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AntareX DS
AntareX DS
General
Author	Pocket_Lucho
Type	Shooter
Version	20050907
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2005/09/07
Links
	Download
	Website
	Source

Latest revision as of 11:34, 28 November 2023

Antarex is a homebrew classic vertical space shot'em'up game with a twist, where you can change the color of spaceship and can only destory enemies that are in the opposite color (similar to ikaruga).

It was submitted to the NEO Coding Compo 2005 and ranked 3rd.

Features

Shoot enemy with an opposite colour.
Various control modes.
2 players.

User guide

In Antarex, you can change your spaceship into either red and blue. You can only destroy enemies with different color, and can only be destroyed by enemies bullets of the opposite color.

Game modes can be selected in main menu and pause mode:

Classic - Move ship, change color and and fire the right enemy.
Left Handed - Controls designed for left-handed people.
Stylus - Combine usage of stylus and pad.
2 Player - One player is red and other is blue, no color change.

Controls

Uses Stylus to select mode in the menu.

Basic:

Start - Pause

Select (when paused) - Change control mode

Classic mode:

D-Pad - Move ship

A/R/L - Change color of the ship

B - Shoot

Left Handed mode:

A/B/X/Y - Move ship

Right/Left/R/L - Change color of the ship

Up/Down - Fire

Stylus mode:

Stylus (drag) - Move ship

Right/A/R/L - Change color of the ship

Up/Down/B - Shoot

2 Player mode:

D-Pad - move ship (player 1 red)

L - Shoot (player 1 red)

A/B/X/Y - Move ship (player 2 blue)

A - Shoot (player 2 blue)

Screenshots

Online Emulator

Can use gamepad or customise in the control settings.
Nintendo DS 🎮	Keyboard

Media

Antarex 2nd 280107 (Luis Miguel Mayor)

Compatibility

Tested on Supercard DSONEi (firmware 3.0).

Known issues

The author stated that the latest version is buggy in the collision of the first boss, in addition to used bookstores that have become obsolete, thereby removing the tube music source.

Credits

Thank doublec for the tutorials, all drunken coders staff for the ndslib, mollusk fot the PA_lib, Damian Yerrick for the GBFS, DekuTree64 for the modlib.

External links

NeoFlash - http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php?topic=571.0

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-{{Infobox homebrew
+{{Infobox DS Homebrews
-| title       = AntareX DS
+|title=AntareX DS
-| image       = [[File:Antarexds.jpg]]
+|image=antarex2.png
-| type        = Shooter
+|description=1942 style space theme shoot'em up.
-| version     = 20050907
+|author=Pocket_Lucho
-| licence     = Mixed
+|lastupdated=2005/09/07
-| author      = Pocket_Lucho
+|type=Shooter
-| website     = http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php?topic=571.0
+|version=20050907
-| download    = Media:Antarex20050907ds.rar
+|license=Mixed
-| source      = Media:Antarexdssource.rar
+|download=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew/antarex.7z
-}}
+|website=http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php?topic=571.0
+|source=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew/antarex.7z
+}}
+Antarex is a homebrew classic vertical space shot'em'up game with a twist, where you can change the color of spaceship and can only destory enemies that are in the opposite color (similar to ikaruga).
-Antarex is a classic vertical space shot'em'up game with a twist. Player's ship can be in two colors (like ikaruga), red and blue. Player can only destroy enemies with different color and can only be destroyed by enemies bullets of the opposite color.
+It was submitted to the NEO Coding Compo 2005 and ranked 3rd.
-It was submitted to the NEO Flash Competition 2005 and ranked 3rd.
 ==Features==
@@ Line 21: / Line 22: @@
 ==User guide==
-Modes can be selected in main menu and pause mode.
+In Antarex, you can change your spaceship into either red and blue. You can only destroy enemies with different color, and can only be destroyed by enemies bullets of the opposite color.
-* '''Classic mode''' - Move ship, change color and and fire the right enemy.
+Game modes can be selected in main menu and pause mode:
-* '''Left Handed mode''' - Controls designed for left-handed people.
+* Classic - Move ship, change color and and fire the right enemy.
-* '''Stylus mode''' - Combine usage of stylus and pad.
+* Left Handed - Controls designed for left-handed people.
-* '''2 players''' - One player is red and other is blue, no color change.
+* Stylus - Combine usage of stylus and pad.
+* 2 Player - One player is red and other is blue, no color change.
-[[File:Antarexdscover.JPG]]
 ==Controls==
 Uses Stylus to select mode in the menu.
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 A - Shoot (player 2 blue)
+==Screenshots==
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew/antarex3.png
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew/antarex4.png
+<!--BEGIN Online Emulator Section-->
+==Online Emulator==
+{{#tag:html|
+<div style='width:520px;height:390px;max-width:100%'><div id='game'></div></div>
+<script type='text/javascript'>
+{{DS EmulatorJS Settings}}
+EJS_core = 'desmume2015';
+EJS_gameName = "AntareX DS";
+EJS_gameUrl = 'https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/onlineemulators/nds/antarex.7z';
+</script>
+{{EmulatorJS Loader}}
+}}
+{{DS Control Settings}}
+<!--END Online Emulator Section-->
 ==Media==
+'''Antarex 2nd 280107''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S9nGDmPG-s Luis Miguel Mayor]) <br>
 <youtube>1S9nGDmPG-s</youtube>
 ==Compatibility==
-Tested on Supercard DSONEi with Flashcard Firmware 3.0.
+Tested on Supercard DSONEi (firmware 3.0).
-==Known Issues==
+==Known issues==
 The author stated that the latest version is buggy in the collision of the first boss, in addition to used bookstores that have become obsolete, thereby removing the tube music source.
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 Thank doublec for the tutorials, all drunken coders staff for the ndslib, mollusk fot the PA_lib, Damian Yerrick for the GBFS, DekuTree64 for the modlib.
-[[Category:Homebrew applications]]
+==External links==
+* NeoFlash - http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php?topic=571.0
+[[Category:DS homebrew games]]
+[[Category:Homebrew shooter games on DS]]