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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: TorbenLarsen on September 14, 2012, 02:38:39 PM
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Hi everybody :)
After almost 20 years the best Amiga shooter appears again, in a real physical computer magazine! The large and well known Retro Gamer magazine has an article in this month issue 107 about "The Making of Battle Squadron". :)
Snip Retro gamer issue 107 - http://retrogamer.net/
"Denmark... the country that brought us The little Mermaid, brooding TV dramas, Carlsberg, and classic Amiga shooters Hybris and Battle Squadron. Mike Bevan talks to Martin Pedersen and Torben Larsen, the duo behind these scandinavian shootfests..."
(http://copecom.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/retrogamer04.jpg)
(http://copecom.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/android_ratings15.jpg)
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Hi everybody :)
After almost 20 years the best Amiga shooter appears again, in a real physical computer magazine! The large and well known Retro Gamer magazine has an article in this month issue 107 about "The Making of Battle Squadron". :)
Snip Retro gamer issue 107 - http://retrogamer.net/
"Denmark... the country that brought us The little Mermaid, brooding TV dramas, Carlsberg, and classic Amiga shooters Hybris and Battle Squadron. Mike Bevan talks to Martin Pedersen and Torben Larsen, the duo behind these scandinavian shootfests..."
(http://copecom.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/retrogamer04.jpg)
(http://copecom.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/android_ratings15.jpg)
Very cool :) have you developed this game?
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Very cool :) have you developed this game?
Thanks, yes :)
and together with Hybris. We pretty much set the technical blitter and sprite standard on the Amiga back in 1988. :)
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Thanks :)
and together with Hybris. We pretty much set the technical blitter and sprite standard on the Amiga back in 1988. :)
I must buy this number of Retro Gamer and read about it :) It is a very nice magazine for us retro heads
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I have the iOS version, but I would kill to use a controller with it. If it came out on PSN or Xbox Live or PS Vita, I would buy it again.
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Do you know if it works with a bluetooth game controller like icontrolpad on Android? I find the touchscreen very unintuitive and imprecise for gaming.
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I have the iOS version, but I would kill to use a controller with it. If it came out on PSN or Xbox Live or PS Vita, I would buy it again.
What about iCade support??
(http://uncrate.com/p/2011/03/icade.jpg)
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Not a fan of that magazine. I've got a few of the earlier ones and they are full of mistakes.
In one of them I was flicking through recently I noticed an article on Dizzy where they said it was made by the Bitmap Brothers.
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Years later, I can still recall the Hybris soundtrack perfectly just by reading the name. Good stuff.
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Not a fan of that magazine. I've got a few of the earlier ones and they are full of mistakes.
In one of them I was flicking through recently I noticed an article on Dizzy where they said it was made by the Bitmap Brothers.
Yes that is quite a mistake i will say :)
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Yes that is quite a mistake i will say :)
There was other mistakes throughout the magazine too and while I was reading I was just thinking the people writing it don't really know what they are talking about.
The Dizzy one was the last straw though. Being a fan of the Bitmap Bros, The Oliver Twins and Dizzy.
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The magazine is still full of errors and bias, but it's nice to read some of the interviews and sometimes, very occasionally, see something about a game I might not have known about before, although that hasn't happened for a while now. I collect every issue even though I don't think the writers care much about the content they fill it with, and it'll be nice to read about the making of Battle Squadron, one of my all-time favourite games on any system.
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The magazine is still full of errors and bias, but it's nice to read some of the interviews and sometimes, very occasionally, see something about a game I might not have known about before, although that hasn't happened for a while now. I collect every issue even though I don't think the writers care much about the content they fill it with, and it'll be nice to read about the making of Battle Squadron, one of my all-time favourite games on any system.
The current issue looks great and also on a iPad. Actually I am really impressed on the level of depth in some of the articles. Perhaps they cleared out issues in the past with claimed errors etc., but from here it looks like a mighty fine mag and one of the few left that still enters a printing press :banana:
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What about iCade support??
That would be really neat, but I don't have an iPad, just an iPhone.
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Thanx for the info, I'll be buying that issue. When does Hybris come out on iOS?
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@ TorbenLarsen
awesome stuff man! now that I can dual boot my HP TouchPad to both WebOS and CyanogenMod 9 (Android) I can't wait to play one of my all time favourite vertical shooters on my tablet when i'm on the go:pint:
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From my aw.net post:
Just got Battle Squadron for my newly dual booting HP Touch pad running WebOS & Cyganenmod Android and I must say it has the best control that I've ever used on a tablet and the game play is so true to our beloved Amiga version...in short GREAT JOB COPE-COM
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Hi everybody :)
After almost 20 years the best Amiga shooter appears again, in a real physical computer magazine! The large and well known Retro Gamer magazine has an article in this month issue 107 about "The Making of Battle Squadron". :)
Snip Retro gamer issue 107 - http://retrogamer.net/
"Denmark... the country that brought us The little Mermaid, brooding TV dramas, Carlsberg, and classic Amiga shooters Hybris and Battle Squadron. Mike Bevan talks to Martin Pedersen and Torben Larsen, the duo behind these scandinavian shootfests..."
(http://copecom.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/retrogamer04.jpg)
(http://copecom.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/android_ratings15.jpg)
Hi how long time did it take to developed Hybris on the Amiga?
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So where can I download the magazine?
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So where can I download the magazine?
in a month or two from piratebay when the pdf is done....
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I loved Battle Squadron!!! My brother and I played that game together quite a bit. Way more fun with 2 people playing in my opinion. I prefered the emerald green shot the best!!! The Nova bomb was cool too, but some times could not execute at just the right time. Good Times!!:laugh1:
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@TorbenLarsen
Even though I'm not entirely sure I laid my hungry hands on those games (I did know about them at least, from magazines I still have) it's nice to see you post here. You know what would be nice additionally ? I always enjoy reading the life chronology of old school game programmers.
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@TorbenLarsen
Even though I'm not entirely sure I laid my hungry hands on those games (I did know about them at least, from magazines I still have) it's nice to see you post here. You know what would be nice additionally ? I always enjoy reading the life chronology of old school game programmers.
Cool Einstein, here is the article on "The making of Battle Squadron" from Retro Gamer issue 107 :)
(http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/323418_509328932413399_2059875870_o.jpg)
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Hybris <3
One of the great classics. :)
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@Torben
A little painful to read, but hey it's the thought that counts :D
It must feel nice to have your old game featured in mags and uploaded/viewed/commented in youtube etc eh ? :)
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@Torben
A little painful to read, but hey it's the thought that counts :D
It must feel nice to have your old game featured in mags and uploaded/viewed/commented in youtube etc eh ? :)
You are right :)
Considering how competitive the game market is today it really is a joy, to see one of the famed Amiga shooters having a second coming. :angel: