New Atari 7800 Homebrew - Rider of the Night

[TrekMD]

Atari Age member francodragon is working on a new title for the Atari 7800 inspired by the TV show Knight Rider:  Rider of the Night!

You are Mike Night in a city held hostage by crime and corruption.  Nobody can escape areas of the city unless they manage to race on dangerous roads with hazards such as red orbs that will empty your gas tank and bombs thrown from planes.   Only then secret tunnels to other parts of the city will be unveiled if you manage to obtain the checkered flags.

There is a mastermind behind all the crime. Defeat him and the city will return to its peaceful state.

CONTROLS ON WORLD MAPS:  Control pad to move in four directions: (up, down, left right).

CONTROLS WHILE DRIVING ON TRACKS:  Left and Right to move car; left fire button to accelerate. (The right button was supposed to be the horn but at
times it doesn't work.)

CONTROLS WHILE FIGHTING:  Control pad to move in four directions; left fire button to punch.

There are four parts to the large city.  Each area has several tracks represented by parked cars located somewhere on each area map.  Just touch the parked cars and you'll immediately start a race.In the race, it's pretty much an avoidance game as cars will run you off the road and red orbs will drain your fuel if you touch them.  Green orbs will replenish your fuel.  In later levels you'll also have to dodge bombs from planes.

While on the city maps, there are semis filled with goons hired by the crime boss.  If you end up meeting one, start punching the goon immediately so he  goes to the right of the screen.  If you get moved to the left side of the screen, the game is over.

There is no score- you just need to survive throughout the whole game and kick crime out of the city.
 
By no means is this game perfect- there are glitches, screen flicker, things appearing disappearing, etc..   Voice code has been added but there is no way to test it with MESS. 

This is another 512K game so using the Prosystem emulator WILL NOT work.

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[TrekMD]

Work has continued on this game and there is planned release.  Here's a video of the game and a cartridge label design...

http://youtu.be/YygedmgQ96Q