R-Type

[MacDeath]

I can suggest you to find some external power supply then.



I bought a universal power converter supply (un transformateur in french voltage transformer ? a Voltron then ).


shIt was a bit expensive as it needs 3A in 5V (quite big) and cost easily 40€uros in France but you get shitton of plugs and it's just too fine if you have a lot of different machines (can set it into many different Voltages...)

But this will certainly stabilise you monitor whose power supply is quite old nowaday.

On the other hand you can also convert an old PC-power supply... but it is not a ready to use solution, need to solder a few stuff.
Yet it may be quite easy to find this.

City Garbarges/discharge/junkyard (what is the exact word ? we say Déchetterie) have a lot of old PC to cannibalize, it's always good to make sure you cannibalize a PC before it goes to rubbish discharge.

[TotO]

I can suggest you to find some external power supply then.

I can suggest you to find some external threads for that ...
Like said by TFM/FS, back to the topic !

[TotO]

Easter Egg on road to the RGC 2K10 !!! (Yeahhhh  )

[fano]

Waiting for RGC official videos , just made some photos :
http://picasaweb.google.com/fano.aka.mainbit.aka.hexagon/RGC2010#

[MacDeath]

I hope you won't mind if I put the links...

[redbox]

Wow Fano and Toto, this looks *amazing*.

Is that you both in the videos?  I can't understand what the presenter says because it's muffled 

[fano]

No problems Macdeath , it have been posted elsewhere already.

Is that you both in the videos?  I can't understand what the presenter says because it's muffled 

Sorry , i uploaded the video Sunday when back at home but i didn't post it because here the quality is very bad.We are waiting official RGC videos , English people will be able to understand as the speaker was translating in English for the members of Super Fighter Team.
I was alone , i am the guy who hold GX paddle in the hands on start and i give it to the guy who plays on the video.

[viddi]

Looks VERY promising!! Thumbs up.


But...could it be that the music isn´t 100% correct? (harmony and chord-wise)

[ivarf]

The blobs seems to move smooth and fast. Will say more when I see more

[fano]

But...could it be that the music isn´t 100% correct? (harmony and chord-wise)

Missing at least one channel on sound , i was surprised too how bad that sounds on video.

[TotO]

Yep, poor recording quality and missing 1 channel with melody ... :/

[Gryzor]

Still... just bloody great.

[ivarf]

Yes, it probably is

[TFM]

For the main core , i rewrotte at least 80% of the code (kept scripting system and extended it / force / player moving and explosions).
... snip...

Hmm, what do you think? If you would do the game from scratch, may it would take not much more time to make it?!?

On the other hand, it's probably quite interesting to look at the code of the original... (I never did, but can imagine...).

Again! What I saw and heart up to now: FASCINATING!!! You do a great job, also MacDeath does!!! Thumbs up!!!

[fano]

Thanks TFM 

Hmm, what do you think? If you would do the game from scratch, may it would take not much more time to make it?!?

I'd say yes, keeping the enemies and the scripting system save a lot of time when converting levels (branching level code to new code, adapting to Winape syntax and fixing operator priority bug (there are a lot of multiplications combined with additions)).

[TotO]

Again! What I saw and heart up to now: FASCINATING!!! You do a great job, also iXien and TotO does!!! Thumbs up!!!

Fixed. 

[MacDeath]

Yeah sorry but I wanted to do a Mode1 version and...well... it happened that I was the only one.
Why you poeples don't like old fashioned CGA graphics ?


Yet I did a bit of initial impulsion (because of the CPCwiki's R-Type page actually and various discussions on forums...) and council job... morale support if you prefer.


But yeah Toto did/does a great job.

I was actually quite bluffed... as it is not easy to get something proper in mode 0 with small tiles.

Just a few colour choices I would have done differently also but he tries to get the closer he can to the arcade so yeah.

[AMSDOS]

MacDeath wrote:

Why you poeples don't like old fashioned CGA graphics ?

Why do I feel like I'm walking into a trap here? 

[ukmarkh]

I've watched those video's over and over. It looks amazing, and running on a stock CPC.

However; I'm a massive R-Type fan, and I've played it on every system known to man, own it on several systems, and have completed it many times and still keep coming back. The levels are etched into my brain. My mate recently loaded the Speccy version and I completed it in one sitting. I'm not bragging, just making the point that I have invested a lot of time and money into this genre and especially this game.

Every version has pretty much kept to the formula of the arcade original, but at the same time given a slightly different experience. The PCEngine version had a low res, so the screen moved up and down slightly, the Speccy had an amazing look and feel considering the tech, the Amiga had a damn near arcade conversion with oh so sweet music and sound effects, with other versions doing something slightly different. The CPC version seems to have sprites that move faster than the arcade original, and I think this might just put the CPC on the map. Back in the day, a computer was compared with another on its games, especially side scrollers. And despite what everyone would have you believe, in regards to the limitations of the CPC, and its inherent problems around side scrolling... this game, along with Star Sabre and many more that are due for release prove that the CPC was just as good, if not better than the C64 and Speccy.

It's very sad that the CPC didn't get the same development time the other machines received. I've spoken with a few programmers that had to take their work home for the CPC, as they weren't given enough time in the day to focus on the CPC versions of a game. Some never even got to go home... lol

It's been said before, and I'll say it again... in the right hands, the CPC can really sing.      

[fano]

Fixed.

All my apologies, i totaly forgot to present the Easter Egg team that is active on R-Type :

• Fano : code
• TotO : graphics
• iXien : sound (http://www.amstradtoday.com/)

[fano]

Thx Ukmarkh ! i am a R-Type fan too.My preferences goes to II and Delta but i love the first episode 
About the Amiga version , i've been a bit disapointed as i was expecting more from the Amiga (for example i don't understand the void background on L1)

[ukmarkh]

Just a quick question... would it be possible for the CPC version to have background details like in the arcade version. I've noticed a few games on the CPC like Turrican, Turrican II, and Robozone on the shoot-em-up stages feature this and it looks really cool?

[fano]

It is not visible in the video , but level 1 owns a starfield on the start and there are some background details inside the base.(I joined 2 screenshots (debug mode) to show you)
It is not possible for every level but we'll do each time that will be possible 

[Ygdrazil]

It is not visible in the video , but level 1 owns a starfield on the start and there are some background details inside the base.(I joined 2 screenshots (debug mode) to show you)
It is not possible for every level but we'll do each time that will be possible 

Amazing stuff, can't wait for this to be released!!!

/Ygdrazil

[spybro]

Amazing stuff, can't wait for this to be released!!!

all of us are eager!!!


Fano any hints on the release date?