The Nomad II: Trapped!
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Nomad II: Trapped was my second video game. Finally released in late 2003 after nearly two years of work, Nomad II contained 40 designed levels, 20 personalized save slots, a competitive scoring system, and a random level generation algorithm that could keep a player busy forever.
By this time, the entity that would eventually become the Malex Media Network was almost fully grown. As a team, we managed to put together a series of character sprites based on live action video, we managed to produce actual sound and music, and to top it all off, we managed to get runner-up in an amateur coding competition.
Don't let the lack of a Nomad I confuse you. This game is a sequal to a short story that I wrote during a time when I didn't know any better. (Actually, the game's story is pretty bad too...)
Nevertheless, this game was quite fun to make, and is equally enjoyable to play.
Have fun!
--Alex Markley
Comments
......??????
and HOW do you get it from the computer to your GBA?
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落 天使
"I was in a bizarre state of mind: The state of mind that
only a coder can understand - where the world around you fades, and the ordered, perfect logic of the computer
becomes your reality."
^-mAlex
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落 天使
Well...
To pull that off, you need a developer's cartridge. (Which I have.)
It's basically an empty, rewritable cartridge that you can put any game ROM on and play. I used mine pretty extensively during the development of this game.
For those who don't have / can't afford one, the game plays fine on most all GBA emulators.
If you don't have a GBA emulator, and you're running windows, you can try using the installer that I provided. It basically sets everything up for you so you can play it without any real hassle.
ttyl
--Alex Markley
"But who will help me bake the flour?" inquired the donkey.
"Festering!" screamed the hen in reply.
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”
Palmy
I've finally gotten the time to play OpenMAZE, now that it's on my Palm Pilot. Can I put Nomad II on there, too?
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
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Fairy tales are more than true — not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten. - G. K. Chesterton
Eh, I doubt it...
The GBA is significantly harder to emulate than a GBC. I don't know of any GBA emulators for palm devices. Of course, I could be wrong... I suppose it might be worth a look.
--Alex Markley
"But who will help me bake the flour?" inquired the donkey.
"Festering!" screamed the hen in reply.
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”
Pretty please
I suppose it might be worth a look.
It would make me really happy.
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
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Fairy tales are more than true — not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten. - G. K. Chesterton
Awww!
Yeah, Malex! Poor Palmy just wants to play!
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Come now children what's wrong? You should be panting with delight!
=•.•= ~Squeak!
iBoy
I recently saw a GameBoy Color emulator for iPod. I have no idea how the controls work, though...
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How many nuns could a nunchuck chuck if a nunchuck could chuck nuns?
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools talk because they have to say something." - Plato
Aww...
The link to the Windows Installer file is gone.
Oh well, I'm guessing it's not too hard to find an emulator. Just thought you might want to know.
--Light a man a fire, and you keep him warm for a day. Light a man ON fire, and you keep him warm for the rest of his life.
Und alvays rememba cheeldren: Delta ecks eqvals fee nought times time ploos von half accelerashun times time sqvared.
Funny thing...
Malex actually noticed and pondered over that one for a bit earlier today.
Dunno if he’s gotten a chance to fix it yet.
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“Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what I now bring to pass …” –Isaiah 37:26, ESV
With contentment comes passion to make the best of opportunity.
Windows Installer and wine
If it was broken then mAlex must have fixed it. (Unless the problem is related to the round robin use of the file servers.) It downloaded fine for me using Firefox. I tested the installer image with Wine running on FC9 and it worked! This new version of Wine is much better then the last version I tested. I wonder how many of our old windows programs will now work under Wine?
Fixed
It should be fixed as of several hours ago today. Please let me know if it's not.
--Alex Markley
“Suddenly, the world was a bit more orange than usual. And the bunny didn't like it.”
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”