DBPro Retro Compo
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As some of you may know there was recently a retro compo in DarkBasic Pro. We have gone though all 95 entries and here are the 5 that have a homepage that we think deserve a mention in the news.
Now this is Missle Command by Paul Apgar at Shiny Brain. You now have to zoom around the landscape in order that you can tri-angulate the missiles destinations and then blow them from the sky, everything is in 3D which leads for a harder game altogether, but no worse for it :)
Another classic to get the 3D makeover, this time it’s Asteroids by Robin Biddlecombe. Everything from the old version is here - the enemy ships, the asteroids to destroy, the inertia and controls. There are even bonus crates to collect which give your ship various power-ups. You can grab this one over at The Games Zone.
Anyone for a game of 3D Sokoban? Well that’s exactly what we have here in the form of Girls From The Block by Dmitiry Korobelnikov at Atomic Destruction Group. GFTB is Dmitriy’s take on this timeless classic, only instead of crates you have girls, cute little anime style girls who will follow your command as you move them into position to complete the level.
Well what have we here? It’s only a 3D version of Double Dragon thats all :) This is by Dienye Boham and is called Retro Fighter and you scroll from left to right across various stages trying to rescue a girl. As you proceed people attack and you generally cause havoc punching, kicking and throwing objects at them. You can grab this one now at Dakison.
How can you have a retro compo without this game, yep it’s JetPac 2003 with a new 3D look. This has been done by the VanSimple Design Team and what an outing it is! This is Jetpac to the max and I’m sure even the Stamper Brothers would agree that VanSimple have done their baby proud.
There really was some quality games in this compo, Hitm4n has put the rest in a thread in the forums HERE, so go take a peak :)
