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Apollyon - New Alien based game for the Atari 2600


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2018-04-09 - Update

Final bins uploaded. This is the most I could do, testing it on a real hardware.

 

 

2018-03-29 - Update

 

 

New version is ready to try out for debugging! In the last room, i tried out if I can put twice the same player(1) next to eachother to double the sprite windth and yes, it worked. :D Unfortunately, with a constantly moving object like you, I just don't have enough space for the code left.

 

Important things:
-Left Difficulty Swicth: Starting with 3 or 1 lives.

-Right Difficulty Switch: Turn music on or off

-Select: Turn flashing on or off. Turned off black rooms will be dark gray

The adult xenomorph gains one life as it kills someone.

To finish the game, you have to kill all the people and destroy the generators.

 

 

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Hi guys, it's me again. :) I have been working on this for a month, besides the box and other stuff for Plague, I just can't stop with Batari Basic. :D

I had to optimize a lot, so the stage is only has 28 rooms and intake with a pseudo-3D maze style. Enemies will be added later, you have to complete the whole life cyrcle of the Xenomorph and whipe out all living on the space station. Now you can only play as the facehugger. The hard part will be the adult Xenomorph, because it's 16 pixels wide, so I will draw the first part of it in the one drawscreen, and the second part on the other drawing.

 

Here is a short footage recorded in emulator:

 

If it will be released, I won't mention Alien or Xenomorph on the box/manual, because I don't want to fight lawyers of 21th Century Fox.

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Apollyon_NTSC_0.12.bas.bin

Apollyon_NTSC_0.37.bas.bin

Apollyon_NTSC_0.41.bas.bin

Apollyon_PAL50_0.41.bas.bin

Apollyon_PAL60_0.41.bas.bin

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Okay, now the stage is full with enemies. :) I set the facehugger invulnerable because it would die by two hits (it's the duty of the adult Xenomorph to kill everyone), but now you can see how different the strategies of the two enemies are. The scientist is defensive, only attacks as you are close and in a range, but the soldier is like Rambo. There are two generators that could be destroyed to open two doors, but that would make the rooms around them complately dark.

 

The buttons on the console works like:

LeftDif.: 3 or 1 eggs

RightDif.: Turns music on/off

Select: Turns red flashing on/off (instead of the b/w that works different on the 7800)

 

What's left? The evolution of the Xenomorph and the last boss. Hope that bank 8 won't get full with graphics elements, I want to do some little animations with the playfield.

Apollyon_NTSC_0.18.bas.bin

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Wow, that's awesome!

 

 

 

 

 

P.S.

Select: Turns red flashing on/off (instead of the b/w that works different on the 7800)

There is example code around these forums to make the B/W switch work properly with the 7800.

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New version is ready to try out for debugging! In the last room, i tried out if I can put twice the same player(1) next to eachother to double the sprite windth and yes, it worked. :D Unfortunately, with a constantly moving object like you, I just don't have enough space for the code left.
Important things:
-Left Difficulty Swicth: Starting with 3 or 1 lives.
-Right Difficulty Switch: Turn music on or off
-Select: Turn flashing on or off. Turned off black rooms will be dark gray
The adult xenomorph gains one life as it kills someone.
To finish the game, you have to kill all the people and destroy the generators.
To burst the chest, tap the fire button. ;)

Apollyon_NTSC_0.37.bas.bin

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Trying to understand opening phrase.

 

IN SPACE NOONE CAN HERE THEY... SCREAM!

 

Should it say

 

IN SPACE NOONE CAN HERE THEM... SCREAM! ??

 

Just wanted to make sure I wasn't misunderstanding.

 

Game play looks insane!

 

Already changed it in the code, you are right. :)

 

Plan for the visuals:

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