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It is what it is: https://github.com/SvenMichaelKlose/arukanoido Does a full release build with all levels and bugs included. See 'download-and-install.sh' to get it up and running on whatever Linux. Please use one of those great online resources to resolve questions on Linux. "In The Making&qu...

Talking UltiMem: For the latest revision of INGLE there's a new kernel design. cc65's code generation unfortunately does not allow to use C as a macro assembler without taking all the fun away. Macros to the rescue and the fun is back. Key ideas: No assembly syscall table . Device #31 handles its do...

Is there a master plan? What's to be achieved?

I'm sure this is a dumb question, but I just wanted to ask if there's a decent, fairly straightforward, assembler any of you can recommend? I'm poking at ca65 but it's slow going and it seems to be one of those tools that can do everything and is perfect as long as you can read the developers' mind...

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Something got confused doing the former uploads. So no promises about The Bug. It's damn late anyhow.

beamrider wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:43 am didn't realise this thread is nearly 9 years old - will be a relief to draw a line under it I imagine

Yes. Everyone will be happy and I'll have forgotten about it three days later.
fixes +24K mode and has +3K disabled. AFAIR +24K was preferred by most?

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Could knock off around another 500 cycles from the sprite routines per frame but that would practically make no perceivable difference. No, and you could possibly introduce more bugs - it's plenty smooth enough already. Leave that for your next game in 10 years time :) Phffrghpfunny. I'd rather wri...

nice, didn't notice the clash before but still plays smooth. Could knock off around another 500 cycles from the sprite routines per frame but that would practically make no perceivable difference. i don't much care for the flashing before a screen is shown. Even on a CRT it didn't look pleasing to ...

No mo Vaus/ball color clashes.

EDIT: small bug fixes

That is the maximum charset trouble. About 96 chars aren't even used.

I have to write it before I need an emergency dialysis: this game does not look like a piece of art.

arukanoido.demo.1680.zip The game play seems to be sorted with this one. It's fast but not (really) unfair. It's just like the original. Everyone knows it, no-one ever got through it. Obstacles are 100pts now. For the love of novelty this version of the tape loader takes the apex at 6kbit/s but I d...

While I am a fan of physical releases, I'm not really a fan of tapes. Also, on the physical releases I own I still use the digital version (either in emulation or through SD2IEC-drive on the VIC). Everyone wants carts, aye? But anything that is a cool project and/or looks cool in the cupboard will ...

Made it to round 12. Sometimes one can see blocks just disappearing. That's the only bug left I can spot. The game is too slow at times which can be fixed. Didn't feel like ~15 minutes really.

copei.de/arukanoido1666.webm

I have a couple of questions whose answers might spark some optimism. * Who wants tapes in the first place? Anyone? OK. * What do you want on them? * Who wants their own thing on tape (no matter what platform)? * What do you expect to get with an order? (What would make you feel right home, what wou...