Pyramid Warp Enhanced+

I can't believe i didn't play this game before good time to try original version and improved version

I'm not sure if this game would be a good candidate for the contest (luck is more important than level design in Pyramid Warp!) but, of course, everybody is welcome to create and share new rooms. I'm eager to play them!!! :-D

I uploaded all the intermediate binary files, so after editing the rooms you just need to tniasm asm\PyramidWarp.enhancedplus.asm (no other tools are required).

Have fun!!!

@theNuestruo: I ment that the editor itself could enter in the editor category. If you want, it can be an entry.

But yeah new levels could also do if people create them.

Regardless of this, I am gonna play this game and enjoy it very much. This version is amazing!

Wow, that's one great pimp up!! Fantastic work, guys!

Well done! Very nice this arcade mode!

DanySoft

Also: special compliments on the beautiful image with this article. Must have been hamlet. Brilliant art!

Superb!. One of my fave games since ages

Now please, "Driller Tanks" or "Fire Rescue" anyone?

Great improvement! New version looks awesome!

Hi, JohnHassink!

Well... this game heavily depends on randomness, so it may be a matter of luck of what you find first: the ank ...or the skull!

When I disassembled it (just for learning purposes) I saw some improvement points here and there... but never thought it will come like this! The first time I saw Nenefranz's, or when listened to Bitcaffe's music, my jaw dropped!! That's why we decided to go for the Enhanced+ version

The credit goes to Bitcaffe; it was his idea to keep that reference to the original game! I really love it!

Thank you (and everyone else, of course) for playing and the warm reception this game has got ^_^

This game is really great, thank you very much from me too.

Nice remake!

Outstanding!!

Yup; as explained in the GitHub repository:
PyramidWarp.enhanced.asm:

• The original source code, once disassembled, was easy to understand and easy to improve because it used no compression, did no clever tricks, and underused some resources (e.g.: the game looked like SCREEN 1 despite being SCREEN2 already).
• This is a patcheable version of the original source code that allows several of those enhancements.
• This version keeps most of the original source code untouched and, actually, a pixel-perfect clone of the original game can be assembled from this!

PyramidWarp.enhanced+.asm:

• This version break ties with the original source code wherever necessary to accomodate not-so-easy-to-fit enhancements (such as a proper music replayer or a sprite flickering routine)

It would be better if you had given proper attribution, as requested by the Creative Commons licenses we have used (all of them requiring attribution): "You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made".
And, if you have used the published source code to create the ports, you must honor the ShareAlike clause: "If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original."
The download I have found in the smspower.org forums only contains the .sms file; no license, no readme, no link to the original repository...

Still waiting for that...

Meanwhile, more cheap-ass MSX to SMS hacks without any reference or aknowledge of the original authors keep appearing in the smspower forum thread.
Guys, this attitude of yours is not positive for anyone: Not for the MSX scene (where you are pissing off creators), not for the SMS scene (that receive cheap-ass, wrong-colored, hacks of games they don't know about, and without information to look for the original game, or to look for the authors and their other games in case they like it), not for you (learning nothing by doing these hacks industrially). Please stop. Or, at least, play by the rules and show a little respect.

To be honest, I'm really pissed with your behaviour >

Oh, here's the enhanced++. I had not even noticed the arrival of the enhanced+ version. When I posted I downloaded the enhanced version.

I hope they get the point of attributing and respecting licenses. And, even if a license doesn't require it, I think proper attribution a link to source is the most basic courtesy/etiquette.
And I'm not talking about courtesy just with the authors, but also with the players:
A naked ROM doesn't let you discover other works of the same author(s), the background of the game, what was changed, etc. In the case of Pyramid Warp Enhanced+, not giving a link prevents the player to experiment with the level editor, to read simple and commented code (in case he is learning), to play with the compilation flags, to create his own ROM with cheats and his own sprites... May be it is not the best game, or has the most optimized routines... but is easier to follow than Metal Gear or Sword of Ianna (those games are huge!)

There is an entire different discussion about if these hacks serve any purpose. Is anyone so willing to play Pyramid Warp Enhanced+ in a real Sega Master System that doesn't care about how the Sega palette destroys the graphics? Is playing a PSG-targeted music through the SCC ports an enhancement? Or is it like applying Instagram filters to the Mona Lisa? What is the value of "a bit glitchy and no sound" port of a recently released game if you don't even give a link to the non-glitchy-and-yes-sound original game? Mandatory quote

Don't get me wrong: I think it is OK to do these kind of hacks to learn about the process... But I feel they are more like serial-production copy-paste-based cheap hacks. And, if that's the case, they are mostly worthless and provide zero knowledge of anything.

Taylor is indeed walking towards the right direction, but he has room for improvement still.

I’m particularly talking about other people on the smspower forum who take a rude and dismissive attitude to the developer’s complaints. There’s a difference between saying something along the lines of sorry my bad I didn’t realise and trying to address the issue, versus dismissing with “I don’t give a f”. Also, the license is very clearly stated here and here.