Bean Versus The Animator - A cool looking arcade shooter for your Classic Amiga

Neil79 · 16 July 2021, 02:09

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Great news if you're looking for something completely different other than all the Platformers and Shoot em ups we've featured on Indie Retro News, as 17BitRetro has contacted us, to tell you that Bean Versus The Animator will be released for OCS / ECS or AGA Amiga's as of today 6-10am UK time. This game according to the creators Paul Heams and Dominic Sidoli, is a brand new old style arcade shooter for your classic Amiga, which also had multiple features on Amiga Bill's Twitch stream.

http://www.indieretronews.com/2021/0...l-looking.html

6AM is a bit early for me, but should be a decent enough game going by Amiga's stream the other week. I also searched for BEAN and didn't come up with anything

17BitRetro · 16 July 2021, 20:14

Thanks for mentioning it Neil! If anyone is interested it's available on the itch.io page:

https://17bitretro.itch.io/bean-versus-the-animator

It's a new/old game having been started in '94 and forgotten about until the the start of the pandemic. It's for the A500+, so 1MB of Chip RAM, and comes on 5 virtual disks.

Evillord68 · 16 July 2021, 21:48

Great news, i have purchased this game. Good graphics, very good soundtrack, intro and so on. Very good work.

17BitRetro · 16 July 2021, 22:06

Thanks Evillord68 I really appreciate it! Despite the good state I found it in there was a lot of work to finish off. Plus re-learning 68K ASM

It was fun though, the Amiga is fun!

AmyMor · 17 July 2021, 08:17

Obviously purchased I find it a very well done game, full of that experimental AMIGA magic!

Tested on A-1200 + V1200 the floppy game works transparently!

I have dedicated a news on my channel to warn friends!

[ Show youtube player ]

I hope for your new job!

17BitRetro · 17 July 2021, 23:48

Thanks AmyMor! A Workbench launch fix will be arriving shortly for 68040+ and Vampires. I'm just testing it through.

Retro1234 · 17 July 2021, 23:55

Reminds me of T2 arcade

17BitRetro · 18 July 2021, 11:40

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Originally Posted by Retro1234

Reminds me of T2 arcade

It certainly has similarities! There are a lot of old references to film and games of the time buried in there. Both Dom and I swear we had never played the arcade machine when we put it together originally, but I bet we'd seen it!

An update has now been released for running from workbench on higher powered machines. (I forgot the VBR basically - 'doh!).

AmyMor · 18 July 2021, 22:42

This is great news!
Tomorrow I'll test if it works from WB and I'll let you know ...

Superman · 19 July 2021, 19:56

Looks very nice so purchased!

Superman · 20 July 2021, 00:01

Just got it installed but can’t start the game. The mouse doesn’t work at all and the joystick just moves a little circle up and down slightly on the main screen.

EDIT: ok the answer to this is DO NOT press the joystick fire button when loading as you cannot control the pointer at all with it. The mouse also will not work unless you click the mouse button to initially start the game!

17BitRetro · 20 July 2021, 08:28

Hi Superman, thanks for buying. Hope you like it. Pressing the fire button using port two will activate lightgun input, but if that happens you should be able to press escape at the menu and then click a mouse button to start. The game should also detect a mouse button in either port 1 or 2.

AmyMor · 20 July 2021, 09:59

Downloaded and installed from ADF version 1.1 now works wonderfully from Hard Disk, even better than the floppy counterpart that occasionally glitched.

The game is installed on WB 3.9 Amiga1200 + VampireV2!

Superman · 23 July 2021, 12:35

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Originally Posted by 17BitRetro

Hi Superman, thanks for buying. Hope you like it. Pressing the fire button using port two will activate lightgun input, but if that happens you should be able to press escape at the menu and then click a mouse button to start. The game should also detect a mouse button in either port 1 or 2.

I must congratulate you on this game. It's really well made and right up there with many commercial titles from back in the day. Less than £5 purchase is a bargain really and I would recommend everyone to support you and buy it.

17BitRetro · 24 July 2021, 01:06

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Originally Posted by Superman

I must congratulate you on this game. It's really well made and right up there with many commercial titles from back in the day. Less than £5 purchase is a bargain really and I would recommend everyone to support you and buy it.

I really appreciate that Superman.

I'm so glad it saw a release eventually!

20 July 2021, 00:01	#11
Superman Super Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Wakefield Age: 48 Posts: 1,333	Just got it installed but can’t start the game. The mouse doesn’t work at all and the joystick just moves a little circle up and down slightly on the main screen. EDIT: ok the answer to this is DO NOT press the joystick fire button when loading as you cannot control the pointer at all with it. The mouse also will not work unless you click the mouse button to initially start the game! Last edited by Superman; 20 July 2021 at 00:12.

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16 July 2021, 20:14	#2
17BitRetro Registered User Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: London Posts: 11	Thanks for mentioning it Neil! If anyone is interested it's available on the itch.io page: https://17bitretro.itch.io/bean-versus-the-animator It's a new/old game having been started in '94 and forgotten about until the the start of the pandemic. It's for the A500+, so 1MB of Chip RAM, and comes on 5 virtual disks.

16 July 2021, 21:48	#3
Evillord68 Registered User Join Date: May 2021 Location: Euerbach/Germany Posts: 71	Great news, i have purchased this game. Good graphics, very good soundtrack, intro and so on. Very good work.

16 July 2021, 22:06	#4
17BitRetro Registered User Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: London Posts: 11	Thanks Evillord68 I really appreciate it! Despite the good state I found it in there was a lot of work to finish off. Plus re-learning 68K ASM It was fun though, the Amiga is fun!

17 July 2021, 08:17	#5
AmyMor Registered User Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: Calvi Risorta Posts: 167	Obviously purchased I find it a very well done game, full of that experimental AMIGA magic! Tested on A-1200 + V1200 the floppy game works transparently! I have dedicated a news on my channel to warn friends! [ Show youtube player ] I hope for your new job!

17 July 2021, 23:48	#6
17BitRetro Registered User Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: London Posts: 11	Thanks AmyMor! A Workbench launch fix will be arriving shortly for 68040+ and Vampires. I'm just testing it through.

17 July 2021, 23:55	#7
Retro1234 Phone Homer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 5150 Posts: 5,773	Reminds me of T2 arcade

18 July 2021, 22:42	#9
AmyMor Registered User Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: Calvi Risorta Posts: 167	This is great news! Tomorrow I'll test if it works from WB and I'll let you know ...

19 July 2021, 19:56	#10
Superman Super Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Wakefield Age: 48 Posts: 1,333	Looks very nice so purchased!

20 July 2021, 08:28	#12
17BitRetro Registered User Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: London Posts: 11	Hi Superman, thanks for buying. Hope you like it. Pressing the fire button using port two will activate lightgun input, but if that happens you should be able to press escape at the menu and then click a mouse button to start. The game should also detect a mouse button in either port 1 or 2.

20 July 2021, 09:59	#13
AmyMor Registered User Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: Calvi Risorta Posts: 167	Downloaded and installed from ADF version 1.1 now works wonderfully from Hard Disk, even better than the floppy counterpart that occasionally glitched. The game is installed on WB 3.9 Amiga1200 + VampireV2!

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