The original
This new Deluxe version, under development in 2015, is a
port to C for
The goal of this project, aside from learning more about, and practicing coding with, cc65, is to produce an updated version of the game, adding new features.
Note:
Currently, the program should run on any Atari 8-bit computer with 48KB of RAM, including the 800. (It does not use RAM under the OS ROM.)
Currently (2021-05-13) it's released as a ZIP archive containing three versions:
gemdrop.xex
" a stand-alone Atari executable program,
which may be run (without a DOS) on an Atari emulator
(e.g., "atari800 -nobasic -run gemdrop.xex
"),
from a floppy disk emulator that supports stand-alone executables
(such as an SIO2SD, SDrive-MAX,
#FujiNet, etc.), or even from a cartridge, such as an
AtariMax MaxFlash cart,
The Ultimate Cart, etc.gemdropd.xex
" an Atari executable program suitable for
running from a real floppy disk on a real Atari, or on a disk image
(".atr
") using an Atari emulator, or a real Atari with
a floppy disk emulator.gemdrop.atr
" an Atari disk image file containing
a copy of uDOS and the game and a blank save-state file.
Note: This version will attempt save your
high score and level progress each time you end a game.
The source code to the game, data files, as well as some of the artwork source, are maintained in the gemdrop_deluxe git repository at GitHub.
A snapshot of the latest release's source code, as a ".tar.gz
"
archive, can be downloaded here:
gemdrop_deluxe_2021_05_13_beta-src.tar.gz