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THEN THE CODE WAS TRANSCODED | | LINE-BY-LINE TO 68K ASSEMBLY. | | THE 'CORE' CODE IS PLATFORM-AGNOSTIC AND CALLS OUT TO AN | | OPERATING SYSTEM DEPENDENT (OSD) LAYER WRITTEN FOR | | EACH TARGET PLATFORM. | | | | THE ORIGINAL TARGET IS THE NEO GEO (AES/MVS/CD). | | IT RUNS IN 'TATE' MODE. | | | | SUBSEQUENT TARGETS INCLUDE THE AGA AMIGA. | | | | IN THEORY THE CORE CAN BE PORTED EASILY TO ANY 68K TARGET | | THAT CAN SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION, NUMBER OF SPRITES | | (PERFORMANCE) AND PALETTE. | | | | | | | | XEVIOUS AND SUPER XEVIOUS ARE INCLUDED :) | | | | | | | | PROGRESS: | | | | | | THE CORE TRANSCODE IS 100% COMPLETE. | | ONE "LAST" GAMEPLAY BUG TO BE CONFIRMED. | | | | THE NEO GEO TARGET IS PLAYABLE WITH SOUND ON AN EMULATOR | | AND ALSO ON REAL HARDWARE (TESTED ON AN AES WITH NEOSD | | CARTRIDGE AND NGCD). BETA1 HAS BEEN RELEASED | | (HTTPS://TCDEV.ITCH.IO/XEVIOUS). | | | | THE AMIGA TARGET IS PLAYABLE. | | A1200 WITH FAST MEMORY IS RECOMMENDED. | | | | | | | | FEATURES: | | | | | | - GAME PLAY IS IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL ARCADE GAME, | | INCLUDING THE PSEUDO-RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION. | | | | - ORIGINAL DIPSWITCH OPTIONS SUPPORTED | | (EXCEPT COCKTAIL CABINET MODE) | | | | - ALL ORIGINAL GRAPHICS AND COLOURS REPRODUCED PERFECTLY | | ON NEO GEO TARGET | | | | - 1 OR 2 PLAYERS SUPPORTED | | | | - HIGH SCORE LOAD/SAVE | | | | | | | | CREDITS: | | | | | | - MARK MCDOUGALL (AKA TCDEV): | | REVERSE-ENGINEERING, CORE AND NEO GEO CODE AND ASSETS | | | | - JEAN-FRANCOIS FABRE (AKA JOTD): AMIGA CODE AND ASSETS | | | | - ANDRZEJ DOBROWOLSKI (AKA NO9): AMIGA MUSIC | | | | - DANYPPC: AMIGA ICON | | | | - PHX: PTPLAYER SOUND/MUSIC REPLAY AMIGA CODE | | - NAMCO: ORIGINAL GAME :) | | | | | | | | | | *** S Y S T E M R E Q U I R E M E N T S *** | | | | | | AMIGA AGA | | | | | | -*-----------------------------------------------------------*- | | | | | | | `---------------------------------------------------------------------' .---------------------------------------------------------------------. | | | - -- --- W E S E N D O U R R E S P E C T S T O --- -- - | | | | | | QUARTEX, FAIRLIGHT, PRODIGY, LIGHTFORCE, CLASSIC, HOODLUM, LSD, | | PARADOX, BAD KARMA, ROYAL, RAZOR 1911, SKID ROW, SUNFLEX INC. | | ACCESSION - OLYMPUS - ORION - THE ORB | | | | | | - --*- C A U S E T H E Y A R E T H E T R U E -*-- - | | - -*- - H E R O E S O N A M I G A - -*- - | | | `---------------------------------------------------------------------' .---------------------------------------------------------------------. | | | >!!!$$$### L A S T C O M M E N T S ###$$$!!!< | | | |* THIS RELEASE IS DEDICATED TO ALL TRUSTY TRSi! BELIEVERS WORLDWIDE *| | * WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER !!! * | | * SUPPORT AMIGA ! IF YOU LIKE THE GAME BUY THE ORIGINAL ! * | | | `---------------------------------------------------------------------' @BEGIN_FILE_ID.DIZ _____ ___ _____ _____ \ /_ / \\ __\_ _/ / __// /__/\_ \ / tRISTAR aND /_ / /__/ / / /___/ rED sECTOR iNC. < \__/ -- - \____/ - --2F---------------- -> | 07-APR-2023 | XEVIOUS 1200 - FINAL | | (C) 2023 JOTD | `-[AGA]------------------------[-NFO!]-- -> @END_FILE_ID.DIZ