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XQuest 2 for Sega Genesis / Mega Drive

Posted: Tue May 19, 2026 9:52 am
by haroldoop
This is a W.I.P. vibe-port experiment converting Mark Mackey's XQuest 2 from MS-DOS to Sega Genesis / Megadrive, using Claude.

Github repo: https://github.com/haroldo-ok/xquest2-md/tags
Page on itch.io: https://haroldo-ok.itch.io/xquest-2-md

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Part of the gameplay is already there:

[*] The player's spaceship controls feels like the original;
[*] The enemies are starting to behave like the original;
[*] It's already possible to collect all the crystals and finish the level;
[*] Players and enemies can already collide against the background;
[*] The background is scrolling;
[*] The exit gate gives indication that it's open;
[*] The game is spawning enemies from the portals;
[*] The enemy sprites are mostly correct;
[*] The difficulty feels similar to the original.

Some things that aren't working so well:
[*] Some enemies keep teleporting all over the place;
[*] The background borders are still wrong;
[*] The exit gate still looks wrong;
[*] The sound works, but the effects are mixed up;
[*] Most of the enemies sill behave weirdly.