The other day I pasted together a mockup to see what Picotron could look like on a 4:3 CRT monitor, see photos below.
I noticed the display spec for Picotron says 480x270. @zep, Have you considered allowing other video modes, like 320x240?

Swarmed 0.3

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Swarmed 0.3

by Jammigans

Cart #swarmed-0 | 2022-12-17 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | No License

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Swarmed

Will you defeat the Swarmlord?

Controls

• Arrows – Move ship
• X – Fire blasters
• Z – Fire special weapon

Credits

• Swarmed, a game by @Jammigans | t: Jammigans
• Based on basic shmup tutorial by @Krystman | t: LazyDevsAcademy
• Music by @Gruber | t: gruber_music

GIFs

Change log

0.3

• Improved hit feedback on the Swarmlord.
• Added wings to the Swarmlord.
• Updated title screen with Swarmlord animation and other minor tweaks.
• Added sway to the background spores.
• Fixed a bug that could cause an auto shoot right after starting the game from the title screen or when restarting from the game over screen.
• Some sprite optimization and cleanup.

0.2

• Special weapon combined with shields, which replaces the extra lives.
• Special weapon, new function: fires 3 bullets at the cost of one shield.
• UI for extra lives removed (replaced by shields).
• UI for special weapon removed since they’re now represented around the ship (they are the shields).
• UI hint for special weapon moved to bottom left corner and got some new graphic.
• Boss speed adjustments.
• Boss bullet speed adjustments.
• Special weapon now destroys enemy bullets on impact.

0.1

First version, submitted for the Basic Shmup Showcase.