A lot of effort must have been put into this one. And its free. But I bought it, because its so good. Normally I just take free stuff, I dont tend to throw out money. =D
Very nice game, apart from the good gameplay I like all the small details, for example hit and damaged enemy ships that are out of control or even the neat score counter. And if you buy weapon upgrades the sound fx of fired shots changes. Cool!
And I like the overall design. It creates an atmosphere of its own.
Thanks for making this game. Rated it with 5 stars!
Small complains taking up more space than the praise:
XD
What I`m missing is more music (an atmospheric but minimalistic menue track for example)...but I guess it would not fit into one file without loading anymore (202 blocks big)....?
A SAVEABLE HIGHSCORE TABLE! I like it when my scores are preserved. =(
Could you add that? (Maybe compile an additional version for those who`d want that) I`d love that. <3
Why is there a damn timer when I enter my name to the highscore table? Its an epic moment and I have to rush through it? =D
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Thank you for your support and the kind words regarding the details and atmosphere.
I've spent about two years of my rare spare time coding this.
As for the lack of music, you're right that there is simply not enough memory left.
I love video machines from the early eighties, so I tried to get that atmosphere right.
Hence the attract mode, the score advance table and of course the highscore timer.
I also wanted the game as a cartridge, so no disk operations.
By the way, there soon will be a cartridge release containing Space Firehawk (+) from bobr.games
But if you really need a high score saver: The guys from Laxity have built it into their cracked version, which can be found on csdb.dk
Just turn off the trainer ;-)
Two years, thats some passion and dedication for sure.^^
Space Firehawk +.....will it have extra content (hence the + ? ) ?
Thanks for the advice, I`ll get the cracked version. Since I own the game I can do that with a clean conscience...XDDD
I saved snapshots in Vice to keep my scores ( 26680 is my best so far....), but thats kinda annoying.^^