Cyborg Force, new 2023 project

[Neo Alec]

The opening to the first level has the character flying down to the ground in a ship. I got reminded of it with the descending to martian service intro. Since Halloween Harry was an influence I just wanted to check about this other game from the same era

Getting shot down at the beginning has to be inspired by Contra Hard Corps.

 

[NeoSneth]

A lot of movement feels like Turrican

 

[alemany89]

For the ones that have bought the game, Do you recommend it? it will be my first hombrew ^^

 

[Johnny16Bit]

For the ones that have bought the game, Do you recommend it? it will be my first hombrew ^^

We've had very few reviews, and they range from 6/10 to 10/10 so far.
In short, people generally say the music is +, and graphics are -, which is something you can easily appreciate yourself in the various videos posted

The divisive bit is the difficulty, and the how the gameplay actually needs to get familiar with, on pain of repeated, humiliating deaths

We tried to make it so it plays like an arcade game of the early 1990s, for good and bad; not like a modern game on an old system... One player was very angry that you couldn't credit feed the game to the end (as spending a credit respawns you at the beginning of a level). Another one said it was too easy for "serious players". So honestly, it's really down to what you're expecting. If you're not sure, you can try out the PC version, it's the cheapest of the bunch; it will even be up on Steam on May 6th with 15% off.

Thanks

 

[Neo Alec]

... One player was very angry that you couldn't credit feed the game to the end (as spending a credit respawns you at the beginning of a level). Another one said it was too easy for "serious players".

Game difficulty in 2024 in a nutshell. Most are too lazy to "git gud" and the few who actually play games are busy shaming everyone else.

 

[alemany89]

We've had very few reviews, and they range from 6/10 to 10/10 so far.
In short, people generally say the music is +, and graphics are -, which is something you can easily appreciate yourself in the various videos posted

The divisive bit is the difficulty, and the how the gameplay actually needs to get familiar with, on pain of repeated, humiliating deaths

We tried to make it so it plays like an arcade game of the early 1990s, for good and bad; not like a modern game on an old system... One player was very angry that you couldn't credit feed the game to the end (as spending a credit respawns you at the beginning of a level). Another one said it was too easy for "serious players". So honestly, it's really down to what you're expecting. If you're not sure, you can try out the PC version, it's the cheapest of the bunch; it will even be up on Steam on May 6th with 15% off.

Thanks

For sure i will buy it Johnny, thanks for the tip about taking first the pc version and then jumping to other platforms, thats the approach that i will take.

 

[Burning Fight!!]

One player was very angry that you couldn't credit feed the game to the end (as spending a credit respawns you at the beginning of a level).

that's the kind of brainlet that claims all arcade games are coin munchers and the same thing as modern microtransactions

 

[Raph4]

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[Hattori Hanzo]

Time to wishlist it:

CYBORG FORCE on Steam

As a member of mankind’s most top-elite military corps, your mission is to save the universe, no less.Cyborg Force is a classic arcade run'n'gun that will give you a healthy dose of shooting, platforming and score hunting.Good luck, soldier!

store.steampowered.com

 

[Johnny16Bit]

Also we'll be revealing our new neo game tomorrow

Drop by to post some goob-speak in the chat

 

[alemany89]

Btw @Johnny16Bit do you know if its posible to have cheats for the unibios menu?

Also i had one question, does the mvs mode has not a insert coin option? im playing on a neosd pro but i have limited lifes.

Best regards!

 

[Johnny16Bit]

Btw @Johnny16Bit do you know if its posible to have cheats for the unibios menu?
Also i had one question, does the mvs mode has not a insert coin option? im playing but i have limited lifes.
Best regards!

Hey there!
No, there's no unibios cheat. The more lives you can get from the options is 5 / credit; as you respawn at the beginning of a level when you take a credit the only real way to cheat the game is to credit feed and alternate 1p & 2p

Have fun

 

[alemany89]

Ey @Johnny16Bit thanks for the tip!

the problem is that im not respawning at the begining of the level, the game auto restarts, i dont have even the chance to use any credit to restart at the begining of the level, see the video attached:

https://1drv.ms/v/s!AhWO7NnAi9z2i-hE3uD4u9VNbaEMyQ

Regards!

 

[smokey]

Can we buy a rom that is known to work on the dark soft cart ?

 

[Johnny16Bit]

Ey @Johnny16Bit thanks for the tip!

the problem is that im not respawning at the begining of the level, the game auto restarts, i dont have even the chance to use any credit to restart at the begining of the level, see the video attached:

https://1drv.ms/v/s!AhWO7NnAi9z2i-hE3uD4u9VNbaEMyQ

Regards!

Hey there

Looks like a softdip option (continue = no) or more likely a dipswitch / unibios interaction thing. Check your hard dips and see if #7 is on - and if so, switch it to off.

Can we buy a rom that is known to work on the dark soft cart ?

Yes, the "neo rom" bundle for download actually contains the rom under plenty of different formats (analogue pocket, neoSD, MVSX/ASP, Mame, MiSTer and DarkSoft).
"Full" bundle adds PC win, Dreamcast and PSP.
Thanks


EDIT: oh, our friend Charles just shared an ungoobing video

 

[KGRAMR]

Cyborg Force received coverage from HobbyConsolas

Neo Geo estalla con dos nuevos juegos. Cyborg Force y Captain Barrel, a prueba

La consola de SNK recibe dos arcades de Neo Byte Force. Probamos la acción de Cyborg Force y las plataformas de Captain Barrel, que llegan a Neo Geo.

www.hobbyconsolas.com

 

[Johnny16Bit]

If you play games on discs on your Dreamcast - and listen to music on a CD player...
Well there you go

 

[smokey]

If you play games on discs on your Dreamcast - and listen to music on a CD player...
Well there you go

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Ok I goobed

 

[pixeljunkie]

Just snagged the digital version - gotta feed the Dreamcast

 

[yagamikun]

Is the game any good? The videos I've seen are...underwhelming? It's only $10 bucks on Steam but no reviews and it's been out since May.

 

[pixeljunkie]

Is the game any good? The videos I've seen are...underwhelming? It's only $10 bucks on Steam but no reviews and it's been out since May.

I dropped 20 on the digital - probably while drunk. I've given it a few minutes and it's very "homebrew" albeit ambitiously so. Out the gate, the controls are just completely wrong and you have to fix them in options every time. Difficulty seems wonky as well. It takes me back to shareware days, so I am gonna give it a fair run to get my $20 out of it. Music is great.

When you boot up they have these reversed. But in my opinion "X" is UNIVERSALLY SHOOT, and "A" is UNIVERSALLY JUMP

 

[NeoSeeD]

Is the game any good? The videos I've seen are...underwhelming? It's only $10 bucks on Steam but no reviews and it's been out since May.

Regarding the way that it plays, it definitely feels like it was mostly inspired by Contra, which is a good thing since Metal Slug and Contra play almost nothing alike so it differentiates the gameplay styles quite a bit. Cyborg Force does still feel very homebrew in terms of animation, presentation, art, and performance.

Basically, it's nowhere near as good a a classic Slug or Contra game and comically overpriced for a 16-bit homebrew quality game if you are looking to buy a cart. If you pick it up for cheap through itch.io or steam, it might be a decent distraction for a bit but ultimately, I'd like the dev to continue to improve the game with quality of life improvements until it feels more polished.

 

[Johnny16Bit]

I dropped 20 on the digital - probably while drunk. I've given it a few minutes and it's very "homebrew" albeit ambitiously so. Out the gate, the controls are just completely wrong and you have to fix them in options every time. Difficulty seems wonky as well. It takes me back to shareware days, so I am gonna give it a fair run to get my $20 out of it. Music is great.

When you boot up they have these reversed. But in my opinion "X" is UNIVERSALLY SHOOT, and "A" is UNIVERSALLY JUMP

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Cheers
Controls on a DC pad do take a bit to get used to.
As NeoSeeD said, the controls are similar to Contra III, in which there is a "lock position/aim" button. This, on a pad, you'd like to have on a shoulder button - except you can't use the left/right triggers for that on a DC pad.
That's why we opted for the least terrible option, which is "lock" on X, "shoot" on A, "jump" on B and "grenade" on Y, as it's easier to press A+X (which you'll need to do a lot) than A+B.
In the end, you'll be better off playing with a joystick, even if the controls were designed with 4 buttons in line in mind

Re: the difficulty we got a lot of flack from people not switching weapons / not using their 2 weapons slots, and not getting the weapon properties (which are designed in a rock / paper / scissors kind of way), making them think the game wasn't playtested. It's uncompromisingly old school. Too much for its own good apparently. But the entire game was designed around this weapon system being "have the right weapon and slaughter everyone or have the wrong weapon and get slaughtered big time".

Regarding the way that it plays, it definitely feels like it was mostly inspired by Contra, which is a good thing since Metal Slug and Contra play almost nothing alike so it differentiates the gameplay styles quite a bit. Cyborg Force does still feel very homebrew in terms of animation, presentation, art, and performance.

Basically, it's nowhere near as good a a classic Slug or Contra game and comically overpriced for a 16-bit homebrew quality game if you are looking to buy a cart. If you pick it up for cheap through itch.io or steam, it might be a decent distraction for a bit but ultimately, I'd like the dev to continue to improve the game with quality of life improvements until it feels more polished.

Thanks We kept working on if for each release/revision.
The Switch version is already out in the NOE zone (the patch for 2 players is coming in September), and will be released in NOA+JP zones next month. It's the latest & also the cheapest version you can get

 

[Samuray]

The Switch version is already out in the NOE zone (the patch for 2 players is coming in September), and will be released in NOA+JP zones next month. It's the latest & also the cheapest version you can get

Is there a Switch physical coming?

 

[Johnny16Bit]

Is there a Switch physical coming?

It's a bit early to tell - not very likely, but you never know