Kiki KaiKai on the Amiga?

[Nobby_UK]

Just tried the (Emulated) MSX2 version
on PC = OK, scrolling a bit off
on Amiga = Graphics Scrambled + Resets (prob on the wrong settings ?)

[Cris1997XX]

Originally Posted by gimbal

That just makes it all the more prudent to roll new levels and provide players with something new in the old

The original already had long and drawn out levels, so you might want to make them shorter

[gimbal]

Well there you go. In my opinion a game is only worth remaking or porting if you have a list of things that you want to improve in it. Less drawn out levels sounds like one of them.

[idrougge]

This was called »Pocky & Rocky« on the SNES.

[Photon]

Gameplay reads like Knightmare on MSX / Pocky & Rocky on SNES and should be doable on Amiga OCS, it's an 8-way shooter like Ikari Warriors, or for that matter Gauntlet/Garrison except not so much focus on hoardes/RPG.

[ImmortalA1000]

Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

Most games are really too demanding for the A500. Or you have to remove parts, parts, parts until it fits.....

Tinyus proves it's ALWAYS an issue of talent not hardware, 99.99% of Amiga commercial games are technically shit based on the superhuman efforts of making the Lorraine prototype a reality.

Look forward to an arcade perfect 32 colour Salamander.............

[Photon]

Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

Most games are really too demanding for the A500. Or you have to remove parts, parts, parts until it fits.....

This is true, however most arcade games didn't use many colors until around 1987, and it took a year or two for them to actually arrive in arcades.

Salamander is an example where e.g. the C64 release beat the arcade release by a year or three.

Now as I wrote, the gameplay of Kiki Kai Kai can be duplicated perfectly on Amiga, but there were many ports that made it to 8-bit but never to Amiga. In the case of Atari Games arcades, it's understandable that they withheld the Amiga release - "Business is war" and all that.

When it comes to the number of colors, it's wise to reduce colors if targeting the A500 specifically. The gameplay will be better, and full-framerate like the arcade which used single purpose chips until the advent of system boards later.

If color count is the most important, you simply target AGA and at least that problem is solved.

As far as quantity of content is concerned, it's not a problem for A500 since even the mightiest arcade games up until the A500 had 512K ROM, on the outside 2MB ROM which can fit on a couple disks just fine.

[jotd]

Cobra Mission that's a lot of fan service!

[saimon69]

We port hat we like though, so if is not your flavor this does not mean stop us from doing that

[lmimmfn]

On topic, I didn't even know the name if this game, I used to play it regularly in the late 80s in a small shop before it was replaced with Tiger Heli. Thanks OP for reminding me of a game I played but completely forgot.

I would love an Amiga version of this, seems completely do'able