«Kangaroo» with improved graphics for Atari 8-bit
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Konstantinos "TIX" Giamalidis (Greece) completed his project to improve the sprites of «Kangaroo» (APX, 1982) version for Atari 8-bit computers.
Such asWe reported at the end of October, "TIX" resumed thehackof the beloved title to optimize the main character with more details and give him new animations.
Giamalidis also updated the fruits, bells, and even the projectile-throwing monkeys, as well as redrawn the baby kangaroo. You can compare the changes in the following image (column A: the original; column B: the one "hacked" by "TIX").
"I can't call it areduxBecause all the changes are purely cosmetic, so it's more accurate to call it a makeover (...) I managed to change most of the things I wanted, just by rearranging the pixels," he explained.in the AtariAge forum
To appreciate the change, the option must be enabled.frame blendingin the Altirra emulator. Go to the menu:System > Configure system > Outputs > Video.
Kangaroo makeover for Atari 8-bit computers
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