Dan's Remakes presents:

RetroVaders - Version 1.30 (28/10/2007)

Well folks, it doesn't get much more retro than this.  Released nearly 30 years ago Space Invaders was the game that kick-started an industry and this is my little tribute to it.  After all, EVERY programmer has to try his hand at writing a version of this game at some point, so why not get it out of the way?

Personally I blame Retro Gamer magazine and their two-month long complete history of Space Invaders for putting the idea into my head.  Just as well they didn't run one on Pac Man isn't it?  (Now THERES an idea. . . .)


Gameplay:

Shoot the invaders before they reach the bottom of the screen, avoid getting shot.


Scoring:

Invaders - 10-30 pts
UFOs     - 10-300 pts

Bonus life awarded every 1500 points


Controls:

Cursor keys - Movement
Space       - Shoot
ESC         - Quit
F10         - Take screenshot

Or use a joypad.

Notes:

Windows version should run on Windows XP or higher with a DirectX 7 or OpenGL compatible graphics card.  Earlier versions of Windows are unsupported.

Linux version requires libsdtc++.so.6 or higher and a hardware accelerated X server.


Legal Bit:

RetroVaders is not endorsed by or associated with Taito and is intended as a tribute to a classic game.  Let's face it, there are probably more unofficial versions of this game (both freeware and commercial) than any other arcade game in history so if they want to sue over this one there are a couple of hundred people in the queue ahead of me.


License:

Freeware.  Please feel free to copy this game for your friends.  If you like this game then please visit us at http://dans-remakes.sytes.net for more free retro games.


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Permission is NOT granted to include this game on compilation disks.  If you wish to include this game as part of a commercial collection / magazine cover disk then please get in touch via mailto:dans-remakes@gmail.com to discuss it first.


Space Invaders (c) 1978 Taito
RetroVaders    (c) 2007 Dan's Remakes


History:

Version 1.30

Added joypad support
New options Screen
Game options saved to disk
High score saved to disk
Multiple backdrops (Invaders, Deluxe Invaders, Retrovaders, None)
Multiple invader sprite sets (Retrovaders, Classic, Atari 2600)
Number of bunkers selectable between none and four
Number of invaders increased to 50
UFO no longer appears if there are less than eight invaders on screen
UFO Scoring - Now works correctly between 50 and 300 (was going up to 310)
UFO Movement - Bug fixed that could cause the invaders to drop straight down the screen (I've only seen it twice and I've probably played it more than anyone)
Invader drop speed tweaked to ensure that they always land at the same height (there was a slight variance depending on which row landed)


Version 1.20

Added full colour / mono mode
Backdrop can be switched off
New title screen
Mystery UFO now follows 23, 14, 14 shot pattern
Mystery UFO bonus now between 50 and 300
Screen mode switching fixed for MacOS X version
Graphics mode set to DirectX7 for Windows version


Version 1.10

Set graphics driver for Linux and MacOS to OpenGL to enable screen mode switching.
Set default resolution to 640x480.
Changed base shooting style from autofire to single fire (matches original game).
Reduced frequency of UFO appearance from 1 in 1000 to 1 in 10000.


Version 1.00

Initial release.