FlorianD Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Hi folks, here is my second entry to the 2020 ABBUC software contest. Have fun keeping the flamingos on their legs! Best, Florian PS I am curious how long you can keep the flamingos on their feet. Please post your highscores. FLAMINGO.atr 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirx Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 super cool little game, especially for me living right now in miami. it's got this miami vice vibe 80's few remarks: - i do not know how to fix it, but the "winning" strategy is just running left and right while poking each flamingo. maybe some kind of penalty for poking birds too often? - blinks on NTSC. shorten a DL a bit maybe? - is time on NTSC calculated right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grevle Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Thank You, I've been waiting for this one. Looks nice and original gameplay. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlorianD Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 11 hours ago, pirx said: super cool little game, especially for me living right now in miami. it's got this miami vice vibe 80's few remarks: - i do not know how to fix it, but the "winning" strategy is just running left and right while poking each flamingo. maybe some kind of penalty for poking birds too often? - blinks on NTSC. shorten a DL a bit maybe? - is time on NTSC calculated right? - this is definitely not the right strategy ?. What is you highscore? -blinks: have to look into that. -Time/NTSC: probably not, as I did it in PAL. To be honest, no idea how to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirx Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 with regards to PAL/NTSC checking: http://www.atarimania.com/faq-atari-400-800-xl-xe-how-can-software-detect-ntsc-versus-pal-secam-computer-types_79.html As you can see NTSC has got less lines, so this might be the cause of blinking. for the time, just count 50 or 60 frames for a second for PAL/NTSC respectively. BTW - I am a PAL guy and I am sad now when I see my demos failing on this side of the ocean ;] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirx Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 As for high score I had to stop here because my fire finger got sore :))))) BTW - after ~~ 10mins the "attract mode" kicks in, but it is cool, it adds an eerie feeling :] to clarify, I am a big fan, just pointing out where it can get even better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlorianD Posted December 5, 2020 Author Share Posted December 5, 2020 (edited) holybeejeezus! 14 minutes! OK, your strategy clearly works. At a certain point the time intervals don't get shorter, and I thought that is fast enough. Obviously not fast eneough for some gamers... ? Or the Florida Flamingos in Miami are sturdier than other Flamingos elsewhere. Maybe they take something to stay awake longer Let's call Miami Vice to inquire. I wish I could do such cool music like the Miami Vice theme as title music. But my music knowledge is soooo limited, it even took me a while to copy the Brahms notes into something the ATARI could work with. Edited December 5, 2020 by FlorianD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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