peteym5 Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 (edited) HeliCommander A New Arcade Game for Atari XL/XE Computers An Arcade Action Game in the style of Chopper Command and Choplifter Game Cartridge requires an Atari Computer with 16K of RAM and 1 Joystick Parallax Scrolling creating a great 3D effect and colorful scrolling objects and background Enemies - Choppers, Tanks, Bombers, Trucks, Bunkers, to challenge you. Many Challenging Levels to play This game was extensively beta tested to assure quality See video for more Edited January 25, 2017 by peteym5 DegasElite, RadioPoultry, Atari 5200 Guy and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Professor Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 Can this game work with the Trak-Ball controller? Atari 5200 Guy and Lost Dragon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteym5 Posted December 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 Can this game work with the Trak-Ball controller? Actually it is joystick and keyboard. Up-Down-Left-Right to move the helicopter. Use the Left-Right Arrows on the keyboard to point the helicopter left or right. Press Down Arrow to point the Center the Helicopter to shoot at the ground. The trackball is just about the only other controller that has up-down-left-right. I did add optional controllers to Megaoids - Joystick, Paddles, and anything that uses that "grey code" to rotate the ship left or right. So the trackball should work with that game. DegasElite and Atari 5200 Guy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteym5 Posted January 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 To further answer that question, it will work with a trackball if the trackball has joystick mode. If I was to add trackball mode, it would end up playing the same. DegasElite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariHero Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 This is pretty cool. I have a soft spot for for classic helicopter games...something that these days is rare to find in modern gaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8bitjeff Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 I love your stuff, man! The 8-bits are getting some great carts from you guys! I can't wait to play this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video 61 Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 I love your stuff, man! The 8-bits are getting some great carts from you guys! I can't wait to play this. thanks for your interest and compliment. lance www.atarisales.com Quote VIDEO 61 & ATARI SALESwww.atarisales.com22735 Congo St. NE, Stacy, MN 55079 651-462-2500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteym5 Posted January 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 https://youtu.be/5TUiTdOk5xY Here is a new long play video of HeliCommander. We are hoping to have it available sometime in February 2018. Hope you enjoy the game. RickR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 That parallax scrolling is a thing of beauty. Nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteym5 Posted February 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2018 https://youtu.be/2-QSJtpnTfA I am working on some tweaks, updates, and late bug corrections. I slightly altered the color palette for the clouds, which everyone who seen it before I posted it here stated it looks much better and more realistic based on the limits we have for the Atari. When the Helicopter is at the bottom, it is now landed and cannot move horizontally. You need to be landed to be able to rescue people from the ground. I added some beginning and end level short tunes, and the sound effect for extra life had been replaced with an actual music piece. Now adding stuff like music is a work in progress. Since I see many people here are eager for the release of the game, I am going to limit what I am going to modify. See what I can do in the next few weeks. I did open up some space on the cartridge so I can add the sound effects routine that supports short music tunes. TrekMD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 Looking forward to this. Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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