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[dedevilgames]

Back in 2004, when I was a kid, I started a game called Space Raids Zero.
It was pretty shoddy, shoddy system, shoddy graphics, shoddy music and shoddy gameplay.

Now I'm into retro 8-bit and 16-bit stuff, I thought I'd dig this up and try and rejuvenate it. The primary new addition is a menu system.

Name: Space Raids Zero
Download (with music - 10.4mb): Link
Download (without music - 2.55mb): Link
Resolution: 800x600, press F4 for Windowed mode

Some parts of the game are incomplete, some parts of the system in the later levels don't work properly due to unfinished re-coding, and some of my childish MS-Paint graphics remain.
I recommend that you download with the music - there are numerous versions of the theme tune to sample, in 8-bit, 8-bit plus band, or MIDI.

Controls:
Ctrl - Shoot
Shift - Jump
Arrow Keys - Move and Aim
Mouse - Navigate Menus
Space - Drop DeathTrap Bombs (later on in the game if the system hasn't messed up before you reach it)

Anyway, if you have any recommendations, I'd like to hear them,
Thanks

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[RoyalCardMan]

This actually is a very simple and nice game. I thought the music matched the game play and all. A few suggestions I had were to make the enemies a bit harder, make the controls easier to use or allow players to change the controls. Sometimes collisions were a bit glitchy. Other than that, this is a good game so far.

[dedevilgames]

This actually is a very simple and nice game. I thought the music matched the game play and all. A few suggestions I had were to make the enemies a bit harder, make the controls easier to use or allow players to change the controls. Sometimes collisions were a bit glitchy. Other than that, this is a good game so far.

I'm quite happy with how it's running so far, yes, thank you. I'm going to add some intelligence to the enemies to make them less 'Mario-like', but I don't want to make it too Metroid-y either Thanks for the feedback. I've found controls like this acceptable in the past but it might be an idea to alter them I suppose.