| AntareX DS | |
| File:Antarexds.jpg | |
| General | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Pocket_Lucho |
| Type | Shooter |
| Version | 20050907 |
| Licence | Mixed |
| Links | |
| [Media:Antarex20050907ds.rar Download] | |
| Website | |
| [Media:Antarexdssource.rar Source] | |
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Antarex is a homebrew classic vertical space shot'em'up game with a twist.
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, your spaceship can be in two colors (like ikaruga), red and blue. You can only destroy enemies with different color and can only be destroyed by enemies bullets of the opposite color.
Modes can be selected in main menu and pause mode.
- Classic mode - Move ship, change color and and fire the right enemy.
- Left Handed mode - Controls designed for left-handed people.
- Stylus mode - Combine usage of stylus and pad.
- 2 players - 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
Media
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.