Space Harrier fans - a question

[Joe Redifer]

Ha ha I like Harrier Engine.  Or maybe HarrierGrafx-16.

[Necromancer]

Space Parrier?

[sunteam_paul]

That's actually pretty cool!

[esteban]

Make a China Warrior-themed Space Harrier!

Oddly enough, I already did this as a mock-up concept to see what it looked like.

I friggin' love this! I want to see the bald dude (first boss in CW) spouting fire for Space Harrier in PCE Land. 

Space Harrier in PCE Land is the way to go

Don't forget to pull stuff from the North American stuff (JJ & Jeff!), even though you love the PCE more



You know...  Ness Junior (JJ & Jeff) would be a wonderful sprite to use. Usually you only see his neck/head, but when you kill him, there's a cute little body that you get to see! God, if anybody deserves to be in this game, it's Ness Junior!

[sunteam_paul]

I've started to plough through a load of screenshots to try and pick out any potential graphics I could use. It's tricky to find things that are the correct angle and won't look completely out of place in a Space Harrier game (unfortunately, most Bonk graphics are a bit too cartoonish, but I could rework some).
Surprisingly Ai Cho Aniki has a lot of potential sprites, this guy in particular could make a great boss.

[Joe Redifer]

Yeah, with the little guys rotating around him.

[sunteam_paul]

You know...  Ness Junior (JJ & Jeff) would be a wonderful sprite to use. Usually you only see his neck/head, but when you kill him, there's a cute little body that you get to see! God, if anybody deserves to be in this game, it's Ness Junior!

I think the long necked, little body version could make a good substitute for a pillar...perhaps there could be a herd of them wandering across the screen

[Tom]

You know...  Ness Junior (JJ & Jeff) would be a wonderful sprite to use. Usually you only see his neck/head, but when you kill him, there's a cute little body that you get to see! God, if anybody deserves to be in this game, it's Ness Junior!

 Isn't the larger/long neck one just called 'Nes'? I don't remember there being two 's' in there. The joke being a 'dinosaur' named NES(s).

[sunteam_paul]

I'm having trouble finding any decent equivalents for pillars and towers in PCE games. If anyone comes across anything while playing I'd be glad to know.

[esteban]

RANDOM IDEAS:
[ul][li]It would be great to have a SUPERTINYBOSS-- the monkeypit monkeys from Legendary Axe, or something from Dungeon Explorer perhaps, (such as the green slime), or from Neutopia, (such as Seabloon, Anto, Ghostcloth) --that spouts the patented Space Harrier Dragon Flames.[/li][li]The streetlights from JJ & Jeff might work as columns, although they are really skinny.[/li][li]The missiles you dodge from Sidearms--they're too big to be columns, I suppose...[/li][li]Have the hanging snakes (stage 2) from Monster Lair be columns! It would be neat to be able to run underneath them, since they are hangining.[/li][li]Have the exploding fruit from Monster Lair, complete with the sound effects, in the game.[/li][li]The Red and Gold Gates from Samurai Ghost might work as "Mushrooms" or scrubrush groundcover.[/li][/ul]

I think the long necked, little body version could make a good substitute for a pillar...perhaps there could be a herd of them wandering across the screen

I TOTALLY AGREE! What a wonderful idea you have there

I suppose you don't like the idea I had about the bald boss from China Warrior spouting "bubble" fire... that's OK, I'll learn to live with my shattered dreams.

You know...  Ness Junior (JJ & Jeff) would be a wonderful sprite to use. Usually you only see his neck/head, but when you kill him, there's a cute little body that you get to see! God, if anybody deserves to be in this game, it's Ness Junior!

 Isn't the larger/long neck one just called 'Nes'? I don't remember there being two 's' in there. The joke being a 'dinosaur' named NES(s).

Probably, but I always pronounce "NES" as "enn eee esss", whereas I always loved the idea of Ness Junior heralding from Loch Ness.

For me, Loch Ness was so much more fun

For the record, though, I am too lazy to look at the manual, but it probably is "Nes"...

[Joe Redifer]

Any game with monkeys is an automatic 10/10.

[sunteam_paul]

Some great ideas esteban! I can't remember the ones in Side Arms but I've looked at the missiles from Gate of Thunder and they are fairly good for pillars. The hanging snakes are a great idea though.

I'm not sure about the bald boss thing because the angle is all wrong with him facing sideways...maybe there could be some way to make it work, perhaps having one either side of a boss like the dogs you get at Wi Wi Jumbo.

Current progress is: the floor is moving forwards (hoorah) and the horizon up/down is almost done, with a few tweaks needed. The floor won't be going left or right though, that's a sacrifice we had to make. Once things are a bit more solid I'll upload a video of it in action.

Oh yes, I must have monkeys somewhere.

[esteban]

I'm not sure about the bald boss thing because the angle is all wrong with him facing sideways...maybe there could be some way to make it work, perhaps having one either side of a boss like the dogs you get at Wi Wi Jumbo.

If anyone can make it work, you can .

The boss can rise up from behind the horizon, peek out, spit some bubble fire, then ducks back down. Next, he appears at the side of the screen (far left), peeks out, spits some fire, ducks back.

Or... Have a two-headed dragon with the two bald bosses (original + color-swapped) as heads. The heads flip direction when they cross the y-axis at the center of the screen. Or maybe it would be better with two different bosses heads.

Well, maybe it won't work.

Current progress is: the floor is moving forwards (hoorah) and the horizon up/down is almost done, with a few tweaks needed. The floor won't be going left or right though, that's a sacrifice we had to make. Once things are a bit more solid I'll upload a video of it in action.

Oh yes, I must have monkeys somewhere.

Splendid.

Awesome.

Fantastique!

Carry on, carry on.