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Any ideas on how to implement it in a game? IYO, will it best fit into an imitation of Elite, with slight modifications of the arcade part (i.e., simple 2D battle and docking screens); a straight explore-and-enjoy a peaceful trip; or a completely original game? Hmm, this is a very wide open questio...

Do you think that a similar algorithm could be run by an expanded VIC? It would be a good starting point... Yes, I'm certain it could be done. I am very interested in games that generate their worlds in this way. My games Splatform (for VIC and C64) and Minima (C64 only) use this approach, though t...

Maybe a text-only (or simple graphics) version of Elite, without all the 3D flight but keeping the vast galaxy with its huge planet and markets database, and a small fight / land-on-planet subroutine... Does Elite have a database in it? I thought (most of) the universe was algorithmically generated.

You have a full set of wedge commands, which come in quite handy and don't have to be loaded every time you start up your VIC. Yeah, I got it for the wedge too, and the faster loading is just a bonus. Since there isn't a "super cart" for the VIC, JDOS is the next best thing. I find the C-...

Cool; I'd love to have the briefcase type thing for my Model 100s. It's an official Tandy/Radio Shack product?

This is the best VIC-20 one I've found:
http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/clas ... rnlrom.asm

But it lacks the nice hyperlinks and addresses found in the C-64 one, so I don't usually use it.

According to this C-64 KERNAL dissassembly, pi is stored as a float:
AEA8 .BY $82,$49,$0F,$DA,$A1

I did a hunt in VICEmon, and it looks like it's at $CEA8 in the VIC ROM (makes sense, since the C-64 and VIC-20 ROMs are so similar).

I think it's more accurate to call it a clone when it's a hardware based "emulation". Whether it's an accurate clone or not is another matter.

I'm sorry I don't have the exact answer, but I do remember Jim Butterfield giving us an interesting talk about quirks similar to this when he attended one of our Chicago Commodore EXPOs maybe 6 or 7 years ago. Perhaps over the years he wrote an article about this that could be found in an issue of C...

Jeff-20 wrote:I recall Final Lap Twin for the PC Engine/TG-16. It was a racing RPG. It seemed very strange to me.

Cool, I'll have to check that out. I'm hoping to find a TG-16 at this year's Midwest Gaming Classic.

I guess I ended up with 11, and can't cut any of them. -Autoduel (Amiga, C-64) -Ultima IV (C-64) -Car Battler Joe (GBA) -Hard Truck: Apocalypse (Windows) -Hardball! (C-64) -Delta (C-64) -Interstate '76 (Windows) -Dr. Livingstone I Presume (C-64) -Exciting Hour (arcade) -Deep Space Nine: The Fallen (...

The "Post-Apocalypse Vehicular Combat RPG" is my favourite genre

Racing, Shooting, and RPG... three great tastes, that taste great etc. Two out of three ain't bad either.

I guess I'll see when he finishes the review, but if this board is pretty much plug & play then I think I'm getting one. Looks like you can just plug in your keyboard, mouse, monitor, get an SD card properly configured, and away you go? And, could this be a good hardware platform for VIC-20 and ...

Yeah, I keep having the same thing happen as Wonder-Boy. Just putting a link at the old location to the new one is a good idea, I think.

You didn't put C-64 on there, but that's what the "Other" category is for of course :) That's where I did all my developing for a lot of years, whether the target was the C-64 itself, the VIC-20, PET, or even the Atari 2600... I used Turbo Macro Pro/Style with a 512K REU. But due to peer p...