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SolarStriker is a Shoot'em up in greyscales conceived to exploit at best the power of 68000 processors, as well as the associated memory capacity. That’s why the whole game has been written in assembly, and none of the graphics has been compressed, in order to live up immediately to the user’s expectations. The title and the general functioning come from the Gam-Boy version of the game, the appearance and the movement of the bonuses, as well as the differential scrolling, are inspired by Tyrian on PC. The menus are based ( or try to be... ) on an interface in transparency, and the idea of the metaballs comes from the very numerous demos viewed on PC.
Most of the graphics have been taken from the Game-Boy version, as well as the movements. The level editor allows you to recreate a completely different game, because the use of the sprite and movement tables allows to build hundreds of new enemies, and even to develop a new scenario by rebuilding the graphic part of the game.

Memory : About 15 Kilobytes free are needed to start the game, and about 30KB in RAM to store it. The global size depends on that of the levels only, and each level may reach a considerable size (64 KB) and can be archived. But as a level of 64 Kilobytes represents more than 300 sprites of size 32*32, it’s very improbable to see one before a long time ! Concerning the creation of levels, it is essential to refer to the documentation provided with the SDK.

Note : The auto-fire is automatically engaged, so no need to smash in the key as when you start a game in Phoenix. My poor TI suffered from all these people (of which me ! ) who wanted to play it and simulate the “Rapid fire unit”…

VERSION	AVAILABILITY	DESCRIPTION
0.10 Alpha	TI92	- Very first version ! - Bug in the level description
0.11 Alpha	TI89,TI92(+)	- Presentation page - First random crash
0.12 Alpha	TI89,TI92(+)	- Suppression of the presentation page - Second random crash
0.13 Alpha	TI89	- Very stable version ( but not for a long time... ) - POTM : TI89 - TI92+ with 63 votes (73.3 %)
0.20 Bêta	TI92	- Addition of the menus - Addition of the weapons ( Level 1 -> 4 ) - Simultaneous departures - Documentation in French - Still so stable... - Very short example of Phoenix
0.30 Bêta	TI92	- Definition of the enemies, sprites and shoots properties - A lot of new bugs
0.50 Bêta	TI92	- Animation and resistance of the enemies - Possibility to handle Bosses - Conditional explosions - Blocking of the conditional timer
0.60 Bêta	TI89,TI92(+)	- Routines of enemies shoots ( Non-directional ) - Routines of collisions improved - Suppression of the simple scrolling - Simple management of lives - First level of SolarStriker
0.65 Bêta	TI92	- Routines of enemies shoots ( complete ) - Addition of game functions (Bonus, score and lives) - Management of the “pause” key - Informational texts
0.70 Bêta	TI92	- Differential scrolling with use of mosaics - Inclusion of the menus - Documentation in French & English
0.90 Bêta	TI89,TI92(+)	- Support for external levels - Correction of the last bugs

To report a bug or a crash, it is indispensable to precise the game version, the ROM version, the shell used and the circumstances of the crash, otherwise there won’t be any answer from us ! You can also ask us questions about the game and its functioning, as far as the answer is not in the documentation. Concerning questions about 68000 assembly, use the Jimmy Mardell’s guide as much as possible. The documentation of Fargo and DoorsOS also includes a lot of help files concerning the hardware-related routines ( keyboard, traps, auto-ints, etc... ). We’ll answer as often as possible if the answer is not in a 68k tutorial. On the other hand, if it is for offering us a good job well remunerated, which doesn’t take too much time, do certainly not hesitate to contact us ;)

We insist on thanking all those who helped us to release this project, in one way or another. Mainly in alphabetical order, and hoping we don’t forget anybody :

Programmers, testers, webmasters, etc...

- Jean-Baptiste CANAZZI
Thanks a lot to him for his program PCX2BIN which will have been very helpful, as well as for all his precious advises.
- Thomas CORVAZIER
- Patrick DAVIDSON
- DeathWolf
- Florian DREVET
For his excellent Zguide
- David ELLSWORTH
For Fargo II
- Frédéric JOUAULT
- Robert MACUBA
- Patrick PELISSIER
- Nicolas POUILLOUX
- Xavier VASSOR
For DoorsOS and the phone bills
- Rusty WAGNER
For VirtualTI68k
- The staff of Ti-Fr

TI92 (I & II)	TI89 ou TI92+ (HW1 & HW2)
Fargo II byDavid Ellsworth GRAY4LIB is required.	DoorsOS II by Xavier Vassor, or any other compatible shell. GRAPHLIB is required.

Effect	Keys for TI89	Keys for TI92 & TI92+
Validation in the menus. Fire during the game.	2ND	LOCK
Moving in the menus. Moving during the game.	Directional PAD	Directional PAD
Return to the main menu during the game.	SHIFT	SHIFT
Pause	DIAMOND	2ND

	OR
To start the game, just write Solar() and press Enter		With a shell, just select Solar and press Enter