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Posted By

Gaia
on 2013-12-02
17:21:23

Re: Better Colors In "Town"

I think what MIK was trying to explain is that - regardless of the quality of any palettes - the nostalgia factor is clearly associated with the original "untouched" pink scheme... which is of course true!

Posted By

MMS
on 2013-12-01
18:29:45

Re: Better Colors In "Town"

sorry guys, i hate the original pinks! So as the game remains the same playability, if the original was 8, this is clearly a 10. Just look at the main character... I suppose too limited total palette accross screen caused original strangeness, but come on, it is a ghost town, and not a lollipot filled my little pony town

Kichy is a really brave guy to touch such a classic, and congrats to the corrected game!

Posted By

Chronos
on 2013-12-01
12:45:18

Re: Better Colors In "Town"

i think the original just plain ugly, so thumbs up for this release!

Posted By

MIK
on 2013-12-01
06:15:27

Re: Better Colors In "Town"

There is a charm to both Ghost Town and Tom Thumb in the original colour palettes that capture a certain quality of that era. It's not a unique thing to C16/Plus4 but they are based on early style of C64 game looks. I can't put it into words but for me the original colours are spot on of the time and I bet they are based very closely to the C64's limited palette.

The extra amount of colours 264's have does not mean a thing with both these games when they were made as they were always going to look this way for a reason when Udo made them.

That's why I love them for what they are. It's not only the game play but how they look.

I still gave Kichy's an 8/10 as I did the original. Maybe do what Csabo said, make it both English & German if it can be done, lose the new "intro screen" if you have too as the font does not suit the rest of the game. Or create a D64 that contains German, English and Hungarian versions. Some one make a nice loading screen based on Anco's cover of Ghost Town!

Posted By

Gaia
on 2013-12-01
03:33:29

Re: Better Colors In "Town"

Shoot me but I like the new colours more

I'm under the impression that Udo was still experimenting a bit with the C16's palette when Ghost Town was made. It was his first C16 game after all... there are a lot of games suffering from a palette problem. Just think of Solar software's early VIC20 ported games though those are not quite worth fixing

Posted By

Csabo
on 2013-11-30
17:00:42

Re: Better Colors In "Town"

Wow, it does look nice. Well done, another unexpected surprise! And of course it still runs on a 16K stock machine.

I don't want to take anything away from the value of it, just wondering out loud: would both the German and English versions fit into the memory as well? That would have been the ultimate release

And yeah, early Christmas for us... But I have a feeling we ain't seen nothin' yet

Let the good times roll on Plus/4 World

Posted By

gerliczer
on 2013-11-30
16:35:20

Re: Better Colors In "Town"

Is it Christmas already?

This last month plus a little had a nice bunch of releases. Yay!

Posted By

MIK
on 2013-11-30
16:36:19

Re: Better Colors In "Town"

It's cool Kichy has gone with a neat "night time" look for the game so it looks colder and more of a grave yard feel to it but I still think the original is the better to look at.

Kicky's bricks look smart tho.

Would only be fair to rate it the same as the original so that's what I did. 8/10.

Posted By

Luca
on 2013-11-30
16:31:30

Better Colors In "Town"

Yes you're right, it's a C16 classic. And again: yes we understand it should be considered perfect as it has ever been. But everything can be improved, you know...

Kichy of Assassins crew just liked this Kingsoft's famous arcade/adventure game, but he dislikes how some assigned colours have been set along the screens. Hence, it's a change for a rerelease, with better colours and, why not, PAL/NTSC compatibility as addon!
Et voilà, release achieved! Ghost Town [PAL/NTSC]. Download it and enjoy the old classic in a brand new guise in palette!