                                M A G N E T R O N
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                                  Written by 
                            Steven De Toni Dec 2009, Updated Ver 1.5 Feb 2011
    
    
Magnetron NDS remix, a clone of Robotron and Llamatron games for the 
Nintendo DS. 


Game play:
Shoot enemy nastys, collect friends R,G,B and get a short power shot. Collect other 
power ups for more abilities. Clear enemys of each stage 42 times and your done.
Movement is via joy pad, shoot in 1 of eight directions using x,y,a,b keys. Master
the ability to move and shoot in various directions at the same time if you are to survive more than a 
few levels. Move quickly, think fast, and calculate the risk on retrieving that power up or free life, a 
moments distraction means death!


Required hardware:
         Nintendo DS
         A Home brew cartridge like R4
         
         
Installation:
         Copy magnetron.nds onto R4 cartridge, any directory is find.

No Nintendo DS?
       You can play this game on the emulator no$gba, other emulators work as well,
       but they lack the speed.
       
       
Compiling Magnetron:
Download devKitPro V18 (V19 had some issues) and install all of the NDS modules and Programmers Notepad.
copy UserTools.xml from Magnetron source into <devKitPro>\Programmers Notepad\settings
Load Programmers Notepad and load NDSGame.pnproj
   press F12 (clean)
   press F2  (make images)
   press F1  (make)
   
Once everything is built, press F5 to run no$gba


If your trying to compile under devKitPro V19, then alter make file by:

comment out this code:
#%.nds: %.arm9
#	ndstool -c $@ -9 $< $(ARM7BIN) $(ICON) "$(TEXT1);$(TEXT2);$(TEXT3)" -d $(CURDIR)/../$(NITRODIR)
#	padbin 256 $@


uncomment out this code:
	@cd $(TOPDIR)
	ndstool -c $(notdir $(OUTPUT)).nds -9 $(notdir $(OUTPUT)).arm9 $(ARM7BIN) $(ICON) "$(TEXT1);$(TEXT2);$(TEXT3)" -d $(TOPDIR)/$(NITRODIR)
	padbin 256 $(notdir $(OUTPUT)).nds 
   
Verion 1.5 Update:
* Added rom loading search feature so Magnetron can exist in any directory on R4 chip.
* Optmised custom blitter sprite routine for a minor speed up for particle effects.
* Add continue game from last best game level (no continues though).
* Fixed very minor graphical issues.
* Replace pause screen with Exit Game when pressing start/select buttons.            