BasGa – two colors for a retro space theme

 

A Galaxian-like game, very reminiscent of old computers. It's styled after the four colors of the MS-DOS CGA palette. And with retro sounds. A cheerful, simple 8-bit melody. Two of them. Simple menu design. And a choice of two colors: blue and pink. As the main color. And you fly on a round spaceship. And shoot. There are also spaceships above. Sci-fi straight out of the 80s.

First, choose the main color: blue and pink. This is the background. Everything else in the game adapts to the background. That is, two sets of game sprites. They are identical except for the colors. Blue background – pink sprites. And pink background – blue sprites. The same goes for the text. This is the retro feature of this game. A point of interest. Choose the game's color. And this creates variety for the eye.

Essentially, this is the simplest version of Galaga – Galaxian gameplay. You move left and right. And shoot at enemies with the spacebar. The enemies are lined up in two lines and shoot at you too. There are 10 game levels. And every first level is classic. Two rows of enemies. Nothing special. And every second level has a spacebar. There's always a gap. That means half the enemies are there, sort of. And the empty lines are vertical. That's also a distinctive feature of this game.

You don't move too fast. It's a retro effect. It's kind of slow. And the enemies aren't animated. They just stand still. To convey the feel of old computer systems. That's when Dendy really gets cool! 8-bit is already cool and a breakthrough. In terms of graphics. Enemies shoot sometimes, but not too often. It turns out the game isn't difficult.

At the top is a classic menu. A line with captions: points, level, lives. The level here is called, for kicks, space. And we're flying through space. Sort of. Moving into the depths of outer space. Retro sounds and music.

Thanks for the music goes to TipTopTomCat. You can find it at https://tiptoptomcat.itch.io/8-bit-gameboy-songs-gb-studio . Two of his compositions are featured here: Crystal Clear and Crystal Clear Loop. Two variations of the same theme. I also created the sounds in BFxr. Simple 8-bit sounds are very easy and fun to create there. There are tons of settings. There's randomness. Even accidentally clicking on a sound type and everything turns out great! I highly recommend this software for retro games and retro stylizations.

This is a retro sci-fi game. You're in space. And it's an entertaining retro theme. I chose the background color. And then I started playing. The CGA palette has four colors. And it has a bunch of different sets. There are these packs of four colors. That's why one color in the first pack is blue, and the second is pink. Hence the specific color selection. CGA stylization. MS-DOS. That's why there are such sounds. And such cheerful 8-bit music.

That's the basis of this development. A retro feel. Basically, I came up with a bunch of games like Galaga and Galaxian in my head. Each with its own unique twist. Here's OknoMukha, with a theme of cheerful insect sprites. And a background like Windows 3.11. And the fly makes a special move. Cheerful sounds. And this game by BAsGa is completely retro. Like a 286 processor could probably handle something like this. From the 80s. Also a very interesting theme. There are spaceships. Rectangular. Square. And only the player is round. Like Star Trek.

Forward into space. As they say. Play and have fun. With BAsGa. A retro game like Galaxian. In a simplified form.

Basic Pascal version 1.21 "Sand Road" – most newest version. In this version there are 4 new games! Straight Road, Galixanar, Crest and Shooting Mod X, Fish Arcade Extreme Mod. And even more retro games! It is a pack of retro games with modern versions of Basic and Pascal.

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