XRick highscore saver

[Sdw]

I really like the GP32 port of XRick (played Rick Dangerous on my C64 and Amiga many years ago).
The only thing I miss is that the highscores aren't saved to the SMC.
This feature would probably not be hard to implement at all (I could probably do it if I had the sources).
Anyone know if the sources are released, or how to contact the author (Anders Granlund)? I can't find any e-mail or website.

 

[Tobriand]

He's the same guy who did the Infones and Sarien ports - his site's posted in their info, but to save you looking, here it is - http://w1.243.telia.com/~u24315537/

... He's also done the GPQuake port, but its a 3fps job atm, and only for 32 MB cards... still, hopefully someone will pick up where he left off...

 

[Sdw]

Thanks! There even was a complete source posted on his site, so when I get more comfortable with the GP32 coding (just started out), I should be able to add the highscore-saver myself. Ahh, the beauty of opensource - if you want a feature, just add it yourself.

 

[Tobriand]

Glad I could help - good luck on adding the High-score thing...

If you want a bit more of a challenge, get it to encrypt the score with the Username on the GP32 - then hopefully we can actually have things like competitions for gaming prowess (this be's a feature I ask pretty nearly everyone to put in, so if you cbf, don't worry. I only know of one game that does it so far - the Giana's Sisters remke - and it ain't released yet).

No idea on how you'd go about it though...

 

[Sdw]

Yeah, while it's a good idea, I think it's probably a bit too ambitious at the moment. For now my first priority will be to actually be able to compile the original source!

 

[Bonks]

You could always just play it on Castaway then save the state

quality isnt quite as fantastic but its damn close

 

[MrT]

I'd forgotten about the Great Giana Sisters game, I doubt that this will ever get released now which is a shame it looked really good from the screen prints

MrT

 

[rcx21000]

Why can't they just change the gfx and remove any kind of dtory for the Giana Sisters thing, so it isn't Giana Sisters anymore. Also, please DON'T add a hiscore list, it would be embarasing to me (as in: I am the worst player of it in the whole entire world)

 

[Tobriand]

So am I... but there could be such a thing as classes in any competitions - i.e. once you got over a certain scre, or past a certain level, you instantly go onto the next class in the scorefile

Put it like this... if a high-score system were to be set up, I'd be among the first to register for it. I'd just be permanently at the bottom of the list.