How about someone convert the Blues Brothers to CPC+. Its a great game, but it looks bad. It could look so much better with more colours and better backgrounds. Anyone up for it?
If you really want to use plus features [nb]soft scrolling, DMA sound, sprites, raster interrupt, enhanced memory mapping, maybe analogue joystick etc.[/nb] and not only the palette, then it would be more a less a new game started from scratch - disregarding the GFX, which could be used to have something to start with, and maybe parts of the game engine & loader.
Does that mean you are going to do it, TFM? That would be awesome if you could.
It could be a great platformer for the plus, certainly.
Indeed, a prime candidate.
issue with those "blue hue" mode1 games that were produced on CPC...
(http://www.cpc-power.com/extra_lire_fichier.php?extra=cpcold&fiche=433&slot=3&part=A&type=.png) (http://www.cpc-power.com/extra_lire_fichier.php?extra=cpcold&fiche=433&slot=3&part=A&type=.png)
The 3 shades of blue are too close to each others...
(http://www.cpc-power.com/extra_lire_fichier.php?extra=cpcold&fiche=2266&slot=2&part=A&type=.png) (http://www.cpc-power.com/extra_lire_fichier.php?extra=cpcold&fiche=2266&slot=2&part=A&type=.png)
That's better because more contrast. but should use white instead of bright cyan or pastel cyan...
(http://www.cpc-power.com/extra_lire_fichier.php?extra=cpcold&fiche=1114&slot=2&part=A&type=.png) (http://www.cpc-power.com/extra_lire_fichier.php?extra=cpcold&fiche=1114&slot=2&part=A&type=.png)
Also better, because it use Black and white.
Sadly many of tose games should have used a more CGA like palette...
Blues Brothers could be upgraded just by a simple hack :
Fix the palette and remove the "white halo" aroud the sprites...
this White halo is too much spectrum-like IMO...
Funy but i see some similarities between hudson hawk and Midnight resistance...
(http://www.cpc-power.com/extra_lire_fichier.php?extra=cpcold&fiche=1417&slot=3&part=A&type=.png) (http://www.cpc-power.com/extra_lire_fichier.php?extra=cpcold&fiche=1417&slot=3&part=A&type=.png)
;)
Would they share a comon engine ?
Ok, I guess the sprites for BluesBros are coded in 2bpp and use one ink for the mask, hence in 3 colours "only".
Would look better if the dark blue would be changed into "black" instead... for the sprites.
Did a few tries.
Anyway, the tiles could use a bit more ditherings here and there...
Hey! If you have time for that then paint me a single chicken! (You can fry it later on too). ;D
A mock up in 2008 :
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Awesome.