Alien Invasion
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:03 pm
Name: Alien Invasion
Author: DarwinNE (D. Bucci)
Released: July 23rd, 2018
Genre: Arcade Game
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20, PAL or NTSC
Development system: Textwrangler + ca65 + VICE xVIC + real PAL machine
Description: A Space Invaders-like game with a reduced number of aliens that become extremely fast after a few waves.
How to play: Use joystick or keys Z and X to move a small cannon at the bottom of the screen. Shoot with fire or SPACE at aliens that progressively get nearer and nearer. Avoid lethal bombs. Toggle music on/off with M.
Screenshot: Video preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daVFV-qBjzE
Cassette inlay: Download: https://github.com/DarwinNE/vic20-alien ... ses/latest
Open source GPL v.3, the source code is available.
A few words of comments: a few months ago, I wrote a small Space Invaders like game to train myself with the 6502 assembler on an unexpanded VIC-20. The result seemed to be sufficiently pleasing to push me to release the game on GitHub so that it can be freely downloaded and played by VIC-20 enthusiasts. Apart from some dubious realizations in BASIC many years ago, that is my first complete game for the VIC-20.
I hope you'll enjoy, let me know what you do think about it, some of my friends found it was entertaining. It can surely be improved, but it has been a nice experience and I will release other games in the future... well, at least one
Cheers
Author: DarwinNE (D. Bucci)
Released: July 23rd, 2018
Genre: Arcade Game
Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20, PAL or NTSC
Development system: Textwrangler + ca65 + VICE xVIC + real PAL machine
Description: A Space Invaders-like game with a reduced number of aliens that become extremely fast after a few waves.
How to play: Use joystick or keys Z and X to move a small cannon at the bottom of the screen. Shoot with fire or SPACE at aliens that progressively get nearer and nearer. Avoid lethal bombs. Toggle music on/off with M.
Screenshot: Video preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daVFV-qBjzE
Cassette inlay: Download: https://github.com/DarwinNE/vic20-alien ... ses/latest
Open source GPL v.3, the source code is available.
A few words of comments: a few months ago, I wrote a small Space Invaders like game to train myself with the 6502 assembler on an unexpanded VIC-20. The result seemed to be sufficiently pleasing to push me to release the game on GitHub so that it can be freely downloaded and played by VIC-20 enthusiasts. Apart from some dubious realizations in BASIC many years ago, that is my first complete game for the VIC-20.
I hope you'll enjoy, let me know what you do think about it, some of my friends found it was entertaining. It can surely be improved, but it has been a nice experience and I will release other games in the future... well, at least one
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Cheers