Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Indie Retro Information: Wee Ninja

Playsoft have launched quite a few video games over time, from Blowsub on the Atari 5200, to the Atari 8bit hack of Donkey Kong by Darryl1970. Properly it is time for the Atari 5200 to get a brand new recreation announcement, as Playsoft is engaged on a top quality Mario styled platformer of ‘Wee Ninja’. A recreation by which your character can headbutt blocks, gather energy ups and even throw ninja demise squares at enemies. To coincide with this information, supplied beneath is the newest work in progress footage by Saberman.

And here is the newest from the developer. “I have been engaged on a Mario type platformer for the 5200 and needed to launch a WIP construct now I’ve the primary 4 ranges put collectively. I would admire any suggestions on the playability earlier than I am going ahead. It’s not meant to be an actual Mario clone however it does owe every thing to Mario. There are 3 power-ups, discovered by headbutting bricks; purple ninja is invincible for a time, black ninja can throw ninja demise squares at enemies and blue ninja can poke them with a stick. In case you are hit in ninja mode, you revert again to regular reasonably than lose a life. Additionally in ninja mode, headbutting bricks destroys them”.

And at last to complete off the article, the developer additionally went on to say “Some pipes might be entered to disclose secret areas. Some enemies might be squashed by leaping on them; shell enemies go away an empty shell that you would be able to launch by touching them. If you happen to reveal a coronary heart, gather it for an additional life. It is a 64K ROM (utilizing @Bryan’s M.U.L.E. financial institution switching scheme) and might be performed on actual {hardware} with the Atarimax Final SD; it also needs to work with the BackBit Professional. It runs on the Altirra emulator (use the .automotive file to keep away from deciding on the ROM sort). If it does not, it’s essential to replace to a newer model. The music is customized from the Tremendous Boy 3 recreation on the MSX, itself a Mario clone. Thanks go to @Beeblebrox and @RB5200 for his or her assist and encouragement”.

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