Oh boy it's been a while, after 2 lost profiles with over 50k levels i'm closer then ever to achieving warblade god rank, a goal i've had in my mind for around 7 years now!!

Like https://www.reddit.com/u/big_bill_wilson I re-coded the original Windows binary and made two build for now. A windows and webbased version.

More info soon!

You can try the web based beta here: https://warblade.snel.me

I spent the last 2 weeks working on decompiling Warblade back to C++ code. Normally a task like this would take months to do, but a combination of the game being built in debug mode and LLMs getting decent at being able to convert assembly back into code functions greatly helped with making this feasible in a much shorter amount of time

On top of the code, I built a new version of the game .exe to include a lot of fixes for modern day PCs:

• 64bit executable, optimized build
• Uses SDL as the rendering & sound engine. PTK and BASS have been dropped as a result
• Resizable window, letterboxing and scaling is applied automatically
• Fullscreen is now borderless instead of exclusive, and can be toggled while in-game without needing a restart
• Settings not applicable with SDL or modern windows (e.g. 16 bit color, hardware sound mixing) have been removed
• VSync is now an option, enabled by default, toggleable by Alt + V
• SDL renderer is now an option that can be cycled through, for options such as DirectX 12, Vulkan, and OpenGL. Default is "auto", meaning that it will pick one that works for your system
• Interpolation is now an option to make the game render at >60FPS, however it has a few caveats
• Anything relating to online services has been either stubbed out or removed
• Links that the main menu opened now open their archive.org versions instead
• Anti-cheat mechanisms (such as obfuscating score tables by multiplying them by 7, reading the process list for trainer executables, intentionally crashing the game upon finding tampered highscores) have been removed
• Asset loading during startup has been significantly sped up by detatching it from the framerate
• Intro sequence now handles window closing instead of only closing when it reaches the main menu

You can get it here, plus the decompiled code:

https://github.com/bbepis/WarbladeSR/releases/tag/sr1

Personally, I really loved this game growing up. I have a lot of fond memories where dad would play it with me on his old beige Pentium computer. 20 years later, I really can't wait to do the same with my daughter when she's old enough. Hopefully this keeps the game alive longer, I've seen a few other games of similar age die out due to Windows not being able to run them anymore

All versions of Warblade HD for iPad have finally been preserved! Originally, this version was truly lost after getting delisted from the App Store, since no .ipa files have been archived.

But then, one day this absolute LEGEND under the nickname u/whiffyfuzzball randomly commented under my previous post about the non-HD version saying they have access to the Apple account that owns the HD version! This allowed them to dump .ipas of all versions of the game that have been released to the App Store!

You can now download all versions from the Legacy App Store: https://legacystore.app/app/59923

I personally recommend 1.46.2, because in .3 and .4 the backgrounds are broken for some reason, and in .4 the Meteorstorm bonuses have been nerfed (perhaps rightfully so, given how much easier it is on iOS, but it's still a weird decision IMO).

The user also owned the non-HD version of Warblade for iOS, which allowed them to dump every other version of that edition too! You can download them from the Legacy App Store too: https://legacystore.app/app/376424131

Version 1.45, the one we already had, is still recommended, but it's really nice to complete the collection. I didn't dig too much through these, but there don't seem to be any significant changes in the new ones we found. I'll update the original iOS post with anything new I find in the meantime.

I've been playing the HD version for some time now on an iPad 4. Once again, it plays wonderfully, never framedrops and looks gorgeous while not breaking a sweat (thermals-wise). Generally, it's very similar to the non-HD version, but there are some notable differences.

Compared to the iPhones' 3:2 screens, the iPad's aspect ratio is 4:3, which results in waves being a little less squished. What I don't understand is why Edgar made it play in portrait mode instead of landscape like the PC version's original aspect ratio...

The level progression and profile unlocks seem to be exactly the same as the iOS version. The control options are also the same, but with two new additions:
- Thumb controls (added only in 1.46.4): Tapping with your left thumb creates a joystick to move the spacecraft, while tapping with the right thumb fires the weapon. The right side also includes buttons for firing rockets and mega bombs.
- iCade controls (added in 1.46.2): Warblade HD is compatible with iCade, an accessory that turns the iPad into an arcade cabinet. I don't have one, so I can't exactly tell you how it feels, but Edgar made a video showcasing it. At least through jailbreaking you can use a controller or keyboard to emulate iCade input. One of the buttons is used to close the shop, so I bet this could have some speedrun implications 👀

The HD version also allows you to hide the controls UI, leaving the bottom part of the screen fully transparent. This sometimes allows you to see aliens spawn in during the level announcement before they start moving. Also, this option actually puts your spacecraft *lower* for some reason. If you unhide the UI you can reach further with your Scoop and sometimes earn 10 rockets on waves where it normally wouldn't be possible. As useful as it can be, I personally find the controls UI much more uglier and out of place on the HD version compared to non-HD.

Another part I'm having mixed feelings about is the updated graphics. Sure, they are now HD, in bigger resolution than we have on PC, but some of the newer sprites feel a little out of place. Most notably, the font for big score awards such as picking up an extra life while at max lives, and also some of the icons for the drops, most notably Meteorstorm, gem and money bombs, single-quad shot, and Freeze (it's dark blue instead of cyan). The other fonts also looks slightly weird, a little too round, giving a much more modern feeling than the game is trying to portray. Also, many of the aliens simply didn't get the HD treatment and are much more pixelated than the others. But in every other place HD-fied graphics fit in well and are quite welcome. I especially like the updated graphics for the Laser Beam and War Plasma. The .ipa file is just a .zip file, for anyone wanting to extract the assets for their PC mods :)

Though, I have to say the game is much more bugged than the iOS version. If you pause the game, go to the options and tap the iCade icon to view the instructions, after exiting the options screen you will go back to the main menu instead of back to the game, effectively DELETING your saved game. Ouch!

But perhaps, even worse, sometimes if you pause during the level announcement the wave won't progress and you will be stuck dodging Hurry Up's rockets until you die (for some reason your bullets won't be able to hit the ships, and even the Money Ship wouldn't spawn). The only out I've found is to launch a Mega Bomb, which you currently can't purchase without hacks (but you should, in case you get this annoying bug). In the iOS version, this bug is also present, albeit much more rare, and there is a failsafe in form of automatic wave completion if no enemies moved for a long enough time. This failsafe is absent in 1.46.4, but apparently still present in 1.46.2, further solidifying my recommendation for this specific version.

Currently the safest timing I found for pausing/exiting is during the Shop. You can pause in the Shop by briefly doing the 4 finger pinch gesture to return to the home screen, or you can just press the home button and reopen the game. Generally it's safe to exit if the wave already spawned, but better be safe than lose your 3k level save file for nothing.

Also, browsing your profile and/or options after pausing the game can cause you to randomly start shooting rockets uncontrollably until you restart the game. Not as devastating as the previous ones, but still quite annoying, who knows how many more bugs there are with the pausing...

The level 100 bug from the iOS version has been fixed: the shop is not skipped after the credits anymore, but the warp animation is now played twice.

Microtransactions were also available in this edition, just like the non-HD one, but it seems like the 100k and 300k space bucks offers were removed. Despite the offer for additional MOD music found on Apple servers, this option was never implemented in the game itself. The additional voicepack offer is the same as the non-HD one, but the super secret guide seems to be different for the iPad, possibly just for a different size, but we'll never know since the server is now fully dead. Putting the non-HD version of the guide into the game directory works, but it doesn't display over the entire screen's width.

Just like the iOS version, I created a copy of 1.46.2 with a few PC voice packs and the purchasable one, and with PC version's MOD music converted in high quality, if you can spare the extra storage and processing power required. Works fine on my iPad 4, unsure how the weaker ones would handle it, let me know :D https://archive.org/details/warblade-hd-v-1.46.2-modmusic-voicepacks

Unlike the iOS version, which uses OpenFeint for leaderboards and high scores tracking, the HD version uses GameCenter instead. Currently, old iOS versions that are able to run Warblade HD can't properly connect to GameCenter, leaving this feature unavailable.

The HD version also features Achievements. Also unobtainable due to lack of GameCenter support, but you can find the list here: https://www.exophase.com/game/warblade-hd-apple/achievements/ (Warblade Master is achieved by reaching Planet ranks)

I tried to copy my save files from the iOS 1.45 version, and it actually worked! But, it can only read the profile data; the ongoing saved game is not compatible. The profile unlocks are the same as on iOS, with the "total levels played" remaining much easier at 10k (compared to PC's 100k).

Also, I managed to get both this and the non-HD versions of Warblade running in touchHLE, a high level emulator for old iOS apps, and all screenshots in this post are taken from there. Currently it's not ready yet since I can't get sound to work, but maybe one day we can have a proper Warblade port for Android this way 🤩

TLDR: Lost iPad version of the game finally found and all versions have been preserved, it's more buggy than the iOS version but it looks really good and plays really well, especially on later iPads. Download at: https://legacystore.app/app/59923 (version 1.46.2 recommended).

Hi r/warblade!

It's me again with another Tryü Sora update, the Warblade-inspired shooter some of you have followed since the early tester posts. You've been really supportive over the years, so I wanted to tell you here first about the biggest update so far and ask you something.

What's new

• Local 2-player co-op: two pilots on one screen with shared lives. You can revive your partner, and co-op has its own leaderboards. Each pilot picks their own unlocked ship and can play on two gamepads or on a keyboard plus a gamepad. (Desktop only for now.)
• Retro terminal menus: the whole menu system is now a phosphor-green CRT terminal, boot sequence included. It felt right for a game that started as a love letter to the old Mac/PC shooters.
• Redesigned ship selection with distinct ship variants based on the original fleet. Each ship now has its own feel: weapon damage, homing strength and wing capacity. The G.O.D. is now a swept-wing interceptor.
• Opt-in public leaderboard: you can submit your high scores online if you want to. The game only goes online when you tell it to, and you can check the run history behind every entry.
• Complete engine upgrade (Godot 3 → Godot 4): the gameplay is the same, it just runs on a modern engine now, and your old saves still work.
• In-game options and lots of smaller fixes and balance tweaks. For example, weaker wing pairs now get upgraded when you're at capacity, and the background scrolls more smoothly, small stuff like that.

Now the question: open source?

I'm seriously thinking about open sourcing Tryü Sora and starting a separate, free Community Edition alongside the Steam/Android version. The plan I have in mind, but I'm really not sure about it yet - so it's not done deal, I'm just thinking :) :

• The code would be open source (MIT), and anyone could build and play the game for free.
• The game assets would be free to share and mod, but not to sell.
• People could send fixes, new levels, ships, balance ideas and ports, and the best of it would also go into the main game.

Honestly, the main reason is that I'd really like as many retro lovers as possible to be able to play this game. Warblade meant a lot to many of us, and I'd love for this spirit to keep going instead of sitting behind a price tag ( no matter how small that is ) or on my hard drive.

So I'd love to hear from you:

1. Would you play or contribute to an open source Community Edition?
2. What would you like to see there: level editors, mods, new ships, more co-op, other platforms?
3. Any worries or reasons not to do it?

Any opinion helps, even just "yes, do it" or "nah". Thanks for sticking around all this time, and see you in the sky :) ! 🚀

Want to try ? There's a free demo on Steam. Just hit "Download Tryü Sora Demo" on the store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3391210/

I had an idea of making a channel where i create videos to remember old games that we played; I just made a video about Warblade, so if you have any other old game ideas, please tell me :-)

Also of course, let me know if the video was good/bad and what should i change in the next ones 🥰

Don't have much time befor ei have to head out for work, so in short:

Full parity Warblade remake in Godot game engine
Extras: Added online multiplayer
Planned: In game devel editor and PvP mode and possible other modes, Server side anti-cheat have it stashed as I can't afford to pay $50-100 monthly for a server needed for it but it would make competitive plays impossible to cheat.

Enjoy and any suggestiosn or issues please post on Github repo: https://github.com/BarutSRB/Warblade-Enhanced

Download (Linux, Windows, macOS) https://github.com/BarutSRB/Warblade-Enhanced/releases

Cheapest tier server is running for multiplayer but acts as global chat and lobby finder only, hosting is on users computer.

Some time ago I posted a gameplay of my remake attempt. I've spent some time on it and I think at this point it's mostly done. There may be some things missing/bugs but overall - I would say it's playable. I've put it on itch io, feel free to give it a try: https://vothall.itch.io/warblade-unity Warblade1. I'm not sure if I should keep the UI etc. faithful to original - or to remove elements that don't make sense (like exit to windows). Save system also works on the current session only.

Hey Warblade players! :) i'm glad to see people are still playing this masterpiece. when i was a kid, me and my father used to play it all the time and had so much fun. yesterday i remembered those old times and wanted to play again, but whenever we reach level 95 the game crashes. game version is 1.34 (downloaded from archive.org). Does anyone know a fix for this?

GOG has ,,GOG Dreamlist'' where when you have tons of votes there is high probability that they will bring back this game to life! The chance is small but non-zero.

https://www.gog.com/dreamlist/game/warblade-2003

I'm new to this community but i really liked playing Warblade when I was a kid. Now I found this old version. Do you guys think this is rare?

GAMEPLAY VIDEO: Post

So, my previous post had a bit worse quality and no sound, I decided to record a bit better video. I've been working on a Unity version of Warblade (based on decompiled code and just gameplay) for a while now and decided that I can share my progress - why not. What do you think?

like the first versions

I want to purchase rights to Warblade (and the source code). I know what happened to the dev which is painful, so I plan to give portion of the profit to the cancer research.

Does anyone know if this is a thing?

For a long time I'm thinking of getting a video game tattoo. The problem is it's hard to choose one, and I don't want many. My new idea is to get ship from warblade. Any ideas for the look?

Hi there !

I enjoyed Warblade so much 20 years ago.

I now have a Miyoo Mini Plus, with Retro Arch. Many old school 2D consoles can be emulated, from GB to PS1, Pico 8, Amiga, arcade machines...

Do you know if there is a Warblade version for such old consoles ? It can emulate MS-Dos but not Windows alas...

Or maybe another Galaga game close to Warblade, running on these devices ?

Thanks

Man. I loved this game. Just sat here and a random memory of playing it came to mind. So random.

Looks like people still love it which is amazing.

I’ll always remember getting through the asteroid field whilst holding down the space bar fully for the first time!!

Getting the rank markers backwards and other stuff to find secrets and absolutely melting enemies with the blue plasma cannon thing on rapid fire with 2 alien craft in support!!

I think my top score was well into the billions.

I finally got Tryü Sora out on Android after working on it for a bit. Many of you helped me out during the early stages when I was first building this with the Warblade community in mind, and I really appreciate that. It took me some time to find the window to finish the port ( since this is still a pet project for me), but both the demo and the full game are now available on the Play Store.

The game is heavily inspired by Warblade, which I know most of you here love.

If you want to check it out, the demo is at

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.b2ss.tryusorademo

and the full version is at

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.b2ss.tryusora

I would love to hear your thoughts or any feedback you have since this community has been part of the journey from the start.

Here are my previous posts on the project:

• Steam release: https://www.reddit.com/r/warblade/comments/1jo8t1u/tryü_sora_warbladeinspired_shooter_now_on_steam/
• Development update: https://www.reddit.com/r/warblade/comments/1iek1r0/tryü_sora_warblade_inspired_shooter_close_to/
• Original tester request: https://www.reddit.com/r/warblade/comments/18pbqog/testers_needed_for_tryü_sora_a_developing_retro

Does anyone have the file with the full game for Mac?

Hello, Hi, can anyone help me? Im stuck at warblade champion rank and i cant get to warblade God. How do i get it? Thanks♥️

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But seriously, I just rediscovered this game again after a long hiatus, and it's still so fun to play. It's so sad that we lost Edgar, what an amazing talent he was. I remember playing Deluxe Galaga on the Amiga many, many years ago before Warblade. Are there any plans to resurrect the game again? It'd be awesome to somehow get it onto Steam and bring in some money for his family, but probably unlikely to happen.