Asteroids 2004

[DooMAD]

I got bored the other day and remade the classic game, Asteroids. :D

The graphics and sounds are a bit better than the original, the alien ship is now much more dangerous and I've fixed that annoying "spawn in the middle of an asteroid when you die" bug by giving the player temporary shields. Enjoy! *crazy*

Click here to download Asteroids! (http://www.teamhellspawn.com/Asteroids.zip)

[Big_al]

What did you use to make it?

[DooMAD]

I used The Games Factory (http://www.clickteam.com/English/tgf.htm), because I can't program. :)

[Big_al]

You should do a DooM version using caco's as the asteroids :D

[DooMAD]

DooMGoaT suggested pain elementals that spawn lost souls when destroyed. :)

[Azrael_ rage]

Slightly tacky, but a good idea all the same. Shouldn't be too hard to adapt it.

[CheapAlert]

I'm starting to get into the bite of creating TGF/CNC games again :O

Hmm, you could find and use the Direction Calculator extension to get the enemy ship to turn smoothly (instead of I CAN SE YO IN ANY DRECTION!!LOL!11!1). Nice game too heh..

[Player_of_Doom]

You should do a DooM version using caco's as the asteroids :D
I think you should too, that would be a cool thing to play while I'm on the computer.

[Big_al]

And change the ship into a wee doom guy :p

[CheapAlert]

Hey! That idea reminds me of one of Blood's help screens. :P

[Shakadi]

If you can, add 2 player deathmatch! I;ve wanted to do so in such a long time. (I'm learning Blitz Basic right now to learn how to do it.) The death match would be simple: Less asteroids, but still there so that you can take cover. And the bullets WON'T go off the screen when you shoot and miss, that would be too easy.

I got eh idea from this game my firend had, called Wormed2. All it was was classic snake, EXCEPT there was 4 player capabilities, so there was always something to try to dodge.

Anyone like the idea? :D

[Doom_Dude]

/me downloads this jobby as Asteroids is one of my favorites and I played it a LOT with my Atari 2600. :)

[Big_al]

/me downloads this jobby as Asteroids is one of my favorites and I played it a LOT with my Atari 2600. :) Me too, my brother and our friends and me used to play it for hours on end. And had the blisters to prove it :p

[Deathgiver]

/me downloads this jobby as Asteroids is one of my favorites and I played it a LOT with my Atari 2600. :)

There you go making me all nostalgic for the good ol' days , I guess I gotta get it now.

[DOOM_GOAT]

You realise there's a D3D hardware accelerated version out there somewhere?

[Frades]

The highest i got was 2440.
This gets too darn tough after level 4.

[Big_al]

This is a cool Asteriods clone

Spheres of Chaos (http://www.chaotica.u-net.com/home.htm)

[Frades]

Is that a joke?

//Edit:
I take back what i said.. screenshots look awful, but the game itself is really hypnotic.
I like it.

[Big_al]

You can get multi-player too :D

[DooMAD]

Ok, as requested, I've replaced the asteroids with Cacos and a few other doom-themed changes.

Don't blame me if it's bad, it's your own fault. :p

Download Cacoroids! (http://www.teamhellspawn.com/Cacoroids.zip)

[CheapAlert]

Cacoroids... now THAT sounds painful (I don't want to imagine myself bleeding explosive acid balls out of my bum)

[ToXiCFLUFF]

I much prefer the ship handling in this version to the original Asteroids. Good job.

[Deathgiver]

I much prefer the ship handling in this version to the original Asteroids. Good job.

Personally I miss being able to go really fast then rotating so I am able to shoot to the side

[ToXiCFLUFF]

Heh, it always felt too slippery to me in the original. I was never any good at Asteroids anyway, and this just compounded the problem.

[CheapAlert]

You need to use Direction Calculator plugin for the ship movement. It just feels too "race-car"y.

[Shakadi]

I don't know, I kind of like how the turning style is right now. Though I really wouldn't care if the movement was changed to be more asteroid-y.

[DooMAD]

You need to use Direction Calculator plugin for the ship movement.

I haven't used it before, not too sure how it works. I'm still learning all the complicated calculation stuff. :)
I'll have a look and see if I can figure it out.

[Azrael_ rage]

Aaaaaarrrrrghhgggghhhhh!!!!! My retinas! I have gone blind! That spheres of chaos game is evil!

[Wicked Anime Kid]

Cool games..especially cacoroids:D

[Big_al]

Aaaaaarrrrrghhgggghhhhh!!!!! My retinas! I have gone blind! That spheres of chaos game is evil! Try turning of the screen clearing its even better :D

[CheapAlert]

Make a little glow trail for the shots for the extra umph! :P (use "Or" blending)

[Doom_Dude]

Hey Cheap, Christmas is over. :p

[thund3r]

Is that a joke?

//Edit:
I take back what i said.. screenshots look awful, but the game itself is really hypnotic.
I like it.

ahh its like tempest 2000 on acid, its not advisable to play that at 1:30am!

[Aliotroph?]

This is cool. I think I liked the vector-based physics in the original better though. I'm not sure how to do that with one of those game-making jobbies.*book*

Here's a java one I found to play on the web. It's the closest I've seen yet to the original arcade version (other than some of those commericial ones). Code's available too. :D http://www.brainjar.com/java/games/asteroids/

[Tyberious]

Aaaaaarrrrrghhgggghhhhh!!!!! My retinas! I have gone blind! That spheres of chaos game is evil!

amen! Thats what some of my pics look like when they corrupted lol!

[Doom4Ever]

This is a cool Asteriods clone

Spheres of Chaos (http://www.chaotica.u-net.com/home.htm)

Whoaa this game looks crazy...
i gotta play it drunk one day..
thatd be a trip....

PS: i also like the Ateriods that DooMAD made
its a good game
lol CacoRaoids was great!

[Aliotroph?]

Bah, I passed the demo of Spheres of Chaos. There needs to be more!

[Halty]

Not a bad Asteriods clone, DooMAD.

I always liked disasteroids, myself:
http://www.lmnopc.com/disasteroids3d/

[DooMAD]

Thanks Halty, haven't seen you around here in a while. That disasteroids game looks really good. I'll have to check that out when I get some spare time. http://forums.newdoom.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

[Halty]

Yeah, I've been busy with A-Levels and personal projects.

My personal best in Disasteriods by the way is: 76,490.

[Doom_Dude]

You've been away for awhile there mr Halty.