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'''Copter 271''' is a vertical shoot them up.
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It was the last official game released on Cartridge for the GX4000/Plus range, it was rushed to the released and seems unfinished.
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== Information ==
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{|{{Prettytable|width: 700px; font-size: 2em;}}
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|Title:|| '''Copter 271 ( Cartridge )'''
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|-
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|Company:|| [[Loriciel]]
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|Type:|| Shoot-em-up
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|Year:|| 1991
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|}
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== Cover ==
 
== Cover ==
  
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Image:Copter-271-Back.jpg|Back Cover
 
Image:Copter-271-Back.jpg|Back Cover
 
Image:Copter-271-Front.jpg|Front Cover
 
Image:Copter-271-Front.jpg|Front Cover
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</gallery>
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== Cartridge ==
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<gallery caption="Copter 271">
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Image:Copter 271 - cara B.jpg|Back Cartridge
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Image:Copter 271 - cara A.jpg|Front Cartridge
  
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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You can download in CPR for use in emulators and BIN from CPCmania ( See the links ).
 
You can download in CPR for use in emulators and BIN from CPCmania ( See the links ).
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==Critic==
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The game could have been well realised if more time were given to developers, or simply if they had been less ambitious.
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This is a vertical 2-players-co-op shoot them up.
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A sweet intro animated cinematic open the game, as the game primary aimed to be a GX4000 super production, halas the decline of the console rushed its release and many bugs are still present.
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While being a vertical scrolling shooter, you can also scroll aside the screen, this is of course quite heavier for the machine..
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But it makes perhaps a too heavy use of Hardwired sprites (need a lot of DATA space and time to upload into the ASIC) and also features too many scrollings (multidirectionnal actually, but the sidescrolling is really un-needed), sprites are perhaps too big too (given most of those are Hardwired sprites).
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This game slows down a lot and your shoots (machine gun) are too small/unvisible/slow to be gameplaywise.
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The copter sound is also quite annoying, but of course it is best to disable all sounds effects... due to the "bullet-time-perpetual-slow-motion".
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Some colours/inks seems to have been be badly chosen/set too.
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This game would have nedded less technical ambition and bigger Eprom cartridges too to be actually good.
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==Video==
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{{#ev:youtube|aDAB-169VFs|340}}
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Courtesy from Xyphoe.
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== Implementation details and use of Plus hardware ==
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* Mode 0 is used in game for the play area, mode 1 is used in game for panel.
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* Plus palette is used
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* Plus raster interrupt is used
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* Plus soft scroll is used (the left column is also masked)
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* Plus DMA channel 0 is used to generate interrupts to do the background sky effect in the title screen
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* Plus DMA channel 1 is used to play the title music
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* Software sprites are used for enemies in the game
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* Plus sprites are used for the player's aircraft and the shooting stars in the title screen
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* Plus split screen is used in the game (it is switched between the panel and play area)
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
  
http://www.cpcmania.com/   ( on the games section : GX4000/CPC+ GAMES )
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* [http://tacgr.emuunlim.com/downloads/filedetail.php?recid=2363 The Amstrad CPC Games Resource]
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* [http://www.cpczone.net/game/1731 CPC game base from cpczone]
  
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* http://www.cpcmania.com/  ( on the games section : GX4000/CPC+ GAMES )
  
[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Cartridges]] [[Category:CPC Plus]]
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[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games 1991]] [[Category:Cartridges]] [[Category:CPC Plus]][[Category:CPC Plus Games]][[Category:Video contents]]

Latest revision as of 04:48, 8 November 2011

Copter 271 cartridge.png

Copter 271 is a vertical shoot them up.

It was the last official game released on Cartridge for the GX4000/Plus range, it was rushed to the released and seems unfinished.

Information

Title: Copter 271 ( Cartridge )
Company: Loriciel
Type: Shoot-em-up
Year: 1991

Cover

Covers from CPCmania

Cartridge

Manual

You can download in PDF from CPCmania ( See the links ).

Game

You can download in CPR for use in emulators and BIN from CPCmania ( See the links ).

Critic

The game could have been well realised if more time were given to developers, or simply if they had been less ambitious.


This is a vertical 2-players-co-op shoot them up.

A sweet intro animated cinematic open the game, as the game primary aimed to be a GX4000 super production, halas the decline of the console rushed its release and many bugs are still present.

While being a vertical scrolling shooter, you can also scroll aside the screen, this is of course quite heavier for the machine..


But it makes perhaps a too heavy use of Hardwired sprites (need a lot of DATA space and time to upload into the ASIC) and also features too many scrollings (multidirectionnal actually, but the sidescrolling is really un-needed), sprites are perhaps too big too (given most of those are Hardwired sprites).

This game slows down a lot and your shoots (machine gun) are too small/unvisible/slow to be gameplaywise.

The copter sound is also quite annoying, but of course it is best to disable all sounds effects... due to the "bullet-time-perpetual-slow-motion".

Some colours/inks seems to have been be badly chosen/set too.

This game would have nedded less technical ambition and bigger Eprom cartridges too to be actually good.

Video

{{#ev:youtube|aDAB-169VFs|340}}

Courtesy from Xyphoe.

Implementation details and use of Plus hardware

  • Mode 0 is used in game for the play area, mode 1 is used in game for panel.
  • Plus palette is used
  • Plus raster interrupt is used
  • Plus soft scroll is used (the left column is also masked)
  • Plus DMA channel 0 is used to generate interrupts to do the background sky effect in the title screen
  • Plus DMA channel 1 is used to play the title music
  • Software sprites are used for enemies in the game
  • Plus sprites are used for the player's aircraft and the shooting stars in the title screen
  • Plus split screen is used in the game (it is switched between the panel and play area)

Links