+Sauron Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Looks like the RGCD site had a very positive review about Degz: http://www.rgcd.co.uk/2012/07/degz-atari-jaguar.html Thanks, guys! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted July 25, 2012 Author Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) Looks like the RGCD site had a very positive review about Degz: http://www.rgcd.co.u...ari-jaguar.html Interestingly, also posted the same day is a review of the Amiga version of Downfall from the same reviewer. He liked that as well (and his other half did, too - not an uncommon comment to hear WAGs & offspring enjoy the game). So just to recap where Downfall is concerned (yes, wrong thread, sorry, I'm not bumping the DF thread for this), that's the Jaguar version, Falcon port, Amiga version, two Atari 8-bit versions (simonl's unreleased one and one that looks amazing and one that beat 6 other games to win at a coding party in Poland earlier this year), one for PC (DownFall - Down To Hell) and one for Tandy CoCo (Fahrfall - linville even designed a special controller for it). Haven't spotted any more yet but I hope Herbs64 realises what he started, I know CJ does The game must have some redeeming qualities to inspire such activity. Edited July 25, 2012 by sh3-rg 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Looks like the RGCD site had a very positive review about Degz: http://www.rgcd.co.u...ari-jaguar.html Interestingly, also posted the same day is a review of the Amiga version of Downfall from the same reviewer. He liked that as well (and his other half did, too - not an uncommon comment to hear WAGs & offspring enjoy the game). So just to recap where Downfall is concerned (yes, wrong thread, sorry, I'm not bumping the DF thread for this), that's the Jaguar version, Falcon port, Amiga version, two Atari 8-bit versions (simonl's unreleased one and one that looks amazing and one that beat 6 other games to win at a coding party in Poland earlier this year), one for PC (DownFall - Down To Hell) and one for Tandy CoCo (Fahrfall - linville even designed a special controller for it). Haven't spotted any more yet but I hope Herbs64 realises what he started, I know CJ does The game must have some redeeming qualities to inspire such activity. In a related way, don't forget Llamasoft's "Goat Up" for the iPad series, and the 2600's "Man Goes Down". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted July 25, 2012 Author Share Posted July 25, 2012 Looks like the RGCD site had a very positive review about Degz: http://www.rgcd.co.u...ari-jaguar.html Interestingly, also posted the same day is a review of the Amiga version of Downfall from the same reviewer. He liked that as well (and his other half did, too - not an uncommon comment to hear WAGs & offspring enjoy the game). So just to recap where Downfall is concerned (yes, wrong thread, sorry, I'm not bumping the DF thread for this), that's the Jaguar version, Falcon port, Amiga version, two Atari 8-bit versions (simonl's unreleased one and one that looks amazing and one that beat 6 other games to win at a coding party in Poland earlier this year), one for PC (DownFall - Down To Hell) and one for Tandy CoCo (Fahrfall - linville even designed a special controller for it). Haven't spotted any more yet but I hope Herbs64 realises what he started, I know CJ does The game must have some redeeming qualities to inspire such activity. In a related way, don't forget Llamasoft's "Goat Up" for the iPad series, and the 2600's "Man Goes Down". Yep, Herbs 64 is the guy who made MGD, mentioned above. Dunno if Minter played any of those before making Goat Up, or if he played Time Pilot/KM before making 5 a day I started making a Downfall Family Tree, but had difficulty finding any info on the game(s) that inspired Man Goes Down, and I didn't want to do it half-arsed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggn Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Yep, Herbs 64 is the guy who made MGD, mentioned above. Dunno if Minter played any of those before making Goat Up, or if he played Time Pilot/KM before making 5 a day I remember reading Minter's twitter feed while he was making goatup about having played MGD. IIRC I even sent him a link of Downfall 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I remember reading Minter's twitter feed while he was making goatup about having played MGD. IIRC I even sent him a link of Downfall Yes, in fact he cites Man Goes Down as being the primary influence on GoatUp. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted July 26, 2012 Author Share Posted July 26, 2012 I remember reading Minter's twitter feed while he was making goatup about having played MGD. IIRC I even sent him a link of Downfall Yes, in fact he cites Man Goes Down as being the primary influence on GoatUp. Great, that's going in the family tree. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 This was and is a lot of fun. I have this loaded on my Skunkboard. I never got much into Scramble, but this does remind me of Super Cobra which I used to play on the Atari 400 for hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted August 18, 2012 Author Share Posted August 18, 2012 This was and is a lot of fun. I have this loaded on my Skunkboard. I never got much into Scramble, but this does remind me of Super Cobra which I used to play on the Atari 400 for hours. Super Cobra was based on the same code as Scramble with only minor alterations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion_ Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I think I played a preview version at AC2012, but now I just tested the final one and it's a really great and very fun game ! and well polished as always with reboot's guys nyan easter egg is t3h ultimate extra bonus ! who needs 64bits when you got fun ? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 Unsatisfied with how YouTube mangles our 60fps video, we're looking to use something else as well as YT to display short videos of our games. This is the YouTube version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUXEWIsayaY This is the first alternative solution we're trying, you'll have to follow the link to the dbug site and start the player there (wish I could drop it into this post but I don't think it's doable... and excuse the picture, GGN is poking fun at me ): http://dbug.kicks-as...playa/test.html Any feedback would be handy, especially including the spec of your hardware and the theoretical max speed of your connection. Cheers! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Sometimes I fire up the YouTube video just to rock the soundtrack. The new player seems adequate. Though on my connection it buffers and stutters like no tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 Though on my connection it buffers and stutters like no tomorrow. OK, that's the kind of feedback we need, cheers. Hopefully we can adjust some settings and make it buffer up a good chunk before it starts to play. Sometimes I fire up the YouTube video just to rock the soundtrack. Here's 5o5's excellent "reshoot" mod that he made for the game, there are some nice subtle echos and other things that really shine through on a PC tracker EDIT: Here's Degz @ 60fps at capped.tv - I think we'll be using this in future: http://capped.tv/reboot-degz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 I was playing Degz last night on my Skunk for about an hour. After looking through this thread I just discovered that there is a hidden Easter egg that I'll have to check out tonight when I get home. Good job guys - this is a a great update to a classic 80s arcade game! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted December 24, 2013 Author Share Posted December 24, 2013 Hope you're using the auto-fire version, the button-mashing version would be torture for an hour+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakandsig Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Looks like an easy port for the Lynx, make it happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Patches welcome... Looks like an easy port for the Lynx, make it happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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