What a month this has been for glorious news! With games that have been the talk of the community, such as Ghosts'n'Goblins AGA, Frogger RX, OutRun Arcade , RallyXSE and Donkey Kong Arcade. Well here's another game that is sure to excite, is the upcoming Arcade like version of 'Defender' For the Atari ST by Sark02. A work-in-progress port of the 6809E Williams Defender sources running at a super slick 50hz. To coincide with this news, if you love Defender back in the day, then make sure to check it out below with corresponding footage!
And here's the latest. "Here's a work-in-progress port of the 6809E Williams Defender sources from the HistoricalSource repo on github https://github.com/Historicalsource/Defender, to the Atari ST, running at 50Hz and requiring at least 1MB RAM. The algorithms and game play are by Eugene Jarvis, Sam Dicker, et al.. If it feels like Defender, then that's because of them. If it doesn't, then that's because of me. Work-In-Progress. Currently implemented bad guys are Landers, Mutants, and UFOs. At the end of a game, the game restarts. No attract mode or high-score table yet".
Extra Notes : Supporting DMA samples on STEs with 2MB+ of RAM, or YM2149 samples on STEs and STs with 1MB RAM. STEs with DMA sound will have much less chop when the screen gets busy. Most of the STE samples are 12.5kHz. A few, where I could hear a difference, are 25kHz, but not all as that blew beyond 2MB.
Smashing conversion of an old classic!
ReplyDeleteVery cool! I am Amiga guy myself but this looks great! So cool to see so many ports of classics.
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