HSW3ET Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 (edited) Hi guys! This is my new game for the Atari 2600. __________________ ORBITAL WAR "Your mission is to defend the Earth by firing ballistic missiles and heavy artillery against the enemy army that is orbiting the planet. Opposing satellites are spying and blocking your attack! Make your own strategy!" Ways to play Orbital War: For 2 PLAYERS [Co-op]: 1 Player with Joystick 1 (Heavy Artillery) and the other Player with Joystick 2 (Ballistic Missiles) For 1 PLAYER: 1 Player with Joystick 1 (Ballistic Missiles and Heavy Artillery) 1 Player with Joystick 2 (Ballistic Missiles) 1 Player with 2 Joysticks simultaneously (Ballistic Missiles and Heavy Artillery) This is a game that comes with a Game Board (can also be played without the board) and a Top Secret envelope. Discover other ways to play Orbital War! Hope you like it! __________________ As there are a lot of people writing me in private and asking to reserve copies of the games, I decided to open the list of interested parties ahead of schedule. Here are the coordinates: ORBITAL WAR (2600) Pre-Order List Open! Send a message to e-mail [ skyline2600games@gmail.com ] with the title (Subject): ORBITAL WAR - "Your name" (Example: ORBITAL WAR - Robert Smith) and wait for our return with the necessary information (price, shipping, etc.) for you to confirm the order. The games are already in stock, waiting for the green light from you. After we have the list defined, we will contact you by e-mail to complete your purchase. Keep following the posts on the Facebook page [ https://www.facebook.com/zarkstars ] and have fun! Cheers! Leandro Camara Edited July 15, 2022 by HSW3ET 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cjherr Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Looks excellent! Any video of the gameplay? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alena Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Someday I’ll develop a game for the 26, but rpgs are my jam, so I’ll have to simple my ideas down…I’m thinking of making a hack of Superman called Kal-El Returns+Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 That looks great! Email sent! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutterminder Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 The packaging looks great. Will you be posting some screen shots or game footage? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSW3ET Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 On 7/15/2022 at 11:42 PM, Alena said: Someday I’ll develop a game for the 26, but rpgs are my jam, so I’ll have to simple my ideas down…I’m thinking of making a hack of Superman called Kal-El Returns+ Hi Alena! The idea sounds good! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSW3ET Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 On 7/15/2022 at 11:45 PM, TrekMD said: That looks great! Email sent! Thanks TrekMD! ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSW3ET Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 On 7/15/2022 at 11:07 PM, cjherr said: Looks excellent! Any video of the gameplay? Thank you cjherr! I'll post the video link right now here in this thread. ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSW3ET Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 On 7/16/2022 at 6:25 PM, mutterminder said: The packaging looks great. Will you be posting some screen shots or game footage? Thanks mutterminder! Yes! I will do it right now! ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSW3ET Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 Hi! Here is the gameplay of ORBITAL WAR [ATARI 2600]: 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alena Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 I think my hack will have 12 screens replicating the 12 trials of Samson in All-Star SupermanSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 ZeroPage Homebrew is playing the Exclusive World Premiere of Orbital War on tomorrow's stream LIVE on Twitch, hope you can join us! Fri Jul 22, 2022 @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 7PM GMT WATCH: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: Orbital War (2022 Exclusive World Premiere | 2600) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design and Soundtrack) / Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting) / Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting) Refhraktor (2022 WIP | 2600) by Dave Christianson @Dave C Boom! (2022 WIP Update | 2600) by Chris Walton @cd-w (Programming) / Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics) 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raskar42 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 On 7/15/2022 at 3:42 PM, Alena said: Someday I’ll develop a game for the 26, but rpgs are my jam This made me wonder what if any VCS games could possibly count as RPGs. Maybe the closest would be Indiana Jones? Do fetch quests count? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 1 hour ago, raskar42 said: This made me wonder what if any VCS games could possibly count as RPGs. Maybe the closest would be Indiana Jones? Do fetch quests count? Some the the classic run of games that would probably qualify: Dragonstomper Secret Quest Crypts of Chaos If Indiana Jones counts then Adventure, the Swordquest games, Dark Chambers, Riddle of the Sphinx, Montezuma's Revenge could possibly qualify depending on the criteria. There's a bunch of great homebrew Atari 2600 games that come to mind that would be considered RPGs (I'm sure I'm missing a bunch): Anguna Children of Hurin Deepstone Catacomb Dragon's Descent Duck Attack! Dungeon I & II Penult Sword of Surtr - James 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raskar42 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 31 minutes ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: Some the the classic run of games that would probably qualify: Dragonstomper Secret Quest Crypts of Chaos If Indiana Jones counts then Adventure, the Swordquest games, Dark Chambers, Riddle of the Sphinx, Montezuma's Revenge could possibly qualify depending on the criteria. There's a bunch of great homebrew Atari 2600 games that come to mind that would be considered RPGs (I'm sure I'm missing a bunch): Anguna Children of Hurin Deepstone Catacomb Dragon's Descent Duck Attack! Dungeon I & II Penult Sword of Surtr - James I know there's a philosophical debate on what constitutes an RPG. If there's any game system that could have an rpg in it's most basic form it would be the Atari. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithbk Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 I think there is still room for an Atari game/board game combo... Odyssey 2 had this: It's always surprised me that someone hasn't developed something similar for the Atari 2600. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSW3ET Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 On 7/24/2022 at 1:28 AM, keithbk said: I think there is still room for an Atari game/board game combo... It's always surprised me that someone hasn't developed something similar for the Atari 2600. Hi keithbk! This is what I am also proposing with ORBITAL WAR. At first I think every Raw War Series game will come with a board and a way to play with Atari. At least, it's in my plans. ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSW3ET Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 On 7/21/2022 at 6:42 PM, ZeroPage Homebrew said: ZeroPage Homebrew is playing the Exclusive World Premiere of Orbital War on tomorrow's stream LIVE on Twitch, hope you can join us! Fri Jul 22, 2022 @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 7PM GMT WATCH: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: Orbital War (2022 Exclusive World Premiere | 2600) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design and Soundtrack) / Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting) / Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting) Refhraktor (2022 WIP | 2600) by Dave Christianson @Dave C Boom! (2022 WIP Update | 2600) by Chris Walton @cd-w (Programming) / Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics) Thank you so much James for featuring Orbital War at the ZeroPage Homebrew show! It was so much fun watching you and Darcy play in co-op and seeing the strategies you each adopted to try to get to the end of the game! The only thing that was really missing was you to save Earth. ? Despite Darcy playing very well insisting on using the slower missiles in the center of the map, I think you and Tanya can easily win the game. Thanks again for the support! ? Leandro Camara 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSW3ET Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 And... For those interested in ORBITAL WAR, don't forget to write to the email [ skyline2600games@gmail.com ] so you don't run out of copies. ? If someone who is in Europe and is interested in the game, I have one (1) copy (NTSC) available in Portugal that can be sent to the buyer with an obviously cheaper shipping cost. To those who are already receiving the games, I hope you are enjoying it! ? Many thanks to everyone who supports the games I'm making for ATARI. ? Cheers! Leandro Camara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 11 hours ago, HSW3ET said: The only thing that was really missing was you to save Earth. ? Despite Darcy playing very well insisting on using the slower missiles in the center of the map, I think you and Tanya can easily win the game. Thanks again for the support! ? You're so welcome! We'll save the Earth next time for sure! ? - James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Mail Call! Oh yeah...as soon as I watched @ZeroPage Homebrew(James and Darcy) play through this game, I just knew I had to have it. Thank you @HSW3ETLeandro and team.🙂 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSW3ET Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 6 hours ago, sramirez2008 said: Mail Call! Oh yeah...as soon as I watched @ZeroPage Homebrew(James and Darcy) play through this game, I just knew I had to have it. Thank you @HSW3ETLeandro and team.🙂 Hi sramirez2008! I must thank you! Hope you like the game. 😉 The instruction manual in English is already on the website: https://www.zarkstars.com/ Enjoy! Cheers! Leandro Camara 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Got mine as well! Thank you! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSW3ET Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 On 8/17/2022 at 2:26 AM, TrekMD said: Got mine as well! Thank you! Hi TrekMD! Has the cartridge arrived yet? Everything is alright? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 28 minutes ago, HSW3ET said: Hi TrekMD! Has the cartridge arrived yet? Everything is alright? Yes, that is what I said. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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