Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Cool, glad all looks good so far and get well soon!
Stick with the cheese rolls, can't go wrong with they.
As for your C16, joystick adapters are the best way to save the ports. If you already did use these then be more careful and 'don't' let them hang freely in the air, let them rest on the table. One thing I did, Atari ST adapters have a plastic thing holding the cables together in the middle, I cut one off. I added a new topic which adds a bit more and maybe it might give you an idea for something similar.
See topic: Joyport adapter plastics holder for cables.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) I fully agree, I usually don’t post in wrong areas. This will be my final time. I think it’s maybe because the way the forum is constructed which is different to all the rest. I’m still not 100% used to this system. Anyway just to let you all know, the surgery seemed to have gone well and feeling a whole lot better. I now need to get my C16 joy ports fixed when I’m eventually ready to go home. Will do so whilst recovering at home then I’ll be back attempting to turn over your hi-scores, lol.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2 Thanks for all the support guys. I decided to go for it. Today is the big day of my surgery. Currently nil by mouth (now I’m hungry). My appetite should return in time. Apologies for the small thread hijack. Hoping to be back soon to whack all your hi-scores
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) @retroscener Wish you all the best. If you want, try some intermittend fasting and avoid sugar, starchy and high processed food for a quick recovery and good health. It works miracles.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Stay strong retroscener. I know everyone in this small community is thinking of you Baz. Medics can work miracles - I really hope they can for you.
Re: Let's Play (2021 Had a thought of playing the games here online through my iPad. But I cannot get it to work. The online keyboard shows up when I touch the screen but that’s it.
Trying AnVice on my android phone. I got the game running but can't get the online keyboard or anything to work.
Still in hospital. I see the surgeon today to discuss surgery. I’d rather live a full life without meds than with chronic pain anytime. This is one of the most difficult life decisions I’m ever having to make.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Don't forget to use your bombs, SPACE BAR As always practice makes perfect and with practice your learn how to save the bombs for later levels.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Those of you who are going to give this week's game (Tazz) a chance, here's one trick: don't rush to finish levels! Levels are completed when all the bugs are cleared, but bugs are only worth 10 points. The larger enemies are worth 100 each. So, leaving one last bug and shooting large enemies can really rack up the points!
Also... Finally some same level design: between lives, you don't have to kill all bugs again. E.g. if there's 100 bugs to clear, and you kill 95 and die, you only have to kill the last 5 (not all 100 again).
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Gutted for you Baz and hope it all goes well and fingers crossed! Listening to 1980's pop music is a great way to lift you up, so are a lot of things from the good old days but music is good for a quick fix any way.
This one is a classic and perfectly suited, YouTube: Yazz - the only way is up.
If anyone else needs a tune: Inner City - Good Life
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Sorry I haven’t been able to play for a while. I have been struck down with a pretty serious medical condition a few months ago. Back in hospital. Looks like I will be requiring some major bowel removal surgery soon.
My C16 joy ports are also a little on the wonk, so I need to get that fixed too. I found a repair service online which seems quite reasonable, hopefully they can take care of a couple of other little snags with it too.
Hopefully will be back on my feet soon enough but I cannot give a timeframe.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) All I can say about that warp section is...it could have been worse. It originally went even faster, but was slowed down to match the C64 version
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Nice score! I can't make it through that dang tunnel either... It takes so long to be able to even reach that part, and not having a chance to practice it, we fail... and the game's like "Oh, you just spent 5 minutes killing 12 enemies? Here's 18 more!!!"
IMHO it should return you to the same level with half the number of enemies needed to be killed, then if you fail, halve that again, etc., one enemy minimum. Basically try to nudge the player toward progress, instead of having to rack up points on the first level.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Now that I decided to beat my 9700 points (got 17400 this time), it's much more like an annoying job for pennies. Anyway, the game rocks.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Incredibly playable game, had my first brief session of play and my best is 46200 (novice), hope to find spare time in order to improve it.
EDIT: what a bad surprise, if you get shot by the very last enemy after he'd shot too, the enemy counter restarts like when you fail the transferring pathway...
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) @gerliczer: It opens that window, but I can't find anything else besides uncompressed data that works. I'd be happy if someone suggested a working codec.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) @RoePipi: That may be a problem with YAPE. The User Manual explicitly says that starting a video recording session should open a selector window listing all installed CODECs. If that is not happening Gaia should be informed about the issue.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) @Csabo, and Luca has a crazy 60k score! I beat my old score by almost 4000 points, not sure why but I see my old score is still there.
One Jedi move that may help... On the early stages the enemy ships fly at the top part of the screen, instead of focusing on them train your eyes to focus of the enemy fire. Focusing on the enemy fire has a magic effect of slowing the pace of the game and as you'll last longer you may also notice many of the enemy have been removed in the process making it easier to clear the few enemies that are left.
The delta wing dart enemies are evil as they fire super fast, try and keep out of the way and your notice there is a window when they don't fire.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) @Csabo There are plenty of games which managed to use sub-character movement. It's just too rough in this game, of course you can master it, but that "enemy fitting absolutely neatly right in-between the two shots" case just happens too often... It's not fun if 1 of 4 positions results in the same outcome.
I'm sure I said it before, but I have to use VICE for recording, because YAPE doesn't seem to record in compressed formats, and after outputting 2 GB it starts to overwrite the output file.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) @RoePipi I see it's not your favourite There's no issue with the collision, but everything (movement, firing, dodging, using the shield) does take some time to get used to. The think about your ship's projectiles is that they are drawn on the "side" of the characters (e.g. they are like the C= N and C= H characters). Everything moves on character boundaries, so... here's a screenshot showing our ship shooting, and an enemy fitting absolutely neatly right in-between the two shots
(BTW, it just dawned on me that you're using VICE for recording your videos. How come? Is it better for video recording than YAPE in some way?)
SRe: Let's Play (2021 #2) One hand on joystick, Shift Lock down for Auto Fire and one hand on Spare Bar works best. Try and save your shields for the busy stages. You get an extra shield when you loop the type of stages it offers, about 10 or so but be ready as the difficaulty increases.
When your rusty it can feel quick but once your warmed up and start making good use of the Shields your find 10k+ scores are possible.
BTW, for those that may not know... if you wait around 10 seconds on the title screen a high score table will show.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Hey Plus/4 sceners: this week, Let's Play Myriad, as suggested by MIK
One other import housekeeping item: as requested by multiple people, we're changing Let's Play so that it goes on for the entire week! This will give everyone a chance to play and participate, especially if you're busy over the weekend.
I've had chats with several other guys, and want to reiterate: in order to participate, you do not have to submit a score. Basically... once a week, open up an old game and play one round. That's not too much effort, is it?
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) @Csabo: I agree with all your comments. Yeah, the current score is a little too low, so I made it a little bit higher. There are definitely worse C16 examples than this. I liked the jet-pack...
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Thanks guys for taking a few minutes and playing a round of Runner! Yeah, the walking animation is definitely "recycled" from Booty (or the other way around).
I'd say this is an okay-ish medium-effort game. Definitely a bit rough around the edges, could have used a bit more polish. Also could be more forgiving: slower enemies, not having to re-pick the same keys after dying, etc. The memory is barely halfway full - so there would have been room for added music or something. The rating here on Plus/4 World is overly critical though IMHO, we definitely have worse entries.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Runner: the same quality "sprite" handling as in Booty. No surprise, the same author I have to mention the ladder detection routine could be also improved in Runner... (I do not say, that the 264 series made it easier that on C64, though on ZX Spectrum we could see tons of better (and worse) realizations too).
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) I have no problem with the music (nice effect), and the game mechanics is great, but the third level is really annoying. I mean I could work out some solutions, but the time is just too short...
Edit: I put up a single file crack of this game, if that helps anyone. Also... if you're struggling with level 3, I finally managed to solve it, see here.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) I checked, I have at home the Nu Pogodi Electonica game and also the Autoslalom, both from my wife who was born in the Soviet Union. And I have a G&W Turtle Bridge. And my childhood friend had the Mario's Cement Factory from the G&W series that I observed to create a very bad and loose copied game which was my first assembly game
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) @Chronos You could make the animation sound less louder and this preserved the authentic voice. This animation with sound is much funnier. Anyway thank you. @MIK The wolf was actually rebranded.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) @Litwr: I checked the video beforhand, and was surprised, as I knew only the Mickey version. They are definitely the same game except two gfx element, Mikey and Minnie. I prefer the Russian version of wolf, it looks cooler
(BTW those LCD characters were SO sharp and well defined. you really need ultra HD resolution to reproduce them )
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) @Chronos Maybe it would have been better to mix the voice and film sounds. @MMS https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/egg-eg-26-nintendo-game-watch-wide-1867778947
One feature you might like the sound of is to add the Fire button. Holding Fire while pressing Left or Right would move the egg basket to the opposite diagonal direction as in... If the egg basket is Up Left, holding Fire + Right will move the basket to Down Right.
Nintendo implemented this to it's G&W Gallery titles, with a little practice you don't have to worry about catching every diagonal with a joystick or d-pad. Can make play a little more precise, and could be good as an alternative for keyboard play like Z,X+Shift for example.
Btw this is not a request, just thought I'd share as a just in case.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Really enjoyed the gameplay and the nice start music. The Digimus really shines here! LITWR review was also nice to watch. I remember we had two hendheld games, and we really liked them.
As a comment: I did not know the Nintendo EG-26 game, but the Nintendo Mickey egg is the same game, certainly there was Minnie instead of the bunny and the cock.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Nu, Pogodi! is a new one of the many gems released by Csabo at a outtaminded rate in the last months! It has a bigger story behind it, and it's a heart touching subject for many Eastern European users, but most of all, this is the release in which Chronos' graphic style truly shines: we've used to recognize his hand since years, but it's right here, where it perfectly fits, actually looking as a LCD stuff!
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Just wow for this new game gem!
Strong nostalgic feeling. One of our friends had an 8mm film projector in the 80’s and all he had to it were this Russian cartoons. . And of course we all know these handheld games from childhood. I even have some now at home.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Eggcellent work on your Game & Watch Egg guys!! The sound is also spot on.
Personally I view egg as one of the hardest ones ever made so you picked a great one to go with as you want a challenge that will last. Love to see a Turtle Bridge.
I was a fan of these games back in the day (1982-Plus/4), still am. I always dreamed about doing one of these in BASIC but never did as it would plod along and would never get faster ha!
While I do have a couple of real ones it's not something I bothered to collect (over priced) but 'thankfully' most of them were released on GameBoy and GameBoy Advanced (GBA) via the Game & Watch Gallery titles. in case you didn't know... The ones on GBA are very faithful if you ever need something to look at. Also the older Game Boy gallery 1,2 & 3 add an on-screen boarder of the actual G&W if the cart is used with the GB adapter on a Super Nintendo, just something else to look at if ever you need something to look at.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) This weekend: Let's Play Nu, Pogodi! Just one note: please make sure you enter "Game A" or "Game B" as the sub game when submitting your score (since we'll keep track of those two separately).
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Keine Panik Kameraden! This weekend we play Pulsar/Galaxy by Kingsoft!!! Please play and submit your best score we're eagerly waiting for it! [ Galaxy ]
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) "Cuthbert in the freezer.. or something like that " - Microdeal's 1985 action game is the star of this week's Let's Play! (I wonder where the idea came from? Hmm...) We escape from the Nazis chasing the poor man's Harry Potter into the freezer in this fantastic game! Get your points (plus comments) in, we're eagerly waiting!
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Nice to see TMR being remember this week and a very nice touch to mark his greatness in the news with his photo along side his avatar! Always liked his avatar. Totally gutted he is not of this world any more. Respects TMR, Cheers bud!
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) My tip for the playing of Lunar Blitz:
When you are up, drop the bombs where there are more skyscrapers side by side and when you are already below you can aim at the single skyscrapers more precisely.
I like this game because of its excellent atmosphere (good playability and catchy musik).
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) @Csabo Believe me, it was my best try. I don't like those blind zones between cars. Thank you for the compliment though :p I didn't set up anything other than the gaming genre to help YouTube recognize the game, I think it picked it up from the title...
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) You almost had those jumps on level 3 Just have to pause and take your time a bit here and there. Thank you for putting this up, it was fun watching you play the game!
Also, interesting that YouTube recognized "Stop The Express" as the game being played Was that automatic?
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Damn it, we are getting old... There is only one thing worse than that. Not living enough to get old. My boss used to say if you're 50 and not taking any meds regularly for some illness of yours it means you're dead.
That said, yes, Vitamine D is very important, it's more like a hormone, I have been taking 3-5k IU daily for decades. And hell, I h8 to say dis, but as little alcohol as possible :-// Max a bit of red wine for resveratrol intake... And walking at least 45-60 mins per day.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2)n Thanks for your understanding guys. I’m currently on vitamin D & B12. Hoping that will help. On other meds too for the condition also. Life likely won’t be quite the same again so just have to learn to adapt and manage. Need to get my strength, weight and energy back first though which with this condition is not an easy task. But if I can beat Dirty Den, then I can beat this
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Baz, hope you get well soon. As for feeling tired all the time the internet is the last place to get advice but will share that it might be worth asking about your Vitamin B level with the doctors as this can also be a cause of tiredness if it's low. No harm in asking and nothing to worry about. Let's just say it's taken years to find out the easiest option was the last thing they looked at for me...
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Meh! I really would have joined this score attack if I could do, The Pit is the game which changed my thoughts about Boulderdash clone (and I'm gonna purchase it ASAP once out for Psytronik), and I'm very proud of my SFX in the game here. Will enter a score soon, though away from the competition...
Retroscener: along this pandemic period, I've sustaines several diseases (nothing heavy, just annoying ones...), including spastic colon, which as you surely know is also called "the secondary brain"; in my defence, I told to the doctor I lived all in all a positive pandemic period, but the doc answered to me:"*YOU* lived a positive time, not the subconscious you, it's like those movies where the shadow of the protagonist leaves him alone by itself...". Hence Barry, force yourself to see the world in pink & stars because when touching stuff like colon, that's the very first aid ever, even in presence of a tangible pathology, and plays as half the whole treatment. never give up, mate!
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) I didn't got to play this weekend.. Nice to see that some people got to play this great game by Doug.. @Retroscener: sad to hear, I hope you find a mode to work with that illness and maybe heal some day. Hope your world doesn't get too dark. All the best for defeating the illness some brighter day, if possible.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Hope you feel better retroscener!
Still, 10 players this week, for our small scene it's not bad. Doug managed to beat us (Also, I've heard that some people don't speak Hungarian - shocking, eh - so I'll just mention that Chronos' video sang high praises for this game. Might be his longest video to date as well!)
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2)in Apologies for not taking part in recent weeks. Currently been very unwell, recently diagnosed with Colitis which is a lifelong condition. It has totally knocked the sails out of me so have been feeling very tired and unmotivated lately. I am hoping these meds work and I find my energy again quickly.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) The Pit is a really great game, smooth playback, nice music and cute gfx. Now I was able to reach the third screen, I just realizes, that so MANY nice ideas put into that game! But it seems I have to try again this evening, Csabo's point is much higher than my last one (update: tried few times, but that score is impossible for me)
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) This time we play Doug Turner's fresh Boulder Dash-ish game The Pit, so everybody can take the opportunity to visit/revisit this great game and submit his best to www.plus4world.com!
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) So got a few runs and noticed that you can collide with the walls. Didn't got over the first screen then.. Congrats to all people doing a better job than me on this..
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Entered a score, though ain't able to improve: the third screen is difficult and with no bonus items to justify to aim at it, so the best you can do is spend all your lives into the 1st stage, and resolve it at the very last live; the best would have been to solve the 2nd stage too with that single life left, but I haven't been able to do that in one perfect play. The "perfect play" is a possible event, but trying to achiieve in a fair way (no sirs, no emulator's facilities, that would be absolutely unfair), starting from the first stage, doing the whole process and then trying it, is a boring test after some attempts... Nonetheless, it could be done, so I'll probably try it again one of two times this evening.
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) This weekend we play the completely unknown "Egon" by German Company "Computersoft"! Please submit your best score to www.plus4world.com!
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) My son also tried it, my score was better (but still very low). He stated these games are more cruel to the gamers than the Dark Souls series. "why these programmers were so evil?"
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2) Terra Cognita is one of the few games on C16 which makes you completely forget about not having hardware sprites. It's a hard but learnable shoot'em up game which doesn't annoy you much. I made it to around 70% of the map at 3rd try (look at the video), and, seeing what's to come in the rest 30% (1 block wide pathways at impossible places), I don't mind dying there
Let's Play (2021 #2) Who? Anyone and everyone, especially you! What? Let's Play is a fun Plus/4 World initiative. Each weekend, play just one round with the selected game (and optionally submit your score). Don't have a real C16 or Plus/4 anymore? Just fire up an emulator, or even play it online here on our site. When? Every week. Where? In the comfort of your own home (or anywhere you like, really). Why? For fun, and to show your support to this community. Each time you participate, your message is: "I'm here, I care about this old stuff, I care about this site, I'm one of us."
Re: Let's Play (2021 #2)
There's no issue with the collision, but everything (movement, firing, dodging, using the shield) does take some time to get used to. The think about your ship's projectiles is that they are drawn on the "side" of the characters (e.g. they are like the C= N and C= H characters). Everything moves on character boundaries, so... here's a screenshot showing our ship shooting, and an enemy fitting absolutely neatly right in-between the two shots 
I really would have joined this score attack if I could do, 
