Insanity: Berzerk for the PCE

Arkhan Asylum · 10/16/2008, 04:33 AM

http://www.freewebs.com/turboarkhan/index.htm

:-D hurrah

I hope I don't ruin it.

Keranu · 10/16/2008, 04:39 AM

Sweet page music, dewd!

NecroPhile · 10/16/2008, 10:07 AM

Neato! Once you get the game play stuff down, I hope you redo the graphics; a classic mode and a next-gen mode would be killer.

JoshTurboTrollX · 10/16/2008, 10:28 AM

very cool- you mind if I put a link on the front page of gamescape?

Arkhan Asylum · 10/16/2008, 12:07 PM

Quote from: JoshTurboTrollX-16 on 10/16/2008, 10:28 AMvery cool- you mind if I put a link on the front page of gamescape?

go for it :-D

peperocket · 10/17/2008, 06:40 AM

Congratulation !
I don't know this title but I'm always happy to see new games on my lovely PCE !!

Arjak · 10/17/2008, 11:30 AM

Awesome. I am already liking what I see. I hope this project continues!

Arkhan Asylum · 10/17/2008, 01:01 PM

I plan to continue it until it is finished!

The plan currently is to have digitized ADPCM samples for sound fx, and cd audio tracks for background music.

So, the game will be distributed on CD when done!

Id like to have PSG music.... but that is a whole learning experience I have to take on first :-D

Windy · 10/18/2008, 11:12 PM

just awesome! I have been waiting for this game forever to be remade for one console or another. I look forward to playing it. Thank you Thank you Thank You! Need any play testers im your man! LOL

Arkhan Asylum · 10/18/2008, 11:47 PM

Well once it is in a playable state ill definitely give you a holler to test it.

Windy · 10/19/2008, 12:28 AM

Quote from: Psycho Arkhan on 10/18/2008, 11:47 PMWell once it is in a playable state ill definitely give you a holler to test it.

Sweet I will be watching this program closely

CrackTiger · 10/19/2008, 02:55 PM

Awesome, thanks for doing this.

Arkhan Asylum · 10/19/2008, 05:16 PM

:-D

I honestly didn't think anyone would be that thrilled for Berzerk, lol!

shows how much I know! I was just doing it because I like it! :-D

OldRover · 10/20/2008, 12:04 AM

I think it's more of the fact that somebody, anybody, is making new software for our favorite console.

Arkhan Asylum · 10/20/2008, 11:11 AM

Well, last night after downin some coke (The pop NOT the powder! >_<), I cranked out some stuff.

Wall collisions, Leaving room detection, lazer hitting walls......

also, I polished up the lazer collision so that you can do the happy strategic sniping past walls and using them for cover >_<

The lazer has pixel perfect accuracy! They ride along walls !

wooo.

Next up: diagonal shooting

Also: I figured Ill ask everyone: Death animations........

Should I do:

Palette swapping so he blinks and flashes
make him shrink down and bloop away kinda like pacman
...Something else?

I was also thinking of maybe painting new graphics for death that make him look like a skeleton while hes being electrocuted....

Keranu · 10/21/2008, 03:17 AM

Didn't he blink in the original? I'd use that if you are going for accuracy but seeing an electrocuted skeleton would be sweet

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Arkhan Asylum · 10/21/2008, 06:13 AM

i was going to do a pallete swap that inverts colors so he looks skeletal

like an xray machine sorta?

NecroPhile · 10/21/2008, 10:20 AM

Blinking electrocuted skeleton for the win!

Arkhan Asylum · 10/25/2008, 12:44 AM

I did a palette swap idea......sorta like... he flashes between normal, and then a pallete consisting of all white (except for black. It stayed black), so..... it makes him blink.

I don't like it.

I will try painting a decent skeletal doom animation.....but I am artistically challenged,....

an update anyways: Fixed up the lazer collisions/wall collisions completely. They can cruise RIGHT along a wall. even on diagonals. Tile collision is updated too!

Now I am working on his death sequence, obviously.

Arkhan Asylum · 11/05/2008, 08:21 AM

*Bump*

err. not really since its the top thread..

the WIP has some updates

www.freewebs.com/turboarkhan/

I kinda like this freewebs business. Maybe I'll get a 5$/month account!

This game is really gonna make it I think!

Arkhan Asylum · 04/21/2009, 03:02 AM

*Bumpity bump*

To anyone who hasn't been yet:

www.surrealsoft.net is live and has a barely visited forum ;)

and a link to current news on insanity and other stuff!

I started making the sprites look better. The hero looks immensely better! :-D

once I finish the sprite sheet ill post it up.

check the neeewwwwwwwwws. Make my blogspot worth typing into!

ParanoiaDragon · 06/10/2009, 06:20 AM

Thought I'd mention that new pics are up, & the game seems to be coming along nicely. Check it out yo!

Arkhan Asylum · 06/10/2009, 07:58 AM

Quote from: ParanoiaDragon on 06/10/2009, 06:20 AMThought I'd mention that new pics are up, & the game seems to be coming along nicely. Check it out yo!

Indeed it is. Getting the big major final collision routine of death and destruction finished (tonight hopefully), and then the rest should be polish.

Arkhan Asylum · 06/25/2009, 05:27 PM

The robots are officially taunting.

Arjak · 06/25/2009, 06:28 PM

Can't wait! Is there a tentative release date yet?

Arkhan Asylum · 06/26/2009, 01:59 AM

Quote from: Arjak on 06/25/2009, 06:28 PMCan't wait! Is there a tentative release date yet?

Well, i am hoping it is done by July like my original guess, and then pressed and ready sometime in august. Unless anything major comes up that turns into a speedbump, right now its all just chugging along and falling into place.

Im working on more music for the game this weekend. The title screen looks awesome.....

check out the blog for more infos

Arkhan Asylum · 07/09/2009, 07:12 PM

Update! I posted some stuff at the blog (that I dont even know if people read... lol)

anyway, The game will probably be finished a little more into august (Im supposed to vacation at the beach at end of the month).

on that note.... the game is nearly done anyways. Tweaking the enemy AI and tweaking the sounds.

It is playable now, its just a little too easy still. Runs great on the Duo-R.

I'll post a demo of the game soon I promise. Itll have the title screen, musics, sounds, and playability.

It will be a definite DEMO though.

touko · 07/10/2009, 02:48 AM

cool

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Arjak · 07/10/2009, 12:36 PM

You posted a while back wondering what the robots should say. I figure they should say all the old lines from the original arcade game, as well as some new ones.

Of course, maybe I should have posted this idea earlier...

Anyway, I can't wait to play this! I liked the arcade game, and this looks like a wonderful tribute. You definitely have a potential buyer in me!

Arkhan Asylum · 07/10/2009, 12:44 PM

The voices say similar/just about the same stuff really.

I also decided the sound effects in general need to be sampled. merely because the original arcade one did, and if the PCE one just used the PSG for lazers, .... then the original would have superior sfx. I dont think so!

Windy · 07/12/2009, 01:29 PM

Get in line guys im the first customer and I want a signed copy

Arkhan Asylum · 07/12/2009, 05:12 PM

Quote from: Windancer on 07/12/2009, 01:29 PMGet in line guys im the first customer and I want a signed copy

maybe they will all be signed!

To: *name*
<3: Arkhan

hoobs88 · 07/12/2009, 11:51 PM

Quote from: Windancer on 07/12/2009, 01:29 PMGet in line guys im the first customer and I want a signed copy

Does that mean I'm #2?

Arkhan Asylum · 07/13/2009, 02:30 PM

as far as im concerned, everyones #1!

man was that corny.

progress is being had

ParanoiaDragon · 07/14/2009, 05:20 AM

If ya'll are #1, then I'm #0, I NEED this game!

override · 07/14/2009, 06:05 AM

I guess ill take #3!

RoyVegas · 07/15/2009, 06:28 PM

Quote from: Psycho Arkhan on 07/12/2009, 05:12 PM
Quote from: Windancer on 07/12/2009, 01:29 PMGet in line guys im the first customer and I want a signed copy
maybe they will all be signed!

To: *name*
<3: Arkhan

Them being signed would be a nice touch. I'm not sure how many you will be having made but maybe you can do something along the lines of what Mindrec did with Meteor Blaster DX. You could either purchase a plain copy OR a signature edition. It might help you move a few more copys if you sold them seperately. I know I would buy a copy of each. Just a thought.

Put me in line for #4 and a copy of a singed one!

Arkhan Asylum · 07/15/2009, 06:33 PM

well i cant do a signature edition unless i want to burn each one myself lol. I think that is what BT did for those discs

im gonna run like 100 off i think

RoyVegas · 07/15/2009, 06:38 PM

Quote from: Psycho Arkhan on 07/15/2009, 06:33 PMwell i cant do a signature edition unless i want to burn each one myself lol. I think that is what BT did for those discs

im gonna run like 100 off i think

Well he did burn the signature edition ones but I think that would only be because his signature edition ones had a special devolopers flag that gave an extra ship, message on the title screen and I heard something additional about the music. Aside from that its a sticker on the front of the manual and a signature on the back of the manual... So really you could do stickers and signatures or something of that nature, just nothing "in game".

Arkhan Asylum · 07/15/2009, 07:30 PM

Yeah. Ill probably sign ALL of them if people want. lol

the in game stuff was like your name at the title, and all that.

would be very costly to do professional runs of that setup. 1 disc at a time.... then change it and redo it.... lol >_<

RoyVegas · 07/16/2009, 12:59 AM

I cant speak for everyone else but I would definately like my copy signed. Do you plan on numbering them when you sign them? 1/100 - 100/100?

Arkhan Asylum · 07/16/2009, 01:42 AM

Quote from: RoyVegas on 07/16/2009, 12:59 AMI cant speak for everyone else but I would definately like my copy signed. Do you plan on numbering them when you sign them? 1/100 - 100/100?

No probably not, because then I'd be giving some people bigger e-penises than other people!

:-D lol

NecroPhile · 07/16/2009, 09:47 AM

Only 100 copies? That doesn't sound like enough; you might want to get in touch with B.T. to see how many copies of Implode and Meteor Blaster DX were sold, so you don't end up needing a second stamping.

Arkhan Asylum · 07/16/2009, 12:51 PM

Quote from: NecroPhile on 07/16/2009, 09:47 AMOnly 100 copies? That doesn't sound like enough; you might want to get in touch with B.T. to see how many copies of Implode and Meteor Blaster DX were sold, so you don't end up needing a second stamping.

I dont want to overshoot it since im paying out of pocket for these and only have 6$ right now to my name. If they start selling really well i will definitely use some of the profits to do more presses

ParanoiaDragon · 07/17/2009, 02:42 AM

IIRC, 500 MB's were made, I think 1000 Implodes, but, I'm not 100% sure, those figures just came to mind for some reason.

Arkhan Asylum · 07/17/2009, 12:43 PM

O_o seriously? And they all sold?

RoyVegas · 07/17/2009, 02:17 PM

Quote from: Psycho Arkhan on 07/17/2009, 12:43 PMO_o seriously? And they all sold?

If you check his website he still has them for sale. Implode was released in 2002 and he still has them in stock. Meteor Blaster DX was released in 2004 and he has those in stock also. 100 to start with doesn't sound like a bad idea and just reprint more as needed. Of course I do hope you sell tons of them and they fly off the shelves when you release it but do you really want to make 500 or more games and have them take possibly 5 years or more to sell them all?

Arkhan Asylum · 07/17/2009, 10:43 PM

yeah i cant affrd 500 presses at once right now. I so poor!

I really do hope it does well though!

RoyVegas · 07/18/2009, 02:26 AM

Quote from: Psycho Arkhan on 07/17/2009, 10:43 PMyeah i cant affrd 500 presses at once right now. I so poor!

I really do hope it does well though!

I wouldn't mind making a preorder and paying to help you get started. I'm sure a few others here wouldn't mind paying ahead also.

Arjak · 07/18/2009, 11:47 PM

That's not a bad idea! I'd definitely put down money for a pre-order!