MSXdev23 #01 - Pentacorn Quest | MSX Resource Center

Par Wlcracks

Hero (565)

21-02-2023, 11:35

wow this looks great, cannot wait to play it. The gfx style reminds me a bit of jack the nipper II. Very nice.

Par aoineko

Paladin (1002)

21-02-2023, 11:43

Wow. I have rarely seen such a beautiful Screen 1 game. Great job!

Par Wlcracks

Hero (565)

21-02-2023, 12:22

Found a bug. When entering the game, goto right. Jump from this scene to the left and at some points its possible to float in scene 1.
pic float

Par SKiLLa

Expert (118)

21-02-2023, 13:13

Wow, love the music as well ... and it controls very smoothly; a must for long-term playability imho !
Great visual style too; although the main-character sprite looks familiar ?

Par ToriHino

Paladin (855)

21-02-2023, 14:27

Thanks for the bug report Wlcracks, will look into it. Regarding the main-character, looking back it indeed kinda looks like the character of Kings Valley 2 .
I also noticed the intro text mentions 7 acorns, but actually it's only 5, hence the game title

Par ro

Scribe (4963)

21-02-2023, 14:28

ToriHino wrote:

I also noticed the intro text mentions 7 acorns, but actually it's only 5, hence the game title

oooohw, ofcourse. Penta meaning 5. Some slip up, which I'll fix

Par fregarni

Resident (39)

21-02-2023, 16:38

Great job @ToriHino. It looks like awesome, pretty cool.

Par valkyre

Hero (661)

21-02-2023, 17:54

Great opening game. Congrats

Par roolandoo

Resident (52)

21-02-2023, 18:46

Great game by NightWolf and Jarlaxe for ZX Spectrum and very good conversion to MSX !!
It would be convenient to correct some small details that did not occur in the original, such as that the character remains in the air in certain places and that to pick up the objects you have to be at a point that is too exact.

Otherwise all great!! Congratulations to @ToriHino .

Par Bengalack

Paladin (747)

21-02-2023, 18:49

Wow. Fast Game looks smooth. Audio is smooth as well. And a cute main char

Par ToriHino

Paladin (855)

21-02-2023, 19:51

roolandoo wrote:

Great game by NightWolf and Jarlaxe for ZX Spectrum and very good conversion to MSX !!
It would be convenient to correct some small details that did not occur in the original, such as that the character remains in the air in certain places and that to pick up the objects you have to be at a point that is too exact.

Thanks for the feedback, i'll look into it!

Par bverhage

Supporter (9)

21-02-2023, 20:36

Amazing game! I love the gameplay, graphics and sounds.
I did found a small bug though. I am able to jump and land on the edge of a mine without beging hurt and stay there:

Par aoineko

Paladin (1002)

22-02-2023, 13:51

Finished!
Well OK, not in a legit way as I used the QuickSave/QuickLoad feature of the emulator (I didn't have time to restart the game every time).
But I still enjoyed the game a lot.
The puzzles are well thought out and the gameplay works very well (except indeed for the interactions where the character must be almost positioned pixel accurate).
Congratulations to the creator and Robosoft for porting it to MSX.

Par pitpan

Prophet (3155)

22-02-2023, 17:54

Love it! Classical platform with more modern puzzle elements and upgraded graphics and sound. All in all, very fun to play, that is all I ask from any videogame.

Congratulations!

Par MYKSelf

Rookie (20)

22-02-2023, 21:04

Usually I'm not a great fan of the ZX Spectrum aesthetics graphics, but this one is quite good on playability, and the hero's sprite is just lovely . Sound in quite good for PSG and, for a MSX1, graphics are quite good, in particular the intro screen is quite good. Good color treatment (ZXspectrum like). Good work!

Congratulations and good luck on the contest!

Par N.I

Master (177)

23-02-2023, 09:34

This game is very nice. It reminds me of the classic pitfall game. It is so much fun that it has tricks that require a little thinking. I like the crab enemies.

Par thalin

Resident (40)

24-02-2023, 11:19

Nice game!
The msxdev link is broken.

Par tfh

Prophet (3346)

24-02-2023, 11:28

thalin wrote:

Nice game!
The msxdev link is broken.

Yep... there are some problems with the MSXDev site. Let's hope they fix it soon. They are aware of the situation.

Par ray2day

Paladin (743)

25-02-2023, 13:59

Beautiful graphics and smooth gameplay - Robosoft my congrats! Like it very much!

Par shalafi

Master (137)

26-02-2023, 11:51

I took a look at the original game. This is a great example of a good port.

And it's the type of game I enjoy, so I'm twice as happy.

Controls are a bit finiky and not very intuitive, nothing is perfect :-)

Par ToriHino

Paladin (855)

26-02-2023, 20:21

I just submitted an update of Pentacorn Quest to version 1.1, resolving a couple of issues:

Golden acorns are now picked up automatically
Picking up a golden acorn restores all lives again (now that's a magic acorn).
Picking up items is a bit less picky on the exact location
Resolved some player 'floating' problems: standing on the edge will drop you off

Par ro

Scribe (4963)

26-02-2023, 20:41

https://www.msxdev.org/2023/02/21/msxdev23-01-pentacorn-quest/
v1.1 is online

Par tfh

Prophet (3346)

26-02-2023, 21:12

Good to see the MSXDev site is up and running again
Updated Pentacorn to v1.1 on my site as well

Par J.M.F

Resident (61)

04-03-2023, 19:37

Hello, when I place the dynamite it doesn't explode. I play on a real msx. I have seen that they have finished the game. I don't know if I do something wrong. Greetings.

Par J.M.F

Resident (61)

04-03-2023, 20:25

Fixed.

Par tono4

Rookie (21)

07-03-2023, 14:41

I have also finished the game! (Yep, with a little bit of save/load emulator ).
Graphics are really beatiful and character control very smooth and precise. And I would say, difficulty is perfect.

A pity enemies have still clash. But the game is really enjoyable and conversion to MSX really nice!

BTW: music is nice also, but it would great an option to disable it.

MSXdev23 #01 - Pentacorn Quest

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