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Omnimaga => News => Topic started by: DJ Omnimaga on February 27, 2012, 09:02:17 pm
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Tonight the news pipeline is getting unclogged here at Omnimaga and the first one to get through is about the recent upsurge in PRIZM games coming out. This rush is particularly due to the recent Cemetech contest judging process that ended, allowing the participants to publish their program, but there are also still some great projects in the works now.
First of all, there was Raptor, Ashbad's shoot-em-up game in add-in format. Its style is similar to '70s arcade shooters, preserving old-skool graphics and interface, while still being fun and challenging at the same time. Enemies appears at the top of the screen and you must defeat them, avoiding their bullets, to advance to the next level.
(http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=12753.0;attach=11959;image)
Make sure to check it out! (http://www.cemetech.net/programs/index.php?mode=file&id=690) Note that on-calc it looks much better than in the picture above.
Besides that, two coders in particular have showcased what could be done in PRIZM BASIC with two great releases. First of all there is The Impossible Game, by Nitrosax, a popular game on some devices as well as the TI-83 Plus series. Despite being in BASIC, it kinda preserves the speed and part of the challenge of the original, the only thing really missing being scrolling and longer lenght.
(http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=12753.0;attach=11960;image)
Download here! (http://www.cemetech.net/programs/index.php?mode=file&id=672)
And next, Free Wheel, by Purobaz! In this game you grab all the hearts in each level, but when you move around, you bounce off walls, so it is harder to avoid obstacles.
(http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=12753.0;attach=11961;image)
Download link (http://www.cemetech.net/programs/index.php?mode=file&id=689)
Besides those programs there are also the following ones that catched our attention: Gravity Ball (http://www.planet-casio.com/Fr/programmes/programme1869-1-gravityball-smashmaster-.html), a Gravity Guy spin-off, and Yeti Sports (http://www.planet-casio.com/Fr/programmes/programme1875-1-yetisport-puro-purobaz-.html), a game featuring plenty of mini-games, some of which are pretty nice and have good graphics. Aside from the install process and certain of the games, the rest has good control and decent speed as well.
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wow, ill have to download some of these
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I think that Raptor game has huge potential to become popular when finished, especially if a shop gets added or something, since that would be close to the Phoenix of Prizm calcs. Also it's cool that the look is even more retro than the Nspire phoenix, for example.
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They all look nice :)
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Wow, those look quite nice! :D I'll have to give em a try!
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I think that Raptor game has huge potential to become popular when finished, especially if a shop gets added or something, since that would be close to the Phoenix of Prizm calcs. Also it's cool that the look is even more retro than the Nspire phoenix, for example.
Raptor has a shop already
it only appears when you beat the 'stage boss'
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I fully enjoy Raptor although it is really difficult at its current state. Hopefully Ashbad will continue to develop this. Good job with these programs they all look nice.
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These all look great, I'll have to give them a try! :)
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I want to see video of each game.(I already saw the impossible game one). :P
They all look nice.
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