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by GreyGhost
Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:01 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Hypothetical Utility ROM
Replies: 3
Views: 473

Hypothetical Utility ROM

Say one was going to make an ultimate utility cart. What utilities, new or old would you like to see on this, and why?

Vic Crunch from Compute's Gazette - After developing that awesome game, you'd want to squeeze out all of the fluff out of it.
by GreyGhost
Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:55 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: New VIC-20 Multicart/Development Cart
Replies: 56
Views: 13648

Re: New VIC-20 Multicart/Development Cart

The multi game carts are very cool, but it would be nice to see a "programmer's aid" cart produced that had all of the various programs one would use to actually develop on the Vic... VicTracker, Character Editor, Minigrafik, Minipaint, maybe an assembler or two, a disassembler, a music co...
by GreyGhost
Sat Feb 08, 2014 8:15 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: If emulation is the most sincere form of flattery...
Replies: 5
Views: 869

Re: If emulation is the most sincere form of flattery...

It's tradition. Cracks, copies & clones was a hallmark for Commodore computers. :wink:
by GreyGhost
Mon Feb 03, 2014 8:09 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: VIC-20 core for replay FPGA arcade
Replies: 21
Views: 3935

Re: VIC-20 core for replay FPGA arcade

Ouch.
by GreyGhost
Wed Jan 29, 2014 1:13 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Strange writing on vic 20
Replies: 6
Views: 879

Re: Strange writing on vic 20

I don't know off hand which chip is the character ROM. Someone else on here may be able to help locate it, but I'd say if it's in a socket, reseat them all. Doesn't take much. Move them around slightly with your finger. Press them down gently. Worse case you may have to pull them and reseat them kee...
by GreyGhost
Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:48 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Strange writing on vic 20
Replies: 6
Views: 879

Re: Strange writing on vic 20

I doubt that will show you anything. It doesn't look like the screen memory is being effected. It looks more like the character ROM is corrupted. I'd try a program that uses redefined characters and see what you get, but not one that gets it's data from the character ROM. Try re-seating it.
by GreyGhost
Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:34 pm
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: Lots of Vic Stuff to Go!!
Replies: 3
Views: 28441

Re: Lots of Vic Stuff to Go!!

And more....
by GreyGhost
Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:33 pm
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: Lots of Vic Stuff to Go!!
Replies: 3
Views: 28441

Re: Lots of Vic Stuff to Go!!

More.....
by GreyGhost
Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:32 pm
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: Lots of Vic Stuff to Go!!
Replies: 3
Views: 28441

Lots of Vic Stuff to Go!!

Having to get rid of my stuff. I thought I would let you guys have first crack at these before I list them on Ebay. Make me a fair offer and it's yours. PM me with offers please.
by GreyGhost
Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:45 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Games we want to see
Replies: 323
Views: 198046

Re: Games we want to see

I think Lode Runner already exists for the Vic.
by GreyGhost
Sat Jan 18, 2014 8:39 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: CHALLENGE:Getting highest 3 numbes from a list of 5
Replies: 4
Views: 1297

CHALLENGE:Getting highest 3 numbes from a list of 5

Hello everyone. I have been playing this morning and wanted to share. In the Dungeons and Dragons world, character attributes can be rolled a few different ways. One of the ways is to roll 5d6 and discard the two lowest rolls. Try to write a small program to do this. I have a short program here that...
by GreyGhost
Fri Jan 17, 2014 10:04 am
Forum: Games
Topic: New Release: Doom
Replies: 328
Views: 95950

Re: WIP: Doom

Honestly, just changing the Aux. color from that nasty purple-blue to orange makes the picture look very good. That's ctrl-4 in minipaint.
by GreyGhost
Wed Jan 15, 2014 9:34 am
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Gamebase20 version 3!
Replies: 125
Views: 40263

Re: Gamebase20 version 3!

Hey, just wanted to let you know Funky Monkey and Baja 1000 are flawed in the gamebase archive. I fixed them a while ago. May have missed the thread.

http://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bul ... =10&t=5832

Great job archiving all of these classic games. Keep it up man!!
by GreyGhost
Wed Jan 15, 2014 12:23 am
Forum: Emulation and Cross Development
Topic: Saving Character Sets in VICE
Replies: 3
Views: 2086

Re: Saving Character Sets in VICE

Thanks, the "bank" command worked nicely. I assumed that VICE would show which ever bank was active at the time the monitor was opened.
by GreyGhost
Tue Jan 14, 2014 4:10 am
Forum: Emulation and Cross Development
Topic: Saving Character Sets in VICE
Replies: 3
Views: 2086

Saving Character Sets in VICE

Hello everyone. I have been searching C64 games for different character sets and transferring them to be used on the Vic 20. I have had much success with it but have recently run into a problem. Maybe someone can help me out. Software I am using: ICU64 - to locate the character sets. VICE - to save ...