Atari ST to Amiga: Starquake Amiga Conversion

[invent]

Nice work with the remake and thanks for sharing a preview

[Bastich]

It's going to be great. Even your first video looks amazing compared to the ZX Spectrum version I remember

[tomcat666]

Wow, even with the crappy video quality this looks like a perfect conversion. Great job Galahad !

[Gzegzolka]

Looks quite good.

[Predseda]

[jbenam]

Galahad strikes again! Excellent work

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

looks like I applied a Vaseline filter to the output for fucks sake!

[invent]

The spectrum map is here for anyone interested

I wonder what the amiga game might look like with a few small dots for stars, or a subtle copper gradient for background.

[kamelito]

@Galahad
I don't particularly like the choice of the ST palette. I tend to prefer the monochrome versions (Spectrum/C64).
Is it doable to be able to change the palette(s) with better ones?
Maybe if you put it(them) in a config file or anything else...
Kamelito

[Zippy Zapp]

Looks great! Keep up the good work and thank you.

[adrdesign]

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

...'might' be an intro sequence of sorts, and of course I will be asking ADRDesign about converting the music

WIP, I´ll try using SSC samples from Tony Gálvez for this, no YM version this time. Of course an amiga remix will be made.

Thanks for all your work Gallahad, you´re close to redemption.

keep your excellent work!

[Galahad/FLT]

Originally Posted by kamelito

@Galahad
I don't particularly like the choice of the ST palette. I tend to prefer the monochrome versions (Spectrum/C64).
Is it doable to be able to change the palette(s) with better ones?
Maybe if you put it(them) in a config file or anything else...
Kamelito

I have full control over palette because of the split screen effect (timer b?) this game uses.

Score panel is a separate 16 colours to the main game.

What sort of colours are we talking here?

[kamelito]

Dream could be something like this : https://www.youtube.com/user/endangermice
What I'm talking about is having the possibility to change it so it look better maybe a gfx guy here could improve it.
I would prefer the Atari ST palette of the unreleased Starquake II maybe an option to have them both?

Kamelito

[Galahad/FLT]

Originally Posted by kamelito

Dream could be something like this : https://www.youtube.com/user/endangermice
What I'm talking about is having the possibility to change it so it look better maybe a gfx guy here could improve it.
I would prefer the Atari ST palette of the unreleased Starquake II maybe an option to have them both?

Kamelito

Probably best if i do a screenshot and upload as iff to zone and then you can change it to what you reckon would look better and we can include as a loading option.

[lesta_smsc]

I like how this is coming along. Soon you'll be releasing things under heading of Fairlight presents... AoA (Atari on Amiga)

[invent]

I'd be happy to contribute to looking at palette ideas for the score panel and offering/creating suggestions (who do I gently need to poke to get access to the zone ?

[tomcat666]

Galahad, Starquake II has *much* better graphics and palette. Would it be possible to choose between the original and that? They do look much better.

[Toni Galvez]

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

In the flesh it looks about 2000% better, it looks like shit in Youtube.

On Amiga the character moves smoothly, not taking 30 pixel leaps across the screen, oh and you can see everything properly, looks like I applied a Vaseline filter to the output for fucks sake!

Galahad, good vork , It is a very funny game.

You can cound on me for the sounds effects, I have so much experience with it, you can tell me the memory and the number of them, I will doit.

I miss ingame music on the AtariST, I think no game can lack ingame musics. Maybe my good friend ADRDESIGN maybe want to do some musics for the game. What are you thinking about that? I recomend some diferent ingame musics for diferent parts of the map.

Originally Posted by adrdesign

WIP, I´ll try using SSC samples from Tony Gálvez for this, no YM version this time. Of course an amiga remix will be made.

Thanks for all your work Gallahad, you´re close to redemption.

keep your excellent work!

Very good ADRDESIGN, I will give more SCC samples for you

[adrdesign]

I found the game has at least 3 different tunes in. Anyone can rip them in full? I think demo mode cuts the song too early... YM format, please.

@Tony Galvez: I don´t know how the MSX chip works. Please, explain how did you get those spectacular samples and I will research some sounds based on this tune.

Just a wip for the basic version (to work on). Needs to implement noise channel and ssc samples... (sorry for the arps, they will be removed)

EDIT: I could convert to MOD the Speccy, C64 and CPC versions indeed, don´t think I would worth the time anyway, only for nostalgic purposes. What do you think?

[Dunny]

Personally for me, I'd not bother with the Speccy music - it was just filler. The effects on the other hand... They really made the game; on the Spectrum it was a riot of audio. Get some decent effects in and you've cracked it.

D.

[Galahad/FLT]

Originally Posted by adrdesign

I found the game has at least 3 different tunes in. Anyone can rip them in full? I think demo mode cuts the song too early... YM format, please.

@Tony Galvez: I don´t know how the MSX chip works. Please, explain how did you get those spectacular samples and I will research some sounds based on this tune.

Just a wip for the basic version (to work on). Needs to implement noise channel and ssc samples... (sorry for the arps, they will be removed)

EDIT: I could convert to MOD the Speccy, C64 and CPC versions indeed, don´t think I would worth the time anyway, only for nostalgic purposes. What do you think?

Actually, I personally feel this is one of those rare times where the ST version sounded better than all the 8 bit versions, so ST conversion should be enough I think