MSXdev23 #03 Uchu Yohei

Freestyle format or not, the MSX1 fortunately keeps its appeal to many developers. So here's the third MSXdev23 entry - the game Uchu Yohei, by FrankChesstein. With its remarkable appearance, it takes us on a futuristic and psychedelic ride.

Dive into a graphically pleasing platform adventure that will probably make you sweat, swear, and bang your head against the furniture for being so difficult and hard.

You can submit your own work here. Donating to the contest can be done here.

Relevant link: Uchu Yohei
Relevant link: Play online

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Commentaires (41)

Par aoineko

Paragon (1132)

07-03-2023, 13:49

I love the design. It perfectly fit the hardware limitation.

Par thalin

Resident (42)

07-03-2023, 13:39

The adaptation of Retro Lines to MSX is an awesome idea and gave a quite unique result! Well done!

Par santiontanon

Paragon (1830)

07-03-2023, 13:41

nice! One small bug: if you fire the gun when in a ladder, it never reloads

Par ray2day

Paladin (752)

07-03-2023, 16:42

Cool entry!

Par Wlcracks

Hero (572)

07-03-2023, 18:44

nice. refreshing gfx.

Par FranChesstein

Supporter (10)

07-03-2023, 22:05

Thanks for the comments

santiontanon wrote:

nice! One small bug: if you fire the gun when in a ladder, it never reloads

Really, it is not a bug, simply your gun is temporally banned if press fire when not is usual. However, it can be easily fixed if it is a playability inconvenience. I know there is a little bug in bosses, but I'm waiting for your suggestion before fixing it in case other bugs can be found.

the game is very long (and maybe difficult, I thought it wasn't). I hope you enjoy it

Par ARTRAG

Enlighted (6976)

07-03-2023, 23:10

Awesome style! I love the graphics

Par journey

Hero (577)

08-03-2023, 07:01

Someones know how to run it on MSXVR?

Par Sebbeug

Champion (405)

08-03-2023, 12:24

It seems that it doesn't work on MSX2+ machines...

Par journey

Hero (577)

08-03-2023, 13:10

Sebbeug wrote:

It seems that it doesn't work on MSX2+ machines...

Ok! On MSXVR I have tu use the parameters:

/msx2 /mapper konami

Thanx!

Par FranChesstein

Supporter (10)

08-03-2023, 13:25

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It seems that it doesn't work on MSX2+ machines...

In a real TurboR ST it works fine using "opfxsd uchu.rom /k4" for instance (well, it needs a little change in frequency, maybe in the next version of the game) . Perhaps a correct mapper is needed to be selected.

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Someones know how to run it on MSXVR?

from VR-DOS you can write "play uchu.rom /MODEL msx1 /MAPPER konami" ( similar your comment )

Par ducasp

Paladin (712)

08-03-2023, 16:05

At the game start, if you go right, entering the next room, it seems gun doesn't work at first, saw this on webmsx

Par ducasp

Paladin (712)

08-03-2023, 16:06

By the way, loved the concept and artwork, really lovely

Par BlueCrystal

Expert (113)

09-03-2023, 00:28

Manual states:
(I am no a proffesional coder, graphician or musician)

To FranChesstein and his kin worldwide, I salute you. Respect and looking forward to new endeavours.

Par Jipe

Paragon (1624)

09-03-2023, 14:23

Uchu Yohei works well on a turbo R with a konami flashrom but don't work with sofarun

Par Briqunullus

Paladin (750)

09-03-2023, 16:25

It's a great achievement to create a colorful game, using only outline graphics. Really well done, I like the way this looks.

And it's a 1 Mbit rom, which probably means there will be a lot of screens to explore.

Par Wlcracks

Hero (572)

10-03-2023, 17:26

i really love this game, but only complaint; the jump button. I would love to use the [B] trigger, such a delicate luxury option on the MSX system. Whyyyyyyyyy the [UP] button?

Par FranChesstein

Supporter (10)

10-03-2023, 18:02

There is a new version of the game, the changes are:

- Avoid shooting when climbing ladders, falling and other situations where it no have sense to shoot (such as @santiontanon pointed)
- Avoid jumping after climbing ladders (a bit annoying according to some users)
- a bit Little change in the map (to avoid incongruence among different world)
- Change in the final gate of the last world
- Always force 50 Hz, for 2+ and TR and other MSXs originally from Japan. I am not sure whether it is good or not, the idea is that music can be listened correctly. Making clear that the game is designed (and to be played) just for the first generation of the MSX.

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At the game start, if you go right, entering the next room, it seems gun doesn't work at first, saw this on webmsx

It ought to be fixed

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To FranChesstein and his kin worldwide, I salute you. Respect and looking forward to new endeavours.

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Whyyyyyyyyy the [UP] button?

In the early eighties that was the usual way to jump and because i love using arrows to play. Arrows + Space (simple & easy)

Thank to everybody for your words. Good feedback

Par ro

Scribe (5056)

10-03-2023, 19:31

msxdev and file-hunter have both been updated with this latest version (v1.2)

Par gdx

Enlighted (6421)

11-03-2023, 02:03

FranChesstein wrote:

- Always force 50 Hz, for 2+ and TR and other MSXs originally from Japan. I am not sure whether it is good or not, the idea is that music can be listened correctly.

Very bad idea ! 99% of Japanese TVs/monitors/upscalers don't support the 50 Hz.
We must never force the 50/60 Hz.

Par Wlcracks

Hero (572)

11-03-2023, 07:27

How do you force 50/60hz on a MSX1, thats a new one for me... The VDP model number and the xtal generate the video standard according to my knowledge.

Par FranChesstein

Supporter (10)

11-03-2023, 10:24

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Very bad idea ! 99% of Japanese TVs/monitors/upscalers don't support the 50 Hz.
We must never force the 50/60 Hz.

I thought so. I will change it for pressing '1' when booting to change to 50hz, I suppose it will be better.

The MSXdev team is going to ban me for so many changes

Par MSXdev Team

Champion (337)

11-03-2023, 10:36

FranChesstein wrote:

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Very bad idea ! 99% of Japanese TVs/monitors/upscalers don't support the 50 Hz.
We must never force the 50/60 Hz.

I thought so. I will change it for pressing '1' when booting to change to 50hz, I suppose it will be better.

Most (Assembly) music replayers by now have a solution to equalize the interrupt for both 50hz and 60hz.
I don't know which one you are using, but there's probably a way to fix this.

FranChesstein wrote:

The MSXdev team is going to ban me for so many changes

You can send updates until one second before the deadline.

Par FranChesstein

Supporter (10)

11-03-2023, 12:34

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Most (Assembly) music replayers by now have a solution to equalize the interrupt for both 50hz and 60hz.
I don't know which one you are using, but there's probably a way to fix this.

It is not only the music but also the gameplay in general. Enemies faster for upper generations (2+ & TR), and maybe it can modify their behaviour.

Anyway, I have sent another version of the game. The only change I have made is the possibility of selecting 50hz when booting the rom pressing the DOWN-ARROW in the keyboard. And polish the text file .

Sincerely, I hope this were the last one. Thanks anyway.

Par gdx

Enlighted (6421)

11-03-2023, 13:31

The bit 7 of the 002Bh address can tell you if the MSX is at 50/60Hz by default. It should be possible to modify the tempo according to this value.

Par shalafi

Master (160)

12-03-2023, 00:50

Finally got some time to sit down and try this one properly, I have to say that it got me hooked, nice exploration, very expressive graphics, not too frustrating.

Nice one, I will have to play it in depth.

Par Rataplan

Champion (352)

12-03-2023, 10:36

Wlcracks wrote:

i really love this game, but only complaint; the jump button. I would love to use the [B] trigger, such a delicate luxury option on the MSX system. Whyyyyyyyyy the [UP] button?

+1 on that. At least make it a choice! I play lot of old 8-bitters and indeed the msx being able to address to firebuttons should be exploited.
I really enjoy playing this btw, congratulations!

Par FranChesstein

Supporter (10)

13-03-2023, 19:49

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i really love this game, but only complaint; the jump button. I would love to use the [B] trigger, such a delicate luxury option on the MSX system. Whyyyyyyyyy the [UP] button?

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+1 on that

Finally you were able to convince me. A new version was sent to the contest adding the button B of joystick for Jumping. No alternative keys in keyboard due to the variety of MSX keyboards.

Par Wlcracks

Hero (572)

14-03-2023, 18:25

yeah, awesome! thank you.

Par ro

Scribe (5056)

16-03-2023, 08:34

updated to v1.4
https://www.msxdev.org/2023/03/07/msxdev23-03-uchu-yohei/

Par tfh

Prophet (3421)

18-03-2023, 23:00

Thanks to the Twitter user @kuta0041378 we now have a Map for Uchu Yohei

OK, you have to scroll down to the map. The forum software can't handle the direct link...

Par wolf_

Ambassador_ (10134)

20-03-2023, 09:06

That is a big-ass map...

Par FranChesstein

Supporter (10)

20-03-2023, 11:20

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Thanks to the Twitter user @kuta0041378 we now have a Map for Uchu Yohei

OK, you have to scroll down to the map. The forum software can't handle the direct link...

Great !!! but I think it is an old version

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That is a big-ass map...

It could be bigger because there are almost 8 kb left XD

There is a new update fixing a design failure. Please, tell me whatever bugs you find. Thx

Par FranChesstein

Supporter (10)

20-03-2023, 14:11

wolf_ wrote:

That is a big-ass map...

I am not sure to understand correctly the message, anyway the map is big, good or bad

Par wolf_

Ambassador_ (10134)

20-03-2023, 23:25

No worries. Just quoting movies here.

https://youtu.be/qk9MK5smzVE?t=84

Par AxelStone

Prophet (3199)

26-03-2023, 11:20

Has anyone managed to load it using Sofarun? I haven't been able to do it with mglocm either.

Par FranChesstein

Supporter (10)

27-03-2023, 21:23

AxelStone wrote:

Has anyone managed to load it using Sofarun? I haven't been able to do it with mglocm either.

There was a little problem with the slot detection in 2+, TR and maybe other devices, I have sent another version of the game ( again ). I hope this one can run perfectly in every machine.

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No worries. Just quoting movies here. Hannibal

https://youtu.be/qk9MK5smzVE?t=84

A big-ass sky XD

Par AxelStone

Prophet (3199)

01-04-2023, 21:03

Still not able to load on Zemmix Neo . Tried with Sofarun and MGLOCM, but none of them worked. Has anyone managed to get it to work on Zemmix? Thanks.