Dec092008

More progress

What with Thanksgiving and having to teach my Bible study last week, I haven’t had a whole lot of time for programming recently. Couple that with the fact that I’m psuedo-sick again, and it’s hard times for Actionscript. I needed some inspiration this past weekend, which I got in the form of browsing around some stuff the indie community is doing. Also, by firing up my Aquaria demo (which I never finished).

Anyway, check out the most recent build. I got some simple “alien” type guys moving around in there, and am experimenting with a background. I’d like to try making the background move in relation to the ship, but I’m not sure how the effect will turn out. Guess we’ll see!

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Dec072008

NES World Championship 1990 Cart

A while ago I discovered a reproduction of the famous 1990 NES World Championship cart being sold by some chaps called RetroZone. It’s basically a collection of three games, Super Mario Bros., Rad Racer, and Tetris, with a built-in 6 minute timer. Collect coins in Mario, go the distance in Rad Racer, and get yo’self some lines in Tetris… then check your score. I would have loved to have actually played this original cartridge 18 years ago, but my family lived too far away from any of the major metropolitan areas that the World Championship tour went to. There was no way I could have convinced my parents to drive to Denver (the nearest city) for what would be essentially a 6 minute gameplay session (plus a few hours waiting around, I’m sure). If you have some cash, and want to experience some nostalgia, hit up RetroZone to purchase a copy of their reproduction. It’s a much cheaper way to play the experience without paying the $5k+ that the real carts are being sold for.

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