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Title: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on December 18, 2016, 06:19:25 AM
hello i'm new on the forum. i'm a french coder and i like to remake old games my favourite is barbarian, the famous 1987 game of palace software in 2012,i have remake this game in basic for PC (with qb64) in 2014, i have ported the game on megadrive/genesis (with bex) to see my old remake, go to my website and now my project is to port the game on PC engine :dance: why the PCE ? because i was seduced by the power of the console, and the simplicity of its language : Huc Especially for this occasion, I learned the language C and since one month, i trie to tame the beast :D here is a screenshot : (http://fl.basic.free.fr/images/divers/pcengine.jpg) the development is progressing well, the game is now 100% working : update of 03/21/2017 : here is the link of roms : (http://barbarian.1987.free.fr/images/ATARI01.jpg) AtariST (http://barbarian.1987.free.fr/images/AMIGA01.jpg) Amiga500 (http://barbarian.1987.free.fr/images/CPC01.jpg) Amstrad CPC (http://barbarian.1987.free.fr/images/C6401.jpg) Commodore 64 (http://barbarian.1987.free.fr/images/ZX03.jpg) ZX Spectrum (http://barbarian.1987.free.fr/images/PC02.jpg) Ibm-Pc (http://barbarian.1987.free.fr/images/APPLE03.jpg) AppleII
thanks to TOUKO for the help and to Arkhan for the fantastic music theme !
i hope you will enjoy my project see ya F.L
Title: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: esteban on December 18, 2016, 06:50:52 AM
I never thought I would say this about Barbarian, but..."Yes!"
I know this game well. Of course, when I played it as a kid, I just jammed the joystick and mashed buttons.
Hopefully the PCE version will feature a glorious, extended soundtrack (with alternate, remixed soundtrack available).
I CAN DREAM.
:)
We support your efforts, comrade.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: touko on December 18, 2016, 07:25:20 AM
We expecting playing the classic babarian soundtrack with squirrel,and use my PCM driver for SFX .
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: elmer on December 19, 2016, 05:57:17 AM
We expecting playing the classic babarian soundtrack with squirrel,and use my PCM driver for SFX .
Are you guys using the new build of HuC?
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Gredler on December 19, 2016, 06:12:09 AM
What a first post, excellent!!
Welcome, happy to have you here!
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on December 19, 2016, 07:20:58 AM
thank all :D update of the day : i have added the blood spots and the wizard's fire
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: touko on December 19, 2016, 08:08:09 AM
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Are you guys using the new build of HuC?
Unfortunately no, F.L is new on PCE and C, and i don't want to add new difficulties. This is why for his first project i suggested him to stay on the old release for simplicity.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: elmer on December 19, 2016, 08:48:29 AM
Unfortunately no, F.L is new on PCE and C, and i don't want to add new difficulties. This is why for his first project i suggested him to stay on the old release for simplicity.
What difficulties??? :-k
I initially set up Catastrophy for DarkKobold and Gredler so that they could switch between the old compiler and the new compiler, and everything ran fine with both versions.
Then they started to use some of Uli's features in the new HuC (like ANSI prototypes and C++ comments), so now they're pretty-much-committed to the new compiler, with its speed improvements and smaller code size.
I can understand folks like The Old Rover being cautious about switching ... but for someone new to the platform, I only see benefits at this point.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: WoodyXP on December 19, 2016, 09:12:51 AM
That's what I'm talking about. I love me some Barbarian.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Dicer on December 19, 2016, 10:33:57 AM
OMG OMG OMG OMG, one of my faves from the C=64 now on my PCE!!!
Can't wait to give this a spin.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Bardoly on December 19, 2016, 03:43:58 PM
Welcome to Pcenginefx!
Cool news on this.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: touko on December 19, 2016, 09:20:43 PM
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What difficulties??? :-k
To integrate squirrel and my PCM driver . I know well the old release, and it was easy and faster to integrate those 2 things without breaking anything .
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Necromancer on December 20, 2016, 04:31:40 AM
Welcome aboard and good luck with your game. I had to google it, but it looks interesting, like a blend of pit fighter and mortal kombat but with swords and loin cloths. :mrgreen:
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: elmer on December 20, 2016, 05:30:45 AM
To integrate squirrel and my PCM driver . I know well the old release, and it was easy and faster to integrate those 2 things without breaking anything .
There's not much that I can do about your PCM driver, but that *should* just be a case of setting up the timer IRQ.
It would certainly be nice if Aetherbyte got around to officially releasing the new version of Squirrel, but I can always send you the same version that the Catastrophy guys are using (and that I sent to Aetherbyte).
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: touko on December 20, 2016, 08:21:03 PM
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There's not much that I can do about your PCM driver, but that *should* just be a case of setting up the timer IRQ.
Of course is not an impossible or too difficult problem, this is really because the time and also because i already know (i did it) how to integrate the 2 things with a custom huc quickly without any problems . F.L started this project only 1/2 weeks ago,and i hope for future projects he will use the latest version .
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It would certainly be nice if Aetherbyte got around to officially releasing the new version of Squirrel, but I can always send you the same version that the Catastrophy guys are using (and that I sent to Aetherbyte).
Yes thanks, i'll can test if all is ok with this version .
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: elmer on December 22, 2016, 05:12:26 AM
There's not much that I can do about your PCM driver, but that *should* just be a case of setting up the timer IRQ.
Of course is not an impossible or too difficult problem, this is really because the time and also because i already know (i did it) how to integrate the 2 things with a custom huc quickly without any problems . F.L started this project only 1/2 weeks ago,and i hope for future projects he will use the latest version .
It looks like he's made great progress in such a short time! :)
You shouldn't have any problem setting up your timer IRQ in the new HuC ... the changes in there aren't too significant.
You can override the timer IRQ and supply your own in exactly the same way as before, or you can edit the new macro in Squirrel's sound.inc
The idea is that Squirrel does not supply its own custom startup.asm for HuC anymore, because that means that it will break every time that HuC's startup.asm changes.
Instead, Squirrel (or any other sound driver) just defines some macros that get invoked inside startup.asm so that they can insert their own code into the initialization and IRQ handlers.
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It would certainly be nice if Aetherbyte got around to officially releasing the new version of Squirrel, but I can always send you the same version that the Catastrophy guys are using (and that I sent to Aetherbyte).
Yes thanks, i'll can test if all is ok with this version .
PM sent.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: touko on December 22, 2016, 05:24:02 AM
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It looks like he's made great progress in such a short time! :)
Yes the game is finished at 77% :wink: It was first developed for megadrive with BEX (a basic compiler), and ported directly to huc, this is why is in a so advanced state.
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PM sent.
Thanks :wink:
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on December 23, 2016, 09:49:33 AM
LOL,
this is awesome.
and, sorry we haven't really gotten around to releasing any new thing for Squirrel. It still needs completely tested and such before we do anything, and, we aren't exactly drowning in copious amounts of freetime with the whole "cold as f*ck out" and "holy shit it's Christmas already?" crap on top of the other Aetherbytery.
Maybe after the new year. Getting Inferno finished up sort of takes precedence over tweaking Squirrel since the new HuC is.. sort of in flux atm anyways, right?
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: elmer on December 26, 2016, 05:31:52 AM
Maybe after the new year. Getting Inferno finished up sort of takes precedence over tweaking Squirrel since the new HuC is.. sort of in flux atm anyways, right?
OK then, I'll keep on giving out the modified version of the Squirrel Player that I made until you get around to finishing things off to your satisfaction.
I don't want to give people any reasons to delay or discourage a chance to try the new HuC ... the changes that Uli made are really impressive, and I recommend that people give it a try.
At this point, my current version of Uli's HuC build is pretty-much-done from my POV, except for any bugs that people report.
So I don't really see it as being "in-flux".
I don't want to keep on making changes to it ... I'd rather work on the zero-page-stack version.
And with the new macro-based interface between Squirrel and the HuC startup.asm, any continued improvements in HuC shouldn't affect Squirrel at all ... I hope.
The next set of problems will crop up if/when the zero-page-stack version of HuC appears and your Squirrel interface code doesn't preserve the X register ... but that's going to be a problem-to-solve with the System Card Player, too.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: SmokeMonster on December 26, 2016, 06:19:59 AM
Incredible work porting Barbarian to PCE, FL! 8)
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on December 26, 2016, 08:46:27 AM
thanks ! today a new update of the rom what's new : - the flying heads and their shadow :mrgreen: - the score for the next update : make moving the snake see ya
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: _joshuaTurbo on December 26, 2016, 03:39:47 PM
This is terrific news! Barbarian on PCE! Thanks for joining and keeping us up to speed on things F.L
:D
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on December 26, 2016, 03:42:10 PM
Do you intend to find a new big-titted lady to do the cover art posing for this?
It seems like a good idea
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: sunteam_paul on December 26, 2016, 09:03:22 PM
Great progress so far!
Will you be updating the graphics to suit the PC Engine as well? That would elevate the project beyond a simple port and really make a differece.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: touko on December 26, 2016, 10:15:25 PM
Do you intend to find a new big-titted lady to do the cover art posing for this?
It seems like a good idea
Arkhan if you can do a squirrelised barbarian theme, you're welcome !!
I could probably do that. I don't think I will be adding arps though because no.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: touko on December 26, 2016, 11:11:41 PM
No problems arkh,you could do a better adaptation than me or F.L .
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on December 27, 2016, 01:23:00 AM
yes, making a enhanced version of barbarian will be possible. when the coding will be over, i will give the source and the ressources in the .zip of the rom for the moment, i work on the CPC version of barbarian, but i want to do the same think than i maked on megadrive/genesis: port the 7 releases of barbarian : CPC, C64, AppleII, PC-dos, ATARIst, AMIGA500, ZX SPECTRUM it may will take severals months to give you an idea of my precedent work , here is a link of the differents releases : http://barbarian.1987.free.fr/download/download.htm
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on December 27, 2016, 01:34:44 AM
You're going to release the sourcecode once you're done working on it?
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on December 27, 2016, 05:32:39 AM
yes, all my remakes are open source but for the moment, the source is not enough clean to be showed :P
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arjak on January 01, 2017, 10:04:22 AM
This is neat! I had heard of Barbarian, but never played it until now. Keep up the good work! :clap:
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on January 01, 2017, 10:23:46 AM
This is neat! I had heard of Barbarian, but never played it until now. Keep up the good work! :clap:
It is a strange, sort of stupid, but fun game.
and the chick on the cover has amazing booblies, so that's good too.
The movement is pretty decent for such a simple game, and the little touches really made it something special. I'm glad our little machine finally gets to experience it's awesomeness...
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on January 01, 2017, 10:38:59 AM
Yeah, at the time, the game was impressively animated.
the second game was ... kinda dumb though.
still neat, but, ... dumb.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on January 02, 2017, 05:47:42 AM
Thanks all For the new year, i have updated the rom : now the game has new temporary sounds , from TOUKO I hope the original sounds will be integrated next week In the same time, i'm doing the C64 version of barbarian 8) See you soon for the next update
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on January 02, 2017, 05:56:39 AM
I will try to grab some time to do the title music for this soon, at least.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on January 03, 2017, 08:15:29 AM
thanks in advance! here is the two themes of barbarian in .mid if you need : https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rg5omvwk187suyj/AAA92ths21F5pH--xC3MsEn9a?dl=0 i can have the c64 theme in .sid format but i don't know if it can help you
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: blueraven on January 03, 2017, 01:17:01 PM
I barely remember this game from bitd, but awesome to see it being programmed! Well done all!
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on January 03, 2017, 02:37:14 PM
When do you need these by, you think?
I will try to have at least one of them this week . It depends on my free time after work, lol.
It shouldn't be too hard with the MIDI already existing.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on January 03, 2017, 08:48:45 PM
good news :dance:
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on January 12, 2017, 01:29:47 AM
I will try to get to the title tonight. feel free to annoy me via email to remind me. Sometimes I get sidetracked with my own stuff and run out of time before I pass out.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Vimtoman on January 12, 2017, 02:19:05 AM
Wolf from the UK TV versions of Gladiators is the chap on the front of the Box.
I actually bought this when it came out.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: blueraven on January 12, 2017, 08:38:39 AM
There was this... computer lab in my elementary school.
It had mostly Apple IIe's and a few C64's. There were also a few IIgs's that were highly coveted by the students who were obsessed with the Oregon Trail, and other games that were popular at the time. I seem to remember a "Conan" game where you threw a dagger like a boomerang.
Barbarian was one of these games where people would flock to a computer and watch two people battle it out. Sometimes on rainy days, "recess" would be held in the library and that game along with the Game Boy version of Duck Tales and Megaman ruled our free time.
That's why this game stands out to me; it was the digital verison of "King Of The Mountain" in the computer lab, circa 1989-1990.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on January 16, 2017, 09:02:59 PM
hello here is some news arkhan is working on the music of c64 version and is doing a good job :dance: the coding of the four old 8bits versions is soon finished. (cpc, c64, appleII, pc) in a few days, i will give the links of finished roms the 16bits versions of barbarian (amiga,atari) are already on work but there is some weeks of code again. i must remake all the sprites see ya !
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on January 16, 2017, 09:07:42 PM
I will try to do the Battle Hymn in the next day or so. They should be able to be dropped in and used with Squirrel pretty simply.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: esteban on January 17, 2017, 06:35:52 AM
:)
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: spenoza on January 17, 2017, 07:55:38 AM
So, I've never actually played Barbarian at all. Anyone familiar enough with this to explain to me the basic gameplay?
select button will change the mode. you have demo> solo > vs mode select the vs mode to train try all directions with pad, you will have all the moves and defense of the game the same thing with I button used will make all the attack moves
news ot the game: while i'm waiting for the music of c64 and cpc versions (arkhan is doing a great job, soon finished :clap: ) , i have done two others version of barbarian : AppleII and PC version of 1988, nammed death sword in usa those two versions were easy to make because they have a little number of color and their sound are... basic :P clic on the pictures to download the game : (http://barbarian.1987.free.fr/images/PC02.jpg) (http://barbarian.1987.free.fr/images/APPLE03.jpg) i hope you will enjoy with this two new rom for pce ! see ya F.L
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: sunteam_paul on January 20, 2017, 09:15:07 PM
Great work! Are we going to get the Spectrum version?
Title: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: esteban on January 20, 2017, 10:02:54 PM
I implore you, you must, at the very least, allow users the *option* for Button II to make our hero grunt as he shrugs his shoulders.
Thank you.
the game is open source, modify or ehance the code is possible for anybody who want it.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Rockabilly Paradise on January 21, 2017, 04:26:16 PM
Thanks for your work on this project. Very cool of you to do this and share it. :clap:
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on January 21, 2017, 08:07:56 PM
Just out of curiousity. Are you building each version separately?
Part of the issue with Barbarian is the one tune is so friggin long, and has lots of data really.
The tempo is also weird, so it's just weird to line up in general. So, optimizing it is kind of annoying as I didn't write the song.
If you're doing each song separately, this may not matter. I can just provide each song as a separate file for each version you build.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on January 21, 2017, 10:08:06 PM
Yes, I build each version separately Each version has its small details, differences, strengths and weaknesses, but I would like to redo these 7 original versions of barbrian on pce I would integrate your two music that you are doing in the c64 and cpc versions. I realize the work that this represents and I thank you for it. Without your help, I could not finish these two versions and it would be a shame Good luck for the rest of work !
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on January 22, 2017, 06:56:54 PM
Oh. That makes it easier, and I will care less about making the long battle song optimized for space :).
I will try to get it to you this week. I got food poisoning or something over this weekend and did not do much.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on January 22, 2017, 09:07:18 PM
I lied. I got a boost of energy from these crackers and finished it for you. Sent the email, lol
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on January 23, 2017, 08:42:44 AM
I lied. I got a boost of energy from these crackers and finished it for you. Sent the email, lol
a very very big thanks to you and these crackers :dance: you have done a big work on those songs. it sounds very nice i hope i will integrate them this week with the help of touko !
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on January 29, 2017, 09:01:23 PM
hello arkhan has done a nice work for the music theme of barbarian :clap: i hope integrate it this week, with the help of TOUKO.
for the moment, i have a problem with the function set_tile_data :
in the game i have a background (displayed with load_background ) this background has only 15 colors in one palette (created with incpal) here is my problem : i need to put some tiles on my background, but in a different palette i do like this :
and it doesn't works, it put tiles with my default background palette (0) ! i hope someone can help me ! :pray:
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on January 30, 2017, 12:52:57 AM
I just woke up so this might be wrong/dumb/
I THINK you have to shift the palette reference when you use that function, by 4 bits, so it ends up setting the BAT up properly.
I remember set_tile_data being a little strange. We actually use a utility that generates the BAT and is loaded and setup with all of the palettes immediately, without using any of those functions.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: touko on January 30, 2017, 02:36:39 AM
I tried to hit the 80s eurosound while still retaining some PCE quality to it. It turned out pretty fun I think.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: touko on January 30, 2017, 06:17:08 AM
i'll say mission accomplished . By the way how i can disable some channels for sample/SFX playing ?? Because i saw the first version, and it uses all the voices .
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on January 30, 2017, 06:49:18 AM
i'll say mission accomplished . By the way how i can disable some channels for sample/SFX playing ?? Because i saw the first version, and it uses all the voices .
Is this going in with your sample driver? We never formally released the version of the utility that does the MML sound effects subtracking. But, if you're using samples, this won't really help.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on January 30, 2017, 09:41:10 AM
i dont know if it can help you TOUKO, but in the original games, you must choose between music or samples. i will do the same think for my remakes
@arkhan, whats is the name of the utility you mention and where can i download it ? thanks in advance
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: touko on January 31, 2017, 04:35:56 AM
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Is this going in with your sample driver? We never formally released the version of the utility that does the MML sound effects subtracking. But, if you're using samples, this won't really help.
Arf damn, it's not related to my driver but by sample playback, and i'll want to know if you can disable a voice temporarily for playing a sample,and re-enable it when the sample playback is finished .
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i dont know if it can help you TOUKO, but in the original games, you must choose between music or samples. i will do the same think for my remakes
Yes at least we have this solution . :)
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on January 31, 2017, 06:13:07 AM
Yeah, using the internal Squirrel version that handles subtracks won't help as it doesn't support samples.
You could make sound effects with it, though, and use those in the game in lieu of samples.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: touko on January 31, 2017, 06:40:57 AM
Yeah, using the internal Squirrel version that handles subtracks won't help as it doesn't support samples.
I suspect that it just wasn't a concern for the System Card Player which was obviously written for use with the 64KB of RAM in the original CD interface, so you couldn't afford the memory to use samples-in-RAM, and had the ADPCM unit anyway.
I'd bet that the guy that wrote it had a sample-capable version available, it just wasn't needed for the System Card Player.
I'm confident that you guys have the skill to retrofit some sample support into the current player if you ever decide that you want to take the time/energy to do so.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on January 31, 2017, 09:16:07 AM
Yeah it isn't exactly high on the list of "stuff to do" right now.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on February 09, 2017, 10:32:49 AM
hello here is my first video of the game on the real hardware : it's the AtariST version, for the moment the most finished of the 7 roms i have just received this turboeverdrive, and while i'm waiting for the music, i'm debugging because there is some little glitches on the real hardware that were not on mednafen ! see ya for the next update ! F.L
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: esteban on February 09, 2017, 01:53:03 PM
Comrade, that video looks and sounds quite nice and promising.
:)
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: touko on February 09, 2017, 10:19:11 PM
Hi, cool to see barbarian on a CRT :D For music the driver is ok, i switched it from vblank to timer interrupt due to tempo problems,but i have a little problem to include more than 1 music (bank overflow) ,but i tested quickly . For now i provided to F.L an easy way for switching between samples and music,because muting some mml channels to play samples is not so easy .
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on February 13, 2017, 08:05:49 AM
hello a second video of "deathsword" ( barbarian on AppleII and IBM-PC in the USA ) this is not the most beautifuls versions but i will port all the 7 versions of this game :P
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: esteban on February 13, 2017, 10:11:06 AM
hello a second video of "deathsword" ( barbarian on AppleII and IBM-PC in the USA ) deathsword PcEngine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_ckS5DvUBw) this is not the most beautifuls versions but i will port all the 7 versions of this game :P
The Apple II SFX are better than the IBM PC, IMHO, amirite?
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: TheOldMan on February 15, 2017, 05:28:10 PM
Congrats on the release. I assume you got the tempo problem fixed? (Yeah, using only vsync can cause things to play slowly, since there's no tempo control there.)
Does this mean we can look forward to a smple/mml player some day? :)
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on February 16, 2017, 08:48:55 AM
thanks yes, the problem is just fixed today ! its was a great moment when i have heard the arkhan's music in the game for the first time ! :dance: thanks to touko for the code and arkhan for the music ! :clap: in a few days, i will give news for the finish of the remakes !
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on February 16, 2017, 04:03:52 PM
thanks yes, the problem is just fixed today ! its was a great moment when i have heard the arkhan's music in the game for the first time ! :dance: thanks to touko for the code and arkhan for the music ! :clap: in a few days, i will give news for the finish of the remakes !
Ah, I didn't hear back from Touko. What was the overall issue? Sometimes playing e-mail tag really sucks for solving issues that could probably be fixed relatively quickly in person!
-_-;
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: touko on February 16, 2017, 08:31:18 PM
Yes sorry arkhan i was busy those days (with F.L's problems :mrgreen:). 1st huc manage banks like shit,i had to play with the game's datas inclusion to make it working(and it works very well :wink:) .. 2nd we tried to include babarianC64 with the CPC version and like i said i my MP, we have some "label multiply defined" ,WAVE_TAB,Sawp,SAWP2,MODU_TAB,wiggle,MODU_IX,WAVE_BASE,TRACK_IX .
EDIT: It's fixed, but not tested if i can switch between the two music easily . :)
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on February 16, 2017, 09:14:11 PM
Oh, you can't just include them together. Because they were created as two separate song files, they each contain the extra waves and vibrato table. You can just put all that stuff once at the end, and include the song data.
You will likely run into this HuC/PCEAS problem where if a pattern hops banks, it drops off and dies. I will fix that now and send a new version for you so the CPC song doesn't lose bass near the end of the tune.
It seems this problem only exists if PATTERNS skip banks. If the actual channel data hops banks (which patterns to play, etc.), it doesn't goober out.
To fix it, I basically just cheated and put dummy data where the break was occurring to push the pattern that was breaking into bank 2, so the pattern that breaks now is a big block of rests that mean nothing and are never actually used.
padding!
Check your PM. I sent the updated MML file for you.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: touko on February 16, 2017, 10:54:43 PM
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Oh, you can't just include them together. Because they were created as two separate song files, they each contain the extra waves and vibrato table. You can just put all that stuff once at the end, and include the song data.
I tried that too (the two mml in one, i read your readme :mrgreen:), but i have the same errors .
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To fix it, I basically just cheated and put dummy data where the break was occurring to push the pattern that was breaking into bank 2, so the pattern that breaks now is a big block of rests that mean nothing and are never actually used.
I saw that, and the fact that it's better to include the songs(each song in a bank) at the first user's bank, AKA 4 and after the GFX datas and code .
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Check your PM. I sent the updated MML file for you.
Thanks . :wink:
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on February 19, 2017, 07:10:56 AM
great news today for the game : the music theme is integrated ! :dance: touko and arkhan have done a big work to integrate the great music made by arkhan :clap: in the game, press II for switch between sfx/music for the moment , only the atari version has the music. (donwload link on the thread) in a few days (weeks?) i will integrate the music in the others version see ya
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on February 19, 2017, 10:35:51 AM
man, I really enjoy decapitating people with a d-pad instead of a shitty C64 joystick.
lol
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: TheOldMan on February 19, 2017, 12:03:10 PM
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great news today for the game : the music theme is integrated !
+1 !
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on February 19, 2017, 06:46:23 PM
Since you're doing so many different versions, it'd be awesome if you finished them all off with a fullblown remake taking advantage of the PCE CD's capabilities!
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: esteban on February 19, 2017, 10:46:36 PM
Since you're doing so many different versions, it'd be awesome if you finished them all off with a fullblown remake taking advantage of the PCE CD's capabilities!
Yes!
Plus, they can rip sprites from Beyond Shadowgate for the characters.
Perfect.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on February 20, 2017, 12:19:32 AM
why not 8) but i want to finish the originals before ;)
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: TheClash603 on February 20, 2017, 06:50:41 AM
Since you're doing so many different versions, it'd be awesome if you finished them all off with a fullblown remake taking advantage of the PCE CD's capabilities!
Yes!
Plus, they can rip sprites from Beyond Shadowgate for the characters.
Perfect.
That's a pretty amazing idea!
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on February 20, 2017, 06:51:55 AM
if its a CD game, why not full motion arnie sprites from Conan.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on February 22, 2017, 09:09:31 PM
hello before finishing the roms with music, i have just finished the 3th rom, the AMIGA version its the first 16bits version, with the most fine and coloured gfx of all the link to download the rom : https://www.dropbox.com/s/ses0lx6930ibrsk/barbarianAMIGApce.zip?dl=0 despite all the work we made with touko, there is some noise on sounds. it was very difficult to integrate them.
@arkhan : the sprites from the movie conan, it will be great but very difficult to do !
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Keith Courage on February 24, 2017, 10:19:44 AM
This is fantastic!
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: geise on February 24, 2017, 02:41:42 PM
How in THE hell did I miss this! I LOVED this game on my Atari ST. My brother and I would play this religiously. I got pretty good and just chopping opponents heads off. Thank you F.L and others for putting the work into this. This is so rad.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on February 25, 2017, 05:51:01 AM
thaks all ! i have just finished the atariST version, with the fantastic music theme re-created by arkhan : (clic on image to download) (http://barbarian.1987.free.fr/images/ATARI01.jpg) to swap between sfx and music, press II button see ya !
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Dicer on February 25, 2017, 06:17:40 AM
I get a corrupted archive on the Amiga link, the rom extracts and runs, I just get the error...
Amazing work so far, look forward to an updated PCE revision and a C= 64 version perhaps, but that aside each of these is wonderful.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on February 25, 2017, 09:15:19 AM
I get a corrupted archive on the Amiga link, the rom extracts and runs, I just get the error...
Amazing work so far, look forward to an updated PCE revision and a C= 64 version perhaps, but that aside each of these is wonderful.
thanks for the alert. i have updated the zip : https://www.dropbox.com/s/ses0lx6930ibrsk/barbarianAMIGApce.zip?dl=0 in the zip, there is a second zip (opensource.zip) with all the source and ressources. the error came from this second zip. please re-download and say me if its works. bye
edit : the c64 version is soon finished. i must integrate the music. i hope to finish it in some days
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Dicer on February 25, 2017, 10:27:16 AM
I get a corrupted archive on the Amiga link, the rom extracts and runs, I just get the error...
Amazing work so far, look forward to an updated PCE revision and a C= 64 version perhaps, but that aside each of these is wonderful.
thanks for the alert. i have updated the zip : https://www.dropbox.com/s/ses0lx6930ibrsk/barbarianAMIGApce.zip?dl=0 in the zip, there is a second zip (opensource.zip) with all the source and ressources. the error came from this second zip. please re-download and say me if its works. bye
edit : the c64 version is soon finished. i must integrate the music. i hope to finish it in some days
This link worked without error :)
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Keith Courage on February 26, 2017, 07:16:56 PM
I can't get the amiga version to work with my V1 everdrive but the Atari version works perfectly. The amiga version just boots to a blank screen.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on February 27, 2017, 05:17:33 AM
I can't get the amiga version to work with my V1 everdrive but the Atari version works perfectly. The amiga version just boots to a blank screen.
its strange. i will test it on my v2 everdrive. anyone have the same problem ?
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on March 02, 2017, 05:41:30 AM
i have just tested it. it works fine :?: in doubt, i have updated the zip : https://www.dropbox.com/s/ses0lx6930ibrsk/barbarianAMIGApce.zip?dl=0 re-try and say me maybe the file was corrupted ? (my dropbox were full) maybe you must update the bios of your everdrive ? see ya F.L
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Keith Courage on March 02, 2017, 03:38:42 PM
That did it. It works now :) Must have been corrupted the 1st time.
Nice work on these ports.
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on March 04, 2017, 02:12:43 AM
thanks 8)
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on March 04, 2017, 05:42:58 AM
hello and now, the ZX Spectrum version : link of the rom : https://www.dropbox.com/s/911w8afc3qoqokk/barbarianSPECTRUMpce.zip?dl=0
bye F.L
Title: Re: (work in progress) Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on March 13, 2017, 10:31:34 AM
hello it's me again with the 6th rom of barbarian on PCE, the Commodore 64 version, with the wonderful music maded by arkhan :dance: on the video the sound is bad, but the sound effects are here. TOUKO helped me to integrate the two music ingame + sounds effects and it were difficult ! i have modified the difficulty, its a little more hard. say me if you reach the wizard again :evil: And here is the link of the rom : https://www.dropbox.com/s/b9dzyd4nzm68jc6/barbarianC64pce.zip?dl=0 the last rom but not the least (CPC) will be available maybe last week, if i found free time. bye
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on March 21, 2017, 10:27:11 AM
and now, the last but not the least, my lovely, the Amstrad CPC version : :dance: link of the rom : https://www.dropbox.com/s/57mfxzjv9fr0ahj/barbarianCPCpce.zip?dl=0 you can find all the links on the page 1 of the thread now, i have finished the 7 versions of the game i hope you have enjoy like me this coding adventure : in 3 months i have learned the C, discover Huc and the Pce, and ported the game ! see ya for another port (maybe :P) bye F.L
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Dicer on March 21, 2017, 10:37:22 AM
and now, the last but not the least, my lovely, the Amstrad CPC version : :dance: barbarian SPECTRUM PcEngine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poo5cJNhtuw) link of the rom : https://www.dropbox.com/s/57mfxzjv9fr0ahj/barbarianCPCpce.zip?dl=0 you can find all the links on the page 1 of the thread now, i have finished the 7 versions of the game i hope you have enjoy like me this coding adventure : in 3 months i have learned the C, discover Huc and the Pce, and ported the game ! see ya for another port (maybe :P) bye F.L
Now we need an officially pressed disc....because reasons. Excellent work.
I won't suggest what you tackle next.
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: exodus on March 21, 2017, 12:58:58 PM
The PCE version isn't done yet, right? If it is, I sure can't find it in this thread or on your site!
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: roflmao on March 21, 2017, 04:44:44 PM
Very cool!
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on March 22, 2017, 02:02:08 AM
thanks all no pressed disc but maybe hucards 8)
i dont know what will be my next project, but nothing for the moment !
exodus, yes the pce version is finished, you can find the link of the 7 roms on page 1
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: TheClash603 on March 22, 2017, 05:43:18 PM
i dont know what will be my next project, but nothing for the moment !
exodus, yes the pce version is finished, you can find the link of the 7 roms on page 1
When he says a PCE version. I think he means a version with brand new graphics that take advantage of the PCE's graphic & sound capabilities. I also hope you will do this someday!
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on March 24, 2017, 11:12:48 AM
ok, but for the moment i make a big pause in coding i like to code in winter, i have more free time maybe one day i will make a new game on pce, this console is very pleasant to code :dance:
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Dicer on March 24, 2017, 11:21:01 AM
ok, but for the moment i make a big pause in coding i like to code in winter, i have more free time maybe one day i will make a new game on pce, this console is very pleasant to code :dance:
Anything you do is appreciated, glad to have you aboard.... :)
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on March 24, 2017, 02:00:01 PM
thanks :P
i have just fixed a bug in the IA, who could freeze the screen ! i have updated all the .zip you must download again the roms, sorry :-s
yes, with pce, there is patches too :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Bardoly on March 25, 2017, 11:31:49 AM
[quote author=F.L link=topic=21770.msg489912#msg489912 date=1490393568 maybe one day i will make a new game on pce, this console is very pleasant to code :dance:
Please do! :pray:
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: esteban on March 27, 2017, 10:44:11 AM
... and Contra, but the MSX Contra wouldn't be that fantastic on PCE.
Just imagine NES Contra on PCE, but with better graphics and music...
'
I've always imagined the Famicom version(for the extra animation), but with the arcade Contra's graphics on the Turbob. IIRC, either Black Tiger or Keranu did some sprite ripping & color adjusting as a test.
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Digi.k on April 12, 2017, 03:15:31 AM
... and Contra, but the MSX Contra wouldn't be that fantastic on PCE.
Just imagine NES Contra on PCE, but with better graphics and music...
You mean imagine Contra 3 ? lol.
The MSX Contra is a completely different game. It doesn't even scroll, has a life bar, and is kind of easy because the lack of scrolling makes the action way too easy to manage.
It's fun still, but the NES one was better.
The other MSX Konami games are barely worth bothering. We've already got Salamander. So, doing Manbow or anything like it is whatever.
Maze of Galious and Knightmare would be cool to see though. But really, Knightmare is just another vertical shooter. We don't need another.
Treasure of Usas or King Kong? Good ideas.
Or the Goonies game.
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: spenoza on April 19, 2017, 07:23:31 AM
Contra in general is a gaping hole in the PCE's library. PCE needs run n' guns.
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on April 19, 2017, 10:51:12 AM
What's interesting to me is that there's only really two run and guns that anyone talks about.
Gunstar Heroes, and Contra. So, it is kind of comical that it's such a hot, desired genre.
What other badass run n guns are there? I can't really think of one but there has to be.
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Necromancer on April 19, 2017, 10:52:41 AM
What other badass run n guns are there? I can't really think of one but there has to be.
Earthworm Jim and the Metal Slug series.
I never really considered EWJ to be a run and gun I guess, since the pacing is strange at times and there's alot of goobery platforming and the whippy thing. That game is odd as f*ck.
I excluded Metal Slug in my thought process since I was thinking in terms of 8/16 bit console stuff.
I would honestly rather see EWJ on PCE than Contra, though. Even though it's probably a more difficult feat and would definitely suffer visually.
I guess Mega Man counts as a run and gun too, but I always just kind of put MM in it's own entire genre.
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Gredler on April 19, 2017, 11:24:56 AM
Sunset Riders is so similar to those games, I loved it, it does not count?
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Punch on April 19, 2017, 12:38:16 PM
I liked Gunforce on the SNES, don't judge me.
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Dicer on April 19, 2017, 02:21:48 PM
NVM I am old an losing my mind...
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: spenoza on April 19, 2017, 02:28:42 PM
Seriously, original, new run n gun or GTFO. Contra on NES already exists and plays just fine.
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on April 19, 2017, 06:09:14 PM
Jackyl. Bonknuts brought that to the Turbob(along with Contra IIRC). I thought about making a cd soundtrack for it, hopefully someday. Was also hoping me doing that would inspire someone to work with putting the arcade gfx into it.
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: TheClash603 on April 22, 2017, 07:01:59 AM
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on April 29, 2017, 11:30:04 AM
Unless maybe someone built the 2 NGPC Metal Slugs on the Turbob. Surely those can be done, & made to look better! I do recall some paralax, can't recall how extensive it was though.
Or, someone could rebuild Dirty Larry for Lynx, & improve it & make it a run n' gun/brawler hybrid!
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on September 29, 2017, 10:54:16 AM
hello i have done some hucards for me and those who have helped me the project is no finished thanks again to arkhan for his great music a pic of the kit : (http://barbarian.1987.free.fr/images/hucards03.jpg) (http://barbarian.1987.free.fr/images/hucards01.jpg) bye F.L
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Digi.k on September 29, 2017, 11:36:56 AM
wow looks great
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: esteban on September 29, 2017, 04:54:40 PM
hello i have done some hucards for me and those who have helped me the project is no finished thanks again to arkhan for his great music a pic of the kit : (http://barbarian.1987.free.fr/images/hucards03.jpg) (http://barbarian.1987.free.fr/images/hucards01.jpg) bye F.L
I concur with digi.k, everything looks great.
:)
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on September 29, 2017, 08:21:45 PM
Thanks ! 8)
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on September 30, 2017, 06:48:36 AM
lol too bad it doesnt come with Maria Whittaker pullout posters
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on September 30, 2017, 11:59:25 PM
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on October 01, 2017, 02:34:04 AM
Yes
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Gredler on October 01, 2017, 07:41:34 AM
Best pce hombrew and thread by a billion measures. Excellent stuff, thanks for elevating our craft
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Necromancer on October 02, 2017, 02:59:44 AM
Pretty neato. Nice packaging.
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on October 03, 2017, 10:12:32 AM
thanks ! 8)
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: spenoza on October 09, 2017, 08:24:51 AM
So, are you doing separate carts for every version, or are you bundling all the versions together and letting people choose which to play?
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on October 09, 2017, 09:00:40 AM
i have done separate carts for each version you can download the 7 versions in the first page of the topic :wink: and here is a pic of the 20 hucards : (http://barbarian.1987.free.fr/images/hucards02.jpg)
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: spenoza on October 10, 2017, 05:53:14 AM
Now that you've acquired sufficient skill with the PC Engine, will you be doing any more ports of old PC games, or even new, original content?
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Michirin9801 on October 10, 2017, 04:50:04 PM
i don't know if i will do another game..... not the the moment, i do a pause in coding.
if oneday i make a new one, i'd like to make a metal slug clone :dance: but maybe its only a dream ...
This is a magnificent dream.
Even a one stage demo of a “MetalGrafx” Run-n-gun would be marvelous.
A pcefx member here has *completely original* art assets for PC GUNJIN (title of cancelled project) that are *begging* to be reincarnated in a new demo/project.
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Punch on October 11, 2017, 09:09:47 AM
Super Vehicle-001 Metal Zonk
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: BigusSchmuck on October 11, 2017, 05:02:08 PM
Hurry up and take my money! Seriously, where can we buy this?
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on October 12, 2017, 07:09:49 PM
Those 20 hucards are not to sale ! I keep 7 for me (one of each version) and i have given all the rest Its a new concept : free homebrew 8)
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on October 14, 2017, 09:34:49 PM
Hello Here is one of the hucards of a friend on youtube : https://youtu.be/v243h_lcC84 On the video, he is doing an interesting thing : the original game (c64) and the remake on the same old tv See ya !
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: esteban on October 20, 2017, 12:11:50 PM
Hello Here is one of the hucards of a friend on youtube : https://youtu.be/v243h_lcC84 On the video, he is doing an interesting thing : the original game (c64) and the remake on the same old tv See ya !
Hello Here is one of the hucards of a friend on youtube : https://youtu.be/v243h_lcC84 On the video, he is doing an interesting thing : the original game (c64) and the remake on the same old tv See ya !
I clicked on the link above (twice!), but I did not receive a single email confirming that the package (Le Barbie HuCARD) had been shipped to New Jersey, USA.
Please confirm tracking number.
Thank you.
:)
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: F.L on October 20, 2017, 09:05:30 PM
it's not an error ! :P
sorry, all the hucard are gone... only arkhan from this forum have received two hucards, for the thanking him to the great music he made. i hope he will take a pic to show them on the forum 8)
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on October 24, 2017, 10:15:27 AM
sorry, all the hucard are gone... only arkhan from this forum have received two hucards, for the thanking him to the great music he made. i hope he will take a pic to show them on the forum 8)
Thank you for reminding me to do that.
I am not really one to keep up on the whole "picture" thing.
I'll try and remember today when I get in.
Title: Re: Barbarian on PCE
Post by: Arkhan on October 24, 2017, 06:50:33 PM