MSXdev'06 6th entry: Malaika - Prehistoric Quest by Karoshi Corporation

Less than one month after his launching, the 2006 edition of the MSXdev contest seems to become really a great edition, as 6 entries have already been announced and we guess that other projects are also planned, but for the moment kept in private area.

The 6th entry is made by the founders of this great challenge, Karoshi Corporation (Jon Cortazar and Eduardo Robsy), who have released in the previous editions a total of 8 games (Duck Hunt, Factory Infection, Griel's Quest for the Sangraal, Guru Logic MSX1, Picture Puzzle, Saimazoom, Snail Maze, Soukoban Pocket Edition).

With an atttractive intro screen, Malaika - Prehistoric Quest will be another platform game ! And we guess that Karoshi Corp. has other surprises in preparation

MSXdev site : http://msxdev.msxblue.com/

Karoshi Corp. site : http://www.karoshicorp.com/

Man, that shot looks good! Great pixeling and great use of technology to present this on msx1.

Excellent shot! I'm amazed about the graphics. I thought the LUX shot was hard to beat but this one is at least as good, if not better I don't want to ruin your day, but shouldn't the pixel on location 232,137 (from top left) be dark green instead of light green?

dvik: I'm sure there are some pixels here and there to correct. Anyway, I'm glad you have been examining the screenshot so deeply . As you probably noticed, there are lots of sprites strategically placed: Malaika has lots of sprites, the little UFO, the flowers, the big rounded black corners from the front green grass, the star in the logo...
Ah, and thanx everyone for the feedback, I hope you like this game, we have big expectations with this one!

Yeah the graphics is amazing so I actually had to look at the details and I'm really impressed With a shot this good you're definately raising the expectations. I'm really looking forward to see the final game and I'm sure it will deliver!

Just saw some screenshots (gameplay) and I get the impression that Jon and Eduardo gonna
attempt to create a smooth scrolling platformgame.

Malaika ... an exotic title and an attractive into screen ... Karoshi will again surprise us ... by the way, if you want to see some extra screenshots, you should explore the spanish part of the Karoshi forums :

http://karoshi.msxgamesbox.com/

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Just saw some screenshots (gameplay) and I get the impression that Jon and Eduardo gonna attempt to create a smooth scrolling platformgame.

Hey, clever comment GhostwriterP!. In fact, that is what we are attempting for , and in a very successful way, I guess

Here you have the unveiled wip screenies from Malaika. They were released some weeks ago at Karoshi Corp. Forums in this forumpost. I hope you like them





We are working hard on this one, stay tuned for more information!

The screenshots remind me of a platform game from the NES: Banana Prince.
It's a good reference for inspiration I think.

Huey: I hadn't seen that "Banana Prince" game before, but it seems funny!. Be sure I will test it to see if it can give me some more ideas for Malaika. But I already had a game in mind that really inspired Malaika's gameplay: Super Mario Bros.