Halo - Genocide PSP

Halo - Genocide
General
Author	Zion
Type	Shooter
Version	1.2
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2007/07/10
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Halo: Genocide is a 2D side scrolling shooting homebrew game made by Zion.

It is a 2D version of the Halo: Evolved but is set as a prequel to it.

Features

• 3 weapons (Pistol, Machine Gun & Sniper Rife, Individual Weapon Power & Ammo.
• Health Bar, Lives Bar & Ammo Counter - All fully functional.
• 3 different types of enemies: Guant, Eite & Jackal (up to 3 enemies on screen at a time, good AI).
• Menu and intro - Both fully functional & with selectable options.
• 4 levels.
• Scrolling.
• Story that updates you prior to the game and after each level.
• Smooth animation and weapon selection.
• Text Pop-Up upon being over a weapon (asking you to pick it up).
• Impressive HUD (Heads Up Display) that keeps you updated with things.

Controls

Left/Right - Move left/right

Down - Crouch

R - Fire/Attack

Cross - Change weapon

Circle - Pickup weapon

Screenshots

Changelog

v1.2

Bugs Fixed:

• Health Getting Drained Excessively at random bug is fixed.
• Scrolling Bug that mainly happened when moving from left to right, is fixed.
• Weapon Selection bug is now gone, would sometimes prevent the "Sniper Rifle" being selected.
• Invincible enemy bug is now gone.
• Weapon Ammo bug now gone, would make your ammo reset to zero if you had over 499 bullets.
• Enemy "Overlapping" bug is now gone, enemy's never go "Over" each other now.
• Level Completion bug while doing nothing but stand in the same spot bug is now gone.
• Enemy's killing you during level change is now gone.
• Enemy's retaining the same position at the end of the old level and the beginning of the next one, bug is gone.
• Occasional "Image Load" error when reaching a certain level after a certain number of retry's bug is gone.
• Master Chief being hit noise happening when he wasn't under attack bug is fixed.

New Features:

• You must reach the "Pelican" ship to finish a level - No more camping.
• "Pelican" ship transports you to the next level.
• You now start with all 3 guns, but with limited ammo for each.
• Gun collection now gives you more bullets than in the previous version.
• Each enemy is stronger than the next, the elite being the strongest and grunt being weakest.
• Bullet shooting is now in for both player and enemy (you can now see the bullets), thanks to Charlie at www.evilmana.com for the shooting snippet, needed a lot of modifying to suit though (done by me Tongue).
• Ending scene is now in.
• Ability to return to menu on completion of game (may be buggy, shouldn't be!.
• 3 Continues upon loosing all your life's, after that press start to return to the games menu and try again.
• All cut-scenes bar the initial one and end one have been taken out, I didn't like the feature.
• More Level detail added, dead soldiers, crates etc.
• Improved AI.
• New Protective Shield image. Made by Buddy4point0.

v1.1

• Ability to continue the game upon death, you now have 2 continues.
• Ability to return to the games menu upon having no continues and being dead
• There may be one or two minor bugs (I assure you this game is relatively bug free Wink) but none of them ruin or hinder the gameplay as a result.
• Note:
  • The Crosshair has to be on/almost on the enemy to result in a hit.
  • Crouching makes a round shield appear around you and makes you invulnerable to enemy fire.

External links

• evilmana.com - http://www.forums.evilmana.com/index.php?topic=913.0