New Atari 2600 Homebrew- Assembloids

[TrekMD]

Atari Age user enthusi is working on a new homebrew game for the Atari 2600 - Assembloids.  You can find the original thread here:  New Game: Assembloids 2600

Here is an excerpt from his post:

[font=arial black:26qo3rba]It is a fast paced reaction puzzler in 4k for the wonderful Atari 2600.  Restricting myself to 4k was very important to me, since I consider it the original spirit of the machine and indeed, I am now increasingly nervous about the ROM size limit and fight for concepts and bytes already. Some space is left, but sound fx and a few other things are still missing as well.   I am very confident, however, that it will see the light soonish.

Your screen shows 5 windows. One central and one in each of the four neighboring sides.  A quarter of a face in a particular color is given in the central window and you can place it via joystick up, right, down, left if the corresponding tile is still empty - otherwise you're losing one of your precious lives. During all that the timer bar
decreases faster and faster...

Once a full face is complete, the window is cleared again and you score points.  The amount of points depends on the colors as you probably have guessed by now.  A full face of the same color gains you 300 points.
Having 3 face parts in the same color, still results in 100 points.  Only 2 parts of equal color give 40 points and a fully mixed face a mere 10 points.  In case you were able to clear ALL windows, a whopping extra 500 points and an extra life are added as well![/font:26qo3rba]

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[TL]

Really nice looking game!

Seems like it has potential to be very addictive too! 

[TrekMD]

Yes it does.  He said he'll be posting a video soon of the gameplay.  One he does, I'll post it here as well. 

[TrekMD]

Here's a video of the game in action.  No audio yet, sorry...

[align=center:19jqydo9]Assembloids 2600 - preview[/align:19jqydo9]

[onthinice]

Nice!

I did hear that Skeletor is not happy, something about using his likeness

[TrekMD]

I did hear that Skeletor is not happy, something about using his likeness :21:

[onthinice]

It is an amazing looking game!

[TrekMD]

Here's an updated video of the game.  There is no sound on the video because of an issue with how it is being recorded.

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[TrekMD]

Here is another video of what is pretty much the completed version of the game.  This time, with sound! 

[align=center:3jyp7ch5]Assembloids 2600 - preview 4 (video capture)[/align:3jyp7ch5]

[TL]

Looks like a really cool game! 

[TrekMD]

In case you're curious, here is the C64 version, which I think is the original....

[align=center:3i10gx0g]Assembloids (16KB C64 Cartridge Version) (8580 SID)[/align:3i10gx0g]