25 August 2021, 19:43 | #1 |
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Target Renegade
Have decided to have a go at porting the much loved Target Renegade for the AmigaGameJam.
The reason I picked this game is that I had a go at porting it about 15 years ago (on the PC) with the help of Swainy, who had recoloured all of the ZX Spectrum graphics (best version)! I contacted the programmer, Mike Lamb, who gave me his blessing and even got a mention in Retrogamer magazine. Then life got in the way - a baby to be precise and I didn't have the time or energy! I had got most of the first level working with the exception of baddies attacking you so was well on the way. 14 years of regret later, here I am having another try! It's definitely a bit more complex than my previous games but I have learnt a lot about how to program the Amiga over the last few years so I feel up to the challenge and hope to include some of the extra effectsI had on the PC such as a bit of parallax and possiibly foreground piillars (Metro Siege nicked this one but I did ii first 15 years ago). Current State of Affairs I have all the graphics in full colour as coloured bu Swainy all those years ago. Unfortunately although not using thousands of colours, they are in png format so as far as PPaint is concerned, they are in thousands of colours (and of course) each separate sheet has it's own ppalette. After a bit of work, I have a 32 colour sprite sheet with all the graphics needed for level 1 (only about 27 colours are currently being used so there may be an opportunity to increase or reduce use of colour). Do need to look into this in as there are a lot of graphics so a wrong decision here could have dire consequences. Have copied the player 1 walking sprites and have these working. Also have a two copperlist screen so I can scroll the top part and keep the second for the HUD. At this stage, the player can walk in 8 directions and the screen scrolls smoothly. Here is a screenshot from WinUae (I know it is stretched but looks right in 4:3). Next step is to add all the player attacks. Watch this space... Last edited by Havie; 26 August 2021 at 19:09. |
25 August 2021, 20:07 | #2 |
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Cool. I'd heard Swainy talk about this effort on Retro Asylum, glad to the see the assets finally getting an airing. Best of luck!
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Thanks - I hope to catch up with Swainy as he is the expert on this game and would be a great help.
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A legendary game, and one of the resons we Sinclair people could hold our heads up high. Good luck!
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Absolutely awesome game, only the ending ever let it down for me, but it was a humble spectrum so guess I cannot be too harsh on that! Its about the journey ...
Anyways, good luck |
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The C64 version had a better ending at least
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I’ve never played the original (I mustve missed out on so much cool 8bit stuff!) Looking forward to this, and it’s great you’re coming back to it after such a long hiatus! Maybe now you can get the no-longer-a-baby to help test it.
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Cheers guys and Little Hav (not so little at 14) will definitely be involved in play testing when he's not busy with his Doctor Who Youtube channel (CybermanAlf if you're interested).
Hope to get a bit done today while I have lots of enthusiasm and am still on summer holidays. |
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ZX and CPC are the best versions.
This looks fantastic! |
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it s strange why everybody think the ZX spectrum is the best version?
is it the gameplay? because visually it s by far the worst IMO... Comparaison video: [ Show youtube player ] the c64 as better animation and sprite works. CPC is my fav, and the one i was playing as a kid. it as better colors.(well all the version have better color than the zx spectrum version)... really cool to see a port on amiga cant wait to see more. |
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ohh there a remake on ps4 called 8 dragons...
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Looks similar to Target 2000 with the multiple players at once. On Steam too! |
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C64 version has the best sfx and gfx (yeah, barring the silly looking main char) but playing it is a chore, due to godawful collision detection. I think it also has less enemies on screen.
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WIP! Nice!
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Many CPC games look amazing but often let down by factors such as horrific scrolling, as one example. On the other hand, the original Renegade was by far away the best on CPC, perhaps even better than the arcade version! |
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