Indie Retro News: Moonstone – Preview of an Amiga hack and slasher classic for the Amstrad CPC!

In case you’ve bought an Amiga or an Amstrad CPC or simply keep in mind enjoying each of those methods rising up, then this piece of stories is bound to blow your thoughts! Because the 1991 Amiga Mindscape traditional ‘ Moonstone : A Laborious Days Knight ‘ has been teased on the Amstrad CPC as a preview. Titled as simply ‘ Moonstone ‘ and made out there by Jean-Marie, it is a very early dev port of probably the most unbelievable and gorish Amiga hack and slasher/beat em up recreation of its time.

This is the total particulars from the CPCWiki discussion board linked (here). “That is an early preview of my try to port this traditional hit from Amiga & PC. Undecided if I will undergo the top, however I will give it a strive anyway! I nonetheless need to implement the collision detection, and there’s no enemy’s AI for the second. You possibly can nonetheless stroll throughout the 4 totally different landscapes, and wield your sword.”

• It is joystick(s) solely, and requires 128K of RAM.
• The next instruments had been used: WinAPE, Pixsaur, ConvImgCPC, FDC Instruments (AMSDOS recordsdata studying), WAV2AY, ZX0 (+spke’s quick decoder).
• The loading display is a switch of Hyde209’s unique art work, which will be considered  (give him some likes!).
• 40 years in the past, I used to be supplied one of the best Christmas present of my life by my mother and father! God bless’em, and have a Merry Christmas 

And have a beer on the Moonstone tavern !
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