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[Sos]

I wanted to do a C64 game for this since I made some before. But then I though this would be no fun, and I made a 2600 game.

Assets used:
- Oryx 1-bit brick wall and door and a guy and a bat
- Cosmic-Fool tiny font
- Syniphas music
- Sounds effects can be considered as "procedurally generated"

I had to type these assets into the code, I hope this countsas cropping or converting  
Oh, and I had to type the music in as well, so the resulting tune may vary from it's original I hope no-one minds  

Screenshot goes here:

Download

There is an emulator (z26) included. Just run 'run.bat' or drag the rom into emu executable.

Controls:
Mouse + button, arrows + ctrl, joystick, gamepad, 360 controller, whatever.

PS:
I have exactly 1108 bytes of ROM space left (before 4kb limit) And i'll gladly fill them with your ideas.


PS2:
Whoa,I forgot the plot, and it's so important to have one, so:
Your inn is being attacked by 87 spiderbats, kill them all and don't let them in or kill you.
That's better

[moi]

Aha oh wow, great concept, great use of assets

[0rel]

hey nice! a real atari game 
looks and plays well, like original oldschool
...liking its simplicity!
did you code it in assembler? also, the sound?

(btw, the download link is broken...)

[Sos]

Thanks

I used batari Basic. 2600 asm is a pain, since you have to pass pixels to the screen "by hand". Just see the source for yourself

[0rel]

oh, very compact code...
so nice that all graphics and sounds are embedded in one singe source file... mighty cryptic, but kind of beautiful!

[JR Hill]

BASIC

[Sos]

BASIC's good as long as it goes with line numbers and GOTOs

[JR Hill]

GOTO > Object Oriented Programming

 

[Sos]

I though that it is no 2600 game if it's not on a proper hardware.

So, I got a 8kb EEPROM, a circuit board, and a LPT socket, so i can start building my cardridge.



But I found out I'm lacking some circuits for the burner. I'll get them tommorow, and will work on something else in the meantime.

I will post steps of building the cardridge, bacause someone may find it useful if it works.

EDIT: My idea of the burner is a complete prototype and chaces for it to work are quite low.

[Syniphas]

My music being used in an Atari game, it's like a dream come true! 

'Tis a great game, sir! Keep on with it!

[Sos]

I failed at making the programmer, but I think I'll solder the cart and have someone else burn it for me.

Anyways, I made no changes cause I'm quite hapy with what I've done so far and want to focus on something else too.

THE END

[Oddball]

Liked: The sheer moxie of this entry. Great retro stylings.

Disliked: A bit too simple. I beat it on my first try without really knowing what was going on.

Conclusion: Simple and impressive.