Posted May 27, 2006 at 03:25AM by Karen R. Listed in: Homebrew Games Tags: atien, frontier 1337
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If you owned a Commodore Amiga and spent hours and hours playing Frontier: Elite 2, you probably were excited when you read about the game being ported to PSP with the homebrew game Frontier 1337. Here's more reason to rejoice: Atien, the developer, has just released an update.

Frontier 1337 v0.1c is still a beta version so the framerate is still slow. However, with this update, if you set the level of shape detail to 'low' in the set-up screen you will get a better framerate result. Also, if you think the 'Space dust, clouds, etc.' and 'Background stars' are distracting, you'll be able to disable them with v0.1c.

Controls for Frontier 1337 are as follows:
  • Analog-stick - Moves the cursor across the screen.
  • - Serves as the left mouse-click and selects things with the cursor.
  • - Serves as the right mouse-click.
  • Hold + Analog-stick - Rolls the vessel.
  • Hold + - Fires laser beam.
  • Hold + D-pad UP - Zooms in with camera in external view.
  • Hold + D-pad DOWN - Zooms out with camera in external view.
  • D-pad - Rotates the camera in external view and unravels the galactic chart and the stock market list.
  • - Makes the rear propulsion increase speed.
  • - Makes the front propulsion decrease speed.
  • L and R triggers - Lets you choose functions that were available with the F1 to F10 keys on the PC version.
  • L + R - Validate the chosen function.
  • Hold + L + R when function is F8 - Force hyperspace miss-jump. ---> not yet seen in this version.
  • Start - Option screen.
  • Select - "p" key for now. (Atien notes: "Danzeff OSK will be implemented here in the future.")
In the future releases of his Frontier 1337, Atien promises a revised control panel. He is also trying to see if he can incorporate any homogeneous characters. He'll also be keeping the widescreen resolution so expect the next versions to be rendered directly in 480x272 resulting in a wider vision field. While waiting for Atien's visions to materialize, click on the download link below and enjoy the fresh release!

Download [Frontier 1337 v0.1c]


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   by ConraDargo (Unregistered) - 2006-05-27
 » Woot

DANG! This is one of the best games ever, a must have homebrew :)

   by alt (Unregistered) - 2006-05-27
 » ???

does this work on 2.6???


   by ALT (Unregistered) - 2006-05-27
 » DAM!!!

OMG IT WONT WOKR!!

   by ndbsolar (Unregistered) - 2006-05-27
 » more importantly...

Does it work on 1.0?

   by ndbsolar (Unregistered) - 2006-05-27
 » firget that...

I see now that it does ^_^

   by RaiderX - 2006-05-27
 » looks great!!

looks liek a lot fo work was put into this, must be an awesome homebrew!

   by ouasse (Unregistered) - 2006-05-27
 » omg

I've spent MONTHS playing that game on my Atari ST ... ;)

   by Chavagnatze - 2006-05-27
 » How do you make it run?

You need eLoader or something right?

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   by Anonymous Pigeon (Unregistered) - 2006-05-27
 » so...

it doesnt work on 2.6?

   by Gamer4Life (Unregistered) - 2006-05-29
 » Classic

Keep up the great work ATIEN, can't wait for the next release! :)

   by evan (Unregistered) - 2006-05-31
 » IRshell and Frontier

running this through IRshell with cpu set to 333mhz makes a big difference :D



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