MAINLY MONSTERS
A downloadable game
ABOUT MAINLY MONSTERS
A free roaming monster clearance experience with arcade and strategy elements.
WIP
Including this sentence, subject to change.
META
Uses previously released game X-A Eliminator as scaffold.
NAVIGATION
Walk N E S W using joystick left-right, where left instructs CCW and right CW.
Choose to walk across countryside or use paths in any Realm.
A Realm is a grid location on the map (BW/Color Switch), differentiated by pattern and creatures. Structures exist at locations 2,2, linked by Paths.
UI
To use a path, note UI's LHS digit representing your X location and the RHS digit representing Y. Between is the directional arrow.
PATHS
A path is struck when ...
- walking North or South when X is 2
- walking East or West when Y is 2
MAP
BW/Color Switch brings up the map.
It shows structures and where you are in relation, as represented by a dot. This exists on a two-by-four grid. Resolution is approximate and not an absolute measure to a structure when standing within a grid location, or as better described, the now 'merged plot.'
Using navigation cues from the UI, whenever you've travelled a distance of 5 (since 0 to 4 rolls to 0, or 4 to 0 rolls to 4), either N_S or E_W, demarcates the next grid location.
Updated | 15 hours ago |
Published | 5 days ago |
Status | Prototype |
Author | :: Glenn Main |
Genre | Role Playing |
Tags | 2600, 4k, atari, atari-2600 |
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Install instructions
Use this file with an Atari emulator (available all platforms when accessed online).
In most cases, when burned to ROM (i.e., a physical cartridge), the supplied binary will work with an original Atari 2600 and 2600+.
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