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AntareX DS
AntareX DS
General
Author	Pocket_Lucho
Type	Shooter
Version	20050907
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2005/09/07
Links
	Download
	Website
	Source

Latest revision as of 06:50, 19 August 2024

Antarex is a homebrew classic vertical space shot'em'up game with a twist, where you can change the color of spaceship and can only destory enemies that are in the opposite color (similar to ikaruga).

It was submitted to the NEO Coding Compo 2005 (Games, 3rd place).

Features

Shoot enemy with an opposite colour.
Various control modes.
2 players.

User guide

In Antarex, you can change your spaceship into either red and blue. You can only destroy enemies with different color, and can only be destroyed by enemies bullets of the opposite color.

Game modes can be selected in main menu and pause mode:

Classic - Move ship, change color and and fire the right enemy.
Left Handed - Controls designed for left-handed people.
Stylus - Combine usage of stylus and pad.
2 Player - 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

Antarex 2nd 280107 (Luis Miguel Mayor)

Online emulator

Can use gamepad or customise in the control settings.
Nintendo DS	Keyboard

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.

External links

NeoFlash - http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php?topic=571.0

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-{{Infobox homebrew
+{{Infobox DS Homebrews
-| title       = AntareX
+|title=AntareX DS
-| image       = [[File:Antarexds.jpg]]
+|image=antarex2.png
-| type        =
+|description=1942 style space theme shoot em up.
-| version     = 20050907
+|author=Pocket_Lucho
-| licence     = Mixed
+|lastupdated=2005/09/07
-| author      = Pocket_Lucho
+|type=Shooter
-| website     =
+|version=20050907
-| download    = Media:Antarex20050907ds.rar
+|license=Mixed
-| source      = Media:Antarexdssource.rar
+|download=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew2/antarex.7z
-}}
+|website=http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php?topic=571.0
+|source=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew2/antarex.7z
+|discussion={{Tick}}
+}}
+Antarex is a homebrew classic vertical space shot'em'up game with a twist, where you can change the color of spaceship and can only destory enemies that are in the opposite color (similar to ikaruga).
-Antarex is a classic vertical space shot'em'up game with a twist. Player's ship can be in two colors (like ikaruga), red and blue. Player can only destroy enemies with different color and can only be destroyed by enemies bullets of the opposite color.
+It was submitted to the NEO Coding Compo 2005 (Games, 3rd place).
-It was submitted to the NEO Flash Competition 2005 and ranked 3rd.
 ==Features==
-*shoot enemy with an opposite colour
+* Shoot enemy with an opposite colour.
-*various control modes
+* Various control modes.
-*2 players
+* 2 players.
 ==User guide==
-Modes can be selected in main menu and pause mode.
+In Antarex, you can change your spaceship into either red and blue. You can only destroy enemies with different color, and can only be destroyed by enemies bullets of the opposite color.
-'''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:''' in 2 players mode, one player is red and other is blue, no color change.
+Game modes can be selected in main menu and pause mode:
+* Classic - Move ship, change color and and fire the right enemy.
+* Left Handed - Controls designed for left-handed people.
+* Stylus - Combine usage of stylus and pad.
+* 2 Player - One player is red and other is blue, no color change.
-[[File:Antarexdscover.JPG]]
 ==Controls==
 Uses Stylus to select mode in the menu.
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 '''Basic:'''
-Start - pause
+Start - Pause
-Select (when paused) - change control mode
+Select (when paused) - Change control mode
 '''Classic mode:'''
-D-Pad - move ship
+D-Pad - Move ship
-A, R or L - change color of the ship
+A/R/L - Change color of the ship
-B - shoot
+B - Shoot
 '''Left Handed mode:'''
-A, B, X and Y - moving ship
+A/B/X/Y - Move ship
-Right/left or R/L - change color of the ship
+Right/Left/R/L - Change color of the ship
-Up/down - fire
+Up/Down - Fire
 '''Stylus mode:'''
-Stylus(drag) - move ship
+Stylus (drag) - Move ship
-Right, A, R/L - change color of the ship
+Right/A/R/L - Change color of the ship
-Up/down or B - shoot
+Up/Down/B - Shoot
 '''2 Player mode:'''
-Player 1 (red ship):
+D-Pad - move ship (player 1 red)
-:D-Pad - move ship
-:L - shoot
-Player 2 (blue ship):
+L - Shoot (player 1 red)
-:A, B, X and Y - moving ship
-:A- Shoot
+A/B/X/Y - Move ship (player 2 blue)
+A - Shoot (player 2 blue)
+==Screenshots==
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew/antarex3.png
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew/antarex4.png
 ==Media==
-<youtube>1S9nGDmPG-s</youtube>
+'''Antarex 2nd 280107''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S9nGDmPG-s Luis Miguel Mayor]) <br>
+<youtube width="515">1S9nGDmPG-s</youtube>
+<!--BEGIN Online Emulator Section-->
+==Online emulator==
+{{EmulatorJS Main
+|width=515px
+|height=384px
+|EJS_backgroundImage=https://www.gamebrew.org/images/1/1b/Antarex2.png
+|EJS_core=desmume2015
+|EJS_gameName=AntareX DS
+|EJS_gameUrl=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/onlineemulators/nds/antarex.7z
+}}
+{{DS Control Settings}}
+<!--END Online Emulator Section-->
 ==Compatibility==
-Tested on: Supercard DSONEi with Flashcard Firmware 3.0
+Tested on Supercard DSONEi (firmware 3.0).
-==Known Issues==
+==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 his tutorials ,all drunken coders staff for the ndslib, mollusk fot the PA_lib, Damian Yerrick for the GBFS, DekuTree64 for the modlib
+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.
+==External links==
+* NeoFlash - http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php?topic=571.0
-[[Category:Homebrew applications]]
+[[Category:NEO Coding Compo 2005]]