DARKWAR BOMBTYPES ATARI ST 4.8.2024




This is a game for ATARI ST mono emulators. It is written in GFA BASIC 3.6. It is not tested on a real machine and it is possible, that it can't be run on it. You can try to run DWBTAT.PRG or DWBTAT.GFA in a GFA BASIC interpreter. DWBTAT.PRG runs with the emulator hatari 1.8.0 and its built-in EmuTOS-image (https://hatari.tuxfamily.org/download.html). DWBTAT.PRG also runs with Steem v3.2 and the TOS-ROM tos1.02de (http://steem.atari.st). It isn't compatible to STEmulator. GFA BASIC was chosen as programming language to write a program compatible to EmuTOS. The game can also be run with hataroid and its built-in EmuTOS-image. hataroid is available for Android devices.
DWBTATB.PRG and its GFA BASIC source DWBTATB.GFA contain a version of Darkwar Bombtypes, where the enemies don't shoot and collisions with them must be avoided. That version was written because of the performance problems of DWBTAT.PRG. You can select a 32 MHZ CPU in the emulator hatari 1.80 alternatively.

One to three players destroy enemies coming from the upper border of the gamefield in this 2D space shooting game. The players choose a gun type, which must match to the type of the spacecraft to be destroyed.
The first player uses the mouse to fly and shoot and the right mouse button to choose a gun type.
The second player uses the cursor keys and RETURN to fly and shoot and the key DELETE to choose a gun type.
The third player uses the keys s, y (or z), x, c and a to fly and shoot and the key w to select a gun type.
You can use ESC to quit the game.