Will there ever be a Runemaster 3 MSX port or game on Amiga?

Paulthetall · 31 May 2023, 13:15

Past years there has been some significant releases of ports for Atari, C64 and MSX to Amiga. MSX games has a small part (besides a way much bigger part for Amiga) One of them has already been released...Metal Gear (Thanks so much Hoffman!!)! There are some more still on my Wishlist, like Snatcher, Kings Valley 2 (including level Editor) and Metal Gear 2 (wishful thinking).

BUT, there has been 1 game which has a special character. Its a very cool interactive board game: Runemaster 3!

- 4 characters you can choose from with each its specialties
- 3 opponents which can be a real player or CPU.
- Fight battles and bosses and receive gold which you can use to buy stuff!
- special options in battles using MP Points
- HP Points (when Zero you are dead and have to start over or start from last rest point (shop),
- Shop to buy and regain health, weapons, life (regain health), tools etc. and
even gamble using monkey climb games!.
- Its always different/diverse (because you throw dices and enemies and soldiers (who may join your army) are random on the tiles you come (except for bosses).
- Cool game play with battles throwing dices against each other and depending on your Army you may throw up to 4 to 5 dices at a time (when really lucky with soldiers joining you)!
- Because every game varies (except for base lines) it keeps being very nice to play.

So game porters, game developers...please consider porting/creating this game or sort like game

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Sani11 · 31 May 2023, 15:59

Ah, Runemaster 3, what a gem! Dice, randomness, replayability, loved it all. Fingers crossed for Snatcher and Kings Valley 2!

saimon69 · 31 May 2023, 17:33

Would love policenauts too, but i know that is a bad beast

Paulthetall · 01 June 2023, 10:29

Yeah, well, the list is of curse much longer (Pinguin Adventure 2 which was is in my TOP 5 as well).

But maybe another cool ports/projects are:

- Gunfright (quite simple but funny game)
[ Show youtube player ]

- Treasure of USAS
[ Show youtube player ]

Eggerland 2
[ Show youtube player ]

Firebird:
[ Show youtube player ]

Kingkong 2
[ Show youtube player ]

YS and YS 2 (Snatcher graphics like)
[ Show youtube player ]

Paulthetall · 01 June 2023, 11:58

Some more inspiration for the porters/Developers:

Akambe Dragon (great board action game)
[ Show youtube player ]

Higemaru Makaijima (Amazing game)
[ Show youtube player ]

Girly block
[ Show youtube player ]

Penant Race 2 (Baseball)
[ Show youtube player ]

Ganbare Goeman
[ Show youtube player ]

Mr Ghost
[ Show youtube player ]

PortuguesePilot · 01 June 2023, 12:28

If the games don't have an open source, or an available reverse-engineered code, then the chances of any of them ever being ported to the Amiga are very slim.

Besides Metal Gear, Knightmare (Majyo Densetsu) has also been converted and the end result is quite good.

There was a "WIP" of Tempations shown a few months ago but that was a RedPill recreation ( [ Show youtube player ]), using the graphic assets of the original game. That, IMO, is not a real direct port.

Paulthetall · 01 June 2023, 13:26

Remakes/Recreations, are also fine with me when Porting is not possible

Because of the latest dev apps like redpill its get perhaps more interesting to get ideas what to make. These examples might enlighten some devs.

HTML Code:

There was a "WIP" of Tempations shown a few months ago but that was a RedPill recreation

Yep, there are some more MSX remakes, like Vampire Killer/Castlevania, Green Beret, Tynius, Kings Valley as a few examples, but I hope all the cool MSX titles will get or a port or a remake somehow in the Future.

Cool thing of remakes, is the ability to improve/extend the game with better graphics, intro's etc.

For Maze of Galious this is a cool remake where the devs has open sourced it.

saimon69 · 01 June 2023, 18:49

Other games that stimulated me at the time were Daiva V and Space Manbow, the seemingly precursor to ThunderCross arcade.

GunFright is a speccy port and, as such, would like to see it made in Viva! Mortis 8+8 color palette style

[ Show youtube player ]

Paulthetall · 01 June 2023, 19:36

Then you may like Treasure Trap

[ Show youtube player ]

saimon69 · 01 June 2023, 19:41

Does not have the speccy palette nor the Ultimate look - else Cadaver is another one in the style, or maybe the isometric Resident Evil remake being made on the megadrive?
(i envision Dead Space made that way)

Paulthetall · 04 June 2023, 14:40

Here a quick list of ports and remakes so far for MSX games:
Hope a lot of remakes will coming soon

Batman (speccy) Head Over Heels, Entombed): https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=1077
Metal Gear (port): https://hoffman.home.blog/metal-gear/
Nightmare (port): https://hoffman.home.blog/knightmare/
Green Beret: https://danteretrodev.itch.io/greenberet
Castlevania/Vampire killer: https://danteretrodev.itch.io/akumajou-dracula-aga
Kings Valley: https://www.indieretronews.com/2021/...er-is-now.html
Temptations: https://www.indieretronews.com/2023/...cd32-port.html
Wonderboy: https://acidbottle.itch.io/amiga-wonderboy
Kung Fu Master: https://mcgeezer.itch.io/kung-fu-remaster
H.E.R.O.: https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=98251? https://matze1887.itch.io/rero (other remake but its unfinished)
Bagman: https://jotd.pagesperso-orange.fr/bagman/index.html
Super Sprint: https://mcgeezer.itch.io/turbo-sprint
Rygar: https://mcgeezer.itch.io/rygar-aga
Bomb Jack: https://mcgeezer.itch.io/bomb-jack-beer-edition
Pitfall: https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=105710
Gradius/Nemesis: https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=105695
Galaga: https://www.indieretronews.com/2023/...ersion-by.html

gimbal · 05 June 2023, 16:08

Or ports of the arcade version. If anyone would port Road Fighter for example, the arcade version is essentially very similar when it comes to graphics and sound but it just has more filler that adds to the gameplay value. So go for that one instead.

saimon69 · 05 June 2023, 18:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by gimbal

Or ports of the arcade version. If anyone would port Road Fighter for example, the arcade version is essentially very similar when it comes to graphics and sound but it just has more filler that adds to the gameplay value. So go for that one instead.

Why just port it? I would be glad if extra races are added!

31 May 2023, 13:15	#1
Paulthetall Registered User Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: netherlands Posts: 96	Will there ever be a Runemaster 3 MSX port or game on Amiga? Past years there has been some significant releases of ports for Atari, C64 and MSX to Amiga. MSX games has a small part (besides a way much bigger part for Amiga) One of them has already been released...Metal Gear (Thanks so much Hoffman!!)! There are some more still on my Wishlist, like Snatcher, Kings Valley 2 (including level Editor) and Metal Gear 2 (wishful thinking). BUT, there has been 1 game which has a special character. Its a very cool interactive board game: Runemaster 3! - 4 characters you can choose from with each its specialties - 3 opponents which can be a real player or CPU. - Fight battles and bosses and receive gold which you can use to buy stuff! - special options in battles using MP Points - HP Points (when Zero you are dead and have to start over or start from last rest point (shop), - Shop to buy and regain health, weapons, life (regain health), tools etc. and even gamble using monkey climb games!. - Its always different/diverse (because you throw dices and enemies and soldiers (who may join your army) are random on the tiles you come (except for bosses). - Cool game play with battles throwing dices against each other and depending on your Army you may throw up to 4 to 5 dices at a time (when really lucky with soldiers joining you)! - Because every game varies (except for base lines) it keeps being very nice to play. So game porters, game developers...please consider porting/creating this game or sort like game [ Show youtube player ] Last edited by Paulthetall; 31 May 2023 at 13:57.

01 June 2023, 13:26	#7
Paulthetall Registered User Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: netherlands Posts: 96	Remakes/Recreations, are also fine with me when Porting is not possible Because of the latest dev apps like redpill its get perhaps more interesting to get ideas what to make. These examples might enlighten some devs. HTML Code: There was a "WIP" of Tempations shown a few months ago but that was a RedPill recreation Yep, there are some more MSX remakes, like Vampire Killer/Castlevania, Green Beret, Tynius, Kings Valley as a few examples, but I hope all the cool MSX titles will get or a port or a remake somehow in the Future. Cool thing of remakes, is the ability to improve/extend the game with better graphics, intro's etc. For Maze of Galious this is a cool remake where the devs has open sourced it. Last edited by Paulthetall; 01 June 2023 at 13:58.

01 June 2023, 18:49	#8
saimon69 J.M.D - Bedroom Musician Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: los angeles,ca Posts: 3,520	Other games that stimulated me at the time were Daiva V and Space Manbow, the seemingly precursor to ThunderCross arcade. GunFright is a speccy port and, as such, would like to see it made in Viva! Mortis 8+8 color palette style [ Show youtube player ] Last edited by saimon69; 01 June 2023 at 19:22.

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31 May 2023, 15:59	#2
Sani11 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2023 Location: Washington/USA Posts: 35	Ah, Runemaster 3, what a gem! Dice, randomness, replayability, loved it all. Fingers crossed for Snatcher and Kings Valley 2!

31 May 2023, 17:33	#3
saimon69 J.M.D - Bedroom Musician Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: los angeles,ca Posts: 3,520	Would love policenauts too, but i know that is a bad beast

01 June 2023, 10:29	#4
Paulthetall Registered User Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: netherlands Posts: 96	Yeah, well, the list is of curse much longer (Pinguin Adventure 2 which was is in my TOP 5 as well). But maybe another cool ports/projects are: - Gunfright (quite simple but funny game) [ Show youtube player ] - Treasure of USAS [ Show youtube player ] Eggerland 2 [ Show youtube player ] Firebird: [ Show youtube player ] Kingkong 2 [ Show youtube player ] YS and YS 2 (Snatcher graphics like) [ Show youtube player ]

01 June 2023, 11:58	#5
Paulthetall Registered User Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: netherlands Posts: 96	Some more inspiration for the porters/Developers: Akambe Dragon (great board action game) [ Show youtube player ] Higemaru Makaijima (Amazing game) [ Show youtube player ] Girly block [ Show youtube player ] Penant Race 2 (Baseball) [ Show youtube player ] Ganbare Goeman [ Show youtube player ] Mr Ghost [ Show youtube player ]

01 June 2023, 12:28	#6
PortuguesePilot Global Moderator Join Date: May 2013 Location: Setúbal, Portugal Posts: 609	If the games don't have an open source, or an available reverse-engineered code, then the chances of any of them ever being ported to the Amiga are very slim. Besides Metal Gear, Knightmare (Majyo Densetsu) has also been converted and the end result is quite good. There was a "WIP" of Tempations shown a few months ago but that was a RedPill recreation ( [ Show youtube player ]), using the graphic assets of the original game. That, IMO, is not a real direct port.

01 June 2023, 19:36	#9
Paulthetall Registered User Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: netherlands Posts: 96	Then you may like Treasure Trap [ Show youtube player ]

01 June 2023, 19:41	#10
saimon69 J.M.D - Bedroom Musician Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: los angeles,ca Posts: 3,520	Does not have the speccy palette nor the Ultimate look - else Cadaver is another one in the style, or maybe the isometric Resident Evil remake being made on the megadrive? (i envision Dead Space made that way)

04 June 2023, 14:40	#11
Paulthetall Registered User Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: netherlands Posts: 96	Here a quick list of ports and remakes so far for MSX games: Hope a lot of remakes will coming soon Batman (speccy) Head Over Heels, Entombed): https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=1077 Metal Gear (port): https://hoffman.home.blog/metal-gear/ Nightmare (port): https://hoffman.home.blog/knightmare/ Green Beret: https://danteretrodev.itch.io/greenberet Castlevania/Vampire killer: https://danteretrodev.itch.io/akumajou-dracula-aga Kings Valley: https://www.indieretronews.com/2021/...er-is-now.html Temptations: https://www.indieretronews.com/2023/...cd32-port.html Wonderboy: https://acidbottle.itch.io/amiga-wonderboy Kung Fu Master: https://mcgeezer.itch.io/kung-fu-remaster H.E.R.O.: https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=98251? https://matze1887.itch.io/rero (other remake but its unfinished) Bagman: https://jotd.pagesperso-orange.fr/bagman/index.html Super Sprint: https://mcgeezer.itch.io/turbo-sprint Rygar: https://mcgeezer.itch.io/rygar-aga Bomb Jack: https://mcgeezer.itch.io/bomb-jack-beer-edition Pitfall: https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=105710 Gradius/Nemesis: https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=105695 Galaga: https://www.indieretronews.com/2023/...ersion-by.html

05 June 2023, 16:08	#12
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,914	Or ports of the arcade version. If anyone would port Road Fighter for example, the arcade version is essentially very similar when it comes to graphics and sound but it just has more filler that adds to the gameplay value. So go for that one instead.

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