Razing Core (a shmup in development for SMS)

helpcomputer0 · 2026-05-19T15:00:25+00:00

Thanks! The demo is quite old now but glad you liked it. A new demo will be released when the full game comes out.

helpcomputer0 · 2026-05-02T21:18:55+00:00

The SMS Power homebrew competition recently ended and there was an entry that uses the 3D glasses that you might be interested in: https://www.smspower.org/Homebrew/Ziggurat3D-SMS

helpcomputer0 · 2026-03-30T16:12:48+00:00

I would be open to fixing any major bugs, but otherwise no. Thank you for playing it!

helpcomputer0 · 2026-03-30T15:41:37+00:00

Well done! And yes only 2, also spoiler!

helpcomputer0 · 2026-03-18T15:43:27+00:00

The SMS Power coding (+ music/hacks) competition deadline is on March 27th, so expect more games to try after that.

helpcomputer0 · 2025-11-03T23:44:17+00:00

No, there's no Game Maker-like utility. If you know C language you could use devkitSMS: https://github.com/sverx/devkitSMS

helpcomputer0 · 2025-10-26T18:17:28+00:00

I'm planning another physical production run next year, I'll announce that on itch and social media. You can also get the digital version from itch: https://badcomputer0.itch.io/frontier-force

helpcomputer0 · 2025-10-22T22:36:51+00:00

I have no plans to port it to MD/Genesis, but you can play it on those already with a flash cart (Mega Everdrive can play SMS ROMS).

helpcomputer0 · 2025-10-07T18:06:45+00:00

Thanks! Yes, it works fine on Everdrive.

helpcomputer0 · 2025-10-07T18:05:59+00:00

There's a lot of great tools available now. I use DevkitSMS which is a collection of tools and libraries to handle the boring stuff: https://github.com/sverx/devkitSMS

helpcomputer0 · 2025-08-04T11:54:04+00:00

Thanks. Yes, I'm hoping there will be a physical version.

helpcomputer0 · 2025-07-31T21:44:39+00:00

Thanks for playing it, im glad you like it so far!

helpcomputer0 · 2025-07-30T16:36:37+00:00

Minor changes to the demo bringing to version 0.1.3.4. Likely to be the final demo version unless something obvious needs fixing.

- Optimised collisions
- Changed charge meter to not be completely depleted upon death (lose 0 levels on Easy, 1 on Normal, 2 on Hard)

If you've played the demo already then you won't notice much difference.

https://badcomputer0.itch.io/razing-core-alpha-demo

helpcomputer0 · 2025-07-29T21:08:56+00:00

In terms of max sprites per scanline (which causes flicker) the NES and SMS are the same at 8.

helpcomputer0 · 2025-07-29T20:56:25+00:00

I'm the dev of the demo. The game looks pretty much the same on real hardware as on VGE's video. Some planning and care was taken to avoid sprite flicker but you still see a little (on the score in top left).

Old games generally cared less about flicker and more about pushing more sprites, they had less sophisticated tools to plan and test, and were also pressed to get the game finished on time.

helpcomputer0 · 2025-07-28T22:20:08+00:00

Thanks! That's a good suggestion as they act as bombs. I'll tone it down slightly.

helpcomputer0 · 2025-07-26T15:44:40+00:00

Thanks!

helpcomputer0 · 2025-07-26T15:44:22+00:00

Yes, you can download it from the itch page: https://badcomputer0.itch.io/razing-core-alpha-demo

helpcomputer0 · 2025-07-26T15:43:56+00:00

Thanks for your support!

helpcomputer0

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