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ANGELSOFT,MARQ,DR.TERRORZ,AWSM,CHICKEN,JAMESC,ROTTEROY,SPOTTLESSMIND1975 AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO USED TO LOVE THE BLACK C= MACHINES! IT'S NOW TIME TO SIGNING OF...AS LUCA/FIRE! AND TRADITION WANTS THE TEXT TO BE RESTARTED AFTER A COUNTDOWN,SO LET'S IGNITE IT! 3...............2...............1...............0!
-=♦[ DALEY THOMPSON'S STAR EVENTS ]♦=-
- +2FG! -=- LUCA/FIRE,2020.11.28 -
THE REASONS BEHIND THIS GAME'S CRACK
HAVE BEEN GROWING AS TIME WENT BY,THE
MORE ONE I PLUMBED INTO THE DEPTHS OF
ITS PRODUCTION,AND THIS INDIRECTLY TELLS
US THE STORY OF THE GAME ITSELF.
SOMEONE HAD POSTED AN AMATEUR VIDEO OF
GAME'S DAY 1 IN ACTION ON A SOCIAL
NETWORK,SHOWING A SOMEWHAT CORRUPTED
SPRITE. TO MY SURPRISE,IT WASN'T SOME
BAD HACK OF THE GAME,BUT THE ORIGINAL
ONE! THE DISCOVERY REQUIRED A FURTHER
INVESTIGATION,AND THE RESULTS TELL US
THE STORY BEHIND THE GAME'S DEVELOPMENT.
WHEREAS DAY2 APPEARS TO BE A COMPLETE
AND PROFESSIONAL PRODUCT WHICH EXPLOITS
THE CAPABILITIES OF THE C16,DAY1 SEEMS
TO BE A DERIVATIVE HACK OF THE FORMER,IN
WHICH THE SPRITE INEXPLICABLY HAS BEEN
SHRUNK OF A COUPLE OF PIXELS,ANIMATED IN
A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY,INSIDE OF A
WASTEFUL PROGRAMMING IN TERMS OF UNUSED
MEMORY,FOR A REDUCED PLAYABILITY TO THE
POINT THAT EVEN THE RECORDS TO BEAT ARE
FAKE:THE GAME DOES NOT TAKE IN COUNT ANY
RECORD!
HERE'S A BRIEF LIST OF WHAT HAS BEEN
FIXED AND WHAT WAS JUST NOTICED:
*** DAY2 ***
- FIXED TWO LITTLE RASTER'S FLICKERS ON
THE BORDERS;
- *UNRESOLVED* NTSC INCOMPATIBILITY:MANY
MAIN FEATURES HAVE BEEN CUT IN ORDER
TO ATTEMPT TO PLAY THE GAME ON NTSC
MACHINES TOO,BUT THE CODE HAS SHOWN A
DIFFUSED WASTE OF RASTERTIME IN SINGLE
SUBROUTINES;THE ONLY SOLUTION LEFT WAS
TO DISASSEMBLE AND HEAVILY REWRITE
MOST OF THE CODE,BUT AT THAT POINT THE
AIM WOULD BE A NEW GAME FROM SCRATCH.
*** DAY1 ***
- FIXED AND RETOUCHED THE MAIN SPRITE,IN
ORDER TO MAKE IT LOOK AS CLOSER AS THE
ONE IN DAY2;
- FIXED THE ":" CHARACTER IN THE QUALIFY
TIME ROW;
- NOW THE GAME PROPERLY STARTS FROM DEMO
- ONCE QUALIFICATION IS MISSED DUE A
HIGHER TIME,NOW ONSCREEN COUNTERS STOP
- *UNRESOLVED* THE SPEED MANAGEMENT HAS
BEEN UNFAIRLY SET;
- *UNRESOLVED* HURDLES EVENTS DRAWS SOME
SPARE DOTS AROUND THE GOAL LINE;
- *UNRESOLVED* THE RESIDUAL SPEED IN THE
BEGINNING OF A RUN COMES FROM THE
VALUE SET IN THE DEMO PHASE;
- *UNNEEDED* SPEED LIMIT HAS BEEN
LIMITED TO $70 INSTEAD OF FULL BAR AT
$80,TO PREVENT THE GAME SHOWING SOME
SERIOUS FLICKERING DUE LACK OF RASTER
DURING THE HURDLES' EVENTS;
- *UNNEEDED* NO RECORD IS ACTUALLY
STORED!
BOTH DAY1/DAY2 WORK WITH THE JOYSTICK IN
PORT 2. IN DAY2:PRESS J/K ANYTIME TO
SWITCH TO JOYSTICK/KEYBOARD,RUN WITH Q/Y
AND JUMP OR LAUNCH WITH SPACE.
-= ADDITIONAL CREDITS =-
PETSCII LOGO TITLE
--- SHINE/[S] ---
BITMAP PICTURE ORIGINALLY ON C64
--- JONEGG/G*P ---
CONVERTED,ADAPTED AND REDRAWN BY ME
LOOK OUT FOR THE SPECIAL TAPE VERSION!
- PRESS [RUN/STOP] TO DECRUNCH - |
