an ode to zzap64 (well a ripoff hehe)

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an ode to zzap64 (well a ripoff hehe)

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judging is currently underway for a retro remakes competition and i decided to make a magazine to stick em all in (82 entries)

iam doing it in the zzap64 style co's i love it.

if you want to check out all the entries or view the mag when its finished goto -
www.remakes.org

i entered 2 games , r-tronic (robotron remake) and lunar rescue..

there's some cool c64 remakes you might want to check out.
wizball,uridium,io - ect.
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smila wrote:i entered 2 games , r-tronic (robotron remake) and lunar rescue..
well, there goes the rest of my weekend -- it's download time!

hey, smila, nice to see you're still making those remakes. :)

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cheers big fella - lets hope i win :D

also working on a couple more remakes... chuckie egg 2 , paradroid , paradroid fusion and anarchy - (few)

soon as the mag is finished i'll let ya's know so you can take the piss :wink:
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smila wrote:soon as the mag is finished i'll let ya's know so you can take the piss :wink:
Nooooo! I *never* take the piss :)

Seriously, if you're sticking it online I'll put a link to it from my site. (Just tried the Antiriad remake, btw, and find it a bit CRAP. Glad it's not one of yours.)

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yeah - i didnt like antiriad either, the gfx look very hurried.
there's a few crap ones, some really guduns tho..

wizball is fantastic ( not finished yet tho )
and impossaball is also a fine remake

the mag is coming along nicely , iam doing all the layout and art on my own (well apart from 1 teeny bit of oli frey art ).
so fingers crossed it will go down well .

by the way - you may need a file called cncs32.dll (or something similar when you run my games....

just look in the links section (right at the bottom) on www.remakes.org

hope you enjoy em anyway.
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smila wrote:wizball is fantastic... hope you enjoy em anyway.
It is: very impressive. I'm downloading R-Tronic as I write, and like the look of Lunar Rescue from the screens, but haven't been able to download it yet (for some reason the bugger's crashed on me twice).

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theyve been having a few problems with d/loading..

hope ya enjoy r-tronic.. its the first game ive made with multimedia fussion so i was learnig while making it.
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smila wrote:by the way - you may need a file called cncs32.dll (or something similar when you run my games...
I did; and for anyone else who does, here's a handy link (I'm off to the beach now):
http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-f ... ml?cncs232

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so come on then - what did ya think , and remember it only me 2 weeks to make....(quiver)
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Gordon said:
(I'm off to the beach now):
Hey, please warn us before you get in so we can climb to our roof in time :D

Seriously, (really?) I don't know which beach is closest to your place, but in case you're facing the Nordsea side, WAVE! I'll be on the other side at Hoek van Holland with me kids. :wink:

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OK, back from the beach now... I love the sea. :)
smila wrote:so come on then - what did ya think , and remember it only me 2 weeks to make....(quiver)
Well, even if you hadn't made it in a fortnight, I would have said it was a really neatly programmed adaptation of Robotron. Everything about the remake side of it "feels" right -- speed, bullet numbers, the weight of enemies bearing down on you -- it's a really nice program.

The only minor thing I have with most of these remakes is a lack of joystick support: I would have loved to have been able to configure my sidewinder to play it; keys have always been tough for a dumbo like me. Unless you tell me it's all in the readme file, that's the only problem I have with yours. But honestly, from what I've seen of the others, you're in with a good chance: nice attract screen, good, accurate game with some nifty effects, and a cheeky paradroid sample :) .

Still unable to download Lunar Rescue, though.
biggestjim wrote:Hey, please warn us before you get in so we can climb to our roof in time
Seriously, (really?) I don't know which beach is closest to your place, but in case you're facing the Nordsea side, WAVE! I'll be on the other side at Hoek van Holland with me kids.
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Give that man a biscuit for the first fat gordo joke in this thread :) . Anyway, I gave you a wave from Studland Bay, nr Bournemouth. It bent its way round the Channel and should have reached you about 3.46pm -- and had you been looking, you might have seen it. ;)

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cheers big fella - :D

glad ya liked it.

dont forget to use the cheat if ya wanna see the end seq . (its in the text file).

ive just tried downloading lunar rescue and it works fine for me .... you and your dodgy connections aye . :lol:
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smila wrote:ive just tried downloading lunar rescue and it works fine for me .... you and your dodgy connections aye . :lol:
Yeah -- I've got a 3K modem which needs hand-cranking before it'll even consider downloading. ;) I'll try again now.

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hehe - poor gordon .... i just use works connection :D
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well the mag is now finished and iam completely shattered.

its a big file tho ----- 24 meg :shock:

soon as its on line i'll give ya's the link.
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