Indie Retro News: Phoenix - 1980's Arcade game by Taito for the Amiga via JOTD gets a new update

As we stated earlier than, JOTD has created some superb conversions/ports through the years. Video games akin to Moon Patrol, Donkey Kong, Tetris 1200 (AGA), Tremendous Bagman, Galaxian500 and our private favourite Tremendous Xevious. Properly when you’ve been following all of our updates of JOTD’s newest Arcade to Amiga conversion of Phoenix. A 1980’s Arcade fixed-screen shooter by Taito, with a later launch in 1983 for the Atari 2600. Then as of at this time you play the newest model by way of the hyperlink under.

Here is what the wikipedia says concerning the recreation “Phoenix is a set shooter online game developed for arcades in Japan and launched in 1980 by Taito. The participant controls an area ship capturing at incoming enemies that fly from the highest of the display down in the direction of the participant’s ship. A power discipline can be utilized by the participant to guard them from these assaults. The power discipline solely lasts just a few seconds after which can’t be used for roughly 5 seconds after. There are 5 phases which repeat endlessly. The fifth is a struggle in opposition to a big enemy spaceship, making Phoenix one of many first shooters with a boss battle, a component that may turn out to be widespread for the style”.

Credit:

jotd: reverse-engineering, transcode, graphics conversion
no9: music
Christopher from http://www.computerarcheology.com/Arcade/Phoenix/: Z80 disassembly and small RE
PascalDe73: amiga icons
mrv2k: flyer
Toni Galvez!:Aga re-coloured graphics

Options:

– 99% identical gameplay (see under for the 1% distinction)
– enhanced colours for AGA model
– updating highscore is now carried out in real-time not when restarting a recreation
– utilized Don Hodges repair to keep away from rating corruption when capturing 3 flying birds

Replace : JOTD has launched a v1.02 model that appears to narrate to a crash which has now been mounted