On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Nick S Bensema wrote:
> 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.
Why not use a player instead of a missile, then you have 8-bits to work
with? Then just redefine the shape at that point.
> 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.
Some changes may be needed just to bring the game up to date, realizing
how gamers roll scores.
If you want to check out SI, I would suggest you take a look at MAME. As
ambivalent I am about emulation, that's one context in which it's
justified.
Same deal with Lunar Rescue.
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