Indie Retro News: Wee Ninja

Playsoft have launched a lot of video games through the years, from Blowsub on the Atari 5200, to the Atari 8bit hack of Donkey Kong by Darryl1970. Effectively it is time for the Atari 5200 to get a brand new recreation announcement, as Playsoft is engaged on a top quality Mario styled platformer of ‘Wee Ninja’. A recreation during which your character can headbutt blocks, acquire energy ups and even throw ninja loss of life squares at enemies. To coincide with this information, offered under is the newest work in progress footage by Saberman.

And this is the newest from the developer. “I have been engaged on a Mario model platformer for the 5200 and needed to launch a WIP construct now I’ve the primary 4 ranges put collectively. I might recognize any suggestions on the playability earlier than I’m going ahead. It isn’t meant to be a precise Mario clone however it does owe all the pieces to Mario. There are 3 power-ups, discovered by headbutting bricks; crimson ninja is invincible for a time, black ninja can throw ninja loss of life squares at enemies and blue ninja can poke them with a stick. In case you are hit in ninja mode, you revert again to regular relatively than lose a life. Additionally in ninja mode, headbutting bricks destroys them”.

And at last to complete off the article, the developer additionally went on to say “Some pipes may be entered to disclose secret areas. Some enemies may be squashed by leaping on them; shell enemies depart an empty shell you could launch by touching them. Should you reveal a coronary heart, acquire it for an additional life. It is a 64K ROM (utilizing @Bryan’s M.U.L.E. financial institution switching scheme) and may be performed on actual {hardware} with the Atarimax Final SD; it also needs to work with the BackBit Professional. It runs on the Altirra emulator (use the .automotive file to keep away from choosing the ROM kind). If it does not, you might want to replace to a newer model. The music is customized from the Tremendous Boy 3 recreation on the MSX, itself a Mario clone. Thanks go to @Beeblebrox and @RB5200 for his or her assist and encouragement”.

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