nice, didn't notice the clash before but still plays smooth.
i don't much care for the flashing before a screen is shown. Even on a CRT it didn't look pleasing to my eyes. Reminded me of having a loose video cable
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- Tue Mar 05, 2024 1:43 pm
- Forum: Games
- Topic: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
- Replies: 610
- Views: 167146
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:02 am
- Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
- Topic: Give me all your pocket money! (For tapes, that is.)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2017
Re: Give me all your pocket money! (For tapes, that is.)
I'd probably cough up 30 Euros for a bit of collectable-ia, if it came in a nice box etc. 10 Euros for a digital download.
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:17 pm
- Forum: Games
- Topic: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
- Replies: 610
- Views: 167146
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:11 am
- Forum: Games
- Topic: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
- Replies: 610
- Views: 167146
Re: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
works great on real hardware. buttery smooth.
I was able to enter my hi-score with paddles.
nit-picking - but could you de-bounce the fire button for entering a letter as it easily enters two letters when you only wanted one.
I was able to enter my hi-score with paddles.
nit-picking - but could you de-bounce the fire button for entering a letter as it easily enters two letters when you only wanted one.
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 2:44 am
- Forum: Games
- Topic: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
- Replies: 610
- Views: 167146
Re: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
fantastic - I can see it's got smoother even in VICE. Will try on the real metal at the weekend with paddles.
Really looking forward to the finished product.
Top line now flickering during into music, but I guess you know that.
Really looking forward to the finished product.
Top line now flickering during into music, but I guess you know that.
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 9:07 am
- Forum: Games
- Topic: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
- Replies: 610
- Views: 167146
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 12:01 pm
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: Vic 20 Rev D, low voltage across the board, black screen
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7998
Re: Vic 20 Rev D, low voltage across the board, black screen
I hate voltage drops - I have the same problem on a boombox I'm trying to repair.
Only way I've found to trace them is to isolate parts of the upstream circuit by cutting traces and progressively re-introduce it back until you find the offending component(s).
Only way I've found to trace them is to isolate parts of the upstream circuit by cutting traces and progressively re-introduce it back until you find the offending component(s).
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:39 am
- Forum: Hardware and Tech
- Topic: Vic 20 Rev D, low voltage across the board, black screen
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7998
Re: Vic 20 Rev D, low voltage across the board, black screen
Try removing any socketed ICs to see if the voltage rises.
Did it work before you re-capped it? Try some switch cleaner on the on/off rocker as well, perhaps there's a voltage drop across it.
Did it work before you re-capped it? Try some switch cleaner on the on/off rocker as well, perhaps there's a voltage drop across it.
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:36 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Ed for Prophet 5
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10486
Re: Ed for Prophet 5
wow I got to admire you on this..
The intersection of Prophet 5 and Vic-20 users must be very small
The intersection of Prophet 5 and Vic-20 users must be very small
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 7:17 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Double buffering screen bitmap
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8776
Re: Double buffering screen bitmap
Double buffering is a technique for creating smoother graphical animations. The general principle is that updates to an animation frame are written to an off-screen buffer. When the update is complete, the content of the off-screen buffer are displayed. For your application, I suggest you modify yo...
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 7:42 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Commodore Free issue 97 - 2023
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4791
Re: Commodore Free issue 97 - 2023
Excellent, I used to like to read this.
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 11:18 am
- Forum: Emulation and Cross Development
- Topic: Vic20 code editors / IDE for Mac
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4457
Re: Vic20 code editors / IDE for Mac
I would also take a look at Microsoft's "Visual Studio Code", it's a really great editor.
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 4:03 pm
- Forum: Games
- Topic: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
- Replies: 610
- Views: 167146
Re: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
I'll have a listen on my real Vic into a Commodore monitor. Maybe we can compromise at 6...
- Sat Nov 04, 2023 6:27 am
- Forum: Games
- Topic: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
- Replies: 610
- Views: 167146
Re: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
PM sent.
btw, it could also be your TV, LCD TVs are not known for having the best sound. Try connecting to some powered speakers etc?
btw, it could also be your TV, LCD TVs are not known for having the best sound. Try connecting to some powered speakers etc?
- Thu Nov 02, 2023 5:22 pm
- Forum: Games
- Topic: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
- Replies: 610
- Views: 167146
Re: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
- the high-score music is very nice but it sounds kind of "schrabbelig" when more than 1 voice is playing at the same time. What is the volume you are playing this at? When using more than one voice you need to reduce the volumer-register to avoid this effect. Frogger'07 had this as well....