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PANDEMIC - New 16K ZX81 Game
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 1:55 pm
by bobs
Pandemic - for the 16K ZX81.
A sequel to the 2010 game VIRUS - 24 levels of 8-direction running an' shooting an' stuff.
More details at
http://www.bobs-stuff.co.uk/pandemic.html
Re: PANDEMIC - New 16K ZX81 Game
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 2:53 pm
by nollkolltroll
This is a really good looking game. Love the lo-res animations!
It almost felt too luxurious with all the intro screens
Re: PANDEMIC - New 16K ZX81 Game
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 11:56 pm
by Shaun_B
Superb release, thanks Bobs.
Regards,
Shaun.
Re: PANDEMIC - New 16K ZX81 Game
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 7:20 pm
by bobs
Thanks chaps.
Can't quite shake the feeling though that low-res games aren't really in favour any more though.
Re: PANDEMIC - New 16K ZX81 Game
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 7:49 pm
by nollkolltroll
I disagree. When the games are as good as this, big-pixel is NICE!
Re: PANDEMIC - New 16K ZX81 Game
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 9:16 pm
by RWAP
I agree - any new games for the zX81 are just really nice to have a go on - I can't believe how much better they look with a splash of colour too!
It just shows that well designed games do not need fancy graphics!
Re: PANDEMIC - New 16K ZX81 Game
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 5:17 pm
by bobs
Did a post get removed? Something about a colour version? Would that be from using the Chroma interface?
Re: PANDEMIC - New 16K ZX81 Game
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:34 pm
by GCHarder
Olofsen posted it but it seems to have been removed! Maybe there was a problem, I think it will run in JSZeddy but I haven't figured out how to do that yet.
I agree with the others, I am really amazed by the quality of your games, wish I knew how you do it!!! I like programming for the ZX81 just to see what the ol' doorstop can do.
Regards;
Greg
Re: PANDEMIC - New 16K ZX81 Game
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 9:15 pm
by olofsen
Yes, I had removed it, because my mood suddenly changed from this is perhaps funny, prompted by the splash of colour, to this doesn't do proper justice to the quality of the game... It is for Chroma, and could be run in JSZeddy (depending on the browser) by first loading the attachment (with the Browse or Choose File button) and next Pandemic.
Re: PANDEMIC - New 16K ZX81 Game
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 9:52 am
by bobs
Thanks, it's fun! (although JSZeddy runs so slowly on my laptop as to make the game unplayable)
Having read up about it, I think games such as mine would need to be written with Chroma in mind, and so write the full attribute screen rather than link colours to characters. It would be difficult to retro-fit that to most of my existing games, but I might consider it for anything I do in the future - Indeed I have something in mind which it would suit very well.