Many of you probably remember the 1980's Isometric games of Batman and Head Over Heels by Ocean Software: two great games for systems such as the Amstrad, ZX Spectrum, and the more recent MSX2 remake. So here's a great news update for fans of these games. As we have recently been told by Saberman, that Batman has been made available for the Sinclair QL. As in the words of the creator "Batman, Jon Ritman's legendary 1986 game now also for the retro-computer Sinclair QL thanks to the remake of Joan Gayón, which is freely available in various versions, for the original machine and for the emulator developed in assembly language from scratch".
And here's the latest. "I started the project in late 2020 to demonstrate the capabilities of a computer that had very little playful software and was very poorly treated in this regard. At first, I did not intend to do the whole game, but a “technical demo ” of what was my favorite game from my childhood, but as the code became more and more complex, I realized that to make a small demo of a couple of Batman screens, I would have to do practically EVERYTHING ... so once I started, I had to prove to myself that it was very possible. That little I knew then of all the problems that were going to come out. This reminded me of a movie in which the character says something like that after solving a problem you had to be prepared to solve the next one and so on until you solve everything".
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ReplyDeleteCool!
ReplyDeleteCool, nice gfx! kudos
ReplyDeleteThe walking sound would've drove my parents insane! hah
DeleteExcellent job done on this one, it really looks great. I think it was over for the QL by the time that Batman came out but still, switch this with Knight Lore, looking a bit more colorful, and maybe the history of the QL isn't so set into stone?
ReplyDeleteNow, please take the C64 and Amiga version and make them even better. Love these Batman games!
ReplyDeleteTheir wasn't a C64/Amiga version...
ReplyDeleteWow. I never even heard about a Sinclair QL, had to look it up. Wow, there are so many Spectrum or Sinclair computers and variants, I'll never know them all.
ReplyDeleteWow, nice to see a QL game in here..
ReplyDeleteAnd with no COLOR CLASH... :D
Can we look forward to Head Over Heels QL as well I wonder
ReplyDeleteI've played a bit and noticed that there's a strange bug, the features for the BatBoots and BatBag items are switched: Batman can jump after collecting the BatBag, and needs the BatBoots to pick up items. 🤣
ReplyDeleteAlso, an option for infinite lives wouldn't hurt.