Tony Cruise Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Doing some more testing of my Tile and Sprite Editor, playing with some graphics. I think Lunar Rescue would work well on the Coleco, MSX and Spectravideo. Very early graphical mock-up with some motion added to test how things fit. I used to love this game as a kid, and I wrote a version in Basic (with a little machine code) for the MSX back in the 80's so it would be nice to revisit this one and make a full machine code version. CoolCV - LUNARRESCUE.ROM 2021-07-26 21-57-12.mp4 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youki Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 I WANT IT!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZillaRUSH Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Looks great...kinda like "This Planet Sucks" on Atari 2600....fun game in AA store. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyzzle Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Looks fun and very addictive, indeed. Best of luck in porting this to the CV. I can't wait! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicam_Shilova Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Hmm... Actually I almost completed to program a Lunar Rescue game and I planned to release it as a free game in the next few days. So I take advantage of the opportunity to show a screenshoot : However, nice work! 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youki Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Nicam_Shilova said: Hmm... Actually I almost completed to program a Lunar Rescue game and I planned to release it as a free game in the next few days. So I take advantage of the opportunity to show a screenshoot : However, nice work! Looking foward for that one too!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyzzle Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Yes, thanks. What a wonderful gift! Your version looks incredibly fun also. Very much want to try it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 16 hours ago, youki said: Looking foward for that one too!!! Surprised you didn’t comment on liking the graphism. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youki Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, NIAD said: Surprised you didn’t comment on liking the graphism. ? Why? i did not get that one ? i use to comment on graphism? Generally on graphisms done by J-F , i love them.:) Edited July 28, 2021 by youki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 8 hours ago, youki said: Why? i did not get that one ? i use to comment on graphism? Generally on graphisms done by J-F , i love them.:) For most it's GRAPHICS, but understand English isn't your native tongue and always like when you comment on the high quality of JF's graphism. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youki Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 6 hours ago, NIAD said: For most it's GRAPHICS, but understand English isn't your native tongue and always like when you comment on the high quality of JF's graphism. When do you use " GRAPHISM"? According to google translate Graphics and Graphism translate to the same word in French. And when i read definition i don't get the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cruise Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 Well that took far less time than expected, Lunar Rescue is now early beta, playable, couple of little niggles but not far off being released! Just need to work on 1/2 player mode, high score, additional intro screen and any fixes from play testing. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 That looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 On 9/27/2021 at 3:02 AM, Tony Cruise said: Well that took far less time than expected, Lunar Rescue is now early beta, playable, couple of little niggles but not far off being released! Just need to work on 1/2 player mode, high score, additional intro screen and any fixes from play testing. This does look great. Will a test rom be made available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 I just watched the video posted by Willie. This does look like fun! I've never seen the arcade original but this port looks very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imstarryeyed Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 (edited) On 9/27/2021 at 3:02 AM, Tony Cruise said: Well that took far less time than expected, Lunar Rescue is now early beta, playable, couple of little niggles but not far off being released! Just need to work on 1/2 player mode, high score, additional intro screen and any fixes from play testing. The game looks great, I always liked that arcade game. Can I make a few suggestions / wish list? - Perhaps you can make the people you rescue run to to ship like they do in the arcade? It would be a nice touch. - Would you consider an "enhanced" mode that can maybe incorporate moving platforms that make it much harder or maybe a Bonus type "Challenging Stage" like in some games? It might be a real fun way to break up the game and prep you for the next level. Might be fun to have a mini Space Invaders type Bonus Stage since it is at the heart of this game, I say use those little fellows on the title screen! - Perhaps in enhanced mode a jingle(s) can play to signify the end of stage. - It would also be a real hoot if you can hear the person scream if you crash while carrying them back or having the other people to rescue say OH NO! or when they see them crash. A bit morbid but I played a lot of Impossible Mission and hearing the guy fall was always the best. Heck even a cartoon comic speech bubble would be fun.. In any case looking forward to your game, I bet its going to be real fun! Thank you for making it for the community, I super appreciate your work! Edited September 29, 2021 by imstarryeyed 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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