Described by Amiga Format as "a definite improvement over the original, but still not the greatest game in the world.", APTv2 was Joker Developments second ever release. The three games which made up the original APT were never released as they didn't offer enough features. APTv2 is not really any different to the original, but nevertheless offers a fairly valid 2-player challenge if you have just come home smashed.
Featured in issue 103 of Amiga Format, Shoot Out was, and still is, our
most original game. It is a tank battle of sorts. Two players each control
a spaceship on one side of a rectangular battle arena. They have to blast
their opponent to smithereens with nothing but lasers. AF described the
game as a "cat and mouse affair" which makes the game "fun for a short
while". 'Nuff said.
The much improved sequel to the original Shoot Out, SO2 is basically the
same game, but with a few important additions. Power-up icons now randomly
appear in the arena, offering anything from more armour to instant death.
Armour has been added, increasing the life expectancy of a ship. Other
additions are Deflectors (moving 'mirrors' which bounce your laser back at
you, and twin-laser motherships, twice as dangerous as a fighter, and
nearly five times more resistant to laser fire. All of these options can be
turned off, of course!
Still unfinished, Reservoir Dogz is based on the classic film of violence, betrayal and violence Reservoir Dogs by Quentin Tarantino. Unlike what you may have expected, you play the robber, not the cops! Kill the narcs to get onto the next stage (out of 5 stages) until you make it back to your boss. More information will be available as the project continues.
The Joker Developments Utility Collection! This pack of small but essential utils may or may not make your life easier. There is a hard drive password protector included, complete with user-definable sound samples and Workbench Preferences editor. There is a small Protracker/MED module player which (unfortunately) takes up 100% of CPU time, making it useful for playing MOD's in a program such as DOpus4. Also included is a Screen Magnifier, allowing you to see more detail on your Workbench Screen, in 2x, 4x or 8x magnification!. For the South Park fanatic, there is a selection of sound samples from the hit TV show.
The PPF Format is a new discovery from Gareth Griffiths. By taking details
from EVERY pixel on a specified IFF picture, the PPF Suite will convert the
picture into an ASCII file (not to be confused with ASCII Art) which
contains those very same details. Using a PPF Decoder you can take one of
these ASCII files and convert it back to the original IFF picture. This is
ideal for encryption of secret pictures.
Originally designed in AMOS, but later changed to Blitz for it's added
speed and file handling, the PPF format could change encryption forever.
Soon you may even be able to encrypt text in the same way. Still undergoing
testing, thanks to a bug which causes the picture to be displayed wrong,
The PPF Suite will be released soon (if the bug is fixable!)
This is not a Joker Developments product. Created by Claes Ahlberg in '96, this is an essential utility for ANYBODY who owns Alien Breed: Tower Assault. Whether you've completed the game or not, you can use this to explore every one of the 55 levels contained within the game! Nice work Claes, let's see some more LCG's and maybe some HD Installers?
Again, this isn't a JD product, but Keith Krellwitz has really excelled himself with this top-notch collection of cheats for over 1000 Amiga games. It's a shame that he has stopped work on the project. The cheats are presented in the Amigaguide® format and therefore need WB2+ to run.
A programmer's paint package, designed by Gareth Griffiths for fellow coders. It is only of real use to AMOS programmers, but thanks to it's uncomplicated menu system, and the lack of gadgets, it is ideal to the serious painter as well as the kids learning new artistic styles! It also supports the early AMOS version of the PCF format (called PDF, but later changed due to Adobe copyright!) It also saves (and loads) the standard IFF and the AMOS Pac. Pic. formats.
This is a pack of HD installers for your Amiga. They include:
Alien Breed 3D, Alien Breed '92, Beneath a Steel Sky, Bubble 'n' Squeak, Cannon Fodder, Cruise for a Corpse, Dungeon Master, Flashback, Gobliiins 3, Ishar I and II, Jungle Strike, Kings Quest 6, Pushover, Qwak, Rally Championship, Space Hulk, Stardust, SWOS, Taekwondo Master, Tracksuit Manager 2, Watchtower, Whizz, Zeewolf 2.
As you can see, there are quite a few in there. Some require JST (available on Aminet).