Loonies 8192

Devlog

• New build for DOS, PSP and 3DS
  January 27, 2019 by thp

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  #homebrew, #release, #mode_x, #3ds, #psp

  A new version of Loonies 8192 is out, r50. It brings quite a lot of changes, among other things: Tiles are now 16x16 instead of 10x10, all tiles have been redrawn The game now uses 320x240 (square pixels, Mode X) resolution There's now a main menu, audio options can be reconfigured Difficulty settings for additional challenge Instructions screen accessible in main menu ("How to play") Every now an... Continue reading

  
• VGA sync fixes in r45
  January 27, 2019 by thp#vga, #sync, #fix

  A new build of the game is now online, this has actually been available since September, but was never updated here on Itch.io and on the website, so here is the update that fixes VGA sync issues on real hardware. Continue reading
• CD-Audio support, PC Speaker and super optimised for 286+
  September 05, 2018 by thp

  A new version of Loonies 8192 is out, this has shaped up quite nicely. Thanks to the testers on the Vogons forums, we now have it running smoothly on 286-based, 12 MHz systems, and anything above that just makes it run even smoother! It now uses double-buffering for some things, Mode Y (that is, unchained 320x200 mode) and most of the tiles can now be blitted at 4x speed (4 planes at once) from an... Continue reading

  
• Developing for VGA + OPL-2 is fun
  July 05, 2018 by thp

  A new release I've been working on this week. A puzzle game (inspired by Lumines). It was a fun project, now go download it and give it a spin on your favorite retro PC or via DOSBox or some other x86 emulator. Continue reading