MSXdev21 #26 - Alien Attack | MSX Resource Center

All shooter fans can rejoice, as "Alien Attack" comes ripping through the horizon and breaking through the sound barrier with a bang.

Playing Alien Attack, you control the combat fighter craft called V.I.P.E.R. to blast your way throught waves of relentless foes. The game is a top-down shooter that scrolls with various speeds.

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Relevant link: Alien Attack
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Comments (29)

By tfh

Prophet (3430)

18-08-2021, 12:25

Indeed, what would MSXDev be without a SHMUP. And in this case, a real classic styled SHMUP.
TFH is happy

By valkyre

Paladin (703)

18-08-2021, 13:00

Wow! That looks very good.

By black hawk

Expert (124)

18-08-2021, 14:40

Nice Game! Cool Gfx

By shalafi

Master (171)

18-08-2021, 15:45

Hats off to this game that makes homage to Nemesis in the style of the intro and to Knightmare on the gameplay.
Really polished and smooth. Loving it.

By turbor

Hero (529)

18-08-2021, 15:46

Am I the only one were the play-online link isn't working?

By cbsfox

Champion (445)

18-08-2021, 16:00

Hello turbor, the first time I tried to play online it went to basic, but now it is working normally...

By tfh

Prophet (3430)

18-08-2021, 16:12

turbor wrote:

Am I the only one were the play-online link isn't working?

It looks like the URL is fine. If I click it, it goes straight to the game? Maybe there was a typo in the URL and it got fixed in the mean time? The URL should be: https://www.file-hunter.com/MSXdev/index.php?id=alienattack

By Totta

Expert (88)

19-08-2021, 21:42

Haha. Cool! It looks and feels like Knightmare - with a skin
Which is not a bad thing
Not bad at all
Well done

By Uninteresting

Champion (366)

19-08-2021, 22:11

I got to level 2. Reminds me of Sky Jaguar in many right ways, especially the careful wave timing of two-colour enemies to avoid having sprite flicker.

Some minor suggestions to later versions: add a "press up to skip" hint in the cutscenes at the bottom right. Also, only 50pts for the miniboss on level 1?

By mzoran

Master (161)

19-08-2021, 22:41

I imagine far too much free time went into this title. Will surely end in top 3 if not the first.

By defdanny

Scribe (392)

20-08-2021, 08:49

you can say its a Covid-19 powered production.
without permanent home office and nothing else to do, it would never happened.

By valkyre

Paladin (703)

20-08-2021, 10:49

Any plans for a cartridge release?

By thegeps

Paragon (1259)

20-08-2021, 17:02

Really a good work from Marcos and defdanny! I've followed it from the very beginning and it is growing better and better everytime I see it <3

By cbsfox

Champion (445)

20-08-2021, 18:00

Thanks my friend. And of course with a lot of tips from you. Good luck with your sells from Fredom Fighter, an excellent game.

By defdanny

Scribe (392)

20-08-2021, 18:59

valkyre wrote:

Any plans for a cartridge release?

Yes, we really would like to release the game on cartridge!
But, we both (Marcos and me) do not have any experience with that.
So if anyone could tell us how the "cartridge production" biz works, he is welcome to get in contact with us!

By defdanny

Scribe (392)

22-08-2021, 12:23

Uninteresting wrote:

I got to level 2. Reminds me of Sky Jaguar in many right ways, especially the careful wave timing of two-colour enemies to avoid having sprite flicker.

Some minor suggestions to later versions: add a "press up to skip" hint in the cutscenes at the bottom right. Also, only 50pts for the miniboss on level 1?

Hi uninteresting. two good suggestions for improvement. I just add them to my list.
Congrats for reaching level 2. tell us if you are able to kill level 2 boss.

By tfh

Prophet (3430)

01-09-2021, 16:05

http://www.indieretronews.com/2021/08/alien-attack-fully-loa...

By defdanny

Scribe (392)

01-09-2021, 17:16

For the lazy penguins:
There are 2 gameplay vids on Youtube (Spoiler Alert!):
Level 1 + Endboss
Level 2 + Endboss

For the riddle-loving lazy penguins:
There are some cheat codes available, kind of hidden in the player manual.
Can you find them?

By Uninteresting

Champion (366)

01-09-2021, 18:06

"lazy penguins"... you speak as if the game is easy

By defdanny

Scribe (392)

01-09-2021, 19:50

No, I meant, for those who do not want to play themselves.

By Uninteresting

Champion (366)

01-09-2021, 20:36

A potential future improvement -- the enemy sprites may overlay the score panel at the bottom of the screen. Have you counted the number of sprites so carefully that placing 4 invisible ones down there to hide the enemy sprites wouldn't be possible?

By tfh

Prophet (3430)

01-09-2021, 21:28

Uninteresting wrote:

This is mentioned in the manual:

Quote:

Q: The enemy sprites are flying over the information bar at the bottom of the screen, is
this a bug or a feature?
A: We made the intentional decision to leave it that way. Otherwise more sprites would
have been needed to mask this area. Therefore we saved up these sprites for more
bullets and enemies.

By Uninteresting

Champion (366)

01-09-2021, 21:30

I'm the lazy penguin who doesn't read manuals....

By Briqunullus

Paladin (771)

01-09-2021, 21:37

defdanny wrote:

For the riddle-loving lazy penguins:
There are some cheat codes available, kind of hidden in the player manual.
Can you find them?

Yeah, I got it. Cool!

By valkyre

Paladin (703)

12-12-2021, 17:35

Any progress with a cartridge release of this?

By defdanny

Scribe (392)

13-12-2021, 07:36

Hi valkyre, at the moment the work on the full version of AA is paused.
Marcos is moving with his family to another city and starts a new job, and I am working on a new game project.
We promised each other to finish AA in 2022. Please be patient with us.

By valkyre

Paladin (703)

13-12-2021, 08:19

Cool

By ro

Scribe (5061)

19-08-2022, 09:12

Any luck with finishing it, in 2022?

By Pencioner

Scribe (1611)

19-08-2022, 09:13

ro wrote:

Any luck with finishing it, in 2022?

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