Blaze (Redux)

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After a Saturday night of disk swapping and casual tinkering, I managed to find all the necessary source files for building Blaze. I set up a development environment in an FS-UAE A1200 virtual machine and tried my hand at rebuilding the binaries. I hadn’t expected the process to go so smoothly.

For those interested in building the game from source, you can download the complete code here. I’ve also recorded a short video about how to assemble the game using Devpac 3.18, followed by a playthrough of the demo level from the binaries just built. Please note that you still need the assets (graphics, maps, enemy layouts, etc) to run the game. Just in case, you can grab a copy here.

I also managed to salvage some tools and work-in-progress graphics that never made it in the demo. I will be making them available in a coming post.

In the meantime, enjoy!

9 responses to “Blaze (Redux)”

  1. Jon Stone avatar
    Jon Stone

    Technically brilliant. I still can’t believe this demo works on my stock A500 so smoothly. I hope that whoever finishes the game can do so without having to go the AGA route

  2. Jerome avatar
    Jerome

    Fantastic project ! But can’t unzip the files… are you sure the archive is not corrupted ? (tried UnZip, IZArc…)
    Thanks !

    1. keithbugeja avatar

      I archived the files on the PC, not the Amiga. Try opening the file using 7zip on the PC or Mac.

  3. Jerome avatar
    Jerome

    that’s what I did !
    7zip says it’s an unknown compression method, IZArc says it can’t create the file… on PC of course…

  4. judebigstudio avatar

    I’ll put my money on a kickstarter project of this. Simply cool!!

  5. turrican3 avatar
    turrican3

    yeah, you should try to make a kickstarter !!!!

  6. Chops avatar
    Chops

    Hey, did you by chance remove the code and way to play it, removed? wish i could play it thanks!

    1. keithbugeja avatar

      The ADF is available for download on Aminet: http://aminet.net/package/game/jump/Blaze

  7. Mikael avatar
    Mikael

    Hi! Just wanted to say thank you for sharing this. Bumped to this by accident, downloaded the adf, and smiled all the time while playing. Wonderful creation. Coding is of course exceptional, but the pixelling is great, too! Everything has a nice visual clarity. Loved the water reflection in the beginning and the waterfall later on. Lots of nice effects. And runs so well on an A500, damn. Back in the day, this would have made many kids happy even as some kind of freeware floppy. And apparently it’s still making (grown up) kids happy. Take care! -Mikael

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