>On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Piero Cavina wrote:
>> I wouldn't be sure about explosions for invaders. That part of the kernel
>> is rather busy.
>
>If you've got the missile already slamming into an invader, why isn't
>there time to past a player in there?
Perhaps simply make the missile wider and flashier when it's an explosion.
As a missile becomes an explosion, it doubles in width, and sort of
sparkles around the general area of where the invader used to be for a
few frames.
>> ..there's almost no free RAM! More features, like variations, or things
>
>Then I would resort to Supercharger RAM. I mean, this isn't a game
>destined for a cartridge, is it? Let's use the tools we have available to
>us.
I'd use that as a last result, if it turns out Jim couldn't optimize it
down to where it uses less RAM.
If we do end up making this a Supercharger game, we might as well include
some other features to make it more arcade-like, such as a high score and
an attract-mode screen with text. Maybe even the cute little animation with
the upside-down Y.
Am I mistaken in remembering that arcade Space Invaders only had four-digit
scores? In that case, six digits would be too many, although the arcade
machine had a high score in the middle.
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