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Star Dust Wars - Director's Cut

Electric Black Sheep proudly presents Star Dust Wars, a fan-made homage to the legendary Star Wars arcade game that captured the imagination of players worldwide back in 1987-88. This space shooter reimagines the beloved original in what we believe is a more visually stunning environment, combining nostalgic gameplay with modern creative touches. Created purely for the love of the classic and not for profit, Star Dust Wars offers a unique experience with custom-designed graphics and animations. While the sounds may echo familiar tones from a galaxy far, far away, the music – including Star Wars-inspired tracks by Humanoide Media and thrilling War Drum beats by Amaksi originates from freely available sources, adding an epic backdrop to the action.Dive into Star Dust Wars and relive the magic of the arcade era, redefined for today.Released on November 30, 2024, this tribute celebrates the enduring legacy of a universe that defined a generation. Technical: We don't think that when AMOS was developed, they would have thought that we would use it to implement something like this. A simple FMV game that requires resources, but don't let anyone think it's magic. It's rare to see a similar game on the Amiga, so we thought it was worth a try. The game is for AMIGA only! It's streamming a lot of content from HDD! So you need to have one with a good reading speed for a good performance. Game:- You can Start the Game with two modes (two icons). The second one gives the game a litle extra effect by tilting the screen.- On the Main screen you can chose MUSIC ON/OFF by push the JOY (UP-DOWN).You can Chose the Level you allready completed (the progress is automaticaly saved ) by pushing the JOY (LEFT-RIGHT) and press FIRE.- Controll with JOY or MOUSE.- SHOOT enemies to gain SHIELD-HAVE FUN! :) CD32_Real:It aims for a version that can actually run on an Amiga CD32. EHB Version with HAM cutscenes:For public suggestion we tried to make a more colorful version. WARNING! This is a version that has more color, but because of that it is lager in size and need an even faster HDD than originally. For these reasons we recommend the minimum requirements for this version is to run it on a Vampire. The zip files contains a pre-configured (WinFellow) emulator, with that you can instantly play it on Windows. Anaglyph 3D version:Just for fun, we made an Anaglyph stereo version of the trench run level! (This is just one level) This means that if you have RED-BLUE glasses, you can play the game in 3D (at least you will have the illusion of depth on the screen).Source:- AMOS source code included- Gfx included Fixed since release:- Enemy fire- Joy control- Fade out menu- To make things easier for Windows users, the ZIP version also includes a pre configured Winfellow emulator.- A simplified version. Fixed screen, no stars and no score, no collision detection, therefore requires less calculation...so perhaps faster?! (for slower machines, this may also matter)- F1...F10 keys - Music volume (in menu!!!)- 0..9 keys - Sfx volume (in menu!!!) - Music and Sfx volume stored- Enemies can also attack from behind in some scenes. TrenchRun level collision boxes make more sense... more "realistic".- other improvements and changes that essentially do not provide a visible change.-The animations have been reprocessed using a new method, which means they are the same size but in slightly better quality. Anaglyph version have less "artifact?".-HDD version has better image quality. The CD32 version is lower because I wanted to bringing the ISO size down to under 700Mb.-A bug in the AMOS animation player is being fixed, so the problem that the size of a frame cannot exceed 32Kb has been resolved. Thanks to this and the new processing method, the size of the EHB version has been significantly reduced from 1.63Gb to 1.26Gb in current version. Recommended:To start both game, you only need 1mb of chip ram and HDD, but AGA chipset, fast ram and an accelerator are recommended for the right speed. In the EHB version, the required speed can be achieved with the help of a Vampire or a very fast hdd. Music:Humanoide Media (https://pixabay.com/users/12661853/?tab=music&order=latest&pagi=1)Amaksi (https://pixabay.com/music/build-up-scenes-war-drums-173853/)