I hope a port to MirageOS is made from the Ion version.

That would be nice, but at least this works well with Mirage.

I ported Phoenix .90 from the 83/83+ ion to mirageos...it isnt that hard. If i get bored later ill turn it into a mirage prog and up it

If the ION version works well on MirageOS, there is no need to port it to MirageOS. Doing so only causes for another version of the program to float around, which would probably need to be updated whenever PD makes his thousands of updates. It's possible that making the program specifically for MirageOS could save a few bytes due to the shell's libraries, but that slight gain is not worth the time and effort by PD or some other porter. Programs specifically for MirageOS should make use of its built in features more heavily, such as I have done with Calendar v1.0.

What's the difference between this one and the old one? Can you make new levels for this one now?
That'd be cool. It'd also bringit's personal popularity up a bit.

--NATE

External level support is the largest change for this version, but there are others which are listed in the documentation. However, there is no easy-to-use level editor included, so it takes a little more work than usual to make external levels for this game (I do intend to release instructions for making the levels soon). The external levels don't seem to affect the popularity much now, as the only level file released on the TI-83+ seems to have only about 1/3 as many downloads as the main program.

I have now released another set of levels, the "Jupiter" levels, for Phoenix. I have just sent them to ticalc.org, and you can download them now from the URL linked to this message.

This level file provides 8 levels, which are slightly more "original" than the Galaxian levels, and are also intended to be more difficult than the built-in levels, as you face tough enemies before being able to obtain high-powered weapons.

The archives also have bried documentation on how levels are created. Since I'll probably change the format fairly soon anyway, I didn't write detailed information on the format or create a level editor.