Rick Dangerous 2 - DirectX 9 remake [ Retro Platformer ]

Neil79 · 20 Jul 2008 at 19:45

- original Atari ST graphics
- original Amiga sounds
- musics remade (now OGG format)
- a few new graphic effects (bomb smoke, laser particles)
- game completable
Requires DX9 C to run (which doesn't mean you need a high end Video)

Original Platform: Atari ST

- P to pause
- Left / Right to move
- up jump or climb up ladders
- down to climb down ladders or crawl
- CTRL+UP to shoot
- CTRL+RIGHT (or LEFT) to punch
- CTRL+RIGHT (or LEFT) +DOWN to throw a bomb to the right or left
- CTRL + DOWN to drop a static bomb
- CTRL during intro movie to skip frames

http://www.retroremakes.com/forum2/showcase/view.php?gm=375

DOWNLOAD
http://www.iprice.remakes.org/stuff/DXRick2.rar

KNiVES · 20 Jul 2008 at 20:12

DX9c is a big steep

scorza · 20 Jul 2008 at 21:07

LOL amazing how your memory plays tricks on you. Would have thought the gfx were better than that for the Atari ST era.

Gimpymoo · 20 Jul 2008 at 21:39

Is there a Rick Dangerous 1 remkae? PLEASE SAY THERE IS?

m4cc45 · 20 Jul 2008 at 21:47

scorza said:
LOL amazing how your memory plays tricks on you. Would have thought the gfx were better than that for the Atari ST era.

Those are the graphics of the remake not the original.

The original was very similar though. The Rick Dangerous games were not graphically impressive it was more that they were good platformers. That was until you got to the levels where the traps were just wait and see and then avoid rather than having a chance of avoiding in the first place.

M.

Neil79 · 20 Jul 2008 at 21:50

Gimpymoo said:
Is there a Rick Dangerous 1 remkae? PLEASE SAY THERE IS?

http://www.thegameslist.com/playgame/429/Rick_Dangerous_Flash

Not a remake of such , but close enough

Ace Modder · 20 Jul 2008 at 21:58

was this the game which was played on live and kicking? or some other show like that

Kelpie · 20 Jul 2008 at 22:50

The Rick Dangerous games were awesome. But boy were they tough.

Gotta give this a download.

RobH · 20 Jul 2008 at 23:32

scorza said:
LOL amazing how your memory plays tricks on you. Would have thought the gfx were better than that for the Atari ST era.

Whenever you see a old game you always think that the graphics look bad because at the time you played it there were cuttting edge. I played the PC version with CGA graphics which were all green and yellow.

5punk3monk3y · 20 Jul 2008 at 23:33

Xenon - this was on live and kicking I think

http://www.bitmap-brothers.co.uk/our-games/past/xenon.htm

Heatsinked · 21 Jul 2008 at 13:22

Ace Modder said:
was this the game which was played on live and kicking? or some other show like that

I think it was Magic Pockets. That is the only game I remember being played via phone-in on Saturday morning TV

m4cc45 · 21 Jul 2008 at 13:49

Heatsinked said:
I think it was Magic Pockets. That is the only game I remember being played via phone-in on Saturday morning TV

It was indeed Magic Pockets. They also played Weird Dreams (the one with the hand).

M.

Surfer · 21 Jul 2008 at 13:51

hrmm is there such a thing out there as high-res re-makes? ie old games that are spruced up to todays standards but still with their classic gameplay?

Neil79 · 21 Jul 2008 at 13:52

Surfer said:
hrmm is there such a thing out there as high-res re-makes? ie old games that are spruced up to todays standards but still with their classic gameplay?

Ofcause there is but many remakers try to stick to the original as much as possible but for todays systems.

Surfer · 21 Jul 2008 at 13:55

why cant they do that and at the same time make the graphics in-line with todays standards? *puzzled*

silversurfer · 21 Jul 2008 at 17:06

Beats crysis anyday

I think Gods from bitmap brothers was played on tv also

DJammyRasta · 22 Jul 2008 at 09:46

Rick dangerous 2 is a classic, although i could only ever complete the first level of the game.. after that it got stupidly hard

bledd · 22 Jul 2008 at 10:50

DJammyRasta said:
Rick dangerous 2 is a classic, although i could only ever complete the first level of the game.. after that it got stupidly hard

true story!

Johnnytoxic · 22 Jul 2008 at 10:53

Remember Rick Dangerous 1 where you were in the Egyptian bit and that thing on the wall spits. You had to time the jumps just right......SOOO HARD.

Psyk · 22 Jul 2008 at 15:18

Neil79 said:
Ofcause there is but many remakers try to stick to the original as much as possible but for todays systems.

Kind of makes you think, why not just use an emulator? Legal reasons? Remakes aren't exactly squeaky clean legally speaking. They still violate copyright laws, especially if they are very close to the original.