Tank Battalion Namco Core
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Tank Battalion Namco Core
I'm releasing the core for the Namco game Tank Battalion. Since it's 1980 it's obviously very basic.
Currently no sound, but otherwise fully playable.
Some control issues make this game a little frustrating (gameplay related not code bugs). The bullets need to hit an enemy tank square on to destroy, and this isn't always the case, since you can blow up the walls. Gets very tricky from level 3.
https://github.com/nic24-rgb/Arcade-Tan ... ion-MiSTer
Currently no sound, but otherwise fully playable.
Some control issues make this game a little frustrating (gameplay related not code bugs). The bullets need to hit an enemy tank square on to destroy, and this isn't always the case, since you can blow up the walls. Gets very tricky from level 3.
https://github.com/nic24-rgb/Arcade-Tan ... ion-MiSTer
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Re: Tank Battalion Namco Core
I am looking forward to following the videos on how to do this. Out of curiosity, are there any other games that run on this hardware? Thanks for making this and the videos!
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Re: Tank Battalion Namco Core
killersquirel - there are 15 videos out on this core, so plenty of viewing time. The 16th will be released in the next day or so, involving porting to the MiSTer framework.
The hardware was unique to this game. It is incredibly simple, only tilemap graphics and 8 3x3 white square bullets. So, no there were no other games on this hardware. I'm thinking of doing a very quick game on this in 6502 using the hardware though. It would be possible to do a very simple game, such as a pacman type game or similar.
The hardware was unique to this game. It is incredibly simple, only tilemap graphics and 8 3x3 white square bullets. So, no there were no other games on this hardware. I'm thinking of doing a very quick game on this in 6502 using the hardware though. It would be possible to do a very simple game, such as a pacman type game or similar.
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Re: Tank Battalion Namco Core
Namco Arcade Tank Battalion core is now updated with sound. Core is now fully functional, so is probably final release for now.
Can be downloaded here:
https://github.com/nic24-rgb/Arcade-Tan ... in/release
Can be downloaded here:
https://github.com/nic24-rgb/Arcade-Tan ... in/release
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Re: Tank Battalion Namco Core
This is really awesome. I will definitely work along with the videos. Thanks for this awesome project.nico24 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 31, 2022 10:19 pm killersquirel - there are 15 videos out on this core, so plenty of viewing time. The 16th will be released in the next day or so, involving porting to the MiSTer framework.
The hardware was unique to this game. It is incredibly simple, only tilemap graphics and 8 3x3 white square bullets. So, no there were no other games on this hardware. I'm thinking of doing a very quick game on this in 6502 using the hardware though. It would be possible to do a very simple game, such as a pacman type game or similar.
Thanks,
Michael
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Re: Tank Battalion Namco Core
Well done! I knew you would get the sound up and running!nico24 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 20, 2022 1:33 pm Namco Arcade Tank Battalion core is now updated with sound. Core is now fully functional, so is probably final release for now.
Can be downloaded here:
https://github.com/nic24-rgb/Arcade-Tan ... in/release
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Re: Tank Battalion Namco Core
Yep! I am sure that the analogue implementation will happen at some point as well!
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Re: Tank Battalion Namco Core
Well, this is worth a look: https://github.com/jopdorp/MiSTer-Discrete
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