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by beamrider
Thu Oct 19, 2023 1:41 am
Forum: Games
Topic: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
Replies: 598
Views: 150002

Re: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone

pixel wrote: Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:50 pm Late night surprise: faster sprite code. %p Good night!
Amazing, can't wait to try on real hardware.

Addition of the hi-score tune gives it more of that arcade vibe.
by beamrider
Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:06 am
Forum: Games
Topic: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
Replies: 598
Views: 150002

Re: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone

nice btw, I see there is a new Atari 2600+ coming soon and brand new paddles are being manufactured for it to fit d-type connectors. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Atari-Cartridge-Paddle-Exclusive-Amazon-co-uk/dp/B0CG9QV4WT/ref=pd_bxgy_img_sccl_1/259-9572665-6789500?pd_rd_w=KjE3y&content-id=amzn1.sym....
by beamrider
Mon Oct 16, 2023 3:33 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
Replies: 598
Views: 150002

Re: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone

What music should be playing then? Whilst entering the name? There used to be a song that played when you finished the game - I think you removed it to be played only on achieving a high score? Having been invited to enter my score, I assumed it would play. I attached an old version with said music.
by beamrider
Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:10 am
Forum: Games
Topic: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
Replies: 598
Views: 150002

Re: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone

Excellent, so smooooth! A couple of observations playing on real hardware. 1) There appeared to be some graphic corruption on the spaceship image. A vertical bar I hadn't noticed before. 2) When I got the laser, I had a score in the middle of the playfield counting up briefly, not sure if this is su...
by beamrider
Sun Oct 08, 2023 1:10 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
Replies: 598
Views: 150002

Re: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone

Wow, even faster - super speedy now!
by beamrider
Wed Oct 04, 2023 2:39 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
Replies: 598
Views: 150002

Re: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone

Excellent, hopefully will be released for Christmas :)
by beamrider
Thu Sep 07, 2023 11:20 am
Forum: Games
Topic: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
Replies: 598
Views: 150002

Re: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone

Looking great - very smooth.

I pressed the L key and it locked up, perhaps that's normal.

Vice 3.1 snapshot attached anyway.
by beamrider
Sat Sep 02, 2023 12:24 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
Replies: 598
Views: 150002

Re: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone

I had a similar issue when developing Popeye. It would sometimes get stuck. In the end I reorganised the memory map to put all writeable values on a single data segment then set up vice watches to alert if writing outside of that segment. I also set up an auto play mode with infinite lives. Then I s...
by beamrider
Tue Aug 22, 2023 5:59 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Cartridges!!!
Replies: 16
Views: 2963

Re: Cartridges!!!

As a teenager I had Jelly Monsters and Super-Lander.

I too had to have the original cartridge even though I have them on the mega-cart, just for the box, artwork and smell.
by beamrider
Fri Jun 30, 2023 6:35 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: VIC20 Jailbar removal & improved S-video modification.
Replies: 2
Views: 1916

Re: VIC20 Jailbar removal & improved S-video modification.

Thanks, I'm going to try it out.

I have a few Vic-20s and will keep most with the blurry "period-correct" look, but will try this on one of them for sure.
by beamrider
Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:31 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: New penultimate-plus-2-cartridge
Replies: 57
Views: 11530

Re: New penultimate-plus-2-cartridge

looks good!
by beamrider
Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:16 am
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: Great gift for VIC-20 freaks
Replies: 1
Views: 1888

Re: Great gift for VIC-20 freaks

Nice idea.

Might be useful to also have pages with grids for designing user-defined-characters and screen layouts?
by beamrider
Fri May 12, 2023 10:18 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Mega-cart issues?
Replies: 13
Views: 2818

Re: Mega-cart issues?

Good idea about the cart extender. I don't have one so I'll have to see if any are listed on ebay or find if anyone is producing contemporary versions. My VIC-Rabbit has a "passthru" cart connector, so I'll play with that too, see if it helps. If you can't get any joy with the "VIC-R...
by beamrider
Thu May 11, 2023 11:54 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Mega-cart issues?
Replies: 13
Views: 2818

Re: Mega-cart issues?

I believe you should be able to prevent it from AutoStarting by using a cartridge port extender that allows you to turn it off? Then you could try switching it in and running the program again?
by beamrider
Thu May 11, 2023 5:55 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Mega-cart issues?
Replies: 13
Views: 2818

Re: Mega-cart issues?

fair enough, only skipped through.

You can try unzipping and running the attached mega-cart repair program on the Vic. Can't remember where I got it, but it has rescued mine a couple of times.