! I got alot of work done on the game this past week! I will hopefully post a new video showing the updates sometime tomorrow.

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    Also, it's probably too late in the game (pun intended) to add anything to your general game design, but from what I'm seeing here, I'd say you already have all the parts required to implement something like this:

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzVSEeiuSgU

     

    Just remove the island sitting in the center of the water in your game display, and you're all set. ;)

    Cool. that would make a neat bonus stage for the game! if i have room / time after the game is done! i like it!

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    I test this just now. He can use sprites[0].colour =0xF4; in C to do the early clock. First Hex is F, which will trigger the Early Clock, and second Hex for the color he want to use, which is blue.

     

    I was thinking earlier of another solution is to do the plane in char. I think 4 copies of the plane would work. I think either put_frame or series of put_char would work. Put_frame will not wrap around, and will go off screen.

    Got it working! the plane is scrolling out of the left of the screen and back into the right nice and smooth! took a little tinkering but man with you and nanochess's help about the early clock setting that did the trick! and i didn't have to waste any more sprites / tiles! Thanks again! My code to toggle the 2 modes only added .1k to the previous rom build so i can live with that :) I'm glad that issue is behind me! Thanks again Guys!

     

    Russ

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  18. Posted

    I test this just now. He can use sprites[0].colour =0xF4; in C to do the early clock. First Hex is F, which will trigger the Early Clock, and second Hex for the color he want to use, which is blue.

     

    I was thinking earlier of another solution is to do the plane in char. I think 4 copies of the plane would work. I think either put_frame or series of put_char would work. Put_frame will not wrap around, and will go off screen.

    Nanochess, Kiwi, thanks for the info. i had no idea that smooth scrolling a sprite off the left of the screen was going to be so tricky! Thanks for the info about the Early Clock! I now have the plane smoothly flying off the left of the screen, only to have the issue on the other side now. but with this info, i'm working on a function that will know when to flip back and forth the right color to toggle the mode as needed and reposition the sprite to make it look like nothing tricky is happening under the hood! Thanks again! Hopefully i'll be able to pull that off! Too funny how little things like that can almost be show stoppers on the coleco hardware! good to know!

     

    Take care,

    Russ

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    Nice Job! Both RKGames and NewColeco..

    Thanks! Dan did an awesome job on the music as always, it's mind blowing how talented he is with both his coding and music! to make everyone a little more excited, Dan just sent an even better version of the song! I'll see if i can post another video tonight / tomorrow! Or if dan wants to post a full version of the song on his youtube channel like he usually does that would be cool!

     

    Russ

  24. Posted

    Sent a very tiny piece of data to RK, not something elaborate but gives an idea of a possible music.

    Thanks again Dan for the short tune! I'll get it in the game and hopefully post a video for everyone to see and hear over the the weekend (I cant wait to hear it myself)! I really appreciate the music, what a great surprise to see it in my mail box!!!!

     

    Take care,

    Russ

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  25. Posted

    Since I didn't remember the arcade game I just watched a video of the game, about 6 minutes or so and I tend to think the one screen does get repetitive. So I like your idea of different screens with different layouts and landing places. I think that would add more to the game myself. I wonder how you plan to implement this though, so many succesful landings and you go to another screen, or by points, or at random? In your arcade mode will it be in black and white, or color? I am just asking is all. I don't know how much memory all the options you mentioned will take up, but I guess I would vote for as many as possible. But I don't want to make things so complex that it becomes a pain for you to program. Just my two cents worth, it is your game and however you do it is not as big of a deal to me since I really look forward to playing it when it is released! Keep up the great work!

    Cool, I'm planning on about 20 to 30 levels in the new mode, as pixelboy said, mainly new landing positions, however i'm looking into adding a new enemy type or two for the higher levels to keep the players interest! I'm going to play it safe and code the core of the game (Arcade and coleco versions) and what space is left i'll devote to the new levels mode so i dont fall into the monster bash trap again!

     

    Take care,

    Russ

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