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rikwakefield
01-03-2008, 20:58
I hope they continue with this and release a full version.



http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2008/01/starlite-0-dsf.gif (http://www.playeradvance.org/forum/showthread.php?p=165417) Yes, dreams can come true. With no official plans announced for a DS port of StarCraft or any of Blizzard's (http://www.dsfanboy.com/2007/10/04/some-guy-at-blizzard-loves-nintendo/) other PC games, two French homebrew developers have begun working on bringing the popular RTS (http://www.dsfanboy.com/tag/RTS/) to the handheld themselves, titling the game StarLite.

A limited demo (version 0.1 (http://heuer-michael.com/starlite/starlite.nds)) is available for you to test out in an emulator or flashcart of your choice, and, while it's clear there's still a lot of work ahead for the project, it's impressive how much the two-man crew has already accomplished in just three weeks of development. So far, players can select and direct units via touchscreen, build simple structures, and produce additional units. There are even a few enemy troops to attack.

The team plans to continue their work, eventually implementing the rest of the units/structures and a WiFi ad-hoc multiplayer mode for two players. To do all that, however, they'll need some help from several more programmers, so don't be afraid to volunteer your skills to the effort! Hit the gallery below for more early screenshots from StarLite.


Source (http://www.dsfanboy.com/2008/01/03/wish-upon-a-starlite-starcraft-homebrew/)

Avrum
01-05-2008, 01:34
The only thing keeping me from playing some of the older games like Doom Hexen and Heretic on my R4 right is that I'm still trying to track down retail copies of these games so I can extract the .wad file needed for the game's resources. Nice to hear Starcraft is next in line though. ^_^

grcswoosh
01-05-2008, 01:37
That is the coolest thing I have seen in years. I love that friggin game. I will now have to play a pink DS (my wife's)!

NinjaFridge
01-05-2008, 01:54
This is Wii chat. This is about DS.

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~NeonFire~
01-05-2008, 02:01
Yeah, wrong section. Thanks for the information, though.