I've just finished a new port for the beeb of Canyon Bomber.
Like my other "emulator" games it is actually a source code port, but with source code that comes from me disassembling the arcade ROM.
I don't want *. to get accused of distributing arcade ROMs, so the game loads the original ROMs and patches them to attach my beeb layer.
It expects one file called ROMS that would be what you would get if you loaded your ROMs into MAME and then saved the memory range.
ROMS is the ROMs that decode and load from &3000-&3FFF inclusive.
The game will be in B/W+grey on a NuLA, but the NuLA can be disabled by running *NoNuLA.
It looks like it might be quite fun two player, but I don't have anyone to play against!
https://youtu.be/Yy5RW7aDK98 best watch in 720p on a 50Hz monitor.
If you have a legal copy of the ROMS and are having difficulty making the appropriate files, please PM me.
Canyon Bomber emulator/source code port without the source
Canyon Bomber emulator/source code port without the source
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And again, good job with this port. It's a funny little game, that I'd also never heard of, but quite addictive once you get into it, as you say. I love the NULA version in dreary grey, very authentic! I think I like your MODE 1 colour choices better. Enjoyed the video again too.
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Re: Canyon Bomber emulator/source code port without the source
Good stuff trickster.
What was the original machine's clockspeed? How about the frame rate? Did you have any 50/60 Hz nonsense to deal with?
What was the original machine's clockspeed? How about the frame rate? Did you have any 50/60 Hz nonsense to deal with?
Re: Canyon Bomber emulator/source code port without the source
Fixed Master Compact support, uses fire and down on joystick if using joystick.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ztfjn6w2nwuat ... t.ssd?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ztfjn6w2nwuat ... t.ssd?dl=0
Re: Canyon Bomber emulator/source code port without the source
I played this in the arcades in the late 70s. Simple game but really fun! This is superb.
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Thanks and welcome to the Forum.