Summer Season 2010 - Shoot 'em up

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Summer Season 2010 - Shoot 'em up; Alien Breed Special Edition on the Amiga.
Topic Started: Jun 27 2010, 10:53 AM (480 Views)
merman	Jun 27 2010, 10:53 AM Post #1
Retro Survival Ed Posts: 2,503 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: April 26, 2006	Lock and load. Markopoloman puts us down among the xenomorphs for Alien Breed Special Edition on the Amiga. Disk 1 : http://www.planetemu.net/index.php?section=roms&dat=754&action=showrom&id=1061988 Disk 2 : http://www.planetemu.net/index.php?section=roms&dat=754&action=showrom&id=1061989 Scores to be in by 12:00 on Sunday the 8th of August Final Scores : 1) 166100 - Invisible = 100.00 points 2) 143900 - necronom = 87.76 points 3) 92100 - Geenius = 66.61 points 4) 80200 - A.J Green = 57.48 points 5) 49400 - Supermario = 42.65 points 6) 48000 - meaty70 = 36.67 points 7) 46700 - Merman = 30.72 points 8) 36400 - Dam = 22.07 points 9) 11700 - redcrayon = 9.08 points



Invisible	Jun 27 2010, 12:03 PM Post #2
Posts: 871 Group: Members Member #134 Joined: January 2, 2008 RetroLeague Titles S16 (1)	Cant get this to load from the links Gets to Cracked Screen and then crashes with software failure each and everytime A lil help please?



necronom	Jun 27 2010, 07:04 PM Post #3
Para(lytic)Droid Posts: 1,739 Group: Admin Member #7 Joined: April 26, 2006 RetroLeague Titles S17, S19, S21, AA11, WW12 (5)	I just picked a config at random and it worked. The one I'm using is an AGA; 68040; Kickstart 3.1; 2Mb Chip; 8 Mb Fast. The annoying thing is that it only used one disk drive, so you have to press F12 and change the floppy disk when prompted.



supermario	Jun 27 2010, 07:55 PM Post #4
Posts: 941 Group: Members Member #60 Joined: November 20, 2006	Works for me under A68000 Kickstart "KS ROM v1.3 (A500,A1000,A2000) rev 34.5 (256k)" Not got a high enough score to get on the table tho. Very Gauntlet like....



necronom	Jun 27 2010, 09:13 PM Post #5
Para(lytic)Droid Posts: 1,739 Group: Admin Member #7 Joined: April 26, 2006 RetroLeague Titles S17, S19, S21, AA11, WW12 (5)	81,500 I was doing well, then I accidentally shot a fire door and I was trapped, so I had to kill myself Beware of shooting anywhere near fire doors!



Invisible	Jun 28 2010, 12:00 AM Post #6
Posts: 871 Group: Members Member #134 Joined: January 2, 2008 RetroLeague Titles S16 (1)	46,100 Thanks for the helps peeps Attached to this post: Alien_Breed___Special_Edition_92__1992__Team_17__Disk_2_of_2__004.png (8.51 KB)



SuperFrog	Jun 28 2010, 11:18 AM Post #7
Posts: 129 Group: Members Member #210 Joined: March 11, 2009	necronom Jun 27 2010, 07:04 PM I just picked a config at random and it worked. The one I'm using is an AGA; 68040; Kickstart 3.1; 2Mb Chip; 8 Mb Fast. The annoying thing is that it only used one disk drive, so you have to press F12 and change the floppy disk when prompted. This is one of the first games for regular A500 that supported 1MB only. (first Amigas had only half meg memory) I was lucku owner of Amiga 500+ at the time, with extra 512KB (total 1.5MB memory) and 20MB !!! hard disk. Those were the times... With WinUAE just select: Quick Start >> A500 (most common with 512chip and 512 slow memory) or A500 Plus (Basic non-expanded configuration) Of course, you have to have Kickstart 1.3 (or 2.04 for other A500+) Edited by SuperFrog, Jun 28 2010, 11:41 AM.



necronom	Jun 28 2010, 07:17 PM Post #8
Para(lytic)Droid Posts: 1,739 Group: Admin Member #7 Joined: April 26, 2006 RetroLeague Titles S17, S19, S21, AA11, WW12 (5)	143,900 Managed to get to (I think it was) level 5.



1up	Jun 30 2010, 07:46 AM Post #9
Posts: 85 Group: Members Member #131 Joined: November 6, 2007	really looking forward to playing this game again. I havent played it since I had an actual Amiga, which I sold back in 1994 16 years later, I hope its still as awesome as I remember it



merman	Jul 1 2010, 11:11 AM Post #10
Retro Survival Ed Posts: 2,503 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: April 26, 2006	Finally got on the score table... 36700 Attached to this post: Alien_Breed___Special_Edition_92__1992__Team_17__Disk_2_of_2__001.png (8.62 KB)



Invisible	Jul 6 2010, 12:59 AM Post #11
Posts: 871 Group: Members Member #134 Joined: January 2, 2008 RetroLeague Titles S16 (1)	141,900 Slowly, slowly is the order of the day. Dang, that took an age.. Attached to this post: Alien_Breed___Special_Edition_92__1992__Team_17__Disk_2_of_2__006.png (8.58 KB) Edited by Invisible, Jul 6 2010, 12:59 AM.



merman	Jul 6 2010, 10:08 AM Post #12
Retro Survival Ed Posts: 2,503 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: April 26, 2006	41000 Got the fourth generator, ran out of keys... Attached to this post: Alien_Breed___Special_Edition_92__1992__Team_17__Disk_2_of_2__002.png (9.08 KB)



necronom	Jul 6 2010, 10:24 AM Post #13
Para(lytic)Droid Posts: 1,739 Group: Admin Member #7 Joined: April 26, 2006 RetroLeague Titles S17, S19, S21, AA11, WW12 (5)	You can shoot doors open if you run out of keys, or buy more keys from a console.



merman	Jul 7 2010, 10:42 AM Post #14
Retro Survival Ed Posts: 2,503 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: April 26, 2006	necronom Jul 6 2010, 10:24 AM You can shoot doors open if you run out of keys, or buy more keys from a console. I knew about shooting, how do you buy keys (and what does a console look like)?



necronom	Jul 7 2010, 12:40 PM Post #15
Para(lytic)Droid Posts: 1,739 Group: Admin Member #7 Joined: April 26, 2006 RetroLeague Titles S17, S19, S21, AA11, WW12 (5)	merman Jul 7 2010, 10:42 AM I knew about shooting, how do you buy keys (and what does a console look like)? The consoles look like this: Move over one and press space to login. You can buy better weapons, keys, ammo, lives, maps, etc., so try to get as much money as possible on the levels.



Invisible	Jul 8 2010, 01:13 AM Post #16
Posts: 871 Group: Members Member #134 Joined: January 2, 2008 RetroLeague Titles S16 (1)	166,100 Dont think Iam getting much further in this. beat some giant squid thing got lost on the way out space station blows up everything dies Should you want to choose your weapons press the Left Alt Key once you have purchased them (should default to the most powerful anyway) and if you buy the mini map its 'M' key to activate. Attached to this post: Alien_Breed___Special_Edition_92__1992__Team_17__Disk_2_of_2__008.png (8.58 KB)



1up	Jul 8 2010, 04:41 PM Post #17
Posts: 85 Group: Members Member #131 Joined: November 6, 2007	trying to get this to work today. when I boot the game I get past the super frog preview and all and to the part with the alien breed 92 logo. it sits here for about 30 seconds, then reboots? what am I doing wrong? using the A500+ profile



1up	Jul 8 2010, 05:10 PM Post #18
Posts: 85 Group: Members Member #131 Joined: November 6, 2007	1up Jul 8 2010, 04:41 PM trying to get this to work today. when I boot the game I get past the super frog preview and all and to the part with the alien breed 92 logo. it sits here for about 30 seconds, then reboots? what am I doing wrong? using the A500+ profile using kickrom2.0 seemed to solve the problem ? score 37,650 died with all lives on purpose on lvl 1. no screenshot. will do a better run later



zaphod79	Jul 8 2010, 08:03 PM Post #19
Like 69, but bigger Posts: 2,318 Group: Admin Member #11 Joined: April 26, 2006 RetroLeague Titles S5.5, S6 (2)	Scores updated



1up	Jul 9 2010, 03:47 AM Post #20
Posts: 85 Group: Members Member #131 Joined: November 6, 2007	I seemed to have had fixed my problem yesterday but when I tried again about 2 hours later it would not work again? This time though instead of reebooting after the alien brred special edition 92 logo, I this time got the black and red screen 'software error' ?? did my disc images get damaged or something? I know I got on the high score board and I closed the program with alt+F4. Is that wrong? Or maybe it just doesnt like vista x64? Ive got an old version of WINUAE, 2006 i think, so I could try and update and see if that fixes it, if its not a disc image problem



a.j.green	Jul 9 2010, 12:40 PM Post #21
Its not easy... Posts: 1,477 Group: Members Member #20 Joined: April 28, 2006 RetroLeague Titles S20 (1)	41100 Quite like this, reminds me of Into the Eagles Nest, but with smaller graphics.



Invisible	Jul 9 2010, 02:43 PM Post #22
Posts: 871 Group: Members Member #134 Joined: January 2, 2008 RetroLeague Titles S16 (1)	1up Jul 9 2010, 03:47 AM I seemed to have had fixed my problem yesterday but when I tried again about 2 hours later it would not work again? This time though instead of reebooting after the alien brred special edition 92 logo, I this time got the black and red screen 'software error' ?? did my disc images get damaged or something? I know I got on the high score board and I closed the program with alt+F4. Is that wrong? Or maybe it just doesnt like vista x64? Ive got an old version of WINUAE, 2006 i think, so I could try and update and see if that fixes it, if its not a disc image problem 1up You will have to reset your amiga specs everytime to aga, amiga 1200/600 or whatever, and something else that necromoneoneoneoeneoneon mentioned above Memory to 4mb/8mb iirc I had the red screen before I stared faffing and it worked.. I find everything resets alot if you quick launch through Lemon,



merman	Jul 11 2010, 11:05 AM Post #23
Retro Survival Ed Posts: 2,503 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: April 26, 2006	43800 Scores updated - 2 weeks gone, 4 weeks to go Attached to this post: Alien_Breed___Special_Edition_92__1992__Team_17__Disk_2_of_2__003.png (8.63 KB)



necronom	Jul 11 2010, 08:33 PM Post #24
Para(lytic)Droid Posts: 1,739 Group: Admin Member #7 Joined: April 26, 2006 RetroLeague Titles S17, S19, S21, AA11, WW12 (5)	Invisible Jul 9 2010, 02:43 PM 1up Jul 9 2010, 03:47 AM I seemed to have had fixed my problem yesterday but when I tried again about 2 hours later it would not work again? You will have to reset your amiga specs everytime to aga, amiga 1200/600 or whatever, and something else that necromoneoneoneoeneoneon mentioned above Memory to 4mb/8mb iirc When you have changed the settings you should bring up the settings screen with F12, then press the Save As button in the config part. The next time you run WinUAE, just load the settings you saved (you should obviously save it when disk one is in the drive).



meaty70	Jul 12 2010, 06:54 PM Post #25
Posts: 219 Group: Members Member #93 Joined: April 22, 2007	48000



1up	Jul 13 2010, 05:03 AM Post #26
Posts: 85 Group: Members Member #131 Joined: November 6, 2007	necronom Jul 11 2010, 08:33 PM Invisible Jul 9 2010, 02:43 PM 1up Jul 9 2010, 03:47 AM I seemed to have had fixed my problem yesterday but when I tried again about 2 hours later it would not work again? You will have to reset your amiga specs everytime to aga, amiga 1200/600 or whatever, and something else that necromoneoneoneoeneoneon mentioned above Memory to 4mb/8mb iirc When you have changed the settings you should bring up the settings screen with F12, then press the Save As button in the config part. The next time you run WinUAE, just load the settings you saved (you should obviously save it when disk one is in the drive). I did save the configuration that worked for me that one time. Doesnt work anymore though? Tried everything. Think I will try and re-download the disc images, as something must have happened to them? thats the error msg i get on the black/red screen



merman	Jul 13 2010, 09:35 AM Post #27
Retro Survival Ed Posts: 2,503 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: April 26, 2006	I found it didn't work if you had the drive speed turned up to Turbo.



redcrayon	Jul 16 2010, 06:08 AM Post #28
Posts: 21 Group: Members Member #228 Joined: October 1, 2009	11700 weak score i know... will try again if i have time. Attached to this post: alien_breed_highscore.png (16.27 KB)



Dam	Jul 16 2010, 08:57 PM Post #29
Posts: 232 Group: Members Member #253 Joined: April 26, 2010	36,400 Token score from me, won't be playing this game anymore because I totally hate it. In fact I've made a list of why it sucks: 1. It takes 400 years to load. On an emulator. Jeez... 2. I spend all my time wandering around bored, lost and looking for keys to open the 100 million doors in each level. 3. On the rare occasions I'm packing some keys, I use them accidentally trying to walk past a door. 4. It doesn't tell you your score whilst you are playing. 5. There were so many amazing shooters on the nomination list we could have been playing! Moan over. Now back to Bang Bang Ball............ Attached to this post: alienbreed.jpg (473.2 KB) Edited by Dam, Jul 16 2010, 08:57 PM.



meaty70	Jul 16 2010, 10:06 PM Post #30
Posts: 219 Group: Members Member #93 Joined: April 22, 2007	Dam Jul 16 2010, 08:57 PM 36,400 Token score from me, won't be playing this game anymore because I totally hate it. In fact I've made a list of why it sucks: 1. It takes 400 years to load. On an emulator. Jeez... 2. I spend all my time wandering around bored, lost and looking for keys to open the 100 million doors in each level. 3. On the rare occasions I'm packing some keys, I use them accidentally trying to walk past a door. 4. It doesn't tell you your score whilst you are playing. 5. There were so many amazing shooters on the nomination list we could have been playing! Moan over. Now back to Bang Bang Ball............ I feel the same way but I think I'll have a few more goes to try and improve my score



merman	Jul 17 2010, 10:43 AM Post #31
Retro Survival Ed Posts: 2,503 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: April 26, 2006	It's just the luck of the draw... As you can probably tell from my questions earlier in the thread, it's not a game I'd played back in the day.



merman	Jul 18 2010, 11:12 AM Post #32
Retro Survival Ed Posts: 2,503 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: April 26, 2006	Scores updated



a.j.green	Jul 19 2010, 12:37 PM Post #33
Its not easy... Posts: 1,477 Group: Members Member #20 Joined: April 28, 2006 RetroLeague Titles S20 (1)	80200



supermario	Jul 20 2010, 09:53 PM Post #34
Posts: 941 Group: Members Member #60 Joined: November 20, 2006	Finally got my name up 49,400



merman	Jul 25 2010, 10:55 AM Post #35
Retro Survival Ed Posts: 2,503 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: April 26, 2006	Scores updated, two weeks to go...



merman	Jul 25 2010, 04:40 PM Post #36
Retro Survival Ed Posts: 2,503 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: April 26, 2006	46700 Attached to this post: Alien_Breed___Special_Edition_92__1992__Team_17__Disk_2_of_2__001.png (8.97 KB)



Geenius	Jul 30 2010, 10:58 PM Post #37
Posts: 53 Group: Members Member #257 Joined: June 6, 2010	I eventually got this working - boredom killed me more than the aliens! 54500 Attached to this post: alienbreed_54500_geenius.png (12.9 KB)



merman	Aug 3 2010, 11:43 AM Post #38
Retro Survival Ed Posts: 2,503 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: April 26, 2006	Scores updated, five days to go...



Geenius	Aug 6 2010, 10:18 PM Post #39
Posts: 53 Group: Members Member #257 Joined: June 6, 2010	Got lost and then killed trying to escape the countdown on level 3. I'd assumed more doors - should have gone to the last and returned. Would take far too long to try again. 92100 Attached to this post: alienbreed_92100_geenius.jpg (11.3 KB)



zaphod79	Aug 7 2010, 10:25 AM Post #40
Like 69, but bigger Posts: 2,318 Group: Admin Member #11 Joined: April 26, 2006 RetroLeague Titles S5.5, S6 (2)	Scores updated a little over 24 hours to go


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