MSXdev05 finished entry: Saimazoom

With less than a month to go, the deadline of the MSXdev'05 contest is getting closer, so you can expect a bunch of new MSX games very soon. The first example is a new finished entry by Karoshi Corp., not previously announced. This game is Saimazoom, a frenzy old school adventure, originally released for spectrum in 1984 by Dinamic. In this completely reprogrammed and restyled remake of the well known spanish classic, you must guide Johny Jones in the hunt of some coffee sacks inside the depths of the jungle, where a lot of enemies and obstacles await him. Great and new colorful graphics and features giving a new look to this classic game from the golden age of spanish software. Go grab the 32kB ROM, DVD size cover, manual and ROM label at the MSXdev'05 status page, where you can check the status of all projects.

Relevant link: Robsy's Workshop

Comments (29)

By viejo_archivero

Hero (566)

29-11-2005, 16:18

Here goes my reaction!

. This is the best assembler game I've ever code!. Hey, wait a moment!. This is my very first game as a coder!. I better stop jokin'

, hope you like it.

By pitpan

Paragon (2037)

29-11-2005, 17:15

Indeed it is a beatiful game! But I cannot play now: I'm so busy with my real-life work and my MSX-life work too. MSXtreme once again, my friend

By Sonic_aka_T

Prophet (2365)

29-11-2005, 17:38

Congrats Viejo, a very impressive first asm game!

By Yukio

Paragon (1235)

29-11-2005, 17:55

The games, nice games.
What could be better ?

By viejo_archivero

Hero (566)

29-11-2005, 18:07

Thanx a lot Sonic_aka_T!, and Yukio and pitpan too!.

By KNM

Resident (57)

29-11-2005, 18:58

Fantastic Work,Viejo_archivero!my congratulations fot this game

By jltursan

Paragon (1150)

29-11-2005, 19:07

Indeed!, it's a great entry for the MSXdev'05!

By viejo_archivero

Hero (566)

29-11-2005, 21:59

Well credit goes to pitpan too, and everyone who has helped me

By Vampier

Paragon (1211)

29-11-2005, 22:33

it was a bitch to crack

but I did it.

By Vampier

Paragon (1211)

29-11-2005, 22:36

I almost forgot... excelent game!!

By viejo_archivero

Hero (566)

30-11-2005, 07:42

Vampier: hehehehe

By Yukio

Paragon (1235)

30-11-2005, 10:32

If I understood the rules.

I will send a fish game.
Hum, a game about fish!

By viejo_archivero

Hero (566)

30-11-2005, 11:37

Cool, Yukio!. You have until 20th Dec!

By pitpan

Paragon (2037)

30-11-2005, 12:04

Looking forward to see some tuna!

Remember: you can submit ANY game before 23:59:59, Madrid Time, on December 20th.

The basic requierements are the following: not previously published, MSX1 compatible, ROM format, no megaROM.

By ro

Prophet (2695)

30-11-2005, 13:11

looks cool dude
next time in English perhaps?

some sort of "map" might come in handy I reck'n

cheers mate!

By viejo_archivero

Hero (566)

30-11-2005, 13:31

ro: It will be released in english too, but, as it is a remake of an spanish classic, we thought that in this case a spanish version was a must.

By BiFi

Prophet (3142)

30-11-2005, 14:11

and maps... g00gl3?

By Yukio

Paragon (1235)

01-12-2005, 02:54

Ok, only one question. With the 16KB RAM in a specific slot. Could some games have problems with sub-slots? Some MSX 1 could have expanded slots and a demonstration ROM.

Anyway, most of the time I only use a few bytes of the VRAM to store some characters and maybe some data. the 16KB VRAM would work just fine.

By viejo_archivero

Hero (566)

01-12-2005, 07:22

BiFi: Just try Msx Solutions: http://msxsolutions.msxblue.com/

By BiFi

Prophet (3142)

01-12-2005, 07:27

he already finished it?

what a freak

By only_69

Champion (414)

01-12-2005, 13:20

I am not a freak

Ok, maybe

It was a kind of a pact I made with viejo. To make the map.

BTW, Great game!! Very interesting!!

Vampier, I made the cheat and did not see you have already done. Sorry!!

By mars2000you

Paragon (1848)

01-12-2005, 16:16

What about this :

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9100305&forum_id=33107

By only_69

Champion (414)

01-12-2005, 17:35

Benoit,

We cannot do this in BlueMSX, can we??

About the water, there are two addresses but you just have to change one to make the water not decrease.

BTW, I do not read the openmsx forum

By only_69

Champion (414)

01-12-2005, 17:38

I talking abou the if instruction.

By mars2000you

Paragon (1848)

01-12-2005, 18:09

the 'if' instruction does not exist in the blueMSX trainer. It's one of the things that should be added/improved in the future.

By pitpan

Paragon (2037)

01-12-2005, 19:51

About the problem with RAM, do not worry: when the MSX is booted, the BIOS searches for RAM, at least on the third page (C000h onwards) and then boots the ROMs. Therefore: you do not need to look for RAM in that page because it is always there. Easy enough, isn't it?

By Yukio

Paragon (1235)

02-12-2005, 18:27

Ok.

By Yukio

Paragon (1235)

02-12-2005, 18:28

Maybe I could manage to use a 16 KB or 32 KB to hold the game.
Some fancy effect's!
What do you think? Is this possible without use much memory!?
By the way, I am waiting for the MEGARAM cartridge.

By MäSäXi

Paragon (1311)

27-12-2005, 13:36

How good looking and very playable game! cannot compare to original thought, as I havent never played that.

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