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by litody
Wed Mar 08, 2017 11:50 am
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: VIC 20 book on Kickstarter
Replies: 130
Views: 29767

Re: VIC 20 book on Kickstarter

Got my copy today in the UK, a real work of art :D
by litody
Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:26 am
Forum: Games
Topic: VIC Game Club No. 1 – Qix Inspired Games
Replies: 78
Views: 17336

Re: VIC Game Club No. 1 – Qix Inspired Games

9116! But I am disappointed to not reach 10 000 as I lost my first life after 5000. Impressive! :D That was quite some achievement, but like I've said before it is one of those games where it feels like you can keep improving with practice, I am sure it won't be long before you beat the 10,000 barr...
by litody
Sun Feb 12, 2017 12:39 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: VIC Game Club No. 1 – Qix Inspired Games
Replies: 78
Views: 17336

Re: VIC Game Club No. 1 – Qix Inspired Games

I still can't stop playing Squeeze, I did make a start on The Count, but after a while I was back playing Squeeze. I think in part because I knew I could do better. After about an hour of playing I pushed my high score up to 6876, and you know what I still feel it could go higher :) Squeeze 6876 lit...
by litody
Sun Feb 05, 2017 2:22 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: VIC Game Club No. 2 – The Count
Replies: 31
Views: 6418

Re: VIC Game Club No. 2 – The Count

I've played some of Adventureland, but none of the other Scott Adams' adventures on the VIC, so this is a great excuse to play one them. Time to get the graph paper out and start mapping :)
by litody
Wed Feb 01, 2017 1:49 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: VIC Game Club No. 1 – Qix Inspired Games
Replies: 78
Views: 17336

Re: VIC Game Club No. 1 – Qix Inspired Games

I have to conclude that while it is a very nice concept, it is seriously broken. Agreed, it was all too easy to break it. It only took me a few turns to come up with a pattern. I didn't exploit the paint-the-same-stripe-over-and-over-again quirk To be honest I wasn't paying much attention to the sc...
by litody
Tue Jan 31, 2017 2:22 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: VIC Game Club No. 1 – Qix Inspired Games
Replies: 78
Views: 17336

Re: VIC Game Club No. 1 – Qix Inspired Games

Below are the different colours (lines/fill) that I went through up to level 12: white/green white/blue white/yellow red/white red/red red/cyan red/green red/blue red/yellow red/white red/red red/cyan If it is repeating then I would expect red/green next, maybe hasseapa will be able to tell us. :win...
by litody
Tue Jan 31, 2017 7:15 am
Forum: Games
Topic: VIC Game Club No. 1 – Qix Inspired Games
Replies: 78
Views: 17336

Re: VIC Game Club No. 1 – Qix Inspired Games

The colours do repeat themselves, I do have a list at home which I will add to this later. From memory this was level twelve, and I had been through the red/red level twice. After the first three or four levels the tracks were always red, they never went back to white. The thought did occur to me th...
by litody
Mon Jan 30, 2017 3:49 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: VIC Game Club No. 1 – Qix Inspired Games
Replies: 78
Views: 17336

Re: VIC Game Club No. 1 – Qix Inspired Games

I have become addicted to Squeeze, I have spent way too much time on it again this evening. First I pushed my high score up to 4149, only missing out on clearing the level by two squares, thought I would have one last go and absolutely smashed my high score achieving 6216. 6216.png I have a screensh...
by litody
Sun Jan 29, 2017 12:29 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: VIC Game Club No. 1 – Qix Inspired Games
Replies: 78
Views: 17336

Re: VIC Game Club No. 1 – Qix Inspired Games

My new Squeeze high score is 4077, but I'm still making silly mistakes which is letting me down, so I think it can be improved on. I did notice one interesting glitch on one of the games (not the high scoring one :) ) One of the chasers seemed to get stuck in the top-left corner, moving left and rig...
by litody
Sat Jan 28, 2017 12:59 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: VIC Game Club No. 1 – Qix Inspired Games
Replies: 78
Views: 17336

Re: VIC Game Club No. 1 – Qix Inspired Games

I am finally getting somewhere with Squeeze, not very far mind you but certainly improving, my current best is 1313. Haven't tried Shark Attack again, but will give it another chance and keep moving as suggested. Tried Slap Dab again, got over 100,000 but couldn't beat my previous best. :( EDIT: So ...
by litody
Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:04 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: VIC Game Club No. 1 – Qix Inspired Games
Replies: 78
Views: 17336

Re: VIC Game Club No. 1 – Qix Inspired Games

The Wizard and the Princess is one that comes to mind, five BASIC games one of which is in the Innovative Computing book. Quite enjoyable little games but not particularly difficult apart from the 3d maze. I was surprised to see Shark Attack was by Clifford Ramshaw because I always associated him wi...
by litody
Thu Jan 26, 2017 10:44 am
Forum: Games
Topic: VIC Game Club No. 1 – Qix Inspired Games
Replies: 78
Views: 17336

Re: VIC Game Club No. 1 – Qix Inspired Games

After my first proper play through of these I would have to say that Squeeze is definitely the most challenging, and most resembles Qix, however my score was atrocious, and I am not sure if it will improve much with further play, but it is probably the only one of the three that I will spend much mo...
by litody
Tue Jan 24, 2017 3:23 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: What do you love or hate about the VIC-20?
Replies: 41
Views: 9177

Re: What do you love or hate about the VIC-20?

There is plenty of hate in the world without directing it at our beloved VICs. Agreed it has it's limitations, but then hasn't every computer throughout the years? Bigger and better things came along which is why for so many people like me it was their first computer but we soon moved on, only to re...
by litody
Thu Jan 19, 2017 4:30 pm
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: [Ebay] Frogman from Machine Language Games cartridge
Replies: 10
Views: 2595

Re: [Ebay] Frogman from Machine Language Games cartridge

I like that the seller is also throwing in a boxed VIC 20, datassette and memory expansion with the game :lol: At that price he/she can afford to!
by litody
Sat Jan 14, 2017 4:13 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: VIC Game Club - General Discussion, Game Suggestions
Replies: 51
Views: 10940

Re: Monthly VIC Game Club ?

Count me in as well, an excellent idea :)