norbert_kehrer Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 In 1982 the German programmer Henrik Wening made a great version of the arcade game Galaga forthe Commodore PET computer. The PET, being more a business-oriented computer, had onlyvery limited graphics and sound capabilities. So the game is graphically very simple but thegameplay is great. There was also a version of it for the Commodore 64, which Iplayed for many hours back in the eighties. I now ported Henrik's great game to the Atari 800XL computer. It can be downloaded from my homepage at http://web.utanet.at/nkehrer/ Here is a screenshot (with the PET font, also C64 and Atari font are supported): Have fun! Norbert 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 very nice game... it would be nice to have better graphics 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 nice little game - thx for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Very cool! We all know the Atari can produce games that look and sound much better, but this plays fantastic. Quite a feat with the limited character graphics available on the PET, and I for one am happy to see that charm reproduced on the Atari. PETs were the first computers I had any hands-on experience with as a child, and they remain my favorite 8-bit machine in many ways. Never should have sold mine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Alright this is going on my 4mb RamCart.. Thanks.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Great game. One little thing that kind of bugs me. When you finish a round sometimes the program plays a note until the next round starts. Any way you could fix that? Others wise the game is fantastic. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grevle Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Very Nice . This Version is even better than the C64 Version. The game has a Genuine retro feel to it, Reminds me of my first experienses With Video games/Computers that must have been back in 1978. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Great game. One little thing that kind of bugs me. When you finish a round sometimes the program plays a note until the next round starts. Any way you could fix that? Others wise the game is fantastic. Allan That is also in Galaxian! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiliteZoner Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Thanks again Norbert! Perfect example of how game play and not graphics make a game fun to play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Thanks again Norbert! Perfect example of how game play and not graphics make a game fun to play. What he said Great game Norbet; Galaga will definitelty feature in next season's High Score Club [starting soon folks!] 39,320 Stage 8 so far... You could change the "press key" message to "press fire" .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powersoft Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 oh yeah, for the high score club.... great! level 8 I guess similar to me... but I guess your score is much higher... we all know sounds and graphics can EVERYTIME be better... but here it is not a demake of the arcade maschine... it is a remake of a commodore PET version! and it carries a lot old school retro feeling... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powersoft Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 hey therealbountybob... just checked my post in abbuc forum... level 8 - and dadamm.... 39.400 points... I think this will be a nice fight as soon as it is free at high score club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollett Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 You probably wanted to stay true to the original Pet version, but the graphics look like they could be easily be updated to use NTSC color artifacting for a couple extra colors. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 I wonder how hard it would be to ram this on an Apple ][, though it would have to use graphics mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wood_jl Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Very nice! Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 As said by Allan, the noise between rounds might be nice to lose but regardless of that its really really fun, it reminds me of a game on the ZX80 / 81 that was part of a pack I cannot find called 1K Machinde code wonders, ordered it thinking the versions would be rubbish at best but every game was a brilliant feat. The Galaga looked almost identical to this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Really fun game. Great example of gameplay over graphics. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtrooper of Death Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I also like the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Very fun to play - reminds me of the ZX81 days - question though, I believe the 'capture' portion of the game is not implemented correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Here's a video of the C64 port: This would be the version I'd try to port to the Sega Genesis. I was hoping it was written in BASIC so I could understand the source. Seems like it's all assembly, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powersoft Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 the capture is included... but there is no special reason when it starts... just luck... with (I think it is a) difference: id you got the double shoot and will be hit by an alien bomb you loose only one of your both ships. I am not sure anymore in the original if you lost all two by a hit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFL Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Just wondering if anyone has a link to the original PET game? I looked on Henrik Wening's page but couldn't find it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbert_kehrer Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 Just wondering if anyone has a link to the original PET game? I looked on Henrik Wening's page but couldn't find it... Hi, thanks to all for the nice feedback on my port. The link to the original game for the PET is this one (from Henrik's homepage): http://www.wening.de/archiv/pet/galaga.prg Greetings Norbert 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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