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"JetPac Help!"

I need everyones help...

I've just published my latest game, but unfortunatly it was one of three I wrote last year ~(May-July time) but never got around to stickking on the web.

I went through the title yesterday evening, and I think Ive sorted out all the bugs, but I was wondering if you could take a look to see how it runs (it may not even load up in the first place)..

I thought I would see how well this one worked before I finished off the other two?

[URL]http://www.floatingmarket.uk2k.com/Games/jetpac/index.shtml[/URL]

(Its a Java game so you'll need the VM in your browser)

Any help would be amazing!... Cheers!

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> A good conversion, nonetheless. Now, if you can get the
> VIC-20 sound effects... I might consider it a masterpiece! :-)

If you can find me a Vic20 emulator that can record game sounds then your on... (I'll see what I can do about sticking the Vic20's graphics in too)

phi11ip wrote:
> It's slightly jumpy in places. (Such as the rocket taking off.)

Thanks for giving the game a try man, I really appreciate it...

Does it jump frequently? What is your systems spec? Is it just playing the JetMAn game, or do you get the same problems with Manic Miner, Asteroids, etc... as well?...

I've managed to try it out on a P2 450 so far, although I do occasionally have access to a P2 350 I haven’t had a chance to play it on there...

The only times I've had problems with the game jumping is when there are any other Java apps running (usually other VM's) or sometimes if I have a speccy emulator running at the same time - but these are unfortunately seem to be problems with the Java Virtual Machine (I have the same problems when trying to run applets not written by myself)

However, if there is a problem with the game that is my fault/that I can fix, I'd definitely appreciate any/all help I can get

Ickster wrote:
> Answer my question please

okay man, relax

Ickster wrote:
> Did you really make them games,

yep, I coded every single one of them myself (which, thinking about it, is as depressing as hell)

> and therefore have your own limited
> company?

I don't have a Limited company I just knock the games together when theres nothing good on TV

Answer my question please

A lot of young people know, the rest won't care.

Did you really make them games, and therefore have your own limited company?

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> Yeah, but there's mostly young 'uns around here.
>
> Half of 'em can't read, and the other half are probably too young to
> know who Ultimate were. They probably think it's yer hacker tag!
>
> ;-)

They should be forced to work down the mines with only Texas chewy bars for food, and Look-In magazines for entertainment until at least their mid-twenties... that'll teach'em for being younger than me!

Hugo Rune-Shanks wrote:
> To be fair, it does say copyright 1983 Ultimate play the game on the
> title screen and menu screen? :)

Yeah, but there's mostly young 'uns around here.

Half of 'em can't read, and the other half are probably too young to know who Ultimate were. They probably think it's yer hacker tag!

;-)

Pandaemonium wrote:
> Seriously, they are your work? Top notch. They play virtually
> identically to the originals.

Thanks man, much appreaciated!

> Are you working for a developer?

I wish... just too much spare time! :)

ßora† §agdiyeV wrote:
> was JetPac the same as Lunar Jetman?

Naa... JetPac was the first Jetman title... Luner Jetman was the sequal (it had scrolly landscapes, moon buggys, giant nukes and suchlike)...

I've got the ROMS for both if you'd like to try them out?

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> It's good, but to say "I've just published my latest
> game" is a bit naughty, isn't it?

lol... it was just a quickie post before I headed out for the afternoon :)

To be fair, it does say copyright 1983 Ultimate play the game on the title screen and menu screen? :)