It is not impossible, although the Galaga hardware that Bosconian runs on has a triple CPU setup that might prove more tricky than Galaxians single Z80. Compiling multiple games into one shouldn't be a problem, if it's done the same way as e.g. '6-Pak' where there is a boot menu and you have to reset to get back to it.
Play tested this yesterday on retroarch on iphone using genesis plus gx, is there a way to display the hud arcade perfect? Otherwise this is basically spot on minus the title screen missing
Showing the HUD like the arcade game requires a few more vertical lines of resolution than the Genesis has. The only option would be to display the whole game rotated 90 degrees. It may be possible to do, but I think it has too limited a use case to be worth it.
The attract mode (Game Over/We are The Galaxians) should be the same as the arcade game, what is missing?
Thank you, have fun with the port. Let me know if you find any bugs. I'm not planning on porting anything right now, but who knows what might happen in the future...
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Very nice!
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Thank you! I'm happy to see it on one of my favorite websites 😊 . I recorded a video here:
Awesome man :) - Also sooo cool to hear that! Keep up the great work
Would you be able to port bosconian?
and another question, is there a way to compile multiple games into one? So it could work like an old school namco museum compilation?
It is not impossible, although the Galaga hardware that Bosconian runs on has a triple CPU setup that might prove more tricky than Galaxians single Z80. Compiling multiple games into one shouldn't be a problem, if it's done the same way as e.g. '6-Pak' where there is a boot menu and you have to reset to get back to it.
thank you for the reply
Play tested this yesterday on retroarch on iphone using genesis plus gx, is there a way to display the hud arcade perfect? Otherwise this is basically spot on minus the title screen missing
Showing the HUD like the arcade game requires a few more vertical lines of resolution than the Genesis has. The only option would be to display the whole game rotated 90 degrees. It may be possible to do, but I think it has too limited a use case to be worth it.
The attract mode (Game Over/We are The Galaxians) should be the same as the arcade game, what is missing?
Awesome! Thank you so much! I hope you can continue porting arcade games to the Sega Mega Drive. I can suggest some if you're interested 🙏
Thank you, have fun with the port. Let me know if you find any bugs. I'm not planning on porting anything right now, but who knows what might happen in the future...