Upcoming H.E.R.O. game

[bjonte]

Just had a go in VICE, this is a wonderful version!

Thanks! I’m happy the feedback has been so positive!

[Snarko]

Any chance someone could post a quick YouTube clip of the game running? I don't have access to my Vic-20 atm.

Here's a youtube video from saberman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEf4t6NAVWk

I haven't yet tried the game myself but it looks absolutely fabulous!

[Victragic]

Really excellent work, looks good on the Vic and the coloured sprite(s) look especially great (and would have been a pain to implement, no doubt!).

Haven't played yet but just watched the YouTube video and can see it is a very faithful port.

[orion70]

Playthrough in yt makes me feel a complete loser

[bjonte]

Really excellent work, looks good on the Vic and the coloured sprite(s) look especially great (and would have been a pain to implement, no doubt!).

Thanks!

[bjonte]

Playthrough in yt makes me feel a complete loser

Haha! It takes a while to get used to the delayed flight response.

[Komoda & Amiga plus]

Great work This version is very playable.

[alexjlopez]

This is fantastic, I'm enjoying playing it very much! Thank you!

[bjonte]

Thank you! I’m glad to hear that!

[Miklós]

My recognition. Professional, extreme code. Thanks.

[bjonte]

My recognition. Professional, extreme code. Thanks.

Thanks a lot!

[Mike]

Here are some POKEs for H.E.R.O.:

>26DD A9 ► infinite dynamite
>5F37 A9 ► infinite time
>6011 A9 ► infinite lives

Enter these in the VICE monitor after the intro, while the game is in demo mode.

On real hardware:

LOAD"HERO",8

POKE8641,34:POKE8642,253:RUN

After the intro, you will end up in the BASIC start-up message once again, but H.E.R.O. has now been decompressed.

Enter the POKEs above like thus:

POKE 9949,169 (dynamite)
POKE 24375,169 (time)
POKE 24593,169 (lives)

... and (re-)start the game with SYS 7424

[orion70]

Excellent Mike, those cheat pokes really bring me back to the Eighties, when a couple of pages where regularly dedicated to cheating modes in every magazine

[Mike]

[...] those cheat pokes really bring me back to the Eighties, [...]

[Kweepa]

Wow, very solid port! Nice work!