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by hasseapa
Wed Dec 14, 2016 8:02 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Making of Myriad
Replies: 6
Views: 1982

Making of Myriad

Nice two-page article in the latest issue of Retro Gamer #162 Myriad was one of the few UK games I did not play back in the days, but I remember reading suprelatives in Swedish mail order brochures. The author Steve Clark actually had several coin-ops in his student house (he got them from pubs for ...
by hasseapa
Wed Nov 30, 2016 6:36 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: VIC-20 Isometric game prototype?
Replies: 49
Views: 12533

Re: VIC-20 Isometric game prototype?

So pretty and quick :D

Good thing VIC gets an isometric game as even ZX81 has one by now :shock:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T6m1IUqCa8
I am sure Misfit knew about this but I didn't!
by hasseapa
Wed Nov 23, 2016 10:58 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Cosmic Jailbreak
Replies: 6
Views: 2489

Re: Cosmic Jailbreak

1979 arcade game Cosmic Guerilla!
by hasseapa
Tue Nov 22, 2016 5:24 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Hat Trick
Replies: 11
Views: 4294

Re: Hat Trick

Vic Porter wrote: Btw, now that it's not WIP... someone pointing out this port to that FRGCB blog would be appreciated ;)
I have let him know but he was already aware of your game and plan to update the article when he has the time :)
by hasseapa
Mon Nov 21, 2016 8:03 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Hat Trick
Replies: 11
Views: 4294

Re: Hat Trick

Thank you again for the game. I have not had the time to play it that much but I can for sure say that it is much more playable with the black helmet fix. I did fiddle with the graphics but only for a very short time. I was mostly interested in the possibility to make it in multi-color but since it ...
by hasseapa
Sat Oct 29, 2016 7:46 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Halloween Game Release: It Came From the Grave
Replies: 18
Views: 10758

Re: Halloween Game Release: It Came From the Grave

Addictive and stylish as always :D The multicolor player character is a nice touch and makes it stand out in subtle way. I made it to the end rather quickly (the knowledge of 'only' ten levels motivated me).
by hasseapa
Sun Oct 23, 2016 6:32 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: WIP - Hat Trick
Replies: 20
Views: 3875

Re: WIP - Hat Trick

Wow! Vic-20 was not exactly spoiled by a lot of arcadey sport games back in the days. There were basically none! I never played C64 Hat Trick and I did not know of the 1984 arcade original, but now I am tempted to check them out as this plays very well. I definitely think the players should be solid...
by hasseapa
Fri Sep 23, 2016 5:24 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: WIP - VICrossroads
Replies: 8
Views: 2039

Re: WIP - VICrossroads

Fast indeed! Very nice, I hope to see more Vic-ports :D
by hasseapa
Wed Jun 22, 2016 4:13 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: VIC-20 Isometric game prototype?
Replies: 49
Views: 12533

Re: VIC-20 Isometric game prototype?

Very nice! I love how each coder has it's own sort-of "style" for the newer VIC-20 games. While you use HiRes-graphics most of the time reminiscent of ZX Spectrum games, beamrider mostly uses Multicolor (Pooyan, Popeye), which due to its chunky pixels looks more like Atari 2600. Then you ...
by hasseapa
Wed Jun 22, 2016 6:40 am
Forum: Games
Topic: VIC-20 Isometric game prototype?
Replies: 49
Views: 12533

Re: VIC-20 Isometric game prototype?

Too cool... If Vic hadn't been killed off by C64, we would, no doubt, have seen many of these for Vic. Not all isometric-styled games are very playable. Crawlingly slow isometric games that nevertheless try to incorporate arcade actions fail miserably in the fun department... but they are still 'coo...
by hasseapa
Mon Jun 20, 2016 7:21 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Athanor
Replies: 19
Views: 11310

Re: Athanor

Really great to see a VIC-adventure with early (and good!) C64-style adventure illustrations! I will try it eventually, but I have a few other adventure games on my to-do-list. First of all I have to finish Adventureland (I began playing it last year and I think I came pretty close to complete it th...
by hasseapa
Wed Apr 27, 2016 7:19 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Release: Game Theory REMAKE
Replies: 9
Views: 4486

Re: Release: Game Theory REMAKE

Elegant and very nice. I loved being surprised by a new mini game when you thought you had discovered them all since long. Now I have to try the original :)
by hasseapa
Fri Jan 15, 2016 9:57 am
Forum: Games
Topic: (not so new) Release: Improbable War
Replies: 5
Views: 2335

Re: (not so new) Release: Improbable War

Nice idea and very attractive graphics. It can perhaps be improved by showing the enemy marker type before the final movement into battle and destruction.

I wonder if it is possible to modify it to be more skill based (less luck based) without having to implement much more AI.
by hasseapa
Sun Nov 22, 2015 8:14 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: Scramble on the Atari VCS2600
Replies: 16
Views: 5073

Re: Scramble on the Atari VCS2600

yes, I saw that. I'm thinking the pulse code base could come in handy here :wink: as the Vic-20 doesn't have a decent version of Scramble. My thoughts exactly. A 16K Pulse would make a very nice Scramble (or even a full blown Nemesis/Gradius). There is also a very nice TI Scramble from 2013. My fav...
by hasseapa
Wed Nov 11, 2015 6:53 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Release: Popeye
Replies: 89
Views: 42697

Re: Popeye - **Initial Release**

Well done! I'm improving the vertical hit testing accuracy as tokras above post for the next release, which will probably make it a bit easier and allow refuge on the third step :D , so you will have the accoldade of being the only one to complete the tough version 0.31 without Snapshots!! Thanks! ...