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  • Re: Can't remember the name of a game

    From Steppe@steppe_not_for@spam_demodungeon.com to comp.sys.cbm on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 13:26:38
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    Flavio "Senesino" FBG wrote:
    Space shoot'em'up, there is a big "mother ship" at the center of the
    screen. Dark sky. Horizontal scroll (forward AND backward), you had
    to smash them all and protected the ship in the middle. The "Mother
    ship" always stayed in the middle.

    Hm, could it be R-Type? I never played more than one level on the C64, but I remember that in the Gameboy version there was a level with bidirectional
    slow scrolling where you used to fly around a big mothership. But IIRC you
    used to destroy it rather than protect it.

    /Steppe


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  • From Etienne von Wettingfeld@etienne@xs4none.nl to comp.sys.cbm on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 13:56:34
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    Steppe wrote:

    Hm, could it be R-Type? I never played more than one level on the C64, but
    I remember that in the Gameboy version there was a level with
    bidirectional slow scrolling where you used to fly around a big
    mothership. But IIRC you used to destroy it rather than protect it.

    A friend of mine always tried to bomb/destroy the good guys. No suprise he
    was the one to find out you can destroy your own base in "F15 Strike
    Eagle".

    --
    Etienne von Wettingfeld [SuSE Linux]
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  • From Anders Carlsson@anders.carlsson@mds.mdh.se to comp.sys.cbm on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 14:21:31
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    Etienne von Wettingfeld <etienne@xs4none.nl> writes:

    A friend of mine always tried to bomb/destroy the good guys.

    That sounds almost like MAD would develop shoot'em'ups. I remember
    a board game version of Monopoly where you are supposed to get rid
    of your cash as soon as possible.

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    Anders Carlsson
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  • From Etienne von Wettingfeld@etienne@xs4none.nl to comp.sys.cbm on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 14:41:17
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    Anders Carlsson wrote:

    Etienne von Wettingfeld <etienne@xs4none.nl> writes:

    A friend of mine always tried to bomb/destroy the good guys.

    That sounds almost like MAD would develop shoot'em'ups. I remember
    a board game version of Monopoly where you are supposed to get rid
    of your cash as soon as possible.

    When I play a Command & Conquer: Generals skirmish I usaly team up with a computer player and bomb him when he starts collecting *MY* recources.
    Bastard.

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    Etienne von Wettingfeld [SuSE Linux]
    Voice mail & Fax: +31 (84) 8835157 -//- www.doomdark.demon.nl

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  • From Flavio \@flavioREMOVE@ffbg.net to comp.sys.cbm on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 16:12:33
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    Hm, could it be R-Type? I never played more than one level on the C64, but
    I
    remember that in the Gameboy version there was a level with bidirectional slow scrolling where you used to fly around a big mothership. But IIRC you used to destroy it rather than protect it.

    Nope, it was very simplistic, with smooth and very very simple graphics.

    Must have been a "cheap-series" game.

    Flavio


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  • From Flavio \@flavioREMOVE@ffbg.net to comp.sys.cbm on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 18:54:04
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    http://www.lemon64.com/games/details.php?ID=2766

    Nope :(

    I remember the title had two nouns (as in "XXXX YYYYY").

    Flavio


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  • From Flavio \@flavioREMOVE@ffbg.net to comp.sys.cbm on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 21:26:26
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    Cosmic Convoy?

    No :((

    Flavio


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  • From Anders Carlsson@anders.carlsson@mds.mdh.se to comp.sys.cbm on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 22:26:35
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    "Flavio \"Senesino\" FBG" <flavioREMOVE@ffbg.net> writes:

    there is a big "mother ship" at the center of the screen.

    Maybe CounterForce: http://www.lemon64.com/games/details.php?ID=3220

    I haven't played it, so I can't tell if it scrolls in the right
    direction (Lemon64 says "miscellaneous" rather than "horizontal").

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    Anders Carlsson
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  • From Anders Carlsson@anders.carlsson@mds.mdh.se to comp.sys.cbm on Thursday, July 17, 2003 08:23:15
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    "Flavio \"Senesino\" FBG" <flavioREMOVE@ffbg.net> writes:

    Alas, it's not that one :(

    You wrote about a "big" mothership to protect - roughly how big?
    Half the size of the playfield, or just two sprites big?

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    Anders Carlsson
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  • From Flavio \@flavioREMOVE@ffbg.net to comp.sys.cbm on Thursday, July 17, 2003 15:12:30
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    You wrote about a "big" mothership to protect - roughly how big?
    Half the size of the playfield, or just two sprites big?

    I cannot be very precise (I was only 6!) but I remember
    it was quite big. At any given time the big ship would turn
    "crazy" and begin to tremble... and the whole thing would
    explode (the whole battlefield).

    The background sky was plain black (maybe a few stars
    here and there).


    Flavio


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