19 January 2019, 11:27 | #1 |
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F/A-18 Interceptor
Just watched Top Gun today, and one of the tunes had the exact same sample (some kind of synthetic bell) used in F18 interceptor title tune.
Coïncidence ? the movie was out first |
19 January 2019, 12:14 | #2 |
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It's not a coincidence - have a look at the trivia in the notes of the HOL entry! http://hol.abime.net/469 If you're a real fan of the game, then you'll probably enjoy this 2004 interview with coder Bob Dinnerman. http://steiny.typepad.com/premise/20...iew_with_.html Last edited by DrBong; 19 January 2019 at 12:25. Reason: Added interview link! |
19 January 2019, 12:57 | #3 |
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I never knew he wrote the Discs of Tron coin-op, that is a great game too.
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19 January 2019, 14:05 | #4 |
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Title screen looks like the shots in the movie too. Great hommage to the movie which isn't so bad after all.
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19 January 2019, 17:13 | #5 |
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I used to love playing Interceptor. Got it bundled with the Batman pack. That sound effect/sample always reminded me of Top Gun. Brilliant game.
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19 January 2019, 17:40 | #6 |
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Would be interesting to know if it was CPU power friendly on purpose or by happy accident.
At the computer shows, when they were showing off 030/040 cards I never understood why they didnt have the game running, pretty much everyone who had an Amiga has played F-18 1990 irrc my neighbour had a 2000 with a 030 card, I was amazed at how fast it played |
19 January 2019, 18:18 | #7 |
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That was my game of the summer of 1988. Which was kind of my summer of the Amiga as well..
What a great time, what a great game... |
19 January 2019, 19:27 | #8 |
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Loved Interceptor, played it almost as much as Batman
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19 January 2019, 19:42 | #9 |
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Thanks for sharing, I learned some new things in this thread!
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23 January 2019, 17:09 | #10 |
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Its an awesome game! Fly under the bridge!!!
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24 January 2019, 11:46 | #11 |
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24 January 2019, 17:08 | #12 |
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This was probably my favorite game on the Amiga. If I remember correctly when I went from my A1000 to an A2000 with A2620 card, other than playing smoother the pilots helmet would flash/blink which I assumed was from the 68020 vs. the 68000. Though that could have been playing it on my A4000 68040....it's been a while
This is the only game I've purchased since getting back in to Amiga, code wheel and all. Here's a video of it running in demo mode on my Amithlon system in E-UAE (so an Amiga emulator running in an Amiga emulator). http://amithlon.snkbitten.com/videos/Interceptor.mp4 |
24 January 2019, 20:41 | #13 |
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blinking may come from self-modifying code that some 68000 games used to avoid indirections and make execution faster (Combat Air Patrol, another flightsim, is a good example of that). Unfortunately with higher CPUs it fails miserably.
I didn't fix any SMC in whdload patch, but maybe I have missed something. Last edited by jotd; 24 January 2019 at 20:54. |
25 January 2019, 04:36 | #14 |
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Movie my son want to watch this weekend. He constantly plays 'Danger Zone'. I remember watching it in movies theater back in day... that was good experience for 12-13 year old.
Couple of weeks ago we went to see Air Zoo and they had F-18 and F-14. It is nice to be able to see the from close. |
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19 February 2019, 11:52 | #16 |
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From the HOL entry, it says that the title music is only available for the 1MB version? I used to sit and listen to that music on my A1000 512KB... Was a cracked version though, if that makes any difference.
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19 February 2019, 18:18 | #17 |
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It's the "Tub Bells" preset from the Yamaha DX7.
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20 February 2019, 13:50 | #19 |
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I bet the barrel roll after takeoff in demo mode was also carefully designed to match the opening credits in Top Gun. It made a big impression back then.
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