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Harrier Attack Reloaded

Started by XeNoMoRPH, 08:46, 19 January 25

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XeNoMoRPH

Chris Perver is reviving the classic Harrier Attack game but using the CPC Plus, utilizing some advanced features like sprite management that the Plus range allows.





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Egg Master

IMO, what made Harrier Attack great was the fact that everything was rendered in "shadow" and the imagination did the rest.

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McArti0

Are these rockets Chinese from the AliExpress promotion?  :laugh:  50m range...
CPC 6128, Whole 6128 and Only 6128, with .....
NewPAL v3 for use all 128kB RAM by CRTC as VRAM
One chip drver for 512kB extRAM 6128
TYPICAL :) TV Funai 22FL532/10 with VGA-RGB-in.

Shaun M. Neary


Quote from: McArti0 on Today at 08:45Are these rockets Chinese from the AliExpress promotion?  :laugh:  50m range...
Temu - Go to war like a billionaire!

To be fair, if memory serves me well, the rockets didn't have a great range in the original either.
Be interested in playing this later though
Currently playing on: 2xCPC464, 1xCPC6128, 1x464Plus, 1x6128Plus, 2xGX4000. M4 board, ZMem 1MB and still forever playing Bruce Lee.
No cheats, snapshots or emulation. I play my games as they're intended to be played. What about you?

CraigsBar

Just tested this on the latest RetroVM (464 Plus configuration) and CPCEC (6128 Plus), in both cases it crashes after the beautiful loading screen. 
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CraigsBar

Screenshots of the crashes
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McArti0

#7
When a CPR marked as "Amstrad Plus cartridge file for WinApe" works on WinApe it is not obligated to work on anything else.
CPC 6128, Whole 6128 and Only 6128, with .....
NewPAL v3 for use all 128kB RAM by CRTC as VRAM
One chip drver for 512kB extRAM 6128
TYPICAL :) TV Funai 22FL532/10 with VGA-RGB-in.

Shaun M. Neary

Quote from: McArti0 on Today at 13:55When a CPR marked as "Amstrad Plus cartridge file for WinApe" works on WinApe it is not obligated to work on anything else.
Bit of a harsh response? He was merely providing some feedback.

I'm genuinely curious to see if it'll work on real hardware. Assuming it does as box art was made to work with a physical cartridge version.
Currently playing on: 2xCPC464, 1xCPC6128, 1x464Plus, 1x6128Plus, 2xGX4000. M4 board, ZMem 1MB and still forever playing Bruce Lee.
No cheats, snapshots or emulation. I play my games as they're intended to be played. What about you?

CraigsBar

Quote from: McArti0 on Today at 13:55When a CPR marked as "Amstrad Plus cartridge file for WinApe" works on WinApe it is not obligated to work on anything else.
So a cartridge image created for one specific and very old emulator that is known to be less than accurate in certain aspects and only exists for users of one OS. Yeah because *that* Sounds like a good idea. 
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eto

The author is already aware and works on a fix. 

Interrupt

Nice! I have vaguely fantasised about remaking this game on a standard CPC - I got as far as mocking up some screens using Mode 0 for a more interesting colour palette. The original sprite design is monochrome yet seems to evoke the reality of observing aircraft at a distance and the monochrome landscape of the Falklands well. By keeping to silhouettes for the aircraft it seemed possible to give the same impression even in Mode 0 and leave more colours for detail elsewhere. Of course, that's just a mockup and nothing like the real work of making it into a game that plays well! Maybe I'll get around to it one day :laugh:

Interrupt

The author also has a write up how they modified the original to produce this... https://www.mimosquest.com/downloads/CreatingHarrierAttackReloaded.pdf

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