[WIP] Elevator Action conversion

[jotd]

Hi,


Small video of my new WIP game: Elevator Action


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ATM only the intro is running but the graphics system is pretty complex, with various layers and indepentent scrollable columns.


ATM I'm targetting AGA so I can use wide sprites for the elevators & dual playfield for fast sprite / playfield separation, but a OCS version is also planned. AGA will ensure that the games runs perfectly at 50 FPS. For ECS, it will need more tricks but it will run too.


(The intro would run on ECS too, no need for AGA there).

[VincentGR]

Ohhhhh, loved this on the arcade and CPC.

[TCD]

Neat Looking forward to the first gameplay teaser.

[DanyPPC]

Another stunning conversion

[zzbylu]

Great news. I love the Elevator Action game!

[PascalDe73]

father of Mission Elevator ?

https://amiga.abime.net/games/view/mission-elevator

[Cimmerian]

Elevator Action is one of my favorites,great to see amiga getting a 1:1 port.

[SiDeSaLaD]

This chewed through a small fortune in 10p's during my time down the seafront..... A Gem!

Great to see it getting some JOTD love !

[stx2199]

elevator action was very popular game in the 80s

but I never liked it very much because the music is very repetitive and never changes.

also, after level 3 it becomes insanely impossible to play, they shoot you down from all sides.

[DanyPPC]

Originally Posted by stx2199

also, after level 3 it becomes insanely impossible to play, they shoot you down from all sides.

Perhaps arcade cabinet was configured to an high level of difficulty.

[Havie]

Knew of this he but never played it until I got an Evercade Taito handheld for my birthday. Now completely addicted but will be good to play an an Amiga on a bigger screen!

[TCD]

Originally Posted by PascalDe73

father of Mission Elevator ?

https://amiga.abime.net/games/view/mission-elevator

Mission Elevator is clearly 'inspired' by Elevator Action.

[jotd]

I could reach level 4 (black background) where enemies can lie down so you can't hit them even when kneeling. I never could complete that level (after which the colors go back to level 1 but difficulty is maximized). But if the arcade setting is "hard", level 3 is probably already too hard.

The game has an inside timer and the level becomes harder and harder with the time. If you wait too long, the music changes and the game becomes super hard as you can't control the elevators anymore, and enemies are batshit crazy.

There's also a hardcoded extra difficulty, if you happen to stay too long at floor 20 (where there's a single door on the right, and wall and stairs which is the only way to go up to that door), the enemies keep getting out of that particular door if you're in the room. Finding stuff like this is what I like most when disassembing games. Because I don't think anyone stayed long enough on floor 20 to see it.

[PascalDe73]

Hi JOTD,

Here my GlowIcon based on Arcade Tittle Screen

[acidbottle]

Just seen this news, fantastic choice for a project, not many (if anything) like it on Amiga.

I was utterly useless at it to, so anything that helps an easymode I totally vote for!