DarkStar 2

[iturbez]

It's a hard game to play. Great piece of sotware, Sir...

[siggi]

Here is some documentation and the source of Dark Star. It was included in earlier versions (1.7, 1.8) of Z88DK as example, but is not included in the current version.

http://www.z88dk.org/wiki/doku.php?id=e ... ects:dstar

Siggi

Addendum: here are some hints from Stefano (a Z88DK developer), when I asked him in 2008 how to compile it for a ZX81:

I just compiled the generic version, with a command like:
zcc +zx81 -startup=3 -lgfx81hr192 -Dspritesize=16 --create-app dstar.c

You might like to experiment:
/* #define spritesize 5 --> very low resolutions, 80x45 pixels */
/* #define spritesize 6 --> TI mode, 96x54 */
/* #define spritesize 8 --> 128x72 pixels */
/* #define spritesize 16 --> Big screen mode 256x144 */

http://www.z88dk.org/wiki/doku.php/exam ... ects:dstar

[sirmorris]

Now you tell me



Seriously though, the version I worked from was quite spectacularly broken in a number of ways. I wonder if this is why it's been dropped from the current release?

[Andy Rea]

it ain't broken now

[siggi]

Now you tell me

Sorry, I found the link today in an old mail program that I didn't use any more for several years ....

Seriously though, the version I worked from was quite spectacularly broken in a number of ways. I wonder if this is why it's been dropped from the current release?

Perhaps because they made a generic version for all targets and put it into WIKI/Project section ...???

Siggi

[sirmorris]

V1.2 added! it's an intermediate release before I add high score stuff. As per usual the binary is in the first post.



C

[yerzmyey]

The graphic is beautiful. I even finished 2 levels with real pleasure.
(But far - it's not for me; hard like hell).

[sirmorris]

Version 1.3 now posted!

C

[Moggy]

Hi Charlie

Keeping in mind My legendary stupidity but what's different?

the splash screen is a bit dodgy a funny glitch and some times crash, the effects sound the same to My old ears and the sound on/off doesn't work its always on.

Have patience with Me Charlie Me and games are a bad mixture.

Regards
Moggy


EDIT Hang on Thicky gets it now it's not the effects that have changed but the way they are implemented
controls 5 6 7 8 added and because the AY is auto detect it's always on (so just the sound on/off command to get rid of?)

[sirmorris]

Hi Moggy - yep - I gone and introduced a regression in this build I'll fix that later this morning.

What kind of glitches are you seeing?? Could it be zxpand loading the title screen??

C