12 November 2023, 14:19 | #1 |
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Hack request: Xenon II
Request for someone to hack Xenon II:
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12 November 2023, 14:32 | #2 |
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2. buy a joypad with autofire
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12 November 2023, 14:38 | #3 |
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Agreed, but point 1 more important!
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12 November 2023, 14:59 | #4 |
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Inertia is a game feature.
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12 November 2023, 15:05 | #5 |
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Indeed, one that was of very poor choice, and seems to sadly plague a lot of 16-bit shooting games that were released for the 16-bit home computers.
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The game is known to detect autofire joystick fire. But they're SELLING autofire feature in the shop. That's not really a good game design though. Quote:
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I wasn't aware of this. Is there anyone in particular I can ask about this who might be willing to do it? |
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12 November 2023, 16:18 | #8 |
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I thought the drift/lag is because of the game engine itself, not a deliberate choice?
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12 November 2023, 16:19 | #9 |
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I have a Competition Pro and its auto-fire works perfectly fine in the game. So well that it actually makes an almost-solid line of shots which no emeny can escape.
No idea what your problem is with inertia. Never felt it does hinder gameplay at all. |
12 November 2023, 16:30 | #10 |
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Inertia in shooting games is generally derided by fans of the genre. Put it this way, you will not see it in any modern shooting games.
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12 November 2023, 18:37 | #11 | |
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About the autofire, you can workaround it by adding more money and buying autofire About the inertia, it would require some RE but could be doable. For me both are cheats. But I admit as even if I'm a big fan of whatever Bitmap Brothers, this game eludes me. It's way too hard and misses level codes or something. |
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12 November 2023, 18:39 | #12 |
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If my suggestions are considered cheats that make the game easier, I'd be happy for whoever did the modding to add a more challenging mode. Maybe add more enemies, more bullets to dodge, etc.
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12 November 2023, 18:41 | #13 |
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Here's something else I'd love to see modified in this game - the framerate. I wonder if it could be optimised to run at 50fps? That would be a colossal improvement and make it feel much more like an arcade game.
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12 November 2023, 18:55 | #14 |
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12 November 2023, 22:33 | #15 |
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The tiles were just ripped. Maybe a 50fps remake could be possible...
(Probably not by me though, doing it in Blitz would be a stretch) |
12 November 2023, 23:15 | #16 |
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How about Scorpion engine?
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14 November 2023, 02:35 | #17 |
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there is a cracked version with a cool deep trainer
ie you can activate autofire (3 levels) or an interesting change of vertical scrolling speed (0 to infinite) i have used it to make some preloaded ussload adfs btw, when playing with autofire enabled in this game, its imo convenient to directly turn off the music its a pain to listen the fireshoot removing the drum n bass channel |
14 November 2023, 02:39 | #18 |
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Is there an option to have music / sfx only? If not, that's another thing that needs adding to the wish list.
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14 November 2023, 08:59 | #19 |
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Yes there is that option
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15 November 2023, 03:13 | #20 |
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Opinion piece: Xenon II is just perfect the way it is...
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