The eventual C64 release had a character which looked like an animating turd in comparison (Although it still looked a good sprite).Indeed after some comparisons – we seem to have got a rather different looking Rastan conversion than we could have done. Discuss Review + Want +.Hold on… that main character looks a heck of a lot more like the arcade character – with all the gear and long black hair. Rastan Promo Art (Arcade). Join our Discord to chat with fellow friendly gamers and our knowledgeable contributors antstream. It was known by all that where Rastan strode, death was soon to. Rastan was a giant of a man with muscles of iron and the scars of many a bloody battle.
The problem was you only had three colours for all the sprites, and two of these were fixed for all sprites displayed. The change of palette was an technical choice. Recently added in 2013 was another large shot discovered in ACE magazine issue 4.Well, we found out from the man himself, John Meegan, who had the following recollections:“I believe Jane Lowe did one version and Martin McDonald. What can only be assumed was that they hit problems with colour selection and character data, and had to have a rework.
You will notice there are no monsters or projectiles on either screenshot!I hate to say it but Rastan was by far my least enjoyable project for Ocean Software. The game was very rough then as it had only been in development for 10 weeks and we were at an impasse due the inability to display more than two monsters or projectiles at the same time without horrendous tearing or drop out. During an open day then, I had an extremely cringing interview with Commodore International who could see the development was in deep trouble. So for technical reasons, this was not viable.I now remember the day the demo screenshots were taken. It also chewed through memory. The problem was when the sword / chain was in attack, that used 3 horizontal sprites and our multiplexer made the sprites tear horribly.
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Some big developments for this earlier version. Sadly John does not have anything of the earlier version, but then Jane or Martin could yet hold the key.
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