Berzerk MMX

rhurst · Post by **rhurst** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:11 pm

I'd like to start a thread for this game's development. It will be made as a clone of the arcade game, so not too much originality will be incorporated. But a few nifty VIC tricks should make it run near arcade style as possible.

This game has made me re-visit the software sprite code used for Quikman and Omega Fury, making for some new features that will be useful for this game. A number of subroutines have been written to give a basic idea how the game will run. The number of robots rendered now do not reflect the number that will be used during game play; I expect to have 5 or 6 of them capable of moving at once, while up to 4 or 5 have to remain stationary until the AI decides its time to switch it to a sprite.

Get its source archive or the standalone program binary. As always, feedback welcome.

carlsson · Post by **carlsson** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:16 am

Cool! I am in the middle of developing a similar, but far from identical game. Hopefully it won't look like I'm copying your work since I begun the development a year ago. However I'm tempted to switch over to the software sprite library, and since my game will be similar to yours, it is likely I can benefit from the same improvements.

rhurst · Post by **rhurst** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:08 pm

Progress is being made... with appropriate additions to the software sprites. I added 3 more registers to aid the game programmer to identify what & where the collision took place. I updated the game source & binary to make use of those registers. I am working on the maze randomization next.

rhurst · Post by **rhurst** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:12 am

Just a simple bump of the ongoing development ... having fun with this effort, per usual, as well as updated the binary and source for downloading and previewing.

Also wrote a blog entry on the latest piece implemented -- enjoy!

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:03 am

I've just tried it, and it looks wonderful - smooth, playable, VERY retro-style... Congratulations on this. Can't wait to see it finished

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The explanation of programming tricks in your blog is way beyond my skills though

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Ivanhoe76 · Post by **Ivanhoe76** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:49 am

I've just played Berzerk yesterday evening and... I couldn't believe to my eyes.... It's Berzerk, the real one!!!! Smooth, fast and even the reduced size of the screen doesn't seem to bother to final effect!!! Good job, rhurst!!!

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:36 am

Okay, must be missing something here, I never saw a link in the blog post to download a file...

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:49 am

rhurst wrote:Get its source archive or the standalone program binary. As always, feedback welcome.

(first post here)

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:23 pm

Oh, thought there was an updated version out because of the blog post... guess not. Oooops...

Vic20-Ian · Post by **Vic20-Ian** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:24 pm

Mayhem - same link updated binary - did you actually download it??

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:46 pm

Yeah... I should have said I thought there was a link to the updated binary in the blog post, but it was just here in the thread... that's what I was getting confused about originally!

Post by **Jeff-20** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:29 am

wow! I was still playing the version from Jan 12. This most recent update is stunning! I never really liked Otto. I didn't think the smiley face fit.

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:43 am

Link seems to be down currently...

Pedro Lambrini · Post by **Pedro Lambrini** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:36 pm

Mayhem wrote:Link seems to be down currently...

Check your mail.

fgasking · Post by **fgasking** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:49 pm

Wow, this is really good!... keep up the great work!

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