C64 to Atari 8bit Port: Bobby Bearing

post-42656-0-06653000-1440316658mariuszw over at Atari Age Forums has announced his next C64 to Atari 8bit port project, Bobby Bearing, an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by The Edge in 1986 for the Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64.

Plot
Bobby and his family are ball bearings who live in Technofear.
Technofear is a land of the future made of steel, and inhabited by things of steel. Bobby’s brothers have been led astray by their rogue cousin and are now lost in the Metaplanes outside their home – stunned and captured by the evil Bearings that inhabit the Planes.
post-42656-0-10720300-1440316649Gameplay
The player controls Bobby Bearing in his search for his four lost brothers and their cousin. He must avoid the evil Bearings, find his missing and unconscious relatives, and roll them out of the Metaplanes to safety.

The mission must be accomplished before the time limit runs out, otherwise the game ends and Bobby’s relatives are lost forever. A time penalty is incurred each time Bobby dies or is stunned. If Bobby is trapped and unable to leave a screen, pressing ‘Q’ will reset the screen at the cost of a time penalty. Air vents, Elevators, switches, crushers and evil Bearings can help or hinder Bobby in his quest.
post-42656-0-13847600-1440316672More about the Port
mariuszw mentions that this is a WIP version with some issues (for example incorrect graphics in first screen of the game) as well as missing optimizations, but at this moment in time the game is fully playable. Developed and tested under Altirra only, but expected to work on real hardware too.

You can download the WIP version below.

Download: bb.obx
Emulator: http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html
Forum Thread: http://atariage.com/forums/

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