SWIV Acorn Games Video Archive A3010/TV Card

[DingKong]

This is great both on the Archimedes and Amiga. A classic shmup that is still playable today

[HippyMcSlippy]

Was a great game...

[LOveERDos]

nice in any port this game

[rhydermike]

Another great video.

The trick is to get the invincibility bubble and then move into the center of the boss.

See you again on #playpen sometime.

[Clive0075]

Hello.

No.

It's going to be for ARM2 based machines with VIDC 1, to demonstrate what can be done.

The game runs in an overscan mode 13 (384*288, 256 colours), with

50 frames per second thanks to hardware scrolling.

It displays huge sprites on screen, giving a Neo Geo style.

There are highly optimised plotting/unplotting routines in 'generated code' to get this.

I'm programming it in myspare time, and it's quite sad I haven't got a graphics artist to 'push' me into it.

Regards,

Xavier.

[nytrex2001]

Sounds excellent. The ARM2 is still a powerful processor.

I'd love to see what you produce.

I'm no graphic artist, but I'm sure you could must up some help from perhaps comp.sys.acorn.misc

[Clive0075]

Just another 'commercial' conversion which doesn't use the real power of the Archimedes.

It's in 16 colours, it's damn slow.

Honestly it's an insult to the Archimedes when you know what it's really capable to do.

I'll soon distribute a SWIV like shareware which will show you that even on ARM2 machines you can get far FAR better results.

[nytrex2001]

So are you writing a game for the RISC PC then?

Cool if you are.

[alex76gr]

LOL!

They didn't even bother to change the controls selection screen!

It's an Amiga computer there for selecting keyboard controls!

[richardwild76]

This game was the dog's knackers. Kind of sucked to be the jeep though. I always made my brother do that.

[alex76gr]

Jeep didn't suck. It just was tricky!

I play equally well both Jeep and Heli.

[HeartfeltDawn]

Best shooter bar none. Sod R-Type!

[Ahle2]

It's interesting to see all these Amiga classics converted to the Archimedes.

The Archimedes is, unlike the Atari ST, fast enough to render graphics at good frame rates even without any kind of custom chipset.

[jicaley]

I used to love this game!!! Thanks again for posting.

[sdbz]

where is the "intro music" after game over?

i like it..

i wait it.

[XTIRP8]

i like the scary anthem at the start!!!