BASGAMES GFA 3 4.10.2023






The twelve best games for the XPRO VGA REDUCED 2.12 gaming console are contained as games for the ATARI ST mono computer in the BASGAMES GFA package. Twenty less interesting games are contained as ATARI ST mono games in this BASGAMES GFA 3 package. Xsquare ATARI ST mono is available as a seperate download, so all 33 XPRO VGA REDUCED 2.12 games are available for the ATARI ST mono. A version of GALAXY, which makes winning fights against the aliens easier, is included as a bonus. Starbreak is also available as a version with mouse steering in the BASGAMES GFA 2 package.
The games are not tested on a real machine, but these versions of the games were converted from BrowserBasic 2.05 to GFA Basic 3.6. The programs run with the emulator hatari 1.8.0 and its built-in EmuTOS-image (https://hatari.tuxfamily.org/download.html).

Running the games with hatari (in 2023):
Download hatari (a .zip) and extract the files to your hard disk. Extract the files from BASGGFA3.zip to the folder with the hatari files. Start hatari.exe. Press F12. Select "Hard disks". Select "Browse" next to "GEMDOS drive" and select the folder with the files from BASGGFA3.zip. Choose "Back to main menu". Select "Reset machine" and "OK". Double-click "DISK C" and select a game-folder with double-clicks. The program file of a game (.PRG) can be double-clicked to start it.

The games also run with Steem v3.2 (http://steem.atari.st), if the TOS-ROM tos1.02de is used, but they are not compatible to the STEmulator from the late 1990s. GFA BASIC was chosen as programming language to get games compatible to EmuTOS.
The subfolders in the BASGAMES GFA 3 download contain texts with information in German, how to play the games. I think you can also play them, if you just try out. You need to be familiar with the German language only for the bonus game Galaxy. The games from BASGAMES GFA 3 can also be played with the Hataroid app and its built-in EmuTOS-image. Hataroid is available for Android devices.

The games contained in this package are 2bomb, Comball, Galaxy, Icepac, Icerace, Kbreak, MShift, Mtowers, Pacfull2, Planeto, Sacmania, Spacecon, Starbreak, Sunmoon, Truebreak, X-black, Xfight, Xlast, Xlines, X-Race and Xroll.
2bomb, Comball, Icerace, Pacfull2, Sacmania, Xfight and X-Race are games for two players, the other games are for one player. Galaxy can be played with one or more (n) players.
There are performance problems with Spacecon and Truebreak. The other games don't need much CPU power. Truebreak generates random levels. Some of the generated levels may not be solvable.

Game steering infos:
2BOMB
Player 1

cursor keys (left/right):
find a position at the upper edge of the gamefield
use ENTER or RETURN
left/right find your shooting direction
up/down select speed
(is displayed below the lower edge of the gamefield)
shoot with ENTER or RETURN

Player 2

a/s (left/right):
find a position at the lower edge of the gamefield
a/s am Bildschirmrand positionieren
use space
a/s find your shooting direction
w/y (or z) select speed
(is displayed below the lower edge of the gamefield)

shoot with space

COMBALL
Player 1: cursor keys or 1 2 3 (Num must be selected)
Player 2: y (or z) x s

ICERACE
Player 1: cursor keys/RETURN
Player 2: w a s d/q

KBREAK
cursor keys/space

MTOWERS
activate towers: 4 5 1 2 (num must be selected) or cursor keys

PACFULL2
Player 1: cursor keys
Player 2: s y (or z) x c

SACMANIA
Player 1: cursor keys left/right
Player 2: y (or z) x

STARBREAK
cursor keys, n m paddel acceleration change

SUNMOON
Suntime or Moontime is, when a symbol in the lower left corner is displayed.
The time is displayed in the upper left corner.

0-10 you can stay everywhere
10-15 Suntime: you must be on a sun field
15-25 you can stay everywhere
25-30 Moontime: you must be on a moon field

X-RACE
Player 1: cursor keys
Player 2: s y (or z) x c

OTHER GAMES
cursor keys/RETURN


There are also versions of the games for other systems.
The twenty games and Xsquare are also contained in BrowserBasic2.05 for JAVA 1.8 and BrowserBasic2.05dp for old JAVA versions (JAVA 1.1.8 to JAVA 1.8). You can also download the original DOS-versions of the games from the "Old software (1997-2002)"-page in astroiso.iso (http://www.astrosolutions.de).