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xMadbomber
xMadbomber
General
Author	Neobomb
Type	Action
Version	1.0
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2011/06/07
Links
	Download
	Website
	Source

Latest revision as of 09:30, 22 November 2022

xMadbomber is a port of Madbomber by Bill Kendrick to the Xbox. It is an action game based on the Atari 2600 game Kaboom! by Activision.

In August 2007, Mad Bomber was one of first the games included in Red, the touchscreen-and-controller-based in-flight entertainment system found in Virgin America Airlines planes.

Features

One or two player.
Joystick support.
Game screen resize.
Semi auto save/load.
720p resolution.
All new menu graphics and logo

User guide

The Mad Bomber is on the loose, dropping bombs all across the screen. Use your buckets to catch them.

If they hit the ground, they explode, and you lose one of your buckets. Lose all three, and the game ends.

Controls

D-Pad/Left-Stick - Movement

A - Starts the game/level

Options menu:

D-Pad - Cycle options

R - Screen Resize

Screenshots

Media

[Xbox] xMadbomber (FEU3RSTURM)

Changelog

v1.0

Joystick support.
Joystick switches between P1 and P2 in 2 player mode. So no need to share 1 controller.
In 2 player versus the bombers joystick has a slow and fast area depending how far over you push it, I thought this was better than having 4 buttons for movement.
Users can enter their name on the high score screen using the Xbox controller now. Cycle through letters with D-Pad, select with A. If in 2 player mode the player with the high score will be the one able to enter their name.
In game screen resize added, access by going to the options menu and pressing the RIGHT TRIGGER this resize will also pop up the very first time you play the game.
Semi auto save/load fixed. This was already a feature of the game but it didn't work on Xbox. I set it up so that when you press OK in the options menu it saves your settings, when you load the game next it will load those settings. The same for all names and high scores. If you delete the file for some reason the game will replace it with a default one next time you launch.
720p added, makes things a bit more crisp, but in some ways that isn't a good thing. 720 can be turned on in the madbomber.dat
All new menu graphics and logo too. This is mostly because I was bored, the original graphics were nice too.

Credits

Thanks:

Hyper_Eye, freakdave, MadMab, Lantus for porting SDL, and Bill Kendrick for making the game.
C/C++, SDL, his OdameX source for Xbox is really well written and perfect for learning a thing or two in regards to the Xbox, also used his updated SDL in this port. *Freakdave's source for Binax 2 helped me a lot with SDL as well, a lot of nice real world examples in regard to joystick support.

Also thanks to the whole Xbox Scene, EmuXtras and all Xbox1 related sites for keeping the spirit alive. Hopefully I can get some bigger ports done in the future.

External links

EmuXtras = https://www.emuxtras.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=186&t=1109

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 | title       = xMadbomber
-| image       = https://www.gamebrew.org/images/xboxhomebrew/XMadbomber.png|250px
+| image       = xmadbomber2.png
-| type        = Other Games
+| type        = Action
-| version     = v1.0
+| version     = 1.0
-| licence     = Mixed
+| description = Port of Madbomber by Bill Kendrick. A game based on the Atari game Kaboom.
+| lastupdated = 2011/06/07
+| format      = XBE
+| license     = Mixed
 | author      = Neobomb
-| website     =
+| website     = https://www.emuxtras.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=186&t=1109
-| download    = https://www.gamebrew.org/images/xboxhomebrew/XMadbomber.zip
+| download    = https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/xboxhomebrews/xmadbomber.7z
-| source      = https://www.gamebrew.org/images/xboxhomebrew/XMadbomber.zip
+| source      = https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/xboxhomebrews/xmadbomber.7z
 }}
-<youtube>Hn4dSnwXX7g</youtube>
+xMadbomber is a port of Madbomber by Bill Kendrick to the Xbox. It is an action game based on the Atari 2600 game Kaboom! by Activision.
-This is my port of Madbomber by
+In August 2007, Mad Bomber was one of first the games included in Red, the touchscreen-and-controller-based in-flight entertainment system found in Virgin America Airlines planes.
-Bill Kendrick to the Xbox . I started
-to port this over just to learn SDL a
-little better but I ended up doing a lot
-to it so its more Xbox friendly.
-=== *** About The Game *** ===
+==Features==
+*One or two player.
+*Joystick support.
+*Game screen resize.
+*Semi auto save/load.
+*720p resolution.
+*All new menu graphics and logo
-Based on the Atari 2600 game "Kaboom!" by Activision.
+==User guide==
-The Mad Bomber is on the loose, dropping bombs all
+The Mad Bomber is on the loose, dropping bombs all across the screen. Use your buckets to catch them.
-across the screen. Use your buckets to catch them.
-If they hit the ground, they explode, and you lose
-one of your buckets. Lose all three, and the game ends.
-One or two player.
-In August 2007, Mad Bomber was one of first the games
+If they hit the ground, they explode, and you lose one of your buckets. Lose all three, and the game ends.
-included in 'Red', the touchscreen-and-controller-based
-in-flight entertainment system found in Virgin America
-Airlines planes!
-=== -- GAME CONTROLS -- ===
+==Controls==
+D-Pad/Left-Stick - Movement
- -In game
+A - Starts the game/level
- DPAD/LEFT JOYSTICK = Movement
+'''Options menu:'''
- A = Starts the game/level
- -options menu
+D-Pad - Cycle options
- DPAD = Cycle options
+R - Screen Resize
- RIGHT TRIGGER = Screen Resize
-For anyone who wanted to know what all I changed/added
+==Screenshots==
-also you could browse the source code, but be warned its
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/xboxhomebrews/xmadbomber3.png
-most likely not anything you want to use in your code,
-a lot of hack jobs :P
-=== *** Change Log V1.0 *** ===
+==Media==
+'''[Xbox] xMadbomber''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn4dSnwXX7g FEU3RSTURM]) <br>
- - Joystick support
+<youtube>Hn4dSnwXX7g</youtube>
- - Joystick switches between P1 and P2
-  in 2 player mode. So no need to share
-controller.
- - In 2 player versus the bombers joystick
-  has a slow and fast area depending how
-  far over you push it, I thought this was
-  better than having 4 buttons for movement.
- - Users can enter their name on the high score
-  screen using the Xbox controller now. Cycle through
-  letters with D-Pad, select with A. If in 2 player
-  mode the player with the high score will be the one
-  able to enter their name.
- - In game screen resize added, access by going to
-  the options menu and pressing the RIGHT TRIGGER
-  this resize will also pop up the very first time
-  you play the game.
- - Semi auto save/load fixed. This was already a feature
-  of the game but it didn't work on Xbox. I set it
-  up so that when you press OK in the options menu
-  it saves your settings, when you load the game next
-  it will load those settings. The same for all names
-  and high scores. If you delete the file for some
-  reason the game will replace it with a default one
-  next time you launch.
- - 720p added, makes things a bit more crisp, but
-  in some ways that isn't a good thing. 720 can be
-  turned on in the madbomber.dat
- - All new menu graphics and logo too. This is mostly
-  because I was bored, the original graphics were nice
-  too.
-=== THANKS ===
+==Changelog==
+'''v1.0'''
+*Joystick support.
+*Joystick switches between P1 and P2 in 2 player mode. So no need to share 1 controller.
+* In 2 player versus the bombers joystick has a slow and fast area depending how far over you push it, I thought this was better than having 4 buttons for movement.
+* Users can enter their name on the high score screen using the Xbox controller now. Cycle through letters with D-Pad, select with A. If in 2 player mode the player with the high score will be the one able to enter their name.
+* In game screen resize added, access by going to the options menu and pressing the RIGHT TRIGGER this resize will also pop up the very first time you play the game.
+* Semi auto save/load fixed. This was already a feature of the game but it didn't work on Xbox. I set it up so that when you press OK in the options menu it saves your settings, when you load the game next it will load those settings. The same for all names and high scores. If you delete the file for some reason the game will replace it with a default one next time you launch.
+* 720p added, makes things a bit more crisp, but in some ways that isn't a good thing. 720 can be turned on in the madbomber.dat
+* All new menu graphics and logo too. This is mostly because I was bored, the original graphics were nice too.
-Hyper_Eye, freakdave, MadMab, Lantus for porting SDL, and Bill Kendrick for making
+==Credits==
-the game ... Hyper_Eye helped me with a lot of stuff...
+Thanks:
-C/C++, SDL, his OdameX source for Xbox is really well written
+*Hyper_Eye, freakdave, MadMab, Lantus for porting SDL, and Bill Kendrick for making the game.
-and perfect for learning a thing or two in regards to the Xbox, also
+*C/C++, SDL, his OdameX source for Xbox is really well written and perfect for learning a thing or two in regards to the Xbox, also used his updated SDL in this port. *Freakdave's source for Binax 2 helped me a lot with SDL as well, a lot of nice real world examples in regard to joystick support.
-I used his updated SDL in this port. Freakdave's source for Binax 2
-helped me a lot with SDL as well, a lot of nice real world examples
-in regard to joystick support. I'm pretty sure I bugged Madmab about
-something at some point!
-Also thanks to the whole Xbox Scene, EmuXtras and all Xbox1 related sites for
+Also thanks to the whole Xbox Scene, EmuXtras and all Xbox1 related sites for keeping the spirit alive. Hopefully I can get some bigger ports done in the future.
-keeping the spirit alive! Hopefully I can get some bigger ports done in the
-future.
-~Neobomb
+==External links==
+*EmuXtras = https://www.emuxtras.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=186&t=1109