MSXdev'18 #3 - Virus LQP-79 | MSX Resource Center

This game is a port to MSX of Virus LQP-79 coded by Team-Arg for Arduboy.
Although it's a 48Kb ROM (not very compressed), it's a mini-game with about half an hour of play.

Save the three survivors of each level and escape through the door!

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Relevant link: MSXdev - Virus LQP-79

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By valkyre

Paladin (698)

10-05-2018, 19:38

Cute game!

By Francisco Tellez de Meneses

Expert (128)

10-05-2018, 20:46

The image of the girl running away is so cool.

By Metalion

Paragon (1628)

10-05-2018, 20:50

Very nice ! I dig the reference to "Zombies ate my neighbours", one of my favourite game of all time.

By santiontanon

Paragon (1830)

10-05-2018, 21:00

Nice game! How many levels are there? (I just had 5 mins to play in-between meetings) Also, the little targets give you weapon upgrade, but what about coins? are they just bonus points?

By Pippo

Hero (521)

10-05-2018, 21:54

Very, very nice game, really!!
I like it so much!
My real Congratulations to All Great Msx Developers!

By hamlet

Scribe (4106)

10-05-2018, 22:20

Great game. I'm waiting so long for a ZEMN clone.
Also thank you to TFH for make it available on his side like all MSXdev games!

By ARTRAG

Enlighted (6976)

10-05-2018, 22:38

Just reached level 16 ! Well done Pentacour!

By Grauw

Ascended (10818)

10-05-2018, 23:29

Francisco Tellez de Meneses wrote:

The image of the girl running away is so cool.

Yes, that’s real nice artwork!

By gdx

Enlighted (6422)

11-05-2018, 10:25

Nice game and good atmosphere. Thanks.

By enribar

Paragon (1224)

11-05-2018, 11:13

These are the games I really like!!! No so much exploration and much action!
Like to have tons of them. It reminds me a bit of Zombies Ate My Neighbors.

By journey

Hero (577)

11-05-2018, 13:38

Fantastic work!!
Very frantic and adictive!!
I wonder if after the contest will be made an "EX" version on cartridge with more (an big) levels, more kids to rescue, power ups etc...

By JasonLee

Resident (40)

11-05-2018, 19:13

Adictive game, amazing. Played for a long time

By JohnHassink

Ambassador (5684)

12-05-2018, 07:29

Have been a big fan of Pentacour since "Nayade Resistance", which I found pretty unique and cool.

This one is a very accessible and smoothly going game. Indeed, once you start playing, it's hard to stop.
However, even if it's indeed a mini-game, in a relatively small ROM size, I would have liked one or two extra gameplay elements some time around later levels (like fake survivors, or traps, or quicksand that slows you down, or zombies that explode and so damage you, or just anything).
So even as it's great fun throughout, it does get a bit samey towards the end.

Anyway, a great entry. I do wonder why the virus (the time limit) only gets in effect after you have rescued the three survivors. Maybe having a time limit from the get-go in each level would have made it even more frantic and exiting.

By journey

Hero (577)

12-05-2018, 08:22

Reached level 31 (with "continue" help)
About the "continue", i think would be more challenging if, after the continue, the score will be reset to 0

By NYYRIKKI

Enlighted (6088)

13-05-2018, 10:51

Oh, I got a bad ending

By pentacour

Supporter (9)

14-05-2018, 16:05

Thank you for your comments! I love that you like it.

I agree with your improvement proposals, but the game is as is. Now I don't have time to make more. I have to correct a couple of bugs I have seen (one of the songs is missing and the song of the intro in some MSX-1 sounds too slow ) and I will reset score when you continue (like @journey says). I think is implemented but it was missing in any check in...

It's a mini-game for the MSXDev, freeware and digital only. To justify the price of the cartridges, I should add more enemies with different mechanics, power ups, levels, tiles, maybe bosses... but I don't have time now.

But sure, thank you for playing and for your feedback!

By nitrofurano

Champion (304)

12-06-2018, 20:54

where is the download link?

By MSXdev Team

Champion (337)

12-06-2018, 21:34

@ nitrofurano: It is a clickable icon looking like this, right beneath the header saying "Downloads":

MSXdev'18 #3 - Virus LQP-79

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