GeoAnas
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When the player’s ship explodes, all the previously aquired power-up items are scattered across the screen and then start falling down.
Neat idea! Many -and I mean it 🙂 – many Japanese shmups do that. That will definitely add a more Japanese arcade “essence” to the overall look of game.
What do you think?
Slick and Elegant! I am with U, so that makes 2 of us 🙂
<p style=”text-align: left;”>I hope I will be able to do that in the next couple of weeks. After that when I am “content” with the game – I can add flowers and do beautifying.</p>
Please, take your time…I am certainly very thankful for the giant progress and everything you did so far!
Again, thank you, Malban, very much for your being open to suggestions and your explanations.
Agree again. I also feel very comfy to post my own suggestions here (even though many of them have been already explained) without any fear of misunderstanding or hard feelings. Malban was -is- always very helpful, kind and -most important of all – open to suggestions. As for him being eager to explain…His ultra detailed blog as a trove of information about and around Vectrex, is a solid proof of this.
…I feel the downgrade upon a death is necessary for the overall game balance I will keep it.
I agree. Many arcade shooters follow the same rule. (…but I honestly enjoyed the “machine gun” firing rate…missed it a lot after I died first time. It kind reminded me EXERION, a classic arcade game I am in love with 🙂 )
What – if you die during a boss fight – the boss pushes you an random (1-5) levels back in your progress?
That way you get a chance to replanish your “goods” and you ARE punished.I like this idea! Sounds like Justice to me. That certainly will help the player to replenish all the missing power ups and to fight against the boss in a fair way.
I explained the explosions a long time ago on my blog. The current implementation is absolutly “cheap” cycle wise. The little small explosions you talk about will rob me cycles big time :-).
…and I was thinking of the opposite, that a smaller explosion will probably save cycles. Excuse my ignorance on that 😀
You haven’t read much here lately – have you 🙂
Got me again…but I am trying to catch up 🙂
I am in the middle of implementing the thingy Helmut wanted (different title “scenes”)…
Thanks for your time! Anything else, I will let U all know here. Wish U success with your work 🙂
Hey Helmut, sorry for being late to say hi! Feel glad to have you here 🙂
Yep, I’d say “Draft 2” (as in beta 18) is a winner 😉
Thank U VTK!
Well, still not special cartridge here but I would also like to thank you for your extensive log, that I studied throughout. I frankly believe that your detailed notes, will be in a great assistance to me when my beta test is about to begin.@vtk
I purchased exactly the same Rockwell’s VIA chips, got them installed on both my veccys and I confirm that both work just perfect.Got them, all. Thanks!
I am still on hold for the special cart, I will start to report back when I receive it.
Thanks for all these valuable infos!
Last year, I purchased one of those magic devices, mainly for testing reasons. I was quite happy working with my old GQ-4X True USB Willem programmer although a bit disappointed with the support. Here’s a link to the manufacture’s page:
MCUMall – the company, seems to focus on promoting its latest model (the high shout GQ-4X4) so all software updates for the prev model eventually came to an end. My GQ-4X seems abandoned. There is also a forum linked inside, where after a typical registration each user may post some questions or inquiries which may or may not get answered. Not the best after sales service for a bit pricey programmer like this too. However, after a few years of use and after programming ~200 eproms (8bit / 16bit) for var systems (mostly arcade pcbs, that I used to franticly collect), I can say that we are talking for a very reliable device here. I am very satisfied with its use.
Since TL866II+ is a recent purchase, I couldn’t find the time for adequate testing it on field yet but I have to point to two features, I found extremely interesting.
First: Very frequent updates of the software and programmer’s firmware. Those are in a constant development with a wide range of supported chips.
Second: is the ability for error checking of a great variety of 74XX (LS/HCT…) and ram chips. This was the exact reason for me to buy it. It also helped me to recycle over a zillion (!) of old but still usable parts found on dead pcbs, I was stashing away during my early collecting years. Not to mention its use as a valuable helping hand for debugging and restore those old relics…Highly recommended 😉Although this is not our case, please mind that for 16bit programming you will need an extra adapter for both devices, sold separately.
