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**jsharrad** · 12-22-2006, 05:38 AM

ASCII INVADERS
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Download Ascii Invaders

Ever wanted to play a game in the psp's debug console? Well your dream
has come true, here's your chance! Introducing Ascii Invaders,
originally coded by Thomas Munro (http://www.ip9.org/munro/invaders) for
*nix text terminals using ncurses. Ported to the PSP by Justin
Sharrad.
You are the turret at the bottom of the screen under the shields
bravely fighting off the alien hordes invading your world from above.
Clearing each wave of aliens gives you an extra life.

Controls:
---------
Fire button (X) to start the game and shoot the baddies.
D-pad left & right to control your turret.
Start button can be used at any time to exit the game.

Credits:
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Thomas Munro for the original game
The folks over at ps2dev for the PSPSDK

HBINFO.TXT included for installotron users.

**Urza** · 12-22-2006, 05:47 AM

How does the level scheme work?

**jsharrad** · 12-22-2006, 05:48 AM

Until you die, it just gets faster

**matriculated** · 12-22-2006, 08:02 AM

hehe - very creative use of ascii!

**Art** · 12-22-2006, 09:27 AM

Great game!

Starts off a bit faster than the original, but you get used to it.

**jsharrad** · 12-22-2006, 09:55 AM

heh yeah, I had a hard time picking a good speed for it, played it a few times at slow, then at super fast, decided to go for a medium

I was thinking of adding a difficulty setting to it but got lazy

The original source is licensed under GPL so I have included the source in the archive, it should be pretty easy to speed up / slow down if you find it too easy or too hard.

**Art** · 10-01-2009, 07:02 PM

I'm suprised I forgot to bump this nearly three year old thread to say you can see this game running on a Canon digital camera:
YouTube - Ascii Invaders game for Canon Digital Cameras
Very simplified for small screen, but essentialy the same game and code. Video captured from camera TV out, sound recorded through mic

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12-22-2006, 05:38 AM	#1
jsharrad Developer Join Date: Oct 2005 Real First Name: Justin Location: Dubuque Just Played: .. Posts: 414 Trader Feedback: 0	[Release] Ascii Invaders ASCII INVADERS -------------- Download Ascii Invaders Ever wanted to play a game in the psp's debug console? Well your dream has come true, here's your chance! Introducing Ascii Invaders, originally coded by Thomas Munro (http://www.ip9.org/munro/invaders) for nix text terminals using ncurses. Ported to the PSP by Justin Sharrad. You are the turret at the bottom of the screen under the shields bravely fighting off the alien hordes invading your world from above. Clearing each wave of aliens gives you an extra life. Controls: --------- Fire button (X) to start the game and shoot the baddies. D-pad left & right to control your turret. Start button can be used at any time to exit the game. Credits: -------- Thomas Munro for the original game The folks over at ps2dev for the PSPSDK HBINFO.TXT included for installotron users. __________________ PSP Demo Videos* (updated 11/29/08) MinerPSP Coder

12-22-2006, 05:48 AM	#3
jsharrad Developer Join Date: Oct 2005 Real First Name: Justin Location: Dubuque Just Played: .. Posts: 414 Trader Feedback: 0	Until you die, it just gets faster __________________ PSP Demo Videos (updated 11/29/08) MinerPSP Coder

12-22-2006, 09:55 AM	#6
jsharrad Developer Join Date: Oct 2005 Real First Name: Justin Location: Dubuque Just Played: .. Posts: 414 Trader Feedback: 0	heh yeah, I had a hard time picking a good speed for it, played it a few times at slow, then at super fast, decided to go for a medium I was thinking of adding a difficulty setting to it but got lazy The original source is licensed under GPL so I have included the source in the archive, it should be pretty easy to speed up / slow down if you find it too easy or too hard. __________________ PSP Demo Videos (updated 11/29/08) MinerPSP Coder

12-22-2006, 05:47 AM	#2
Urza Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,540 Trader Feedback: 0	How does the level scheme work?

12-22-2006, 08:02 AM	#4
matriculated Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 508 Trader Feedback: 0	hehe - very creative use of ascii!

12-22-2006, 09:27 AM	#5
Art Bush Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,557 Trader Feedback: 0	Great game! Starts off a bit faster than the original, but you get used to it.

10-01-2009, 07:02 PM	#7
Art Bush Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,557 Trader Feedback: 0	I'm suprised I forgot to bump this nearly three year old thread to say you can see this game running on a Canon digital camera: YouTube - Ascii Invaders game for Canon Digital Cameras Very simplified for small screen, but essentialy the same game and code. Video captured from camera TV out, sound recorded through mic .

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