Galaforce

= Galaforce by Kevin Edwards and Kees van Oss =

Licence
Freeware (source code [mailto:contact@retrosoftware.co.uk available on request], subject to copyright holders' permission)

BBC Micro / Electron Galaforce &copy; 1986 Superior Software / Kevin Edwards Atomic Galaforce by Kees van Oss, 2012

Introduction
The classic shoot-'em-up Galaforce was originally released on the BBC Micro and Electron in 1986 by Superior Software. Coded by legendary Acorn programmer Kevin Edwards, he has unearthed and generously shared the source code of the original BBC Micro version with RS and the first attempt to port the game is by our talented Atom coder Kees van Oss.

Galaforce BBC Micro disc cover scan, courtesy of 8bs.com  Posted: 18:53, 10 Nov 2012

8-directional movement of the player's spaceship; fast and slow-speed bombs which home in when later zones are reached; keyboard and joystick control; self-play demo mode; high score table and superb atmospheric music.

In the midst of the 25th century, the United Cosmological Federation declared war on the savage, belligerent aliens inhabiting the Magellanic galaxy. Only the most experienced of the U.C.F. pilots were chosen to embark upon the perilous mission of conquering and overthrowing the hordes of Magelian, the Galaforce.

The Galaforce aliens attack in precise preconceived formations with each zone comprising several such formations. You must pilot your spaceship carefully avoiding the aliens, or shooting them whenever possible. Some aliens have to be hit more than once to destroy them. You have four spaceships and an extra spaceship is awarded if your score reaches 20,000 points.

Discuss Galaforce

Galaforce Worlds is available for Windows from Superior Interactive

http://www.superiorinteractive.com/galaforceworlds/

Atom
Port by Kees van Oss

System Requirements

 * Standard Acorn Atom
 * 32 KB RAM (#0000-#7FFF)
 * 6 KB video RAM (#8000-#97FF)
 * VIA


 * Colourboard (optional)
 * Joystick (optional)

Joystick Connections
An optional joystick can be connected to PORTB of the AtoMMC interface with software version 2.9.

AtoMMC Joystick - PB0  -  Right PB1 -  Left PB2 -  Down PB3 -  Up  PB4  -  Jump PB5 -  nc  PB6  -  nc  PB7  -  nc  GND  -  GND

Download
[[Media:Atom_Galaforce.zip‎|Galaforce Acorn Atom disc/tape images]]

This image archive includes both tape and disc versions of the game, in colour and monochrome. Read the included Readme.txt file for more info.

Atom Development Diary
A Development Diary recording the details of the game's development by the author.

Screenshots
Atom Galaforce Title Screen early preview screenshot  Posted: 23:34, 16 Aug 2011

Videos
Galaforce for the Atom update by Kees van Oss Posted: Fri Sept 30, 2011.

Galaforce for the Atom Update 2 by Kees van Oss Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012.