Omega Fury

rhurst · Post by **rhurst** » Fri May 29, 2009 7:57 am

New binary uploaded. This is almost ready as a Release Candidate, but it's not feature complete, so I'll call it a BETA version.

No bugs detected, more visual improvements, and small table adjustments. It's really hard to get to Protector level -- without the PLANNING @deadly routine written!

darkatx · Post by **darkatx** » Fri May 29, 2009 9:29 am

Got my tail handed to me trying this one out...definitely challenging and the sprite routines are REAL SMOOTH!

Well Done!

Haven't had a chance to see your latest Beta yet but a nifty customized font is what this game truly deserves.

rhurst · Post by **rhurst** » Sat May 30, 2009 6:52 am

Demo video (no sound) posted here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8bkwvcDXAc

nbla000 · Post by **nbla000** » Sat May 30, 2009 10:11 am

Very nice demo of your game, your sprite routines are excellent !!!

rhurst · Post by **rhurst** » Sun May 31, 2009 8:58 am

Thanks. This one took some time to get setup right to a point whereas I could feature complete the game. I have always wanted to do a decent space-shooter in assembly -- in my youth, I wrote only in BASIC and the action was severely limited to single enemy ships, single shots, and of course, blink-blink character cell only animation.

Anyways, I uploaded the Release Candidate for final debugging / feedback.

I don't expect too find any problems, but you just never know. I hope to have this finalized by the week's end -- and then I'll post it in the 2009 announcements!

Yes, I am already thinking about another game ...

rhurst · Post by **rhurst** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:28 am

Ok, after several dozen rounds, I found some sloppiness ... I tightened up all the collision-detection routines to be a bit more accurate, and fixed some bad SED / CLD math that led to funky score displays. Scoring tables have been updated, with a 1000 point bonus per new rank achieved.

The binary has been freshened.

rhurst · Post by **rhurst** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:08 am

The game is completed.

fgasking · Post by **fgasking** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:50 am

Awesome!... Well done Robert! ... I'll check things out at the weekend when I get a bit of time, but I love Omega Race on the Vic 20 and therefore i'm sure this will be a huge treat

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:31 am

Great work! Very well done, too bad it's not on the MC.

Pedro Lambrini · Post by **Pedro Lambrini** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:22 am

Great game! I haven't been able to play it much yet but I look forward to Sunday when I can hammer it! You should speak to Kenz at Binary Zone about doing a Premium Edition of this little beauty....seriously. I know I'd buy it with nice packaging!

orion70 wrote:...too bad it's not on the MC.

Time for the MC-2??

nbla000 · Post by **nbla000** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:49 pm

orion70 wrote:Great work! Very well done, too bad it's not on the MC.

But you may use your Mega-Cart as memory expander to load Omega Fury even from the uIEC

Never forget my slogan below...

rhurst · Post by **rhurst** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 6:22 pm

As I stated before, Mega-Cart and uIEC make a wonderful pair -- now I want Mega-Cart II to have a tiny slot in its back, opposite the reset button that houses a uIEC. Even if there is an ugly wire going back to the cassette port for the power source, it would be awfully nice if it were integral.

Hey, did anyone see the Easter egg yet?

6502dude · Post by **6502dude** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:35 pm

rhurst wrote:Hey, did anyone see the Easter egg yet?

There are many.
Which one?

nbla000 · Post by **nbla000** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:07 am

rhurst wrote:Now I want Mega-Cart II to have a tiny slot in its back, opposite the reset button that houses a uIEC. Even if there is an ugly wire going back to the cassette port for the power source, it would be awfully nice if it were integral.

It's a nice idea even if we need to join to different project but the main problem is the space inside the shells.

Brian made a big work to reduce the Mega-Cart PCB inside standard commodore cases so i don't think there is additional space for an uIEC but never say never....

Kweepa · Post by **Kweepa** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:54 am

So, Robert, what's next?