CBMl ~/0Щ@թբx FL S "1 ! ʽRwl L":*" ,P(2026),1 Ģ ǩ Jx  wЄȄLqU0>M0  ON THE GRID TO MOVE BETWEEN, & AS THE LEVELS PROGRESS YOU WILL HAVE OTHER NUISANCES TO AVOID OR KILL TO MAKE THINGS JUST THAT LITTLE BIT HARDER. HE PLAYING AREA IS A BLUE GRID ON A BLACK BACKGROUND. T THE END OF EACH SECTOR, A MOTHERSHIP APPEARS ACROSST GUIDE THRU WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF EACH LEVEL: TO RESCUE THE TRAPPED MINER. ELL SOMETHING LIKE THAT, DON'T HAVE ANY MANUALS FOR THESE GAMES REVIEWED TODAY. HE GRAPHICS ARE QUITE NICE, & THE SOUNDS ARE ALSO SUITABLE FOR THIS TYPE OF GAME. HE HIGHER  S THE LEVEL/ STAGE INCREASES - THE DIFFICULTY INCREASES BY GRADUAL (NOT TOO STEEP) DEGREES. OU REALLY WANT TO GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL, SO THE ADDICTIVENESS TAKES HOLD OF YOU. HEY ARE ALL EXTREMELY PLAYABLE, & ARE MOST OF ALL, FUN. [1] ILOTVIEWED HERE - ALSO PLAY THE TARI 2600 VERSIONS IF YOU CAN, FOR THEY ALSO RETAIN A SIMILAR ADDICTIVE GAMEPLAY. ELL THERE YOU HAVE IT. CTIVISION RULES ON 64. HERE IS MORE TO A GAME THAN EXCELLENT GRAPHICS & SOUND. PRIME EXAMPLE WOULD BE ETRIS. HI S THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. ILLING THIS WITH ONE OF YOUR THREE MEGA SHOTS, GAINS YOU AN EXTRA LIFE. HIS GAME IS A COMBINATION OF ACCURACY, INTUITION, & AVOIDANCE. LAY IT & YOU WILL SEE WHAT MEAN. GREAT GAME, THAT WOULD LOOK GOOD IF IT WAS REWORKED T THE LEVEL, THE MORE SCREENS A CAVERN WILL CONSIST OF. OU HAVE BOMBS AT YOUR DISPOSAL TO BLOW UP WALLS, & THE ENEMIES CONSIST OF SPIDERS, BUTTERFLIES (?!), SOME GREEN HANDS COMING OUT OF THE WALLS (?!?), & INSTANT DEATH TOUCH WALLS. HIS GAME APPEARS VER A PLANE THROUGH THE CANYONS, OVER THE WATER, DESTROYING ANYTHING IN YOUR PATH. HIS IS A BASIC VERTICAL SCROLLING SHOOTING GAME, WHERE YOU MUST NAVIGATE YOUR PLANE THROUGH ENEMY TERRITORY - WHICH CONSISTS OF PLANES, HELICOPTERS, SHIPS, TANKS, & BALLOONS]S IS GAMEPLAY AT ITS PUREST FORM. AKE A TRIP DOWN EMORY LANE, & PLAY THEM AGAIN SOMETIME. u]Jr5wy)v]=]rwV^Usg=deJr]u\)r>Muser)s\v]9)}z^JuJr9)r]]uܷuϒwU|*V5͒%ϒWs'Jnd%}us)J ODAY TO A MORE MODERN FORMAT. [4] NE OF THE SINGLE MOST POPULAR COMPUTER GAMES OF ALL TIME. T IS SO WELL KNOWN, & SECOND, SO TIED UP WITH THE TARI CRAZE, BEYOND RATIONAL COMPREHENSION. HIS WAS "THE" TARI GAME, WHEN RELEASED. OU ARE PRESENY SIMPLE & STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT YOU ALWAYS ARE UNDER THE URGE TO GET FURTHER & FURTHER IN THE GAME WHERE IT OBVIOUSLY GETS A LITTLE MORE COMPLEX. T THE END OF EACH LEVEL WHEN YOU RESCUE A MINER, A BONUS IS PROVIDED FOR BOMBS THAT YOU DID NOT USE. OU WI. UEL CELLS CAN BE FLOWN OVER TO REPLENISH YOUR FUEL SUPPLIES. AREFUL NAVIGATION IS REQUIRED SO YOU DON'T HIT THE SIDES OF THE CANYON. ROM THE PTION ELECT SCREEN, THERE ARE 8 GAME VARIATIONS - WHERE YOU TRAVEL FROM BRIDGE TO BRIDGE. OU CAN INCREASU64 ARK 2 DREAM VISION OF A = FUTURE HAD A DREAM, NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THAT; BUT THIS WAS A = DREAM & IN IT THOUGHT ABOUT = MAKING A COMEBACK & WAS RODUCT EVELOPMENT MANAGER OF =. = HAD ASSIGNED ME THE TASK OF BRINGING BACK THE 64 NTED WITH SCREEN UPON SCREEN OF A FOREST SCENE, WHICH INVOLVES SMALL CHANGES TO EACH SCREEN USING THE SAME DATA - MAKING THIS GAME LOOK A LOT BIGGER THAN IT ACTUALLY IS. OU HAVE TO SWING ON ROPES, JUMP LOGS & SCORPIONS, STEP ON CROCODILE HEADS (CRIKEY!)LL NEED A STEADY HAND FOR THIS GAME. [3] RETRO FASHIONED SHOOT'EM UP, VERY REMINISCENT OF THE EARLY 1980'S. HE PLAYING AREA CONSISTS OF A VERTICAL GRID, WITH YOUR SHIP AT THE BOTTOM & YOUR ENEMIES MOVING DOWN ON THE GRID OWARD YOUR SHIP, E & DECREASE THE SPEED OF YOUR PLANE, BUT YOU CAN NOT STOP THE SCROLLING - SO IT TAKES SOME ART TO BECOME GOOD AT THIS GAME. E CAREFUL TO AVOID ANYTHING THAT GETS IN YOUR WAY, BY EITHER SHOOTING AT IT OR NAVIGATING YOUR WAY AROUND IT. HE GRAPHICS & SOUOT IN ITS OLD VERSION BUT IN A FORMAT TO SELL IN 2007+. HAD A LARGE BUDGET & ASKED TO SPEND IT ALL SINCE SOME WILL BE FOR MARKETING; MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS TO CONTACT ERI LLSWORTH TO USE COMPONENTS & WORK SHE DID ON -1 & . LSO WANTED HER T, COLLECT MONEY, & TRAVERSE LAKES OF WATER THAT APPEAR & DISAPPEAR. HE POINT OF THIS GAME IS BEYOND ME, DID HAVE THE INSTRUCTIONS A LONG TIME AGO. OWEVER, IT IS A GOOD GAME, A SEMINAL CLASSIC EVEN. S FAR AS THIS GAME GOES, & ALL THE OTHERS HAVE REIN AN EFFORT TO ANNIHILATE YOUR VERY EXISTENCE COMPLETELY. N ALIEN TYPE INSPIRED GAME. ACH SECTOR (LEVEL) COMPRISES OF 15 ALIENS TO DESTROY & IT IS A GAME OF DODGE & KILL FOR IMMEDIATE SUCCESS. OUR SHIP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN HAS 4 POSITIONSND EFFECTS ARE BASIC & SIMPLE, BUT THE CONCEPTUAL ADAPTION & PLAYABILITY RANK IN THE HI ECHELONS OF GAMING NIRVANA. [2] .... OU HAVE A HELICOPTER ATTACHED & A LASER AT YOUR DISPOSAL. HE GAME CONSISTS OF SCREEN AFTER SCREEN OF CAVERNS, WHICH YOU MUO WORK ON 64 AS A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE. MANAGED TO CONVINCE HER THAT = WAS BACK TO STAY. EXT LAWYERS WERE CALLED TO CHECK PAPERWORK. VENTUALLY DOCUMENTS WERE SIGNED, RESIGNED AMENDED, COPIED, FAXED, LOST, SIGNED RESIGNED ... WANTED TO USE LOUCTIVISION ON THE 64 Y UKE YNDE UKE YNDE ON THE KEYS... OUR 64 IS ALSO A SUPER TARI 2600 CONSOLE BUILT IN?! ELL, NOT EXACTLY - BUT YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED. EAD ON & FIND OUT... N AN OBSCURE WAY CAME TO DISCOVER HOW ADDICTIVE & PLAYABLE RE A LOT OF PEOPLE LEAVING THE SCENE FOR THE MIGA, OR OTHER REASONS. (AD USSIE EALERS) HAD THEIR IN RISBANE, WHERE LIVE, ALTHOUGH THE LEADER AGUAR - PROMISED THE WORLD & OFFERED NOTHING ON MANY OCCASIONS. UCH LIKE ANOTHER SCENER WAS TALSHIPS ALSO THRU SWAPPING WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE. Y CONTACT LIST WAS USUALLY AROUND 30, SO WAS NO MEGA SWAPPER. VERYDAY, PACKS WERE ARRIVING IN THE MAIL ON REAL FLOPPY 5.25" DISKS. OT THE 3.5" OF TODAY, THAT AREN'T REALLY "FLOPPY" AT ALL :) ECENE AGAIN - & JOINED EOPLE OF IBERTY AROUND 2004. LL MY ARTICLES RELEASED FOR EOPLE OF IBERTY ARE UNDER MY HANDLE OF -NA, IN THE CENE ORLD DISK MAGAZINE. T WASN'T UNTIL EARLY 2005 THAT STARTED ON REAL 64 HARDWARE AGAIN, PURCHASED THROUGH CTIVISION GAMES ARE ON THE 64, IN PARTICULAR THE TITLES FROM THE EARLY 80'S. REGULARLY USE AN TARI 2600 MULATOR CALLED 26, SO GUESS THIS LED ME ON A SEARCH FOR SOME OF THE 64 VERSIONS OF THE POPULAR TARI 2600 GAMES. S FAR AS TARI 2600 IS CONC: KON ISUAL, HROME, OVA, (MAYBE IT WAS ), (UEENSLAND OPY EDERATION). WAS INVOLVED IN SOME WARS WITH GROUPS AS WELL, BUT AM NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT (ONCE MORE, MY LIPS ARE SEALED). ORGIVENESS IS DIVINE? MADE SOME GOOD FRIEND OWER - FOR FREE! NE OF THE ENTIUM 1'S TURNED INTO A LATFORM FOR TAR OMMANDER & 64, OTHER 8-BIT EMULATORS, & OS AMES. HAVE LOTS OF COMPUTER HARDWARE FILLING UP A LARGE CUPBOARD! NYWAY, THAT IS MY STORY. LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO ACTIVE ONLY HALF THE TIME, BUT ALWAYS HAD A 64 AROUND TO HACK AROUND WITH, & PLAY GAMES. ROM 1999-2002/3 HAD NO 64 GEAR, & AT THAT TIME - DID NOT IMAGINE MYSELF GETTING INTERESTED IN THE 64 AGAIN. HRU EMULATION & THE REDISCOVERED THE 64 S ERNED, CTIVISION WAS THE MAJOR SOFTWARE HOUSE BY A MILE, FOR THE NOW PRIMITIVE CONSOLE. ONVERSIONS TO THE 64, TO MY SURPRISE, FOUND ARE EVEN BETTER. ITH EXCEPTION HOWEVER, THERE ARE PROBABLY A FEW STINKERS AM NOT AWARE OF. N A WAY, SUPPOSE THAVE 6 64S, 2 1541- DRIVES, NUMEROUS BOOKS, POWER SUPPLIES, & LOTS OF CABLES & OTHER STUFF. ALSO COLLECT CONSOLES LIKE TARI, INTENDO 64, EGA, LAYS- TATION 1 ETC. HAVE QUITE A LOT OF STUFF! ECENTLY PICKED UP 2 ENTIUM NE COMPUTERS & AN PPLEHIDE BEHIND A HANDLE & GROUP NAME, SURE IF THAT'S THE WAY SOME SECTIONS OF THE 64 COMMUNITY OPERATE. LIKE TO COMMUNICATE SOMETIMES ON A MORE HUMAN LEVEL. FTER ALL, FIND IT MORE INTERESTING TO HEAR ABOUT STORIES LIKE THE ONE HAVE TOLD YOU TODAY, TELF OUT. E CALLED BACK LATER TO TELL ME WHAT HAD HAPPENED?!? 1988 WAS THE YEAR OF JUST STARTING TO UNDERSTAND THE 64. 1989-1991 HOWEVER, WAS A BIG TIME, ESPECIALLY FOR SWAPPING AMONGST THE SCENE. ROUPS CAN REMEMBER TRADING WITH IN USTRALIA INCLUDEAT THE 64 CONVERSIONS ARE WHAT THE CODERS WANTED THEM TO BE LIKE ON THE TARI 2600. ROM CTIVISION GAMES HAVE PLAYED & WHAT HAVE READ THEY ARE A SOFTWARE HOUSE THAT FROM VERY EARLY ON, PUT UPMOST DEDICATION IN THE STRUCTURE & IMPLEMENTATION OF COMND 1000 DISKS FOR A SMALL FORTUNE. OWEVER, DID NOT LIKE THE MIGA SCENE AT ALL - & WAS DRAWN BACK TO THE 64 IN 1992, THE YEAR AFTER FINISHED IGH CHOOL & STARTED WORKING. KNEW THE 64 WAS THE COMPUTER FOR ME. ROM 1992 UNTIL 1998 WAS PROBABLY  BEING A 64 USER IN REAL TIME :) OTHING BEATS IT! URE, MULATION OFFERS A BETTER IMAGE DISPLAY & OTHER NUANCES, BUT THE REAL EXPERIENCE CAN ONLY BE FOUND BY USING THE REAL THING. T HAS BEEN ABOUT 3 YEARS BACK INTO THE 64 AGAIN, & NO REGRETS. NOW HHEN TO GO DEEP INTO MEANINGLESS ARGUMENTS ABOUT WHO RIPPED WHICH PIECE OF CODE FROM WHERE, ETC. OT THAT THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT ATCH YOU LATER! FTER ALL, FIND IT MORE INTERESTING TO HEAR ABOUT STORIES LIKE THE ONE HAVE TOLD YOU TODAY, TPUTER GAMES. IMPLE CODE WAS WHAT EXISTED BACK THEN, FOR IT HAPPENED IN A LESS TECHNICAL TIME. 64 IS LUCKY, BECAUSE THE BEST VERSIONS OF THE EARLY CTIVISION TITLES ARE ONLY TO BE FOUND ON IT. HE [4] AMES WILL TALK ABOUT TODAY - IVER AID, ERO, E KING TO ON MY MOBILE PHONE LAST YEAR... E KNEW HOW TO CODE,BUT BY 1989 OR SO HE APPARENTLY HAD ENOUGH. E DID TRY TO CHARGE ME MONEY FOR A CONTACT DEMO, THOUGH :( NCE WHILE TALKING TO HIM ON THE PHONE, HE BANGED HIS HEAD AGAINST THE WALL & KNOCKED HIMS EPING MY CONTACTS ALWAYS AROUND 30, MEANT CONSTANTLY DROPPING SOME. T WAS ALWAYS MY PERCEPTION, THAT THE USTRALIAN SCENE WAS CONSIDERED A BIT LAME, BY THE UROPEANS - & SOME TIMES, WITH GOOD REASON. N 1991 BOUGHT AN MIGA 500, SELLING MY 64 & AROUBAY. LL MY ARTICLES FOR CENE ORLD WERE DONE, WHEN WAS JUST USING MULATION. HEN FINALLY DECIDED TO GO REAL 64 AGAIN, THE MAGAZINE JUST DIED. BIT OF A KICK IN THE TEETH, BUT THESE THINGS HAPPEN GUESS. NYWAY, SINCE THEN HAVE BEEN ENJOYING AM IDER, & ITFALL - ARE INSTANT CLASSICS THAT RETAIN A UNIQUE DESIGN & GAMEPLAY THAT REMAINS UNSURPASSED TO THIS DAY. HE GAMES HAVE THEMES IN COMMON. HE GRAPHICS & SOUND ARE ALL IN SIMPLE DETAIL, BUT ARE EFFECTIVE & WELL SUITED TO THE RELEVANT GAME.FORMATION FOR PACKING OF DATA IS THE SAME AS LEDGEHAMMER & ISIOMIZER, BUT IT DOESNT PACK AS GOOD AS ISIOMIZER, ALTHO STILL USABLE. HE RUNCHER 3.0 (NEWAY) ERE IS SOMETHING TO ACCOMPANY THE ISIOMIZER PACKER. OU CAN CHOSE A TYPE OF FLASHY B DO IS USE * TO ENTER THE HELP SCREEN. ELL THOSE ARE ALL THE TOOLS ON THIS DISK. OPE YOU FIND THOSE TO BE HANDY. UT BEFORE GO, HERE IS HOW TO CONVERT A ADDRESS TO A HEX ADDRESS TO USE IN A PACKER+CRUNCHER. N A / MONITOR I.E. CTION EPLAY CTHER HARDWARE/SOFTWARE FAST LOAD. OWEVER YOUR PROGRAM SIZE IS LIMITED TO 111 BLOCKS. NY HIGHER & THE CRUNCHER WILL CRASH. F YOU CHOSE OPTION 3 FOR CRUNCHER. OU WONT NEED 256 EXTRA . OU WILL NEED A LOT OF PATIENCE. HY? ELL BECAUSE (DEPENDING OUITS & IECES : ETURN OF THE YTE Y UKE YNDE ELLO, UKE YNDE AGAIN. HIS TIME WILL GIVE YOU A LOOK BACK INTO THE PAST, WHEN COMPUTERS BECAME A PART OF MY LIFE, & THE KNOWLEDGE HAVE GAINED ALONG THE WAY. HE DATES MAY BE A LITTLE OFF SOMETIRY STAMPS, TO GIVE THE DIRECTORY ART. AREFUL IF YOU DO THIS BECAUSE LOADING A DIRECTORY FROM DISK FOR LISTING WILL TAKE A LONGER TIME. T DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF YOUR DIRECTORY. HERES A FILE TO GET YOU STARTED WITH THIS HANDY TOOL. LL YOU NEED TOARTRIDGE, USE THE FOLLOWING. O FIND THE FOLLOWING ADDRESSES DISPLAYED IN INTO HEXADECIMAL: 2049: 2049 2061: 2061 ESULT = $080 20480: 20480 ESULT = $5000 49152: 49152 HATS IT. OU MAY FIND VARIOUS USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT 64  MACHINE CODE FROM HTTP://PROJECT64.C64.ORG OMMODORE REE ICHARD HANKS FOR YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS, EVERYONE ELSE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THIS DISK IMAGE FROM THE OMMODORE CENE WEBSITE BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS TEXT AM HOPING TO EXPAND THE U E THERE WAS A LOT OF COMPETITION & SIMILARITIES (NOT COINCIDENCES THO) FROM RIVAL 8-BIT SOFTWARE PRODUCERS. HAVE NEVER OWNED A 128 THO, OR OTHER = BRAND APART FROM 64 & MIGA 500. OME TIME IN 1988 NOTICED A MAGAZINE CALLED ZAP!64. GOT A COPY,CKS. OULL GET A FAST 2-PASS CRUNCH WHICH WILL TAKE A MAXIMUM TIME LIMIT BETWEEN 10-15 MIN (EPENDING ON HOW MUCH MEMORY IS TO BE CRUNCHED). F YOU CHOSE OPTION 2 FOR CRUNCHER. OU WONT NEED TO HAVE 256 EXTRA . OU CAN USE KERNAL LOAD OR ANY ON A ONE-PASS MODE. IR ASTER 8.4 (ITMEN) PERFECT 64 TOOL TO ENHANCE & MANAGE DIRECTORIES ON DISK. DIT TRACKS/ SECTORS, LOAD ADDRESSES & EVEN DISGUISE SOME OF YOUR PROGRAMS INSIDE THE DIRECTORY. ITH IR ASTER 8.4 YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN DIRECTORTILITIES SECTION OF THE SITE WITH OTHER TOOLS & UTILITIES FOR USERS TO DOWNLOAD. UR EFFORTS ON THIS, EVERYONE ELSE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THIS DISK IMAGE FROM THE OMMODORE CENE WEBSITE BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS TEXT AM HOPING TO EXPAND THE UE MAYBE 6 MONTHS LATER HAD AN MSTRAD 6128 WHICH CAME WITH A DISK DRIVE, INSTEAD OF CASSETTE. ISKS WERE VERY EXPENSIVE FOR THE MSTRAD BACK THEN. HAD A COPY OF ASWORD FOR THE MSTRAD 6128, IT LOOKED MUCH LIKE EOS ON THE 128. NYWAY, AM SUR & JUST BY LOOKING AT THE SCREENSHOTS, IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE 64 WAS A SUPERIOR COMPUTER. HE 4MHZ PROCESSING POWER OF THE MSTRAD SEEMED SOMEWHAT WASTED, IN COMPARISON. FTER LOOKING AT THIS MAGAZINE, KNEW HAD TO GET A 64, & DID. 1988 WAS THE BEG (XTRA ) 2. 111 LOCK FAST CRUNCH 3. 202 LOCK SLOW CRUNCH F YOU CHOSE OPTION 1 ON CRUNCHER, YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE 256 INSTALLED ON YOUR 64. N THE PAST, TO INCREASE FOR HOME COMPUTERS THERE USED TO BE CARTRIDGES KNOWN AS XPANSION A GET IT RIGHT. XPLODING ACES RUNCHER (PIC) HIS IS A VERSION OF THE XPLODING RUNCHER, ORIGINALLY CREATED BY FACES. OWEVER THIS VERSION HAS HIGH SPEED LOADER, & FASTER COMPRESSION. NLIKE RUNCHER , THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS YOU TO COMPRESS PROGRAMS I BASIC PACE NVADERS HANDHELD. HE FIRST GAME PLAYED ON IT WAS CALLED 3 RAND RIX. RECENTLY PLAYED THIS AGAIN ON AN MSTRAD MULATOR NAMED APRICE, GOT A HIVER WHEN CAME ACROSS IT AGAIN. EMORIES! DON'T REMEMBER HAVING THIS LONG, BECAUSINNING OF MY ASSOCIATION WITH 64. N THE BACK OF ZAP!64 WERE ADS FOR PEOPLE WHO SWAPPED GAMES. CONTACTED OWERDUAL/ WHO LIVED LESS THAN 10KM FROM ME. STANDS FOR OUG NTHONY LL TARS, THEY WERE A OMEDY CT ON USTRALIAN AT THE TIME.  ORDER (FOR DEPACK EFFECT), BUT IT IS NOT MANDATORY. N FACT, YOURE BETTER OFF WITHOUT AN EFFECT. NYWAY INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT THE EFFECT TO CHOSE IS SIMPLE. WILL TEST EFFECT. OU ALSO HAVE A CHOICE OF 3 CRUNCHING METHODS: 1. 202 LOCK FAST CRUNCHN PROGRAM SIZE) CRUNCHING TIME MAY TAKE UP TO 2-3 HOURS. RUNCHER USES ITS OWN SOFTWARE LOADER. AY YOU PACKED A PROGRAM USING ISIOMIZER, & WANT TO CRUNCH IT EVEN FURTHER TO GET A SMALLER AMOUNT OF MEMORY. SE $0801 AS JUMP ADDRESS. T WONT FAIL IF YOUMES, FOR THIS WAS A WHILE AGO BUT THE INFO PROVIDE IS TO THE BEST OF MY POOR MEMORY N 1987 WAS IN EAR 8 IN IGH CHOOL. Y FIRST COMPUTER WAS AN MSTRAD 464 - BEFORE THEN HAD OWNED NOTHING EXCEPT FOR MAYBE A INTENDO AME & ATCH, OR SOME  NEVER MET THIS GUY, BUT LATER HE INVITED ME TO A TRAIN STATION ON THE PREMISE OF ASSAULTING ME, OVER SOME COMPUTER SCANDAL (MY LIPS ARE SEALED). E WAS MY FIRST CONTACT, & GAVE ME THE SOFTWARE NEEDED TO START SWAPPING WITH MORE PEOPLE. N 1988 THERE WE MANY TUNES WANTED TO USE FOR THE GAMES/DEMOS. ONT DITOR 1.3 (ACES) NOTHER TOOL USED TO USE TO DRAW MY OWN CHARACTER SET GRAPHICS FOR MY OWN PRODUCTIONS. HE EDITOR ALLOWS YOU TO DRAW CHARACTER SETS OF VARIOUS SIZES, WHICH ARE 1X1, 1X2, 2X1, 2XICTURE INTO A IDCOM PAINTER PICTURE, SET BITMAP AT $6000, COLOR AT $5800 & SCREEN AT $500. NOTHER OPTION IS A ROUTINE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO SWAP COLORS WITH A DIFFERENT, BY USING KEYS 0-9 & A-F & . HERE ARE ALSO SOME OPTIONS THAT ALLOW YE MAIN PURPOSE OF USING THIS TOOL IS TO GRAB ALL DATA & CODE & LINK IT ALL INTO ONE MAIN FILE. OU CAN LINK UP TO 252 BLOCKS OF DATA, BUT THE PROBLEM IS LOAD ADDRESSES MUST DIFFER & BE IN ORDER, OR PACKER WILL OVERWRITE EXISTING DATA CAUSING THE PACKED PUNCTIONS MICA AINT 1.5 (LIVER TILLER) HIS TOOL CONSISTS OF A WIDE RANGE OF OPTIONS TO HELP YOU DRAW, PIXEL & ENHANCE YOUR PICTURES, SUCH AS BENDING, ROTATING & OTHER OPTIONS, WHICH DONT EXIST IN MANY 64 PAINTING PROGRAMS. OU CAN ALSO USE AN MIGFILE WHICH YOU WANT TO PACK). HEN IT ASKS FOR $01 VALUE. ALWAYS USE $37 AS THE $01 VALUE. HE PACKER ALSO ASKS FOR UMP ADDRESS? ELL IT MAY VARY DEPENDING ON THE PROGRAM. O HELP YOU USE THIS PACKER: (F YOU HAVE AN ACTION REPLAY CARTRIDGE OR RESET EAR THE SCREEN THEN SELECT DEPACK EFFECT AS NOTHING (O DEPACK TEXT & EFFECT IS MORE HELPFUL FOR SLIGHTLY BIGGER COMPRESSION FOR WHEN IT COMES TO USING A CRUNCHER.) OW ENTER LEDGEHAMMER. NSERT THE DISK WITH THE TWO GAME FILES & PRESS . OW HILOCATIONS TO PLACE YOUR BITMAP FILE, VIDEO & SCREEN COLOR . O DO INTRO PICS PLACE THE BITMAP AT HEX $2000, THE VIDEO AT $4000 & THE COLOR AT $4400, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CODING PICTURE DEMOS. OWEVER, IF YOU WANTED TO TURN YOUR PP WILL BE TO TEST THE DEPACKER. O LOAD GAME+ & THEN ENTER 2049 & THE GAME WILL DEPACK & RUN. EMEMBER THAT FOR ALL GAMES, THE JUMP ADDRESS IS $4245. LEDGEHAMMER (ROSS) HIS IS YET ANOTHER PACKER, BUT THIS TIME IT HAS A BUILT IN LINKER. HOUR GAME SHOULD COME ON. UPER IPPER 8 (NEWAY) HIS IS PROBABLY A MODIFIED VERSION OF 4-ODE IPPER CLASSIC PACKER. NLIKE LEDGEHAMMER & ISOMIZER. HIS IS A SIMPLE CHAR PACKER COMPATIBLE WITH DIFFERENT HARDWARE/SOFTWARE FAST LOADERS. NTERING INON OR MULTI- COLOR SPRITES FOR GAMES OR DEMOS. OFTEN USED THIS PROGRAM, BECAUSE IT IS EASY TO HANDLE. OU CAN EVEN SAVE SPRITES FROM ONE RANGE TO ANOTHER TO SAVE SEPARATE SPRITES. HIS TOOL HAS INSTRUCTIONS TO HELP MAKE GAME/DEMO SPRITES, WITH HANDY FAD ADDRESSES FOR LINKING SOMETHING TO YOUR INTRO/DEMO (OUR OWN GAME OR ANOTHER DEMO PART). HE CONCEPT OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO COMPRESS SINGLE FILES THAT RANGE FROM $0800-$FFFF (PROBABLY LOWER THAN $0800). HE PROGRAM ASKS YOU TO ENTER FILENAME DETAILS ( FOR THE FIRST FILE. 1,8,0801,000 THEN FOR THE SECOND FILE 2,8,000,. OAD LEDGEHAMMER FROM THE MENU & EXIT THE INTRO WITH & THEN INSERT THE DISK WHICH YOU SAVED BOTH GAME FILES FROM. NTER THE DEPACK TEXT OPTION & CL(LUSH) HANDY UTILITY TO HELP YOU SPLIT PICTURES INTO 3 DIFFERENT FILES, OR EVEN SWAP COLORS. OU CAN LOAD VARIOUS IMAGES ON TO THIS PROGRAM MICA AINT, OALA PAINT & A FEW OTHERS. PLITTING A PICTURE IS SIMPLE. LL YOU NEED TO DO IS CHOSE THE MEMORY : 0801 EASTGAIN: $08 AXSPCE: $0C NSERT DISK FOR PACKING & THE PROGRAM WILL BEGIN PACKING. HEN PROMPTED TO SAVE THE FILE, PRESS TO SAVE. FTER SAVE, RESET 64 & LOAD THE DIRECTORY & YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE GAME HAS BEEN PACKED. HE NEXT STE : $4245 $01 : $37 HEN DONE, LOADING & PACKING COMMENCES. NCE PACKED, PRESS TO SAVE PACKED FILE TO DISK. ESET 64, & THE PACKED FILE. OU WILL GET A BLACK SCREEN & WILL HAVE TO WAIT A WHILE FOR THE DEPACK TO FINISH, THEN Y 2, 2X3, 2X4, 3X2, 4X2, & 3X3. ONT EDITOR ALSO HAS MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND. HE HELP FILE IS A VERY NICE TOOL. AVE FUN DRAWING CHAR SETS WITH THIS TOOL. PRITE DITOR 1.2 (ACES) NOTHER GRAPHICS DRAWING PROGRAM, THAT ALLOWS YOU TO CREATE HI RESOLUTI OU TO LIGHTEN OR DARKEN YOUR PICTURE. ISIOMIZER 6.3 (AGNUS IND) HANDY UTILITY BY THE AUTHOR OF THE XOMIZER. HIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST CHAR PACKERS AVAILABLE FOR THE 64. HE CONCEPT IS LIKE MANY OTHER PACKERS, EXCEPT THAT YOU CAN CHANGE LO ROGRAM TO BOMB. NYWAY, YOU CAN EVEN PACK ONE SINGLE UNPACKED FILE. O LETS TRY IT OUT. IRST OF ALL DOWNLOAD A GAME FROM THE WEB SITE. HIS TIME WE WILL SAVE IT IN TWO SEPARATE FILES. OAD THE GAME & ENTER THE / MONITOR & THEN DO AS FOLLOWS A MOUSE INSTEAD OF A JOYSTICK. LATER VERSION OF MICA AINT IS AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.LEMON64.COM IN THE APPLICATIONS SECTION. DIDNT BOTHER ADDING THAT VERSION TO THE DISK BECAUSE OF THE OTHER FILES THAT SUPPORTS THE UTILITY. ICTURE PLITTER 2  CARTRIDGE WITH M/C MONITOR). OWNLOAD A GAME FROM MY WEB SITE. UN THE GAME. REEZE/RESET TO / MONITOR & ENTER (NAME),8,0801,. HEN DONE LOAD THE ISIOMIZER & ENTER AS FOLLOWS: OADNAME: GAME AVENAME: GAME+ $01 : 37 $ :4245 OADBACK $GHLIGHT BOTH FILES & PRESS RETURN. OU WILL THEN SEE A 1 OR 2 APPEAR (HESE ARE THE FILES THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED & WILL LOAD IN THAT KIND OF ORDER). NCE DONE, USE TO ENTER THE LEDGEHAMMER PACKER & FILL IN THE FOLLOWING: : + T INTO YEARS GIVES THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK, & THE FIRST FEW REVIEWS ARE DRAFTED AS A TEMPLATE. ECEMBER 2005: FTER READING ABOUT THE FORTHCOMING PECTRUM BOOK, CONTACTED NDREW OLLINGS WITH THE IDEA OF DOING A OMMODORE EQUIVALENT. RELIMINARY DISU SER OOL ISK OMPILED BY ICHARD AYLISS THOUGHT WRITE A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT THE SER OOL DISK. ASICALLY THIS IS A COMPILATION OF MANY PUBLIC DOMAIN TOOLS THAT SEEM TO HAVE MADE USE WITH IN THE PAST. STILL USE THOSE TODAY AS WELROBABLY USED A MACHINE CODE MONITOR AS WELL AS AN ASSEMBLER. O IF YOU DONT OWN AN CTION EPLAY CARTRIDGE, HERE IS A HANDY HINT FOR YOU, TO USE THIS TOOL. INCE YOU MAY WISH TO USE URBO SSEMBLER AS WELL AS THIS / MONITOR, DO NOT CHOSE $8000 - $000LACE GATE ON CURRENT SOUND (EPENDS ON HOW THE SOUND IS SET, USE TO STOP SOUND PLAYING IN CURRENT SECTOR) EYS -, 1-0: AKE NOTES < >: HANGE OCTAVE OF ALL NOTES FROM CURSOR POSITION. YNTHESIZER: HIFT + +: ELECT NEXT INSTRUMENT HIFT + - : ELECTO ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS & CONTACTS. NYWAY HERE IS WHAT WE HAVE ON THE DISK, & SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAMS. URBO SSEMBLER 7.0+ (NGELS VERSION) HIS WASNT THE VERSION OF URBO SSEMBLER THAT USED TO USE. USED VERSION 5.3 WHICH LIKE TO USE A LOT & IT IS VERY EASY TO HANDLE, COMPARED TO 5.0. O BE ABLE TO GET THE HANG OF THE 4.0, HAVE INCLUDED SOME EXAMPLE TUNES IN THE SOURCE FILES DISK, SO YOU CAN GET STARTED. OWEVER THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME INSTRUCTIONS MISSING IN T WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.REDESIGN.SK/TND64. LL OUND E-LOCATOR (HE YNDROM/) HIS IS A MUSIC RE-LOCATOR THAT CAN RELOCATE TUNES THAT HAVE BEEN COMPOSED IN EITHER AN OLD VERSION OF THE PLAYER ( LAYER 4), 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 OR  ONITOR (ADUA) NOTHER HANDY OLD TOOL HERE. HIS IS A PROGRAMMING TOOL & ALSO GOOD FOR RIPPING CODE (HICH DONT RECOMMEND) AS WELL. HE ODE UCK ONITOR IS PROBABLY BASED ON CTION EPLAY ACHINE CODE MONITOR. OST DEMO/GAME PROGRAMMERS ON THE 64 PSE UP HIFT + - :(AND VALUE): RANSPOSE DOWN HIFT + ETURN: NTER SEQUENCE/NOTES EDITOR ECTOR/OTES EDITOR: +: ET DURATION +: ET GLIDE VALUE +: ET INSTRUMENT +: ET VOLUME OF CHANNEL +: ET SWITCH EFFECT = : ET END OF NOTE : 5.0. UNES CAN BE RELOCATED FROM THEIR CURRENT POSITION TO A NEW POSITION IN 64 MEMORY. HIS TOOL WAS HANDY FOR ME TO RELOCATE MY TUNES FOR MY GAME PROJECTS, SO THAT COULD HAVE ONE TUNE AT $1000-$1FFF & ANOTHER FROM $9000-$9FFF, ETC. EPENDING ON HOWER TOOL DISK, HAVE ALSO INCLUDED ANOTHER DISK WITH VARIOUS STUFF TO SUPPORT THE TOOLS, SUCH AS THE URBO SSEMBLER & THE MUSIC EDITOR. HE TOOLS ON THIS DISK ARE ALL PUBLIC DOMAIN, JUST LIKE THE COMPILATION & YOU ARE VERY WELCOME TO COPY THE DISK TOR ALSO HAS INSTRUCTIONS TO HELP YOU GET STARTED. IMPLY CHOSE THE NOTE. F YOU DO CHOSE THE NOTE THEN YOULL HAVE TO LOAD THE ODE UCK ONITOR ALL OVER AGAIN FROM THE MENU. 4.0 (RAFFITY) STANDS FOR EMO USIC REATOR. HIS IS A TOOL WHICH EFORM / XIT WAVEFORM EDITOR) : EST INSTRUMENT (SE BACK ARROW TWICE TO EXIT) ILTER EDITOR: HIFT +/-: HOSE FILTER TO EDIT. (SE ACK ARROW TWICE TO EXIT) F YOU NEED TO LEARN TO CREATE INSTRUMENTS, ETC. HECK OUT USIC CENE FEATURE ON MY SOURCES MADE TO CREATE PROGRAMS, LIKE THE OLDFISH DEMO, 2 SCROLL INTRO DEMO & THE ISSILE LASTER GAME. LSO TO ACCOMPANY THE ASSEMBLER, WE HAVE THE URBO SSEMBLER COMMANDS. O YOU WILL KNOW HOW TO ASSEMBLE, LOAD A FILE ETC. OPE IT HELPS ODE UCKMUSIC FROM THE START 3: AUSE/STOP PLAYING MUSIC 5: ONTINUE PLAYING MUSIC (AUSED) 7: AST ORWARD MUSIC (HEN PLAYING) HIFT + 5: ECORD PLAYED NOTES (N LIVE PLAY MODE) HIFT + 7: NTER LIVE PLAY MODE RACK DITOR: HIFT + +(AND VALUE): RANSPOCUSSIONS ARE MAINLY ABOUT USING A SIMILAR LAYOUT & DESIGN PROCESS, & STARTING ON A LIST OF GAMES. HTTP://C64GOLDENYEARS.COM/ ABOUT THE FORTHCOMING PECTRUM BOOK, CONTACTED NDREW OLLINGS WITH THE IDEA OF DOING A OMMODORE EQUIVALENT. RELIMINARY DIS L. LL PROGRAMS ON THE DISK WERE DONE BY VARIOUS MEMBERS OF VARIOUS DEMO SCENE GROUPS. HE WHOLE IDEA OF CREATING THIS TOOLS DISK IS TO SHARE IT WITH EVERYBODY & ALSO GIVE YOU SOME GENERAL INFORMATION ON HOW THOSE PROGRAMS CAN BE USED. S WELL AS THE US AS THE ADDRESS FOR THE MONITOR OR ANYWHERE WHERE CODE & DATA OVERLAPS THE / MONITOR, ITSELF. OWEVER, IF YOU WOULD PREFER TO TRY PROGRAMMING WITH A / MONITOR INSTEAD (HICH IS SLIGHTLY MORE DIFFICULT) THEN THAT IS ENTIRELY UP TO YOU. ODE UCK ONI T PREVIOUS INSTRUMENT HIFT +1 - 7: ELECT OCATAVE EYS -, 1-0: LAY NOTES HIFT + ETURN: XIT SEQUENCE/NOTES EDITOR & RETURN TO THE TRACK EDITOR NSTRUMENTS / WAVEFORM EDITOR: HIFT + +/-: ELECT NEXT/PREVIOUS INSTRUMENT. HIFT + ETURN: (DIT WAV WAS PUBLIC DOMAIN BY ASE/HE NCIENT EMPLE. OWEVER THIS IS A PROGRAMMING TOOL FOR WRITING YOUR OWN ASSEMBLY CODE. HERE IS ALREADY AN ASSEMBLY PROGRAMMING FEATURE IN OMMODORE REE AS SOMEONE ELSE HAS THE ROLE, BUT HAVE INCLUDED A .64 WITH VARIOUS HIS MUSIC EDITOR (NLIKE 2.0, WHICH HAD INSTRUCTIONS IN WITH THE EDITOR). ERE ARE THE COMMANDS: ENERAL: /: NSERT/ELETE POSITIONS EFT ARROW: AIN MENU P ARROW: EAD DATA FROM CURSOR POSITION @: RITE DATA FROM CURSOR POSITION 1: LAY RENCE. RINTED WITH ERMISSION FROM ASON AKEN FROM THE LDSCHOOL GAMING WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.OLDSCHOOL-GAMING.COM/ C64_HEX_FILES.PHP ://WWW.OLDSCHOOL-GAMING.COM/ FILES/C64/HEX_FILES/ PART_3_FILES.ZIPFILES/C64/HEX_FILES/ PART_3_FILES.ZIP FOR EASIER REFEU EW WEBSITE HE NEW-LOOK WEBSITE FOR HE OMMODORE 64 OOK IS NOW ONLINE. EW FEATURES INCLUDE AUTHOR DIARIES, LIST OF GAMES BEING REVIEWED & AN . RE-ORDERING WILL MAKE SURE THE BOOK IS PRINTED, SO ORDER NOW! HE TORY O AR... PRIL 2ND 2007  RAIDING THE CUPBOARD MEANT FOUND A FEW GAMES THAT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE IN THE BOOK... SO THOSE ENTRIES WILL BE ADDED SOON. RYING TO KEEP THIS DIARY & MY YPACE BLOG UP TO DATE AS MUCH AS CAN. ARCH 17TH 2007 OT DOWN TO BUSINESS OF SCANNING BOXESF 254 GAMES SPREAD OVER THE 25 YEARS. Y THE TIME YOU GET CHAPTER HEADINGS & INTRODUCTION, NEED TO REDUCE THAT BY AT LEAST 20. ISH ME LUCK. EBRUARY 5TH 2007 HE PRE-ORDER PAGE WENT LIVE TODAY. O IT WAS TIME TO PUBLICIZE THE BOOK A MORE WIDELY. HERDONE - 'M RAPIDLY APPROACHING 83,000 WORDS. HE TRICKY PART IS FINDING ALL THE NAMES OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN A GAME. AMEBASE HAS CODING & MUSIC CREDITS FOR MOST GAMES, BUT IT IS A LABORIOUS TASK TO LOAD UP EVERY GAME & CHECK TITLE/ LOADING SCREENS... AO SPRUCE UP THE LAYOUTS IS USING MORE SPRITES & GAME OBJECTS ON THE PAGES; WILL HAVE TO SEE IF THIS IS POSSIBLE & EASY. VER 80 PRE-ORDERS NOW. EBRUARY 21ST 2007 FTER A COUPLE OF LATE NIGHTS, FINALLY TOOK THE PLUNGE & WORKED OUT WHAT TO CHOP & CHANG TS ON SOME OF THE OTHERS, NOW HAVE A TOTAL OF 26K WORDS. ANUARY 2007 ITH THE FIRST COPIES OF PECTRUM BOOK REACHING EAGER READERS, THE 64 VERSION IS REVIVED. OST LABORIOUS TASK WAS ORGANIZING THE GAME FILES FOR TAKING SCREENSHOTS. URING THE MONTHOR COVERS, SO MAY BE ABLE TO PUT OFF THE STRUGGLE TO GET TO THE REST OF MY GAMES. ARCH 18TH 2007 CANNED THE BOARD THAT ACCOMPANIES THE GAME ANK TTACK, & THE FINAL FILE (CREATED BY JOINING 4 SEPARATE SCANS TOGETHER) IS 17B! HE OTHER THING IS THATCHED OVER 30 WORDS A MINUTE DURING A COUPLE OF LONG SESSIONS AT THE KEYBOARD! F COURSE A LOT IS ROUGH WORK, & MORE DETAIL NEEDS TO BE ADDED & CHECKED - REVIEW SCORES, ANECDOTES, TRIVIA & FACTS. ROBLEM IS... OO MANY GAMES. T LAST COUNT HAD A LIST O THE HOLDING PAGE GOES ONLINE, & PUT THE LINK INTO MY SIGNATURE ON VARIOUS GAMING FORUMS. PRIL 2006: OLIDAYS, OTHER EVENTS & A LACK OF TIME MEAN LITTLE PROGRESS ON THE BOOK. ARCH 2006: ANY HOURS OF READING WEBSITES, CHECKING LISTS & GOING THRU TH ORE PUBLICITY! VERY SHORT SEGMENT ON THE LATEST ETROGAMING ADIO SHOW FROM HANE ONROE, ABOUT 2:54 INTO THE 3+ HRS. HANE WAS RATHER CHEEKY & ASKED FOR A REVIEW COPY, SO 'LL HAVE TO SORT SOMETHING OUT IN THE FUTURE. ORE REWRITES/RESEARCH BEING NEW ISSUE OF GAMES TODAY, & THERE WAS THE SHORT INTERVIEW WITH ETRO EDITOR SHLEY AY BY E-MAIL. OPEFULLY THAT WILL BRING IN MORE PRE-ORDERS. ARCH 16TH 2007 PENT THE AFTERNOON SEARCHING THROUGH CUPBOARDS FOR GAME BOXES TO SCAN. NE IDEA 'VE HAD T 1982. H, & TO REPLY TO NDREW OLLINGS' "HUMOROUS" THREAD ON ORLD OF PECTRUM.. RE-ORDER TOTAL SO FAR: 20! EBRUARY 3RD 2007 HOUGHT WOULD HAVE A COUNT-UP & SEE HOW MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN SO FAR. ITH THE 1985 CHAPTER VIRTUALLY COMPLETE & GOOD STAR ARCH 19TH 2007 IME TO TIDY UP TEXT FILES & ADD IN NEW ENTRIES FROM YESTERDAY. ALSO WANT TO SEND A COUPLE OF CHAPTERS TO NDREW SO HE CAN GET CRACKING ON BUILDING THE LAYOUTS. ORTUNATELY 'VE MANAGED TO FIND SOME PEOPLE TO HELP ME WITH THE SEARCH FETTER SHAPE NOW. 'M OFF TO PLAY RIDIUM FOR THE ETROLEAGUE... EBRUARY 16TH 2007 T'S BEEN A GOOD WEEK. EEN HAMMERING OUT MORE WORDS, DOING A FEW EDITS TO EARLIER REVIEWS & GENERALLY PRESSING ON AT FULL SPEED. ALCULATED THAT MY TYPING SPEED HAD REAE AMEBASE COLLECTION LEAD TO AN EARLY LIST OF GAMES TO FEATURE IN THE BOOK. T'S NOT MEANT TO BE A DEFINITIVE LIST OF THE BEST GAMES, MORE A COLLECTION OF SIGNIFICANT TITLES, GAMES WAS PARTICULARLY FOND OF, & SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS. PLITTING THE LIS EEP INTO THE RESEARCH, REVISING HISTORY SEGMENTS FOR START OF EACH CHAPTER. PPARENTLY OMMODORE TRIED MORE THAN ONCE TO STOP PRODUCING THE 64... HE TOTAL IS OVER 85,000 WORDS NOW, INCLUDING REVIEW QUOTES & SCORES FROM OMMODORE SER. ARCH 27TH 2007 , & ALSO FOUND A COUPLE OF RARE GAMES TO SCAN FOR VARIOUS WEBSITES. DIDN'T FIND ALL THE BOXES WAS EXPECTING TO, WHICH MEANS SOME OF THEM ARE STUCK IN THE BUILT-IN CUPBOARD AT THE BACK OF MY ROOM - WHICH IS BEHIND A HUGE PILE OF = EQUIPMENT. OT THE  E ARE A COUPLE OF MOCK-UPS AVAILABLE AS 'S, BUT HOPEFULLY A LARGER SELECTION WILL BE ONLINE DURING THE FORTHCOMING WEEK. ORTUNATELY MANAGED TO GRAB A BIT OF TIME TO WORK UP A FEW MORE REVIEWS (THIS TIME FROM 1987) & COLLECT SCREENSHOTS & COVERS FOR RCH 26TH 2007 ITH FAMILY AROUND FOR THE WEEKEND, HAVE LESS TIME TO WORK ON THE BOOK. UT TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO QUIZ MY BROTHER HRIS ABOUT GAMES HE FELT SHOULD BE ON THE LIST. ORE REWRITES & MORE COVERS FOUND, SO UNDAY WAS NOT COMPLETELY WASTED.E. OW HAVE 229 GAMES IN THE LIST. THINK 'M RIGHT IN SAYING THAT AT THIS POINT EVERY GAME HAS AT LEAST A START OF A REVIEW ON ITS PAGE, & THERE ARE NOW 64K WORDS IN TOTAL. HAT'S A DROP FROM THIS MORNING'S HIGH POINT OF 70K, BUT THINGS ARE IN MUCH B $0400,X INX CPX #$0B ; CHANGE THE NUMBER OF REPEATS BNE LOOP RTS KAY, LETS HAVE SOME FUN WITH A LOOP. NE OF THE MOST COMMON THINGS IN DEMOS (& IN FACT MOST GAMES TOO) IS THE SCROLLING MESSAGE & WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS A SIMPLE ONE WITH SOME LIMITSCRANK IT UP & WATCH IT GO! SSEMBLING IS AS BEFORE, THE FILE FROM THE TEXT EDITOR AS SCROLL.ASM (THE EXTENSION MEANING "ASSEMBLY CODE", NOT EVEN VAGUELY ESSENTIAL TO THE PROCESS BUT IT MAKES REMEMBERING WHAT THE FILES ARE A LOT EASIER), TYPE C64ASM IS POINT & EVERY NOW & THEN THE 64 WILL MISS A BEAT BECAUSE IT'S BUSY DOING IT'S HOUSEKEEPING AT RASTERLINE $FE. ELIEVE IT OR NOT THIS IS MOVING FIFTY TIMES A SECOND! KAY, SO ONE FINAL TRICK FOR OUR NEW LISTING THINK, FLIP BACK OVER TO THE TEXT EDIT IS AS WE USED BEFORE, TELLING 64SM WE WANT OUR CODE AT $0900 (AGAIN, 2304 IN DECIMAL). E THEN HAVE A LABEL CALLED MAIN WHICH IS THE START OF OUR MAIN CODE (HENCE THE NAME!) & THAT CLEARS THE REGISTER AGAIN AS WE HAVE DONE BEFORE. HE MAIN LOOP OF TARE OVER THREE HUNDRED "RASTER LINES" ON A STANDARD 64 (THERE ARE LESS LINES & A FASTER REFRESH SPEED FOR MACHINES) & IT'S POSSIBLE TO WAIT FOR A SPECIFIC LINE & DO SOMETHING WHEN YOU GET THERE. ETS ALTER OUR EXAMPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS,S USING THE REGISTER AS A COUNTER & READING FROM THE 64'S MEMORY AT $1 ONWARDS FOR 256 BYTES. O WHERE DO THE WORDS COME FROM? ELL, $1 IS ACTUALLY WHERE THE 64 KEEPS SOME OF ITS ERROR MESSAGES & THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING. ELL, THINK THAT'D BE READING THE FIRST CHARACTER OF THE NEXT LINE OF THE SCREEN! INALLY WE JUST PLAY WITH THE CHARACTER AT THE TOP RIGHT OF THE SCREEN TO MAKE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT (BY CONSTANTLY REMENTING IT TO MAKE IT SHOW EVERY CHARACTER THE 64 HAS). KAY, LETS RASTER KEEPS IT WAITING IN THAT LOOP UNTIL IT IS. OU SHOULD NOW SEE LOADS OF CHARACTERS SCROLLING ACROSS THE TOP OF THE SCREEN VERY FAST BUT NOT SO FAST THAT YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. ON'T WORRY ABOUT THE ODD JUMP, WE ARE ONLY EXPERIMENTING AT THING, EMAIL ME & 'LL SEE WHAT CAN DO. H, EXCEPT ABOUT THE DANCING. HE SOURCE CODE FOR THE ROUTINES ABOVE CAN BE DOWNLOADED: HTTP://WWW.OLDSCHOOL-GAMING.COM/ FILES/C64/HEX_FILES/ PART_3_FILES.ZIPFILES/C64/HEX_FILES/ PART_3_FILES.ZIP FOR EASIER REFETAB A COUPLE OF TIMES TO GET THE CURSOR TO ITS START POSITION & ENTER THIS PROGRAM: * = $0900 MAIN LDX #$00 MOVE_LOOP LDA $0401,X STA $0400,X INX CPX #$27 BNE MOVE_LOOP INC $0427 JMP MAIN EFORE WE RUN IT LETS LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE TYPED. HE * COMMAND TO DO THAT 'LL INTRODUCE A NEW FRIEND IN THE FORM OF A LOCATION IN THE - CHIP. OCATION $012 (OR 53,266 IN DECIMAL) IS KNOWN AS THE RASTER REGISTER. HE RASTER IS A LINE THAT MOVES DOWN THE 64'S SCREEN REDRAWING IT FIFTY TIMES A SECOND & THERE SED TO BE HERE INY ; & THIS LINE IS NEW AS WELL JMP MAIN THE SOURCE OUT AS SCROLL3.ASM, ASSEMBLE & EXECUTE AGAIN, & IF YOU PRESS THE & OMMODORE KEYS YOU'LL SEE WORDS FLYING ACROSS YOUR SCREEN! HAT WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING IN THESE NEW BITS I? ELL, BY THE TIME GETS TO 40 (BY THE TIME WE'RE CHECKING IT'S BEEN REMENTED, REMEMBER) THE ROUTINE IS READING FROM $0428 (THE START OF THE SECOND LINE OF THE SCREEN) & WRITING TO $0427 (THE RIGHT HAND END OF THE FIRST LINE) SO IF WE WAIT WE WOUL $FE (254 IN DECIMAL), THEN COMPARE THAT TO WHATEVER $012 CONTAINS IN THE SAME WAY AS WE COMPARED NUMBERS IN THE PREVIOUS INSTALLMENT & IF IT'S NOT THE SAME (IN OTHER WORDS IF THE RASTER ISN'T AT POSITION $FE) THEN THE RANCH IF OT QUAL () BACK TO  WORK ON THE SECOND LINE OF THE SCREEN RATHER THAN THE FIRST (REMEMBER TO CHANGE ALL OF THE REFERENCES TO THE SCREEN). 'LL GIVE THE ANSWERS IN THE NEXT THRILLING INSTALLMENT BUT F YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ARTICLE, MACHINE CODE OR LAMENCO DANC . S WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE EXAMPLE LAST ISSUE IT'S POSSIBLE TO PUT CHARACTERS ON THE SCREEN VERY FAST, SO FAST IN FACT THAT WE CAN'T ACTUALLY SEE IT HAPPEN. T'S ALSO POSSIBLE TO MOVE CHARACTERS AROUND THE SCREEN USING LOOPS. TART UP YOUR TEXT EDITOR,  SCROLL.ASM SCROLL.PRG FROM WHILST IN THE CORRECT DIRECTORY & FINALLY DRAG & DROP THE INTO IN & 2304 TO START IT. H! OW SOMETHING IS HAPPENING BUT BECAUSE MACHINE CODE IS SO FAST WE CAN'T SEE WHAT, SO WE NEED TO SLOW THINGS DOWN A BIT & OR & ALTER THE ROUTINE TO READ LIKE THIS: * = $0900 LDY #$00 ; THIS IS NEW MAIN LDX #$00 LDA #$FE RASTER CMP $D012 BNE RASTER MOVE_LOOP LDA $0401,X STA $0400,X INX CPX #$27 BNE MOVE_LOOP LDA $A1FF,Y ; THIS LINE IS NEW TOO STA $0427 ; THE COMMAND U HE PROGRAM (NAMED WITH THE APPROPRIATE LABEL AGAIN) IS NEW THOUGH. T READS FROM SCREEN POSITION $0401 & PUTS WHATEVER IT HAS READ INTO $0400. HEN THE REGISTER GOES UP ONE & IT REPEATS THAT UNTIL REACHES $27 (WHICH IS 39 IN DECIMAL). HY STOP AT 39 GO BACK TO THE SOURCE & ENTER THE FOLLOWING JUST AFTER THE LDX #$00 ON THE SECOND LINE: LDA #$FE RASTER CMP $D012 BNE RASTER IT BACK OUT THIS TIME AS SCROLL2.ASM & ASSEMBLE IT AS BEFORE. HESE THREE NEW LINES SET THE REGISTER UP WITH A VALUE OFS ABOUT ENOUGH FOR THIS INSTALLMENT BUT BEFORE GO ANOTHER COUPLE OF LITTLE CHALLENGES FOR YOU ALL TO SEE IF YOU'VE GOT THE GIST; AT THE MOMENT THE ROUTINE READS IT'S DATA FROM LOCATION $1 BUT CAN YOU CHANGE IT TO READ FROM $460? ND CAN YOU MAKE IT. 10 " ";$ 20 ?", "$"!" 30 ?" ( ) 40 50 ?" 100 "100-"." 60 " , ";, 70 ?" :""""." IS AN OLD COMMA= 12 20 $ = "" (COM) ISTS THE PROGRAM IN MEMORY. SED IN MMEDIATE ODE. > LISTS WHOLE PROGRAM 10 > LISTS LINE 10 (IF PRESENT) 10- > LISTS LINE 10 & ON. -10 > LISTS EVERYTHING TO & INCLUDING LINE 10 10-"," " 100 ?" - ?" 101 = 1 3:?$(): 110 $ 120 = 0: = 1 3 130 $ = $() = : = 3 140 150 1000, 2000, 3000 160 100 1000 ?"" 1010 2000 ?" " 2OU START TO USE A TOOLBOX MODULE OR OT, YOU WILL HAVE ALTERNATIVE COMMANDS AVAILABLE THAT WORK MORE DEPENDABLY. ITH A LITTLE INGENUITY, YOU CAN BUILD AN SUBROUTINE, USING THE COMMAND TO GET KEYSTROKES & PUT THEM TOGETHER IN A STRINUST BE EITHER SHORTER THAN THE LOADING PROGRAM, OR MUST HAVE A AS ITS FIRST COMMAND. HE LOADED PROGRAM WILL BE IMMEDIATELY . F IS USED TO LOAD A BINARY FILE, THE PROGRAM WILL JUMP BACK TO THE BEGINNING & START OVER. E USE OTHER ROUTINES T?LN [,LN [ETC]]] (COM) UST LIKE -, BUT WITH NO . 100 204 -6 7000,8000,9000 205 100 F THE VALUE IS 0 OR GREATER THAN THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE LINE NUMBERS, THE PROGRAM FALLS THROUGH. ALUE CANNOT BE NEGATIVE. N LN [,STRING . 10 $=" " 20 ?($) (RINTS 14.) (COM) HE OLD FASHIONED WAY TO ASSIGN A VARIABLE. 10 = 12 20 $ = "" HIS IS NOT USED ANYMORE. UST PUT THE VARIABLE FIRST, LIKE WE HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THIS BOOK! 10 L CONTAIN "".) (COM) RASES PROGRAM MEMORY. AREFUL! (COM) EE - ABOVE. V LN [,LN [,LN [ETC]]] ALUE DETERMINES WHICH LINE NUMBER GOSUBS. 10 $(3) 20 = 1 3: $(): 30 ""," U 3 WRITTEN BY ASON ELCOME AGAIN, HERE'S THE THIRD INSTALMENT OF EX ILES FOR YOUR DELIGHT, DELECTATION & SEVERAL OTHER WORDS BEGINNING WITH THE LETTER THAT SOUND QUITE GOOD. ND, BEFORE WE START PROPER, 'LL JUST GIVE YOU THE SOUSER CAN ACCIDENTALLY PRESS A CURSOR KEY & MOVE OFF THE LINE, SCREWING EVERYTHING UP. HEREFORE, USE ONLY AS YOU ARE LEARNING -- & ALWAYS GET A STRING VARIABLE. OU CAN CONVERT A STRING TO A VALUE WITH THE (STRING) FUNCTION. ATER, WHEN YF IS 1, THE FILE IS LOADED TO THE MEMORY LOCATION WERE IT WAS SAVED. IS USUALLY USED FROM MMEDIATE ODE, BUT CAN BE USED IN A PROGRAM -- WITH CERTAIN CAVEATS. F ONE TRIES TO LOAD A PROGRAM FROM WITHIN ANOTHER PROGRAM, THE LOADED PROGRAM M < 4 100 202 -3 4000,5000,6000 203 < 7 100 204 -6 7000,8000,9000 205 100 F THE VALUE IS 0 OR GREATER THAN THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE LINE NUMBERS, THE PROGRAM FALLS THROUGH. ALUE CANNOT BE NEGATIVE. N LN [,(HE VALUES PRINTED WILL BE 123 & -122. E DID SAY "NEXT SMALLER!") $(S,N) (FUN) ETURNS A STRING FROM STRING THAT IS CHARACTERS LONG. 10 $ = " " 20 $ = $($,4) ($ WILL CONTAIN "".) (S) (FUN) ETURNS THE LENGTH OF E VALUE 7. 2 TO THE WILL EQUAL 7! $(S,B [,L]) (FUN) ETURNS THE SECTION OF STRING BEGINNING AT POSITION TO THE END FOR THE LENGTH OF . 10 $ = " " 20 $ = $($,6) 30 $ = $($,9,1) ($ WILL CONTAIN " ". $ WILLUTION TO THE LITTLE TEASER POSED AT THE END OF THE PREVIOUS ARTICLE. OW, ONE OF THE JOYS OF MACHINE CODE IS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO REACH THE SAME SOLUTION AND, WHILST SOME ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS, THEY'RE ALL VALID AT THIS STAGE IN THE GAME.  ND & CAN CAUSE MANY PROBLEMS. N INPUT OF A STRING WHEN A VALUE IS EXPECTED WILL RESULT IN AN ERROR. F A COMMA IS INCLUDED WHEN INPUTING A SINGLE VARIABLE STRING, IT IS INTERPRETED AS TWO STRING INPUTS, & EVERYTHING FROM THE COMMA ON IS LOST. LSO, THE  20 > LISTS LINES 10 & 20 & EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. OU CAN SLOW DOWN A BY HOLDING DOWN THE <> KEY (: ), & STOP IT BY PRESSING <> (: <>). "FILENAME",DV [,SA] (COM) OADS A PROGRAM OR FILE INTO MEMORY FROM A DISK.  010 3000 ?" " 3010 HIS HAS GOT TO BE THE SHORTEST TAR REK GAME EVER WRITTEN! OU CAN TAKE IT FROM HERE! F YOU HAVE TOO MANY LINE NUMBERS TO FIT ON TWO SCREEN LINES, DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS: 200 1000,2000,3000 201  G VARIABLE. OUNDS LIKE A GOOD PROJECT, EH? #LF,V NPUTS A VALUE OR STRING FROM A DISK FILE. EE FOR MORE INFORMATION. (N) (FUN) ETURNS THE NEXT SMALLER WHOLE VALUE OF THE ARGUMENT. 10 = 123.456 20 = -123.456 30 ? () 40 ? ()  O LOAD BINARY (DATA) FILES. EE LATER IN THIS BOOK. (V) (FUN) ETURNS NATURAL LOGARITHM OF ARGUMENT. RGUMENT MUST BE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO ZERO. 10 = 7 20 = ()/(2) 30 ? 2^ HIS CODE USES TO FIND THE POWER OF 2 OF TH O, WHILST THERE ARE OTHER METHODS THAT COULD BE USED (IF YOU FOUND & USED IT, IT'S NOT THE WRONG ANSWER!) THE EASIEST WAY TO MODIFY THE ROUTINE IN THE LAST INSTALMENT WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE: * = $0900 LDX #$00 LDA #$03 ; CHANGE THE CHARACTER LOOP STA ARTISTE! OU CAN BUY TICKETS FOR 10 AT HTTP://WWW.C64AUDIO.COM/ PRODUCTNFO.PHP?CAT=2007 EXUS 6581 ETURNS IND OF RELEASES NEW ALBUM: 01:04 TERNAL! ICHARD OSEPH RIBUTE ALBUM (SUPPORTING ACMILLAN URSES ANCER HARITY) 64UDIO SIG U Y AVID OORMAN ERE IS AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF 2.0 COMMANDS, FUNCTIONS, & OPERATORS. ROWSE THROUGH THEM. RY THEM OUT. EARN EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO! OMMANDS (COM) TELL THE COMPUTER WHAT TO DO. UNCTIONS (FUN) PERFORM MAGIC ON V S NAME ALWAYS BEGINS WITH , PLUS A SINGLE LETTER TO IDENTIFY IT, FOLLOWED BY A VARIABLE WITHIN PARENTHESES. HIS VARIABLE IS USED IN THE FOLLOWING MATH AS WHATEVER VALUE YOU WILL LATER PUT IN YOUR UCTION. INE UCTIONS EARLY IN YOUR PROGRAM. 10 LRY IS AT: HTTP://WWW.REMIX64.COM/C64AUDIO_ COM_REPORT_21_APRIL_2007.HTML 2 OWNLOADS FEATURE EXCLUSIVE EDITED 10TH NNIVERSARY BOOKLET ... ACK IN IME 3 OWNLOADS FEATURE EXCLUSIVE NOVEL BASED ON STORYLINE! T'S A LOT OF NEWS SO AN IN-DEPTH SUMMA ("") ( WILL CONTAIN 65) (N) (FUN) ETURNS THE ARCTANGENT OF ARGUMENT. 10 = (1) ( WILL CONTAIN 0.785398163 ARCTANGENT OF 1 IN RADIANS) $(N) (FUN) ETURNS A STRING CHARACTER FOR THE VALUE IN THE ARGUMENT. 10 $ = $(65) E EASIER TO FIND. 10 (12),,,$(2,15) (COM) NDS THE PROGRAM. (N) (FUN) ETURNS THE CONSTANT "E" (A MATH VALUE) RAISED TO THE POWER OF THE ARGUMENT. 10 ? (1) (HIS WILL PRINT 2.71828183) V V [STEP V] (COM) EGINS A - $ = "" 10 70 LINENUMBER (COM) UMPS PROGRAM TO A SUBROUTINE AT THE GIVEN LINE NUMBER. ROGRAM WILL RETURN TO AFTER THE COMMAND WHEN IT ENCOUNTERS A COMMAND. LINENUMBER (COM) UMPS PROGRAM TO THE GIVEN LINE NUMBER. M) SED WITH TO LOAD STRING OR NUMERIC DATA INTO VARIABLES OR ARRAYS. EE FOR DETAILS. V()(COM) INES A UCTION. EED A COMPLEX MATH FUNCTION SEVERAL TIMES IN A PROGRAM? ERE IS WHERE YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN FUNCTIONS. HE FUNCTION' D. SE A STRING VARIABLE. 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EP -- AN INFINITE LOOP -- WITH NO WAY FOR THE USER TO GET OUT. HAT CAN HAPPEN IN . NFINITY IS GREAT, BUT WE NEED MORE CONTROL. ORE ! E NEED TO BE ABLE TO STOP THE LOOP WHEN WEAKE OUT THE 1, ADD 1, & PUT THE RESULT BACK INTO THE BOX. HIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS WITH ANY VALUE ASSIGNMENT. OU DON'T NEED THE COMMAND, SO DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR YOUR COMPUTER'S MEMORY. HENEVER A VARIABLE IS FOLLOWED BY AN EQUAL SIGN, THE GEE FIGURED OUT THE FIRST. SE EMBEDDED CURSOR KEYSTROKES. HIS IS EASY 10 ?[CLR][DOWN][DOWN][RIGHT][RIGHT] [RIGHT]EST ND IT LOOKS LIKE A MESS IN YOUR PROGRAM, WITH ALL THOSE REVERSED CHARACTERS. HERE ARE TWO BETTER WAYS. HE FIRST IS A ROUTINE AVAI ITHER WAY OF PLOTTING IS JUST FINE -- YOU CHOOSE. HILE ALL THIS IS FUN, THE GREATEST POWER OF A COMPUTER IS TO DO THINGS OVER & OVER AGAIN. EPETITION MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND! YOUR MEMORY & TYPE IN THIS SIMPLE CODE. 10 ?"[CLR]" WANT IT TO STOP -- WHEN THE CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT. EHOLD! HE "CONDITIONAL LOOP!" 10 ?"[CLR]" 15 X=0 20 ?"ELLO, ORLD!" 30 X=X+1 40 IF X<10 THEN 20 50 END ERE, WE USE AS A COUNTER. OU DO NOT HAVE TO ZERO OUT AS IN LINE 15, BUT IT IS A GOOD IDE NIE KNOWS AN ASSIGNMENT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. OW THAT YOU UNDERSTAND INCREMENTING, LETS LOOK AT LINE 40. HIS IS THE - COMMAND. HE GENIE LOOKS AT THE COMPARISON FOLLOWING THE . N THIS CASE IT IS <10. HAT'S " IS LESS THAN 10." F THAT IS TRUE, LABLE FROM THE ERNAL . HESE ROUTINES ARE WHAT USES TO DO ITS MAGIC. UT WE CAN USE THEM DIRECTLY WITH A COUPLE OF NEW (TO YOU) COMMANDS: & . YOUR MEMORY & TRY THIS: 5 ?"[CLR]" 10 X=782:Y=781:SET=783:PLOT=65520 20 POKE X,10:POKE Y, 20 ?"ELLO, ORLD" 30 GOTO 20 EFORE YOU RUN THIS, TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN. HE COMMAND IS NEW, BUT IT IS FAIRLY OBVIOUS. OW, RUN THE PROGRAM. ! OOK AT IT GO! HEN WILL IT STOP? T WON'T. HIS IS CALLED AN "INFINITE LOOP," SINCEA. OU NEVER KNOW WHERE THAT HAS BEEN! INE 20 PRINTS THE TEXT, AS BEFORE. HEN LINE 30 INCREMENTS . OW, IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH PROGRAMMING, SAYING =+1 SOUNDS A LITTLE CRAZY, SINCE IN ALGEBRA, CAN NEVER EQUAL +1. UT THE EQUAL SIGN HERE IS THE HAPPENS -- IN THIS CASE, THE PROGRAM GOES TO LINE 20. F IS NOT LESS THAN 10, THE - IS SAID TO "FALL THROUGH," & THE NEXT PROGRAM LINE IS EXECUTED. NY TWO NUMERIC VALUES (VARIABLES OR CONSTANTS) OR ANY TWO STRINGS (VARIABLES OR LITERA10:POKE SET,0 30 SYS PLOT:?"HIS CAN BE CENTERED" IS A ACHINE ANGUAGE ROUTINE. E USE (YOU CAN USE A SHORTCUT OF "P" TO SAVE TYPING) TO PUT THE COLUMN IN MEMORY LOCATION 782 & THE ROW IN LOCATION 781. (783) MUST BE SET TO 0 FOR THIS IT WILL INFINITELY PRINT "ELLO, ORLD!" ON LINE 20, THEN GOTO LINE 20, WHERE IT PRINTS BUT YOU GET THE IDEA. N FACT, YOU MAY BE LOOKING AT IT IN ACTION, WONDERING WHAT TO DO. INCE YOU ARE PROGRAMMING IN , THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE. RESS []. HE  NOT EQUAL. T IS THE SIGN TO ASSIGN WITH THE VALUE OF +1. ONG AGO, EVEN BEFORE HOME COMPUTERS, HAD A COMMAND FOR THIS. HANGE LINE 30 TO 30 LET X=X+1 OW, AS YOU READ THIS OUT LOUD, THE EQUAL SIGN MAKES MORE SENSE, SINCE LETS CHANGE ITLS) CAN BE COMPARED THIS WAY, USING ONE OF THESE COMPARISONS: QUALS = REATER HAN > ESS HAN < REATER OR QUAL => OR >= ESS OR QUAL <= OR =< OT QUAL <> HE - COMMAND IS WHAT GIVES THE COMPUTER ITS INTELLIGENCE. OU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THAT TO WORK. HEN THE COMMAND EXECUTES CODE AT 65520. OU WILL NOTICE THAT WE CAN PUT MORE THAN ONE COMMAND ON A PROGRAM LINE, SEPARATED BY COLONS. CTUALLY, YOU HAVE TWO SCREEN LINES AVAILABLE FOR EACH PROGRAM LINE. ACK TO PLOTTING TEXT ON THE SCRERESULT IS NOT PARTICULARLY ELEGANT, WHAT WITH BREAK IN 20 READY. APPEARING ON THE SCREEN. UT THIS AN INFINITE LOOP. E HAPPY WE HAVE A [] KEY! (AVE YOU EVER HAD YOUR INDOWS "HANG?" O COMBINATION OF KEYS, NOT EVEN THE [--] WILS VALUE. HINK OF IT THIS WAY. IS A BOX, RIGHT? NSIDE THAT BOX, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM IS A VALUE OF NOTHING. O, WE TAKE THE NOTHING OUT OF THE BOX, ADD ONE TO IT, & PUT THE RESULT BACK IN THE BOX. HE PROGRAM LOOPS, & NOW CONTAINS 1. E T THE GENIE IS NOT TOO BRIGHT. T DOES EXACTLY WHAT YOU TELL IT TO -- IF IT UNDERSTANDS WHAT YOU MEAN. ( WILL BET YOU HAVE SUFFERED A LOT OF S!) O WITH THE - COMMAND, WE TELL THE GENIE TO CHANGE THE FLOW OF THE PROGRAM WHEN A CERTAIN TURALLY LEARN BY HEART. S WITH ALL PROGRAMMING, WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE WAY TO DO MOST ANYTHING. HAT IS PART OF THE FUN -- FINDING THE BEST WAY -- FOR SPEED AND/OR ELEGANCE -- TO ACCOMPLISH A GOAL. IME FOR ANOTHER TINY PROGRAM, SO & ENTER: 10 ?"[C'S NOT EVEN A GOOD INPUT ROUTINE. OU WILL NOTICE THIS MOST IF YOU TRY USING [ELETE] OR A CURSOR KEYSTROKE. HE DISPLAYED TEXT GETS ALL MESSY. UT LETS LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE DONE. E PUT NOTHING ("") IN $, & A LITTLE POINTER ("<") IN C$. HEN WE PRINT SIMPLE. UT HOW DO WE GET RID OF THOSE THINGS THAT MESS UP THE PRINTING OF OUR LINE? F YOU GUESSED, "SING - COMMANDS," YOU ARE RIGHT. OW TO FIGURE OUT WHAT NUMBERS TO PUT IN SUCH COMMANDS. DD THESE TWO LINES TO THE TOP OF YOUR PROGRAM: 1 GETCONDITION APPLIES. ND COUNTING IS JUST ONE POSSIBLE CONDITION. ERE IS ANOTHER 40 IF PEEK(198)=0 THEN 20 45 POKE198,0 ERE WE ARE USING ANOTHER "SYSTEM RESOURCE," A LOCATION IN MEMORY THAT USES FOR ITS OWN PURPOSES. OCATION 198 HOLDS HOW MANY T LR]" 20 ?"ELLO, ORLD!" 30 GETZ$ 40 IF Z$="" THEN 20 HE COMMAND GETS A KEYSTROKE, IF ANY, & PUTS IT IN THE STRING VARIABLE YOU DESIGNATE. ALWAYS USE $. T IS A HABIT OF MINE. N FACT, USE $ FOR NOTHING ELSE.HE COMPARISON IN LINE 40 IS TO SE THEM ON THE HOME ROW IN LINE 30. OTICE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE SEMI-COLONS BETWEEN STRING VARIABLES. HE $ TELLS THE COMPUTER WHERE EACH VARIABLE ENDS. HEN WE GET $. F IT IS EMPTY (CALLED "NULL"), WE LOOP BACK TO THE SAME LINE NUMBER. ! E LOOP T Z$:IFZ$="" THEN1 2 ?ASC(Z$):GOTO1 ($) RETURNS THE NUMBER YOU PUT IN $(N) TO GET THE CHARACTER. O PRESS [A]. EP -- 65. ETS TRY SEVERAL OTHER CHARACTERS WE DO NOT WANT IN $. ELETE 20 NSERT 148 URSOR P 145 URSOR N 17 URSOR FT 157 URSOR  IMES A KEY HAS BEEN PRESSED SINCE THE LAST TIME KEYPRESSES WERE COLLECTED BY THE SYSTEM. ND, HOW ABOUT THAT -- WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED ANOTHER COMMAND. (LOC) PEEKS UNDER RIGHT INTO A MEMORY LOCATION ITSELF. ND WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE , , E IF $ HOLDS ANYTHING -- OR RATHER, IF IT IS EQUAL TO NOTHING, WHICH IS INDICATED BY 2 DOUBLE-QUOTES. S LONG AS IT HOLDS NOTHING, THE PROGRAM LOOPS. HIS IS MORE ELEGANT, THAN THE (198) -- & FULL OF POSSIBILITIES. ECAUSE WE CAN STRING STRINGS TOGO THE PRINT LINE. HANGE LINE 40 TO GO TO LINE 40. T IS NEATER THAT WAY. F A KEY HAS BEEN PRESSED, LINE 60 ADDS (CONCATENATES) $ TO THE END OF $. (HAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU USED $=$+$? HEN THE PROGRAM LOOPS. OW LINE 50 IS INTERESTING. E MUST CHT 29 OME 19 147 : LACK 144 HITE 5 ED 28 YAN 159 URPLE 156 REEN 30 LUE 31 ELLOW 158 RANGE 129 ROWN 149 T ED 150 K RAY 151 ED RAY 152 T REEN 153 T LUE 154 T RAY 155 OW, THAT IS QUITE A LIST -- & DOING AN - FOR EAC & , BECAUSE THE 64 HAS A LOT MORE POWER THAN 2.0 CAN HANDLE. N THIS CASE, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE KEYBOARD QUEUE, THE NUMBER OF KEYSTROKES WAITING TO BE PROCESSED. F 0, THEN THE PROGRAM LOOPS. F NOT, WE A 0 INTO 198 (TO CLEAN THINGS UP ETHER. ID MENTION "CONCATENATION?" T IS A POWERFUL ABILITY OF . ERE IS YET ANOTHER SMALL PROGRAM TO TRY. DO HOPE YOU ARE TYPING THESE IN, LOOKING THEM OVER, RUNNING THEM, THEN LISTING & LOOKING AT THEM AGAIN. KNOW AM, EVEN AS WRITE. 10ECK $ FOR A [] KEY PRESS. UT WE CANNOT USE A [] IN THE PROGRAM LINE, BECAUSE IT WILL ENTER THE LINE INTO MEMORY. O WE MUST USE A $(N), WHICH TURNS A NUMBER INTO A CHARACTER STRING. OU MIGHT TRY THIS: ?CHR$(65) OU SHOULD SEE AN "A" PH ONE WOULD TAKE A LOT OF LINES -- & A LOT OF TIME. UT PERHAPS YOU SEE A PATTERN HERE? HESE NUMBERS FALL INTO TWO RANGES: 5 - 31 & 144 - 159. O WE CAN ELIMINATE THESE KEYSTROKES WITH 2 - COMMANDS. IRST, BREAK OUT OF THIS LOOP BY PRESSING []A BIT), & END THE PROGRAM. PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE PUT 198 IN A VARIABLE 16 KEY=198 40 IF PEEK(KEY)=0 THEN 20 45 POKE KEY,0 OOKS MUCH NICER, EH? OWEVER, AS YOU LEARN YOUR WAY AROUND THE 64, YOU WILL DISCOVER 198 IS ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS YOU WILL NA ?"[CLR]" 20 W$="":C$="<" 30 ?"[HOME]"W$C$ 40 GETZ$:IF Z$="" THEN30 50 IF Z$=CHR$(13) THEN END 60 W$=W$+Z$ 70 GOTO30 OU JUST WROTE YOUR FIRST ATTEMPT AT A WORD PROCESSOR! T'S NOT A OOD WORD PROCESSOR. N FACT, AS YOU PLAY WITH IT, YOU MIGHT NOTICE ITRINTED ON THE SCREEN. VERY CHARACTER HAS A NUMBER. N FACT, INSIDE THE COMPUTER, THERE ARE NO CHARACTERS -- ONLY NUMBERS. $(13) IS THE CHARACTER. HIS IS ANOTHER NUMBER YOU WILL MEMORIZE. O, IF $ HOLDS A , THEN THE PROGRAM ENDS. HAT . HEN TYPE 1 [] 2 [] HAT IS ALL YOU NEED TO DO TO REMOVE A PROGRAM LINE -- ENTER ITS LINE NUMBER. OW ADD THESE TWO LINES: 54 Z=ASC(Z$) 55 IF Z>=5 & Z<=31 THEN 40 56 IF Z>=144 & Z<=159 THEN 40 IST YOUR PROGRAM & FOLLOW THE LOGIC. E HIRST. O IF IS IN EITHER RANGE, THEN THE PROGRAM LOOPS. OW -- THAT MAY HAVE YOU SCRATCHING YOUR HEAD. ON'T WORRY. ANY CONCEPTS TAKE TIME TO TAKE ROOT. O, WHILE WE ARE ON THE SUBJECT, LET'S LOOK AT EXACTLY HAPPENS IN A COMPARISON. 1 A = 7 2 ?A<10 =X-1 161 IFZ$="[RIGHT]" THEN X=X+1 162 IFZ$="[UP]" THEN Y=Y-1 163 IFZ$="[DOWN]" THEN Y=Y+1 HAT SHOULD GET YOU STARTED HE MORE YOU FIDDLE AROUND WITH THESE IDEAS, THE MORE YOU WILL BE READY FOR OUR NEXT LESSON. '5|wu^)wWJr]WJ{Y)|)m)JUEFF EDGER HTTP://WWW.PETSCII.COM/ - LEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF Y NAME IS EFF EDGER. LIVE IN RRVILLE, WITH MY WIFE & 3 CHILDREN, ICHAEL, ATTHEW, & ICHELLE. - HAT IS YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH = MACHINES HE 64 KICKED OFF MY FASCINATIAVE USED (Z$) TO GET THE CHARACTER VALUE (CALLED THE VALUE) OF THE KEY PRESS. HEN WE SEE IF IS REATER HAN OR QUAL O 5 IS ESS HAN OR QUAL O 31. HE MEANS THAT BOTH CONDITIONS MUST BE TRUE FOR THE TO BE TRUE. MAGINE = 29. 3 ?A>10 4 END UN THIS DAB OF CODE. OU SHOULD GET -1 0 N ON THE 64, TRUE IS -1 & FALSE IF 0. ND IF YOU MUST KNOW, THE - COMMAND ONLY WORRIES ABOUT FALSE. DD THESE LINES: 4 IF 0 THEN ?"ALSE" 5 IF 1 THEN ?"RUE" 6 STOP OU WILL SEE  O EASILY POST PERSONAL UPDATES ABOUT A PROJECT. VER THE PAST FEW YEARS IT HAS MORPHED INTO A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR = ENTHUSIASTS. ECTIONS INCLUDE , , UACKING, ACKING, , ETROBITS ODCAST DISCUSSION, & EIF'S RTILLERY UAL. HE FO ON WITH COMPUTERS AT AN EARLY AGE. DDICTION TO TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO THIS DAY, AS SPEND MY DAYS AS A SELF-EMPLOYED TECHNOLOGIST, DEALING WITH MORE MODERN MACHINES DURING THE DAY, & TINKERING WITH MY = IN MY HOBBY TIME. - YOU RUN THE WEBSITE WWW. S 29 REATER OR QUAL TO 5? .S 29 ESS OR QUAL TO 31? . HEN 29 IS IN THE RANGE OF 5 - 31 -- & WE LOOP BACK UP TO LINE 40. HE SAME WORKS IN LINE 56 FOR THE HIGHER RANGE. IS A OGIC PERATOR, & WORKS LIKE: ESULT ALSE ALSE  THAT CHECKING FOR A 0 IN A VARIABLE IS VERY EASY. HESE TWO LINES DO EXACTLY THE SAME THING: IF A<>0 THEN 50000 IF A THEN 50000 UT IF CONFUSED YOU, DO APOLOGIZE. R BETTER YET, WITH IT. E HAVE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND IN THIS SECTION. E HRUMS ARE MODERATED STRONGLY, TO ENCOURAGE "OOD ASTE & OOD UDGMENT" & DISCOURAGE PERSONAL FLAME ATTACKS & WARS. NYONE IS WELCOME TO SIGNUP & ENJOY GOOD CONVERSATION. HE FORUM ALSO HAS THE ADDRESS OF HTTP://FORUMS.PETSCII.COM. - YOU ALSO HAVE LINKPETSCII.COM PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THE IT FEW YEARS AGO STARTED A WEBSITE FOR A = PROJECT WAS WORKING ON, 1 WEB- SITE BECAME SEVERAL WITH MULTIPLE DOMAINS. O . IS AN ATTEMPT TO BRING EVERYTHING UNDER ONE ROOF. - YOU ALSO RUN THE FORUMALSE ALSE RUE ALSE RUE ALSE ALSE RUE URE RUE O, ONLY WHEN ARE RUE, THEN THE ESULT IS RUE.E HAVE ANOTHER OGIC PERATOR WE CAN USE IN - COMMANDS: ESULT ALSE ALSE ALSE ALSE RUE RUE RUE ALSAVE GIVEN YOU ALMOST ENOUGH TO WRITE AN ARCADE GAME! OU KNOW HOW TO PRINT. OU KNOW HOW TO POSITION YOUR PRINTING ON THE SCREEN. (SYS PLOT) OU KNOW HOW TO GET KEYSTROKES. (GETZ$) OU KNOW HOW TO DO MATH WITH NUMERIC VARIABLES. OU KNOW HOW TO USE S TO , WHO CREATED THIS LANGUAGE & WHAT IS ITS USAGE , OR OMMODORE ARKUP ANGUAGE IS A CONCEPT OF A PARALLEL WEB RUNNING EMBEDDED INSIDE OF EXISTING EBAGES, JUST FOR MY FAVORITE MACHINE. NITIALLY, T WAS RELEASED WITH A SERVER PROGRAM, WHI HTTP://JLEDGER.PROBOARDS19.COM/ INDEX.CGI VAILABLE AS A LINK FROM THE MAIN WEBSITE WHAT DOES THE FORUM COVER & WHO IS WELCOME ON THIS SERVICE HE FORUMS WERE NEVER REALLY INTENDED TO BECOME WHAT THEY HAVE. STARTED THE FORUM AREA AS A PLACE TE RUE RUE RUE RUE F EITHER (OR BOTH) ARE RUE, THEN THE ESULT IS RUE. OW WITH THIS, WE CAN PUT BOTH -S INTO ONE: 55 (Z>=5 Z<=31) OR (Z>=144 <=59) 40 S WITH MATH, THE COMPARISONS ARE DONE IN THE PARENTHESES F- COMMANDS TO ADD INTELLIGENCE TO YOUR COMPUTER. HAT IS LEFT? OTS OF STUFF! UT YOU HAVE THE ESSENTIALS. RY TO USE THE CURSOR KEYS TO MOVE A DOT AROUND THE SCREEN. ERE IS A GOOD PIECE OF CODE: 150 GETZ$:IFZ$=""THEN 150 160 IFZ$="[LEFT]" THEN XCH OULD FETCH EBAGES AT THE REQUEST OF A 64, PARSE THEM FOR COMMANDS & SEND THE RESULTS BACK OVER A SERIAL LINK TO BE DISPLAYED. HAT RENDITION FEATURED THE ABILITY TO EMBED GRAPHICS, UNCTION KEY HYPERLINKS, & SPRITES INTO A STANDARD WEBSOTTEN THE THRILL OF ACCOMPLISHMENT IN MAKING SOMETHING THEMSELVES & SEEING IT WORK. - HAT = MACHINES DO YOU USE EVERAL 64'S HAVE FOUND SAFE HARBOR AT MY HOUSE, COUPLE 128'S, A COUPLE 20'S, AN MIGA, EVEN A COUPLE +4S. N 64 LOADED WITH IFF A RECREATION OF THE UANTUM INK SERVER RUNNING IN INUX, WHICH IS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE ORIGINAL LINK CLIENT SOFTWARE TO PERMIT MULTI-USER CHAT, GAMES, & MESSAGES. UANTUM INK DEMONSTRATES MANY FEATURES WE TAKE FOR GRANTED NOW WITH THE NTERN CONNECTION. 'VE UPDATED IT THIS YEAR TO INCLUDE EMULATION VARIATIONS AS WELL. ERE'S A LIST OF WHAT'S INSIDE: ITE, HIDDEN IN THE REMARKS, WHICH COULD READ & TRANSLATE INTO 40 COLUMNS INTERNET. URRENTLY, IS BEING INTEGRATED INTO EMPORAL ORTEXEL (BBS.PETSCII.COM PORT:6400), & BEING REWRITTEN TO USE "SPICE "FOR GRAPHICS & SOUND. - HAT LEVEL USER Y IS MY FAVORITE & CAN BE FOUND ON MY WORKTABLE READY FOR USE. - ID THE SITE GO DOWN FOR A WHILE, NOTICED A STATEMENT "ANY PERSONAL PROJECTS WHICH WERE PUT "ON HOLD" THIS YEAR DUE TO SERIOUS REAL LIFE CONCERNS" WERE YOU ILL & THE MAIN Q ET. T CAN BE USED FROM BOTH EMULATOR, AS WELL AS A TRUE 64 WITH A SERIAL CONNECTION. KNOW THAT READERS OUTSIDE THE WILL HAVE LITTLE FAMILIARITY WITH THE ORIGINAL LINK SERVICE, BUT IT WAS A HOT ITEM BACK IN THE DAY. N 1990, UANTUM INK BE OMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT = ELING CAN BE FOUND AT HTTP://TELBBS.PETSCII.COM. - HAT PLANS DO YOU HAVE FOR ? HAVE MORE = RELATED ARCHIVES & INFO ON VARIOUS PROJECTS & INTERFACES WHICH HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO POST  ARE YOU Y WIFE WOULD ANSWER THIS QUESTION WITH THE WORD, "CONTINUOUS." N THE = FRONT, CONSIDER MYSELF AN "EXTREME POWER USER." 'M STILL WORKING MY WAY THROUGH MY AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF IM UTTERFIELD'S MACHINE LANGUAGE BOOK. SPENT MOST OF MY TIME UESTION ARE YOU OK NOW? ES, DID DUCK OUT OF THE SCENE FOR MOST OF LAST YEAR. 2006 WAS A ROUGH YEAR FOR OUR FAMILY. E DISCOVERED THAT ALL THREE OF OUR CHILDREN HAVE ILSON'S DISEASE, WHICH IS A GENETIC PROBLEM WITH THE LIVER. T'S A SCARY THING TO  CAME MERICA NLINE, DROPPING THE OMMODORE SERVICE. UANTUM INK ELOADED IS A REMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN SEVERAL PEOPLE COME TOGETHER SHARE THEIR PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. 'M PROUD THAT FORUMS WAS ABLE TO BECOME THE PLACE WYET. S TIME PERMITS, THE SITE WILL EXPAND. - O YOU HAVE ANY OTHER PLANS IN THE FOR = ACHINES? N THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, 'VE FOUND MYSELF INSPIRED BY SOME OF THE GREAT WORK IN THE FORM OF HARDWARE DEVICES THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED FROM MANY DIRECTIO, BACK IN THE DAY, CAUGHT UP IN THE PIRACY & SCENES. OMETIMES A LACK OF KNOWING ALL THE RULES WORKS WELL BECAUSE IT ALLOWS ME TO BE CREATIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THAT " REALLY COULDN'T DO SOMETHING." 'M A DANGEROUS MAN WITH A SOLDERING PENCIL, BUT PERHDISCOVER THAT YOUR CHILDREN HAVE SOMETHING FOR WHICH THERE IS NO CURE. ITH ADJUSTED DIET, & MEDICINE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE LONG HEALTHY LIVES. E ALL HAD TO GO THRU ADJUSTMENTS & MANY HOSPITAL VISITS WHILE THIS WAS GOTTEN UNDER CONTROL. VERYONE ISHERE EVERYTHING COULD BE BROUGHT TOGETHER. HTTP://WWW.PETSCII.COM/QLINK FOR DETAILS. - ONE GREAT PROJECT IS THE "EFF EDGER'S GUIDE TO GETTING YOUR = ONLINE." AVAILABLE FROM THE LINK ON YOUR WEBSITE & FROM HTTP://WWW.PETSCII.COM/ TELBBS/CNS FOR OUR FAVOURITE LITTLE . 'VE SPENT SOME TIME DISCOVERING THE WORLD OF PROGRAMMABLE MICROPROCESSORS, FIRST WITH THE SIMPLE CHIP, NOW WITH THE ROPELLER CHIP CREATED BY HIP RACEY. (OU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT NAME, AS HE WAS THE ONE WHO CREATAPS THAT MAKES ME THE PERFECT PERSON TO PAVE THE WAY FOR OTHERS WHO ARE TOO TIMID TO START THEIR OWN = HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE PROJECT. 'M A BIG PROMOTER OF PEOPLE LEARNING HOW TO MAKE THEIR OWN INTERFACES, OR CABLES, ETC. THINK PEOPLE TODAY HAVE FORG DOING BETTER NOW. - WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP . OIN THE FORUMS & GET INVOLVED IN CONVERSATION! - ELL US ABOUT LINK & ITS REVIVAL - HOW IS THE PROJECT GOING UANTUM INK ELOADED IS AN AMAZING PROJECT THAT WAS HEADED BY IM RAIN. T IS64ONLINE.PDF DOWNLOADED ANOTHER COPY AS NOTICE ITS BEEN UPDATED, THE VERSION AM LOOKING AT IS ARCH 2007 PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THIS RESOURCE HIS GUIDE IS A STEP-BY-STEP WALK THRU FOR GETTING THE 64 CONNECTED TO A EL USING A SIMPLE SERIAL TO ED , A GAME CRACKING DEVICE BACK IN THE 80'S) HESE INEXPENSIVE MICROCONTROLLERS PROVIDE A LOT OF BANG, & IN MY OPINION PROVIDE NCREDIBLE ADD-ON POWER FOR THE =. RELEASED BEGINNERS GUIDE LAST YEAR FOR INTERFACING THE 64. T CAN BE DOWNLOADENOCK OFF HARDWARE THAT ALREADY EXISTS. SUSPECT THE = NAME WAS PURCHASED FOR THE USE OF NAME RECOGNITION REASONS ALONE. T LEAST HAVE SOME COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT A OOGLE SEARCH PRODUCES TOP LINKS TO THE PROUD HERITAGE THAT IS & ONCE WAS =. - U= ADAPTOR PDATE - 26 07 WWW.COMMODRESCENE.ORG.UK PDATES TO THE = PAGE (& ALL THE OTHER PAGES HERE TOO FOR THAT MATTER) HAVE NOT BEEN FOREMOST ON MY JOB LIST RECENTLY. AM STILL IN THE THROWS OF SORTING OUT THE MESS OF ALL TS & PIECES THAT GO INTO SUCH A PROJECT. O, BY THE END OF AY 2007 WE WILL KNOW ONE WAY OR THE OTHER IF THE = WILL BE COMPLETED OR TERMINATED. ERE'S HOPING! OTE : HAVE JUST TRIED TO SEND EVERYONE ON THE EMAIL LIST AN UPDATED NOTE BUT THE LIST D FROM HTTP://WWW.PETSCII.COM/ C64INTERFACING.PDF ART 2 IS CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS. - SEE YOU AS QUITE A LEADING FIGURE IN THE = COMMUNITY WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT 'M FLATTERED, BUT REALLY DON'T SEE MYSELF AS ANYTHING MORE THAN A = ACTIVISF YOU HAD 1 MILLION POUNDS WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH IT? ET'S SEE, THAT'S AROUND $1.9 MILLION DOLLARS AT CURRENT CURRENCY RATES. THINK THE FIRST THING WOULD DO IS BUY THE = BRAND FROM IT'S CURRENT OWNERS WITH AN OFFER THEY COULDN'T REFUSE, SELL ONJECT FAIL WOULD BE A HUGE BLOW AS HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME & A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY & HARDWARE ON IT. LSO, IF THIS FAILS WILL HAVE THE ADDED HASSLE OF REFUNDING THE MONEY, MOST OF WHICH HAS BEEN SPENT ON PURCHASING COMPONENTS, SOFTWARE & OTHER BIPICTURES DON'T CAUSE LINES? 'VE HAD THIS BEHAVIOUR WITH VARIOUS DIGITIZING- SYSTEMS (MOSTLY ) BEFORE, & FROM WHAT GATHERED IT BOILS DOWN TO THIS: HE STANDARD VIEWABLE -SIGNAL HAS 625 LINES, & THE C64 ONLY PROVIDES 624 (312 RASTERLINESX2 HALFPIC T WITH A BIG MOUTH. UR COMMUNITY IS PRIVILEGED TO HAVE SOME REAL MAGICIANS IN OUR RANKS. 'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH THE CALIBER OF PEOPLE 'M ABLE TO RUB SHOULDERS WITH AT THE EXPOS & SHOWS. - HATS NEXT FOR =, WHEN WILL THE LIMIT OF THE MACH E DOLLAR SHARES OF = STOCK TO THE CURRENT COMMUNITY, PERMITTING THEM UNLIMITED USE OF THE TRADEMARK & NAME FOR NON-COMMERCIAL = PROJECTS & SOFTWARE WITH THE PURCHASE OF A SINGLE SHARE OF =. = SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE PEOPLE WHO TRULY LOVE IT. QU SEE IF IT IS VIABLE TO CONTINUE THE PROJECT & GET IT FINISHED THIS YEAR. F NOBODY IS WILLING TO FINISH OFF THIS PROJECT THEN IT WILL BE CANCELLED & ALL MONEY WILL BE REFUNDED TO THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED OVER THE YEARS. N A PERSONAL NOTE, TO SEE THIS PRO OW CAN YOU MAKE THE PICTURE CRISP WHEN THE -OUTPUT OF THE 64 IS ALREADY SO BAD? HE PICTURE IS CRISP BECAUSE THE OUTPUT IS A 1:1 REPRODUCTION OF THE / SIGNAL (MINUS SOME PIXELS ON THE TOP/BOTTOM/LEFT/RIGHT). 3) ID YOU CHECK THAT NTERLACED INE BE REACHED VERY TIME SUSPECT WE'VE FOUND THE LIMITS, IT SEEMS THAT GLANCE UP & SEE MILES TO GO. - NOTICE OMMODORE GAMING HAS RELEASED A "GAMING MACHINE" BASICALLY A AST IN A CUSTOM CASE WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT. 'M TRULY SADDENED BARTER MILLION WOULD BE SPENT ON THE BIGGEST COMPUTING MUSEUM ANYONE HAS EVER SEEN, COMPLETE WITH HANDS-ON LABS, MEETING ROOMS & EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. - INALLY IS THERE ANY QUESTION YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BEEN ASKED 'VE PROBABLY EXPANDED YOUR FILE  NOT THE END OF THE =. HIS IS WHAT HAVE PLANNED, IN AY GO TO LORIDA ON A FAMILY HOLIDAY, WILL BE COLLECTING ALL MY OMMODORE STUFF FROM EIL & ANY STUFF RELATING TO = & BRING IT BACK. ETWEEN NOW & THEN AM TALKING WITH 2 OR 3 PEOPLE TO T: 1) HAT NATIVE RESOLUTION WILL THE - SCREEN RUN IN? 640X480X60Z FIXED FOR , 768X576X50Z FIXED FOR . HIS IS A LIMITATION OF THE SIGNAL GENERATING CHIP USED. UTPUT LOOKS GREAT ON 'S [S FLICKER A BIT BUT LOOK GOOD OTHERWISE] 2)Y WHAT SEE IS THE EXPLOITATION OF THE OMMODORE NAME. OTHING ABOUT THESE NEW S RESEMBLES THE INNOVATION PRODUCED BY OF YEARS GONE BY. F THE NEW = WANTED TO HOLD UP THE STANDARD, THEY SHOULD BE CREATING NEW TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION INSTEAD OF KSIZE BY DOUBLE ALREADY WITH THE LENGTH OF MY ANSWERS. OU'VE DONE A GOOD INTERVIEW! - EFF THANKS FOR YOUR TIME Y PLEASURE. s䧩|7%|uu.J|ݗys\)r\ϒWZJly]W[9J|ܗUs\)s{s)uds䧩u^5ϒw%W^s_)u_g>Jv^zJ){)J THE REFUNDS FROM ORDERS RELATING TO AURICE. O, WHATS HAPPENING WITH THE =? ELL, AFTER A SPELL OF NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTACT EIL ABOUT THE PROJECT & HE NO LONGER CAN CONTINUE HIS WORK AS HIS TIME & EXPERTISE ARE NEEDED ELSE- WHERE - - THAT IS IS CORRUPT, CAN'T REBUILD IT FOR A FIFTH TIME SO ALL FUTURE NEWS WILL BE MADE HERE UNLESS CAN FIND A RECENT EMAIL DATABASE. - 28 05 ECENTLY A FEW VERY GOOD QUESTIONS WERE ASKED ABOUT THE OUTPUT RESOLUTIONS. THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO READ I TURES). O APPARENTLY THE RAMEBASE CORRECTOR TRIES TO "FIX" THIS & MOVES HALF OF THE INTERLACED PICTURE UP A LITTLE BIT. HIS LEADS TO VERY UGLY LINES THAT ONLY SHOW WITH INTERLACED PICTURES, ESPECIALLY ! HE /-TO- ROUTINE IS BUILT INTO A  ITS FORMAT TO MY MACHINE. FINALLY GOT IT TWEAKED ENOUGH TO TRY SOME BOARDS, 'LL TRY TO HAVE SOME PICTURES TO YOU TONIGHT, IF HAVE TIME. OW SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROTOTYPE THE LATEST VERSION OF THE = BOARD & TRY IT ALL OUT. WOULDN'T SAY IT'S  COSTS) USING A HAND PICK & PLACE MACHINE, THAT HAVE ACCESS TO, A IMA 600. QUICK THROW THROUGH A REFLOW OVEN (ALSO IN THE SAME BUILDING WITH THAT MACHINE) WILL PRODUCE A PROFESSIONAL QUALITY BOARD. HIS WILL SAVE ME FROM HAVING TO MANUALLY SOLDER SCROLLING DEMOS, THERE IS NO NOTICABLE TEARING OR ARTIFACTS THAT CAN SEE. - 19 05 S THE TESTING OF THE 80 COLUMN MODE OF THE 128 IS SOON TO BEGIN THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE TO SHARE OUR THOUGHTS WITH YOU ALL. EST THE = TO ITS LH THAT). ORKING ON WEEKENDS DOESN'T HELP EITHER.. ABOR AY IS THIS ONDAY, SO 'LL GET A LOT ACCOMPLISHED. HAVE MOST OF THE PROBLEMS OUT OF THE WAY, #1 BEING THE FABRICATION PART.. BOUGHT A MILL ABOUT A MONTH AGO. T'S A FULL MILL, ACCURATSPLAYS IT ON MY COMPUTER) IN CASE THE STEPPER MOTORS LOSE "COUNT"... 'M ALSO REPLACING THE POWER SUPPLY WITH ONE FOUND ON BAY... Y LAB POWER SUPPLY IS ONLY 3 AMPS, NOT ENOUGH FOR SMOOTH OPERATION. RECIEVED A 10,000 KIT THIS WEEK WHICH ALLOWS ON IT NOW. 'VE BEEN LEARNING MY PROGRAM, WHICH IS 1006 PAGES LONG.... ALSO HAD TO BUY A CONTROL PROGRAM TO RUN THE MACHINE, WHICH WAS $160, WITH ITS OWN 500+ PAGE MANUAL. LSO HAD TO MODIFY A SCRIPT TO GET MY SCHEMATIC PROGRAM TO CONVERTPROTOTYPE BOARD). WILL USE 0.012" END MILLS, ALONG WITH CARBIDE DRILLS TO MAKE THE DESIGN... (THEN A 60 DEGREE SPADE CUTTER TO SCORE THE BOARDS, YOU BREAK THEM APART AFTER BEING MILLED) THE PARTS WILL BE SURFACE MOUNTED TO SAVE COST (LABOR & COMPONENTP-TO-SPEC REFRESH RATE MOST S CANNOT DO? IKE 49 Z OR STH? ILL THERE BE PROBLEMS WITH DEVICES THAT AREN'T AS FLEXIBLE WITH TIMINGS AS S OR S LIKE E.G. A BEAMER OR A LASMA-? HE CHIP USES 50HZ TO MY KNOWLEDGE. 'VE WATCHED SEVERAL & , WORKING OVERTIME, PLUS GOING TO SCHOOL.... AVING 20 OR SO MINUTES EVERY NIGHT DOESN'T REALLY WORK FOR ENGINEERING STUFF, BY THE TIME YOU DRAG EVERYTHING OUT, YOU'RE THROWING EVERYTHING BACK INTO A BOX.... ('VE MOVED AGAIN, BUT WON'T BOTHER YOU WITARD TO SEE IF CAN LOOK AT VIDEO... IGHT NOW AM WAITING ON A REPLACEMENT STEPPER MOTOR FOR THE , WHICH NEED BEFORE MAKING A PROTOTYPE BOARD. 'M ALSO CURRENTLY INSTALLING A DIGITAL READOUT SYSTEM (WHICH READS THE POSITION & SPINDLE & DI DOUBT IN THE WILL HAVE EVER SEEN IT AT ALL. O GIVE YOU AN IDEA, YOU NEED A ERMAN 128 WITH 64K RAM & A 1084 MONITOR, NOTHING ELSE WILL DO. - 24 05 ROM EIL - "HE IS FINALLY UP & RUNNING TODAY, 'M RUNNING SOME BOARDRE HOLES WILL BE MACHINED INTO RECTANGULAR PLATES... 'LL BUY THE MATERIAL ANODIZED, & THEN ENGRAVE THE TEXT INTO THE ANODIZATION... HE CIRCUIT BOARDS WILL ALSO BE MILLED (MY LAST STOPPING POINT WAS SO THAT COULD GET THE WORKING TO MAKE MY NEXT HARDWARE CHIP.. T LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. OT STUDIO-GOOD, BUT GOOD FOR HOME/GAME USE. 4) T USE THE MUCH BETTER / SIGNAL AS A BASIS FOR THE CONVERSION & NOT , RIGHT? ES. 5) OESN'T 100% SMOOTH SCROLLING REQUIRE SOME SORT OF WEIRD NOT-QUITE- U READY TO IT YET, BUT 'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THE PROGRESS ANYWAY." - 3 05 ERE IS THE ABRIDGED VERSION OF THE LATEST E-MAIL FROM EIL: - 'M STILL HERE, ASSURE YOU HAVE BEEN MAKING PROGRESS LATELY.... 'VE JUST BEEN VERY BUSY AT WORK 100+ BOARDS (WHICH WOULD NEVER HAVE TIME FOR. HIS WAY, SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO 100 BOARDS IN AN 8-HOUR DAY. HAVE THE 7110 TALKING TO THE MICROCONTROLLER ( HAD TO WRITE SOME 2C ROUTINES FROM SCRATCH), JUST HAVE TO ASSEMBLE MY NEW PROTOTYPE BO IMITS IT WAS DECIDED TO USE THE ULTIMATE DEMO - HE XPERIENCE - BECAUSE THIS DEMO IS SO SPECIFIC IN NOT ONLY THE TYPE OF 128 YOU USE BUT ALSO THE TYPE OF MONITOR YOU HAVE, IT WILL BE DEMANDING. OT MANY PEOPLE IN THE HAVE SEEN THIS DEMO &  E DOWN TO 0.0005" ON FINISHED PARTS (0.00127 CENTIMETERS).. IT WILL DO ALUMINUM, STEEL, PLASTIC, BRASS/BRONZE, STAINLESS STEEL, TITANIUM, ETC.. ANYTHING A FULLSIZE CAN DO. 'LL BE USING IT FOR THE FRONT & BACK CONNECTOR PANEL ON THE BOXES. LL THE SQUA S ME TO SPIN THE MOTOR FAST ENOUGH TO DO BOARDS. 'M ALSO RIGGING A VACUUM SYSTEM WITH A EPA FILTER TO KEEP THE FIBERGLASS DUST DOWN. 'LL HOPEFULLY GIVE YOU ANOTHER UPDATE ONCE MY MOTOR IS IN & MACHINE A BOARD OR TWO - EIL LL THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVETIFACTS.... HE 64 'INTERLACING' TRICK OF ALTERNATING PIXEL COLORS TO INCREASE PALLETE WORKS JUST AS GOOD AS ON MY 1702 = MONITOR. HE COLORS ON THE LOOK MORE VIVID THAN THE 1702, WHICH COULD BE A GOOD OR BAD THING... HAVEN'T TRIED TO TWEAK THE CEM IF IT DOESN'T WORK WITH THE K1. ILL IT WORK IN 128 80 COLUMN MODE? - ES. HE = WILL WORK IN 64 40 COL MODE, 128 40 & 80 COL MODE. - LL COLOUS WILL BE SUPPORTED UNLIKE OLDER ADAPTERS WHERE 80 COLUMN MODE WAS /. OW MUCH WILL IT COST? - !! O PROVE IT WORKED AS INTENDED EIL TESTED A C64 WITH A 19" SCREEN RUNNING THE EXTREMELY BEAUTIFULL BUT YET VERY GRAPHICALLY DEMANDING EUX X ACHINA DEMO - & IT WORKED SUPERBLY. O THERE WE HAVE IT, AT THE MOMENT THE 40 COLUMNS SIDE OF THIN, BE PATIENT, WE GETTING THERE & GUARANTEE IT WILL BE WORTH THE WAIT. RE ORDERS ARE NO LONGER BEING TAKEN - ANY FURTHER COST WILL BE FUNDED BY MYSELF OR THE DEVELOPER. LEASE E-MAIL OMMODORE CENE MAGAZINE NY TECHNICAL QUERIES WILL BE FOWARDED  EVER MADE SUPPORTS 80 COLUMNS IN FULL COLOR. HIS DEVICE IS BEING MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR ALL OMMODORE OUTPUTS. ILL IT BE BLURRED LIKE OLDER ADAPTERS? - O IT WILL BE CRYSTAL CLEAR & FLICKER FREE IN MODES. HAT WILL THE FINAL BUILD QUALITY BE K :) O FLICKERING AT ALL, SINCE THERE ARE NO PHOSPHORS TO DIM BETWEEN SCANS...." "'VE BEEN USING "EUS X ACHINA" FOR TESTING, IT TRUELY LOOKS BEAUTIFUL ON ALL OF THE DISPLAYS 'VE TESTED. HE SCROLLING/ANIMATION IS SMOOTH, NO TEARING OR AR/VIDEO OUTPUTS TO SAY! HEN THE FIRST UNITS ARE READY FOR TESTING WILL SEND SOME TO A COUPLE OF MIGA GUYS TO TEST VARIOUS PLATFORMS FOR ME. HE K2 = WILL WORK WITH A WIDER VARIETY OF OLDER COMPUTERS & WE'LL TRY TO MAKE SURE THE MIGA IS ONE OF THT WE HAVE AT THE MOMENT HAS BE UNDERGOING LENGTHY PROGRAMMING TO ALIGN THE 40 COL SIGNAL, THIS WAS DIFFICULT & TOOK A TIME BUT IT IS NOW COMPLETE. UPRISINGLY, WHEN THE SIGNAL WAS ADAPTED TO TRY OUT THE 40 COLUMN IT WORKED FIRST TIME ' FACILITIES & TEST EQUIPMENT.... BUT AGAIN, THE PROTOTYPE STAGE SHOULDN'T TAKE LONG AT ALL.... THE DESIGN WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE." OST OF ALL - PLEASE REMEMBER, THIS PROJECT IS BEING DONE IN EIL'S 'SPARE TIME' SO THAT IS WHY IT IS TAKING SO LONGDE DISTRIBUTION IS ALREADY IN PLACE VIA THE OMMODORE CENE MPORTING ERVICE & WE HAVE A DISTRIBUTOR TOO. HERE ARE ALREADY VIDEO CONVERTERS AVAILABLE, WHY NOT USE ONE OF THOSE? - AVE YOU TRIED ONE? HAVE & BELIEVE ME THEY ARE AWFUL. O CONVERTERIS A DEMO ONLY & WILL NOT DISPLAY CORRECTLY ON AN MACHINE, THAT IS, UNTIL THE = IS READY ;-) ROM EIL - "S MENTIONED BEFORE THERE IS A 50HZ FLICKER THAT IS NOTICABLE ON MONITORS.... T DOES HOWEVER LOOK ON MY 19" ELL AT WOR FURTHER MONEY WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL WE CAN GET THE FIRST UNITS DISPATCHED & TESTED. : ILL WORK WITH THE MIGA 1200? - E'VE HAD THIS QUESTION A FEW TIMES & THE HONEST ANSWER IS WE JUST DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE MIGAS AUDIO PRE-ORDERED TO KICK START THIS PROJECT WILL BE PLEASED TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOW DISCUSSING WHAT WE CAN DO TO YOUR ='S TO MAKE THEM EXTRA SPECIAL. LLAN - 27 2005 KAY THEN THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT THE MOMENT: HE ONLY WORKING PROTOTYPE THA OLORS YET, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE HARD TO DO." "OW JUST HAVE TO COMPLETE MY NEW PROTOTYPE, T'S BUILT, BUT NEED TO CHANGE SOME THINGS AROUND & START THE FIRMWARE... ONLY HAVE AN HOUR OR TWO EVERY DAY AFTER WORK FOR PERSONAL PROJECTS, USING MY WORKS STIMATES FOR THE BASIC DEVICE ARE $ 35-40, 24-30 & 40-45 UROS. AN PRE-ORDER? - O, PRE ORDERING IS NOW SUSPENDED. ILL IT BE COMPATIBLE? - ES, THE DEVICE WILL BE & COMPATIBLE. ILL IT BE AVAILABLE IN MY COUNTRY? - ES. ORLDWI GS IS WORKING FINE SO WE NOW HAVE TO GET WORKING ON THE 80 COLUMN MODE. 'LL KEEP YOU ALL POSTED. H, 'VE ALSO UPDATED THE & BELOW. * F YOU WANT TO SEE THIS DEMO FOR YOURSELF YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE D64 IMAGES FROM HERE - 1 - 2 - PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS  ONTO EIL FOR HIM TO ANSWER. F YOU WANT ON THE MAILING LIST FOR THE =, CONTACT US TO ADD YOUR NAME. F YOUR NAME SHOULD BE LISTED PLEASE EMAIL ME WITH DETAILS. : HE FINAL PRICE OF THE = IS NOT DECIDED YET. RE-ORDERING IS NOW ON HOLD & NOLIKE? - HE FINAL DEVICE WILL BE FULLY ENCLOSED & VERY TIDY. HE DEVELOPER TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN ALL HIS PROJECTS & HIS OTHER DEVICES ARE OF THE HIGHEST BUILD QUALITY. ILL THERE BE A PASS-THRU PORT? - ES. OW WILL THE UNIT BE POWERED? - OT SURE JU WWW.COMMODORESCENE.ORG.U APPY IRTHDAY, YSTEM 3! Y ORIS RETZINGER HE LEGENDARY PUBLISHER WAS FOUNDED IN 1982 BY ARK ALE & MERSON EST. HEY BEGAN WITH GAMES FOR THE TARI 800, ON WHICH THE DEBUTED WITH "OLONY 7" HEIR FIRST MAJOR BREAK OB UBBARD, WHO COULDN'T RESIST TO IMPLEMENT A SMALL MUSICAL HOMAGE TO OCKY ... DO YOU KNOW WHERE? N 1987 THE FIRST TITLE OF THE SERIES APPEARS. ECHNICAL OUTSTANDING & HARD TO COMPLETE, THIS GAME BREAKS ALL RECORDS: THE 64 VERSIOHIS WITH A LAST QUOTE FROM ARK ALE: "T'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR 25 YEARS. E'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE INDUSTRY & LOTS OF PEOPLE, SYSTEMS & IDEAS COME & GO. NE THING HAS STAYED THOUGH - GREAT GAMES WILL ALWAYS STAND THE TEST OAL SIGNAL PROCESSING) FUNCTIONS TO IMPROVE SMOOTHNESS & FLICKER. HAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE? - T WILL BE PROFESSIONALLY FINISHED OFF IN A NICE BOX WITH A PRETTY LOGO. HAT HAPPENS IF IT DOESN'T WORK WITH MY MONITOR? - E HOPE THE FINISHED DEVICE WILL BE ' THROUGH, WAS ON THE 64 WITH NTERNATIONAL ARATE & AST INJA SERIES. ODAY, THOSE CLASSICS ARE SUPPOSED TO ROCK THE MARKET ONCE MORE: WITH PYX TITLES LICENSED, YSTEM 3 IS GOING TO REVIVE ALIFORNIA AMES, MPOSSIBLE ISSION & LAST BUT NOT LEAST: AING MEAN THAT OLDER MONITOR PROBABLY WON'T WORK WELL BUT MOST 'S SHOULD BE FINE. ILL BE ABLE TO USE A LAPTOP MONITOR? - F YOUR LAPTOP ALLOWS . ILL IT HAVE A SCAN DOUBLER? - HIS DEVICE A SCAN DOUBLER, IT ALSO HAS SOME NIFTY (DIGIT F TIME." MEN! 1984 PUBLISHES YSTEM 3 THEIR FIRST 64 GAME. ITHOUT THE TAR ARS TITLE LICENSED, THE FORCE ISN'T WITH THEM. EATH TAR IS NOTHING EXTRAORDINARY. N 1986 NTERNATIONAL ARATE ROCKS THEM ALL:  FIRMWARE UPGRADABLE' SO ANY 'TWEAKING' REQUIRED CAN BE UPDATED BY THE USER. ILL NEED A SPECIFIC MONITOR TYPE? - O. NY MONITOR WITH AN () INPUT CAN BE USED, INCLUDING 'S! ROBABLY BEST TO STEER CLEAR OF OLDER MONITORS. ILL IT DO ANYTHI ST INJA. ALE, STILL HEAD OF YSTEM 3, WANTS TO STICK TO THE OLD GAME PLAY & ONLY ADAPT THE CONTROLLING - A NECESSITY WITH INTENDO'S II CONSOLE IN CROSSHAIR FOR THE REMAKES. "OU GOTTA KEEP THE GAME PLAY MECHANICS THE SAME OR ELSE IT CEASES TO BE THE RUNNING IT IS HARD TO SAY WHAT THE QUALITY OF OUTPUT WILL BE. 14"/15" MONITOR WOULD BE ABOUT THE SIZE WE CURRENTLY HAVE SO THAT SHOULD LOOK OKAY. HE PROTOTYPE HAS BEEN PLAY TESTED ON A 19" ELL MONITOR & GAVE SUPERB RESULTS. ROBLEMS DURING TESTIN THE ALONE (ON ALL PLATFORMS) THEY SELL OVER 1.5 MILLION COPIES. HE GAME STAYS FOR 3 MONTHS ON THE NUMBER 1 BILLBOARD POSITION. + ELEASED IN 1987 THROUGHOUT UROPE & BECOMES A BESTSELLER, TOO. Y THE WAY: ACCORDING TO APCOM, THIS GAME IS THE ING ELSE? - HE DEVELOPER PREDICTS ENHANCEMENTS SUCH AS 'HOT KEYS' FOR MUTIPLE COMPUTER SWITCHING, MOUSE CONTROL & OTHER IDEAS. HESE EXTRA FEATURES WILL COST MORE SO FOR THE TIME BEING THE FIRST UNITS WILL BE SIMPLE OMMODORE VIDEO & SOUND IN/OUT CONVERT ORIGINAL GAME & YOU'RE ONLY USING THE GAME BRAND TO SELL GAMES. [...] HE WAY THE CONTROLLERS WORK & THE WHOLE IDEA ACTUALLY WORKS A LOT BETTER THAN ON THE 3 OR 360", SAYS ALE. "HAT WE'RE DOING IS INCORPORATING THE ORIGINAL GAMEPLAY & MECHANICS &  UST YET, WE ARE WORKING ON SEVERAL OPTIONS BUT A GOOD OPTION WOULD BE TO USE A CURRENTLY AVAILABLE SOURCE SUCH A OMMODORE PERIPHERAL SO THAT A SIMPLE 'PIGGY BACK' PLUG COULD BE USED. AN USE ANY SIZE MONITOR? - ROBABLY YES BUT UNTIL THE PROTOTYPE ISNSPIRATION FOR THEIR FAMOUS "TREET IGHTER 2" ... ARTIAL RTS OVIES CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL & THERE IS NO REASON FOR ALE & O NOT TO FOLLOW THIS PATH. ANGKOK NIGHTS FEATURES HUGE SPRITES, DIGISOUND, A HOT NUMBERS GIRL & MUSIC BYERS. HAT ABOUT THE SOUND? - OUND IS TAKEN FROM THE C64 AUDIO/VIDEO PORT & OUTPUT THROUGH A STEREO JACK PORT OR MORE INFO VISIT WWW.COMMODORESCENE.ORG OST MORE SO FOR THE TIME BEING THE FIRST UNITS WILL BE SIMPLE OMMODORE VIDEO & SOUND IN/OUT CONVERTBRINGING THE GAMEPLAY UP TO DATE ..." ET'S WONDER, HOW ALIFORNIA AMES CAN BE PLAYED WITH A NUNCHUCK ... KATING ... URFING ... ... THIS PROMISES TO BE INTERESTING. E'LL WAIT & SEE. UT LET'S TAKE A LOOK BACK ON THEIR GREATEST HITS & INTRODUCE TG ALSO COMES OUT IN 1989. NTERESTING: THE AMICOM VERSION OF THIS TITLE COMES OUT AS "ONAN" IN THE . N REAT RITAIN, IT COMES ALONG IN A SPECIAL MIGA 500 PACKAGE. ESPITE THAT, IT SELLS ABOUT 40,0000 TIMES WORLD WIDE. AYBE INTERESTING FOR COLLECTUNTERVIEW WITH OHAN (HOCKTROOPER) IXTYOUR RIGINALS ATAASE - ELLO WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL OUR READERS ABOUT YOURSELF HE NAME'S OHAN, 'M FROM THE ETHERLANDS. ETTER KNOWN AMONGST C64 ENTHUSIASTS AS HOCKTROOPER. 'M CURRENTLY THE ADMINISO HIGH, THEY CLEARLY UNDERLINE THE EXTRAORDINARY POSITION OF THIS GAME. Y THE WAY: AST INJA COULD BE OUT THIS YEAR - THOUGH NOT FOR OUR 64. URBO HARGE ALSO APPEARS IN 1991. ERY HOT NTRO, AVERAGE STORY. HE ONES WHO DROVE FROM LEVCK OF THEIR COLLECTIONS ON & OFFLINE, & THIS SHOULD RESULT IN MORE ACCURATE DATA. OR EXAMPLE IF 4 PEOPLE MENTION THAT RCHON COMES WITH A REGISTRATION CARD, & 2 PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THAT, IT'S FAIRLY SAFE TO ASSUME 2 MISSED THEIR CARD. - AS ANYONE COMPORS: THERE IS A CARTRIDGE VERSION. USKER LOOKS A BIT LIKE AN UNLICENSED NDIANA ONES TITLE. T ISN'T A BAD GAME AT ALL, BUT OFTEN NEGLECTED WHEN LOOKING BACK ON YSTEM 3. OO BAD THAT THEY DECIDED TO DO IT IN 2 INSTEAD OF THE ISOMETRIC PERSPEC TRATOR OF THE EMON64 FORUM & RUN A PRIVATE NON-COMMERCIAL WEBSITE WWW.SFODB.COM. ARRIED WITH 1 KID. - OU SAY ON THE WEBSITE YOU STARTED COLLECTING GAMES FOR THE C64 IN 2001 WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ABOUT THIS N THE 90S, WHEN QUIT ON MY 64,  N SELLS OVER 750.000 TIMES, ALL IN ALL & AROUND THE WORLD YSTEM 3 BRINGS OUT FAR MORE THAN 2 MILLION COPIES. HIS GAME HAS TO BE THE MOST COPIED GAME OF ALL TIME! EN AGLISH CONTRIBUTED AN ASTONISHING SOUNDTRACK, WHICH IS STILL RESPECTED.  EL TO LEVEL IN ENDETTA MIGHT HAVE A KIND OF DEJAVU: WE'RE PLAYING THE FURTHER DEVELOPED ENGINE OF THAT RACING PART. OR ME, THIS IS ONE OF THE NICEST GAMES FROM YSTEM 3. ND A TIP FOR ALL THOSE OF YOU, WHO DON'T WANT TO PLAY THROUGH AST INJA AGAIN -  TIVE THEY DID FOR AST INJA. ERHAPS THIS IS ONE REASON FOR NOT BEING A SMASH HIT. PRING 1990 ENDETTA LOOKS & PLAYS LIKE HE AST INJA. T THE END OF EVERY LEVEL, THE PLAYER HAS TO DRIVE A CAR TO THE NEXT LOCATION. NICE GAME, EVEN THE INT HAD ABOUT A DOZEN ORIGINAL GAMES. HEN MOVED OUT OF MY PARENTS' HOUSE, THEY ALL GOT CANNED. N 1998, WHEN STARTED WORKING FOR SERIOUS MONEY, GOT RETRO- ENTHUSIASTIC PRETTY FAST, & WANTED TO GET MY OLD STUFF BACK. HAT'S WHERE IT STARTED. - SEE HE SECOND PART FOLLOWS IN 1988. T SELLS OUT EVERYWHERE ON RELESE DAY. LTOGETHER THEY SELL OVER 1.2 MILLION COPIES. OMINATOR REMINISCES TO THEIR BEGINNING ON THE 64: THE SHOOT'EM UP GENRE. ECHNICALLY GREAT, BUT HELL TO PLAY (THROUGHEITHER BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO OR CANNOT DO SO. HERE IS A CARTRIDGE VERSION OF THIS GAME, BUT WHO HAS EVER SEEN IT? OT ONLY FRIENDS OF "UTRUN" WILL HAVE FUN WITH THIS TITLE. VERY- THING SEEMS TO BE RIGHT HERE, BUT JUST GO AN TRY IT OUT YOURSELVES! RO LOOKS GOOD, BUT LIKE THE MUSIC, THE GAME DOESN'T HAVE A TOP SCORE. ' UTE IS THE FIRST THING THAT COMES INTO MIND WHEN LOOKING AT LIMBO'S UEST. HIS IS INDEED A CHILDREN'S GAME - THE FIRST FROM YSTEM 3. HY THEY DID IT? HO KNOWS. HE YOU ARE QUITE A PERFECTIONIST IN THE PERSUIT OF COMPLETE GAME/COVER/ INSTRUCTIONS IKE MENTION ON THE WEBSITE, HAVE ONE BIG QUESTION; IS THE GAME HAVE COMPLETE OR NOT? HE RESOURCE NOW IS THAT AT LEAST PUBLISH WHAT HAVE. OWEVER, THIS ISN'T W), THE TITLE CAN'T HOP ABOVE OTHER AVERAGE TITLES. RAPHICALLY NICE TO LOOK AT, THE MUSIC IS DARK & MELANCHOLIC. ODAY, THIS GAME CAN ONLY BE RECOMMENDED TO HARDCORE SHOOT'EM UP FREAKS. HERE ARE BETTER TITLES OUT THERE. YTH - ISTORY IN THE MAKIN"GIC IN THE NEW 64 & SO THE DESIGN FINALLY STARTED TO TAKE SHAPE. HE SHAPE WAS A LAPTOP. E CONTACTED THE DESIGNER OF ICCO 64, ASON & OFFERED HIM A JOB AT = OOKED AT VARIOUS OFF SHELF COMPONENTS, SEARCHED SITES FOR / TO USE WITH MINIMAL CHANGES & ONLY ITEM OF INTEREST IS, THAT OMMODORE() PACKAGED IT WITH EVERY 64 . 1991 - AT LAST - THE THIRD PART OF HE AST INJA COMES OUT & ONCE MORE, SETS HIGH STANDARDS. HE "OUR OMMODORE" MAGAZINE RATES IT 100% &, THOUGH A BIT TOHAT SET UP FOR. 'LL COMMENT MORE ON THAT IN THE NEXT QUESTION. - EBSITE HTTP://WWW.SFODB.COM/ WHAT IS THE MAIN GOAL YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE HOPE IT WILL BECOME A COLLECTOR'S RESOURCE. 'M WORKING ON A CLIENT THAT WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO KEEP TRAUNTERVIEW WITH ADAVER (ASSE RNI) ROGRAMMER,RAPHICS RTIST, USICIAN F COVERT BITOPS HTTP://COVERTBITOPS.C64.ORG/ . & LEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO OUR READERS? 'M A 28 YEAR OLD GUY FROM NORTHERN INLAND, WITH AN INTEREST IN COMPUTERS & METAL METAIL SEEMS OVERDONE. VE HEARD THAT BEFORE - HAT RESOLUTION ARE THE ITEMS SCANNED? 300 DPI, 90% JPG QUALITY. N THE SITE CAN ONLY OFFER 800 PIXEL VERSIONS AS SPACE & BANDWIDTH ARE NOT FREE - OULD OUR READER HELP BY SENDING IN SCANS IF SO WHAT DONATE LOTS OF CASH TO VARIOUS 64 PROJECTS TO KEEP EVERYTHING ON THE ROAD. OBBIES COST LOTS OF MONEY 'VE ALREADY LEARNED, & EVERYONE CAN USE A LITTLE EXTRA SOMETIMES. - IS THERE ANY QUESTION YOU WISHED HAD ASKED YOU & WHY OU DIDN'T ASK ME WHYING. STILL USE MY 64 TO WATCH DEMO'S MAINLY. NEVER REALLY PLAY GAMES ON IT UNLESS HAVE AN AFTERNOON TO WASTE :-) 'VE ALSO GONE INTO PROGRAMMING ON THE 64, & RELEASED A PROGRAM WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON . CCASIONALLY WORK ON AN , BUT THAT USIC. S FOR "SERIOUS" STUFF, RIGHT NOW 'M WRAPPING UP MY COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDIES IN THE UNIVERSITY. . HO ARE COVERT BITOPS? T'S A TWO-MAN (WELL, EHAR HASN'T BEEN VERY ACTIVE FOR SOME TIME, BUT ANYWAY) 64 GROUP DEDICATED TO MAKING 64 GAMES, MUS IS THE CRITERA NCE GET THE WHOLE UPDATED PACKAGE TOGETHER THEY WILL BE ABLE TO. OR NOW THE SITE IS A DISPLAY OF MY PERSONAL COLLECTION. - OW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK HAS BEEN SPENT ON THE SITE N THE SITE; NOT MUCH. T TOOK ME SOME 10 HOURS TO P COLLECT DUPES OF THE SAME GAME AS WELL, AS IT WOULD CERTAINLY ADD TO THE "MAD" IMAGE PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE OF ME :-) ND YOU ALSO DIDN'T ASK ME IF ENJOYED THE INTERVIEW, BUT IT COULD BE BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID OF THE ANSWER HAHA.. ;-) OHAN HTTP://WWW. LAINED THAT THE ITEMS OF ART ARE COPYRIGHT & ASKED FOR THEIR REMOVAL OT YET. HOPE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY :-) - OME OF THE TITLE HAVE SCANS OF THE COVER COMPLETE WITH MEASUREMENTS! CANS OF THE INSTRUCTIONS EVEN SCANS OF THE ORIGINAL TAPES DO YOU THI WON'T BE BEFORE RETIRE THINK. -HESE SITES USUALLY GENERATE QUESTIONS LIKE "WHY BOTHER WITH THE PROJECT" WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT OU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR SPARE TIME :-) - ERSONALLY FEEL WE SHOULD PRESERVE AS MUCH OMMODORE HIST ROGRAM ALL THE CODE, & UPDATE TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR. HE OFFLINE CLIENT HAS A LOT MORE WORK IN IT; PROBABLY SOME 100 HOURS TOTAL NOW. - OU MUST HAVE A REAL LIFE WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING 'M A WIN32 PROGRAMMER/WEB DEVELOPER/ SYSTEM ANALYST. ROFESSI SFODB.COM/ y)wsrzJj]WIv\JtWU|U֒Usߙ)g=]rrJs\-w:Mi)}u]>JtܷzJ{7>Jr5{5ϒ|)u]=v]=w)|䧹s'>JrJz={UޒUwer\9]nd%s-v:J~]WJ~du]]WJs9ޕ)|ݹ)s~g)JNK YOU ARE OVERDOING IT O. OMETIMES THINK THE LEVEL OF DETAIL ISN'T HI ENOUGH, BUT IF PUSH ANY FURTHER KNOW IT'LL START WORKING AGAINST THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DATA ENTERED. HE THING IS, PEOPLE SELL WHAT THEY HAVE. HERE ARE AT LEAST 6 OR 7 VERSIOORY AS POSSIBLE HAVE A YOUNG SON & WOULD LOVE HIM TO GAIN THE SAME ENJOYMENT HAD FROM OMMODORE MACHINES AME HERE. Y SON HAS A FEW FAVORITES ALREADY. HOMAS THE ANK NGINE, NDLESS & A FEW OTHERS. - HY IS OMMODORE SO SPECIAL? T'S THE ONE TONALLY DO ISUAL OXPRO, & DEVELOPMENT. - O YOU THINK YOU MAY START A SITE FOR OTHER = MACHINES PERSONALLY WON'T. HERE ARE TOO MANY 64 GAMES TO COLLECT & MANY OF THEM ARE TOO EXPENSIVE. - HAT = MACHINES DO YOU OWN, USE & MORE IC & TOOLS. HE TOOLS ARE MAINLY OF THE CROSSDEVELOPMENT SORT, RUNNING ON , BUT THERE ARE ALSO A COUPLE OF 64 MUSIC EDITORS. N ADDITION, THE COVERT BITOPS SITE HAS A SORT OF EDUCATIONAL MISSION WITH INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED LEVEL "RANTS" ON 64 GAME PRONS OF INTER AMES AVAILABLE. F SOMEONE HAS A BOXED INTER AMES WITH NO INSTRUCTIONS, & A LOOSE INSTRUCTION SHEET, HOW EASY IS IT TO JUST THROW THEM TOGETHER & SELL IT AS A COMPLETE GAME? T THE SAME TIME REALIZE THAT FOR MOST PEOPLE THIS AMOUNT OF DHING KEEP COMING BACK TO, NO MATTER HOW OFTEN TRY TO DO SOMETHING ELSE, SO IT HAS TO HAVE SOME MAGIC IN IT :-) - F GAVE YOU 1 MILLION POUNDS WHAT WOULD YOU DO ET A BIGGER HOUSE WITH CLIMATE CONTROL FOR MY GAMES, HOST ALL MY SCANS IN 300 DPI &IMPORTANTLY WHY HAVE A SETUP OF A CLASSIC BREADBOX WITH A 1541-, & A 128D THAT DON'T USE ANYMORE. OWN ABOUT 5 64'S WITH AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF DISK DRIVES. OME ARE BROKEN, THE ONES THAT AREN'T 'M KNOWN TO GIVE AWAY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE AFTER SOMETHGRAMMING. NYONE IS WELCOME TO WRITE GUEST 64 PROGRAMMING RANTS. . HERE DID THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ETAL ARRIOR SERIES COME FROM? T ORIGINATES FROM AN MIGA GAME (ALSO CALLED ETAL ARRIOR) WHICH WROTE AS WAS QUITE YOUNG, 15 YEARS OLD. HAD O ABOUT THE CHALLENGE OF DOWN- CONVERTING THE GAME TO A MUCH MORE LIMITED PLATFORM. . AN YOU TELL OUR READER ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER GAMES ON THE COVERT BITOPS WEBSITE? DVANCED CTION OVIE IMULATOR IS A CRAP GAME WRITTEN FOR THE 2001 RAP AME OMSERIES, OR PUT TOGETHER A NEW GAME? ITH THAT IN MIND THAT 4 IS THE FINAL GAME, IMPLEMENTED A LOT OF FREEDOM IN HOW THE STORY CAN TURN OUT. O CAN'T KNOW WHO OF THE CHARACTERS LIVED & WHO DIED WHEN YOU PLAYED THE GAME, & THERE- FORE CONTINUING IT UR 64 GAMES, PLEASE TRY TO MAKE THEM THE HIGHEST QUALITY YOU CAN, COMPARABLE WITH COMMERCIAL PAST TITLES. F COURSE MAKING GAMES AS A HOBBY OR PART-TIME JOB ISN'T QUITE THE SAME AS GETTING PAID TO WORK ON THEM FULL-TIME, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND PEOPLE BACJUST STARTED PLAYING GUITAR, MAINLY METAL MUSIC, & INSPIRED BY 64/MIGA SIDEVIEW ACTION-ADVENTURE GAMES, CYBERPUNK MOVIES & SUCH, WANTED TO CREATE MY OWN CYBERPUNK ADVENTURE WITH A METAL GUITARIST AS A PROTAGONIST. HE 64 ETAL ARRIOR, NOT ORIGINALLY  PO. T IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE FUN OF THE MULTI-LEVEL MOVIE LICENSES POPULARIZED BY CEAN. SCAPE ROM EW ORK IS A CRAP GAME WRITTEN FOR THE 1999 RAP AME OMPO RESPECTIVELY. T'S MY TRIBUTE TO BOTH THE MOVIE & TO THE BUGGY/SLUGGISH GAMEPLAY OF SOME 64 G WOULD BE HARD. UT YES, HAVE PLANS TO MAKE AT LEAST ONE 64 GAME. 'VE TALKED ABOUT IT ON THE EMON64 FORUM AT LEAST, THE CODENAME IS "ESSIAN" GUESS IF IT COMES OUT SOME DAY, IT WON'T BE THAT FAR FROM THE GAMES, AS SIDEVIEW SCROLLING ACTION- ADVE K THEN NEVER HAD AS GOOD TOOLS AS WE HAVE NOW. LUS MANY COMMERCIAL GAMES WERE MADE IN A RUSH OF A FEW WEEKS OR MONTHS, WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF SPENDING AS MUCH TIME AS WE WANT & CAN. . OVERT ITPS OADERSYSTEM CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS SYSTEM, TO OUR READE PLANNED AS A SERIES, WAS THEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT THIS STUFF WITH A SLIGHTLY MORE "GROWN UP" MINDSET. OME CHARACTERS & PLACES REMAIN BUT MOST STUFF WAS NEW. . ID YOU WRITE ALL THE STORY/PLOT YOURSELF? ES, EXCEPT THAT FOR 4, CAME UP WITH T AMES, LIKE OBRA. HEN THERE ARE ALSO A REFINISHED & MODIFIED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL MIGA ETAL ARRIOR & A AME OY DVANCE VERSION OF 4, WHICH RUNS MOST OF THE ORIGINAL 64 GAME CODE UNDER A VERY COARSE "EMULATION". . LL THE GAMES & UTILITIES ONNTURE IS STILL MY FAVOURITE GENRE TO WRITE IN. . - ERVERS NDER IEGE WAS A NICE GAME TOO, WHAT INSPIRED IT? HE IDEA OF A COMPUTER ADMIN AS PROTAGONIST CAME WHEN WAS PERFORMING MY CIVILIAN SERVICE (INSTEAD OF SERVING IN THE MILITARY) AS A NETR? T'S A QUITE FLEXIBLE DISK FASTLOADER SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE TO EMBED & USE IN THEIR OWN ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMS, GAMES FOR EXAMPLE. N THE DEMOSCENE, THERE ARE ALSO FASTER, MORE SPECIALIZED SOLUTIONS AVAILABLE (LIKE RILL'S LOADERS, OR REAMOAD) BUT HE IDEA OF THE "GENTS OF ETAL" -ORGANIZATION TOGETHER WITH A RENCH MUSICIAN IONEL ENDRE (ALSO KNOWN AS ALEKITH OR GENT ), WHO ALSO DID MUSIC FOR THE GAME. . ID YOU LIKE THE "RILOGY" SPECIAL EDITION BY IMON UERNHORST? T WAS A NICE OPPORTUN THE SITE ARE FREE TO DOWNLOAD, WAS THIS ALWAYS THE CASE? . HY DONT YOU CHARGE FOR THE GAMES & UTILITIES? HE GAMES WOULD GET PIRATED ANYWAY, & THEN 'D JUST FEEL BAD, SO TO ME IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL PLAYERBASE BY OFFERING THEMWORK ADMIN/ HELPDESK GUY. HE BUILDING IN WHICH WORKED WAS MODELLED AS THE PLAY AREA, & THEN FROM MOVIES LIKE IE ARD CAME THE IDEA OF TERRORISTS & BOMBS & LOTS OF SHOOTING HAPPENING THERE. HIS GAME BTW WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN ON THE , SO IT WAS ALSTHEY USUALLY ALSO TAKE MORE MEMORY. . HAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO MOST - CODE, WRITE GAMES OR MAKE MUSIC? SN'T CODING & MAKING GAMES THE SAME? GUESS LIKE CODING MOST, TRYING TO OPTIMIZE SOME ROUTINE EVEN FASTER FOR EXAMPLE. ALWAYS LIKE TO START 64 ITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET ACTUAL PACKAGING & MEDIA. F COURSE PERSONALLY DON'T HOLD THE FIRST THREE GAMES IN AS GOOD REGARD AS WHEN THEY WERE MADE, CONSIDERING WHAT 'VE LEARNED SINCE OF PROGRAMMING & GAME DESIGN. . O YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO CONTINUE THE  FREE AS DEFAULT. S FOR THE TOOLS, THERE ARE COMPARABLE (OR BETTER) FREE UTILITIES AVAILABLE, & TRYING TO CHARGE FOR THEM WOULD SIMPLY REDUCE USERBASE & MAKE ME LOOK RIDICULOUS. ALSO KIND OF WANT TO MAKE THE POINT THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO CHARGE FOR YOBOUT ROSS DEVELOPMENT & ITS ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES, RELATED TO DESIGNING APPLICATIONS FOR THE OMMODORE SYSTEM? OSTLY, IT MAKES DEVELOPING FASTER & LESS PAINFUL. OU GET MUCH FASTER COMPILE TIMES, YOU CAN USE MOUSE INSTEAD OF YOUR LAST ALMOST-BROKME WITH VERY MANY DISKSIDES OF DATA, IF WOULDN'T GET BORED FIRST. . HAT IN YOUR OPINION IS THE BEST APPLICATION/EMO OR GAME FOR THE OMMODORE 64? F THE IDEA IS TO PICK JUST ONE, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO ANSWER, SO 'LL LEAVE THIS ONE OUT. . O YOU GAME PROJECTS FROM THE TECHNICAL THINGS - LIKE THE SCROLL ROUTINE, SPRITE MULTIPLEXING, BUT OF COURSE ONCE THE TECHNICAL SIDE WORKS WELL ENOUGH THEN IT HAS TO TAKE BACK SEAT COMPARED TO ACTUAL GAMEPLAY, STORY ETC. & DESIGN DECISIONS. UT IN THE FINAL STAT FIRST. F COURSE, IN THE END ALL THE GOOD STUFF HAPPENS IN 64 ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE, BUT IT CAN STILL BE QUITE INTIMIDATING AT FIRST, SO 'D ALSO RECOMMEND EXPERIENCE IN MODERN HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES LIKE ++ OR AVA FOR GETTING USED TO ALGORITHMS ETC. ND EN JOYSTICK TO PIXEL GRAPHICS, YOU CAN AUTOMATIZE THE BUILD PROCESS (FOR EXAMPLE USING A MAKEFILE) & IF YOU NEED SOME LITTLE UTILITIES TO TRANSFORM YOUR DATA, MAKING THEM IN SOME MODERN HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE CAN BE EASIER & FASTER THAN USING 64 ASSEMBLY O PREFER TO USE EMULATORS OR THE REAL MACHINE? MULATORS ARE GOOD FOR FAST TESTING & YES, USE THEM MOST OF THE TIME, SO GUESS PREFER THEM. EAL MACHINES GET USED FOR FINAL TESTING OF OWN PROGRAMS, OR SPECIALIZED GAMING-MARATHONS. F COURSE YOU CAN'T GES OF THE PROJECT THE TECHNICAL SIDE MAY RETURN TO HAUNT YOU ONCE AGAIN, FOR EXAMPLE YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF DISK SPACE OR MEMORY, OR THE THINGS YOU'VE ADDED HAVE MADE THE GAME TOO SLOW. HEN IT'S BACK TO TECHNICAL OPTIMIZING... . HAT ARE YOUR FAVOURIT THE FINAL THING: EXPECT A LOT OF WORK & SWEAT IN ANY CASE! . O YOU THINK ANYONE COULD PROGRAM OR DOES IT TAKE A CERTAIN TYPE OF LETS SAY ELITE BRAIN? WOULDN'T LIKE TO USE THE WORD "ELITE" BUT GUESS IT MAY TAKE A CERTAIN KIND OF PROBLEM SOLVING AB R ASIC, & IF THEY ARE COMMANDLINE UTILITIES, YOU CAN EASILY INTEGRATE THEM WITH THE REST OF THE BUILD PROCESS. HAT YOUVE GOT TO WATCH OUT FOR IS MAKING MUSIC/SOUND & EMULATION IS NOT QUITE THERE, SO TEST ON A REAL MACHINE OR A ARD CARD, & CODIN BEAT THE REAL THING, BUT THE CONVENIENCE OF EMULATORS IS AMAZING. . AVE PROGRAMMERS NOW COME TO A FULL STOP SO TO SPEAK WITH REGARDS TO NEW WAYS OF PUSHING THE MACHINE TO ITS LIMITS? ON'T KNOW, ASK THE DEMOCODERS. UT IN TERMS OF GAME DEVELOPMENT, E 64 GAMES? REEN ERET & UNSHIP HAVE RECEIVED THE MOST PLAYTIME, & GUESS THEY ARE MY ALL-TIME FAVORITES. HOUGH ONE KEEPS FINDING GOOD 64 GAMES REGULARLY, THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM. . HAT STARTED YOU PROGRAMMING? HE 64'S MANUALS AS WELL AS AILITY OR A WAY OF THINKING THAT IS HARD TO TEACH BEYOND THE BASICS. . STARTED TO LOOK AT OATTRACKER THAT SUPPORTS OUTPUT TO THE ARD SOUNDCARD OR ATEASEL 3. AN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THIS MUSIC SYSTEM IS PREFERABLE TO THE CURRENT TRACKER? T'S QUIG FASTLOADERS - ALWAYS TEST ON REAL DISK DRIVES. LSO SOME PEOPLE MAINTAIN THAT USING A 64 ASSEMBLER OR MONITOR IS MORE CONVENIENT FOR TESTING SMALL CHANGES, SEE FOR YOURSELF. . O YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR WOULD BE OMMODORE PROGRAMMERS, SHOULD FOR EXAONE TENDS TO NOTICE THAT THERE ARE INTERESTING SOLUTIONS FROM THE WHOLE 64 ERA, SOME EARLY GAMES ACTUALLY DO SOME QUITE CLEVER THINGS. OWADAYS YOU CAN BETTER TAKE INSPIRATION FROM SEVERAL OTHER PLATFORMS TOO, THOUGH. . AN YOU EXPLAIN TO OUR READER ARTICLES & TYPE-IN PROGRAMS IN INNISH COMPUTER MAGAZINES. . IVEN UNLIMITED TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU DEVELOP FOR THE 64? VEN UNLIMITED TIME WOULDN'T HELP FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS LIKE PROCESSOR SPEED OR MEMORY. UT GUESS 'D MAKE AN ACTION/ADVENTURE GA TE POSSIBLE THAT A MUSICIAN HAS ALREADY FOUND A BETTER EDITOR, AT LEAST FROM A PERSONAL PREFERENCE VIEWPOINT, BUT GUESS IT'S WORTH TRYING OUT IF ONE WANTS RELATIVE EASE OF USE & TRACKER-STYLE EDITING, RELATIVELY LOW PLAYER RASTERTIME USAGE (BETWEEN 16-MPLE THEY LEARN BASIC THEN MOVE ONTO ACHINE CODE OR JUST JUMP IN & LEARN MACHINE CODE STRAIGHT OFF? 64 ASIC AS A LANGUAGE IS QUITE WORTHLESS IN MY OPINION, BUT IN THE BEGINNING IT CAN BE CONVENIENT TO EXPLORE THE GRAPHICS & SOUND CAPABILITIES USING I DERS, BUT GUESS HAVING A VERY NICELY EQUIPPED HOME RECORDING STUDIO WOULDN'T HURT. .OW WERE YOU INTRODUCED TO OMMODORE? REMEMBER PLAYING ITFALL 2 IN 1985 AT A FRIEND BEFORE MY FAMILY GOT OUR OWN MACHINE ABOUT A HALF YEAR LATER. . HAT QUESTIO E CENERS (PROGRAMMERS & DEVELOPERS) TO WHAT IS TERMED "LAMERS" OR "LAME USERS" CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE TERM "LAMER" & WHY THE GENERAL HATRED TO THESE USERS DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HEALTHY TO DISCUSS THESE THINGS, & IN THE PAST IT NO DOUBT MEANT DIFFERENT THIN 20 LINES MAXIMUM, USUALLY) & RELATIVELY LOW PLAYER MEMORY FOOTPRINT. . AN YOU PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ON COVERT BITOPS O-OMMODORE PROJECTS? NYTHING NON-OMMODORE RELATED ON THE SITE ISN'T REALLY OVERT ITOPS STUFF, BUT INCLUDED FOR THE CONVENIEN UOMMODORE LIST WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY ANNOUNCE THE "RESURRECTION" OF THE 64/128 ULLETIN OARD IST. HIS LIST HAD BEEN RELEASED MONTHLY YEARS AGO, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE CTOBER 2003. 'VE DECIDED TO TAKE IT UPON MYSELF TO BRING T N WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE BEEN ASKED? THINK EVERYTHING WAS MOSTLY WELL COVERED, SO NONE. . AVE YOU READ OMMODORE REE & IF SO HOW DID YOU RATE THE MAGAZINE? ES, CAN ADMIT TO SKIMMING SOME OF THE ISSUES. 'D SAY SOME MORE PROOF- READING WOULDN'T GS, BUT NOWADAYS & AS MY PERSONAL OPINION 'D SAY "LAMENESS" MOSTLY MANIFESTS AS THE LAZINESS TO DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. T'S THEN IN SOME WAY UNDERSTANDABLE WHY PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN ACTIVE A LONG TIME ON THE 64 & HAVING DONE THEIR OWN ESEARCH, FIND THI CE OF NOT HAVING TO CREATE ANOTHER HOMEPAGE, OR BECAUSE IT'S REQUIRED FOR THE OMMODORE-RELATED STUFF, LIKE THE LASPHEMOUS ULTIMEDIA NGINE () LIBRARY, WHICH IS A SET OF OLD SCHOOL ROUTINES THAT AIDS THE GRAPHIC CROSS- DEVELOPMENT TOOLS LIKE THE SPR HIS LIST BACK TO LIFE. 'M KEEPING THE SAME BASIC FORMAT AS THE OLD LIST, BUT 'M INCLUDING ALL KNOWN DIAL-UP & ELNET BOARDS (THE OLD LIST WAS FOR DIAL-UP ONLY). NYWAY HOPE SOME OF YOU WILL FIND THIS USEFUL 64/128 ULLETIN OARD IST - 25 07 HURT, AS WELL AS MORE CONFIDENCE IN THE EDITORIALS. THERWISE IT SEEMS A FAIRLY NICE MAGAZINE. . O YOU THINK THERE IS A MARKET FOR AN UPDATED OMMODORE 64/128 SYSTEM? OT REALLY. THINK THE GREATEST STRENGTH IS THE STANDARD TO WHICH WE'VE USED TO. S LAZINESS IRRITATING & MAY (MYSELF INCLUDED) LASH OUT IN SOME PRETTY UNCIVILIZED WAYS. . O YOU EVER THINK THAT "LAMERS" WOULD BE WELCOME TO SAY ODING PARTIES, MAYBE EVEN JUST AS VOTERS? ACTUALLY SELDOM VISIT PARTIES, BUT GUESS IT'S MUCH EASIER ITE/ BACKGROUND EDITORS. . O YOU THINK THERE IS STILL THE SAME FOLLOWING FOR THE OMMODORE 64 TODAY AS THERE WAS SAY 5 YEARS AGO? AN'T COMMENT ON THE GENERAL "FOLLOWING", BUT AT LEAST THE ACTIVITY OF PRODUCING DEMOS, GAMES & DISK MAGAZINES IS CERTAI HIS IS A LIST OF ALL KNOWN = OPERATED ON OR 64 OR 128 COMPUTERS, SORTED BY DIAL-UP/ELNET & NAME. HE LIST IS PUBLISHED ONCE PER MONTH WITH NO SET SCHEDULE. 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IMES HAVE CHANGED SINCE MANUFACTURE"E OF CHIPS & SOME PAPER TO SHOW FOR EFFORTS; & THE 4 OR 5 64 BOUGHT FROM EAY WE USED TO TEST VARIOUS APPLICATIONS, OK WE WERE PLAYING GAMES BUT THATS A FORM OF TESTING! = SUITS DEMANDED A PROGRESS REPORT; & EXPECTED A FULL REDESIGNED MACHINE IN 3 WEE"OCATION NKNOWN AME IZARD'S EALM OFTWARE OLOR 8 LATFORM/ARDWARE 128-64, T YSTEM PERATOR AME AY YSTEM PERATOR ANDLE IZARD RESENCE ONE PEN TATUS ERIFIED 25 AR 2007 : 128 LL MERICAN " YSTEM PERATOR AME AVE ARTMAN (MM@RETROGRADEBBS.COM) YSTEM PERATOR ANDLE ETAL AGE RESENCE HTTP://WWW.RETROGRADEBBS.COM PEN TATUS ERIFIED 25 AR 2007 ELNET DDRESS RKBBS.NET OCATION NKNOWN AME IKTRONICS OFTWARE #D ITEMS; ENS LOOKED OVER THE DESIGNS & THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT. E DECICEED TO USE LESS COMPONENTS & MORE ROGRAMMABLE LOGIC. HAT WAY WE COULD OFFER REE UPGRADES & FIXES, EVEN USER GROUPS COULD FIND FIXES FOR US & OFFER DOWNLOADS. SING FEWER COMPONENTS" E IN SPARE TIME. E ASKED FOR A PRICE FOR EVERYTHING INCLUDING / & /. FTER TALKS & SHOWING CASH AURICE AGREED TO A REASONABLE AMOUNT. AID HIM & LOOKED AT OUR INVENTORY. F COURSE = DIRECTORS WERE UNHAPPY AS MONEY WAS DWINDLING & WE ONLY A PIL# IS CHEAPER TO BUILD; PRODUCES LESS ERRORS & REDUCES SIZE OF THE DEVICES. INCE WE HAD THE / WE HAD NOTHING MORE TO DO THAN RECODE CHIPS, MACHINES COULD BE READY IN DAYS. VERYONE WINS, =, US & BUYERS, WITH BETTER, STABLE DESIGNS & CHEAPER! E NEEDED# MARKETING HAD WERE MINIMAL. E COULD SEE THE GOAL & NEEDED THE PRODUCTS IN THE SHOPS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. MALL CHANGES WERE DUE TO REDUCED PART LIST, STREAMLIED DESIGN, LOGOS & MANUALS. ITH THE NUMBER OF ITEMS MASS PRODUCED WE REDUCED COST BY 60% & S#EW PRODUCTS, SUGGESTED A LOYALTY SCHEME FOR USERS COMING BACK TO GET 5% DISCOUNTS ON PRODUCTS IF PURCHASED FROM THE SITE. ARKETING TEAM CONTACTED ONLINE = / SUPPLIERS & QUANYITY DISCOUNTS WERE OFFERED TO KEEP LOYAL = SUPPORTERS ON OUR SIDES. EEDBA#D BE A GAMES CONSOLE & AS A COMPUTER WITH OPERATING SYSTEM & . EADY TO USE WITH NOTHING MORE TO PURCHASE. YSTEM WOULD LOOK LIKE AN MIGA 1200 WITH INTERNAL ARD DISK & MEMORY CARD READERS; DESIGN WOULD HAVE & IREWIRE STANDARD; WE HOPED TO IN THE FUTURE? S A DREAM. THOUGHT, WOULD BUY THESE PRODUCTS? ANY PEOPLE FIND S COMPLEX FOR EVERYDAY WORK SO WHY SHOULDNT A = SELL? OT MY THOUGHTS TOGETHER, DRESSED & HAD BREAKFAST, THEN SET OUT FOR MY DAY JOB ONDER IF WILL FINISH THE DREAM #E & MIRRORS & DAYS LATER; WE HAD ITEMS RENAMED FOR MASS PRODUCTION TO MARKET. = ARDWARE PRODUCTS ARD DISK DRIVE 3.5 LOPPY DISK DRIVE / WITH CARD READER UPER PU 128 RODUCTS MOVED TO MARKETING FOR PROMOTION, & DESIGN AESTHETICS MALL CHANGES#ECIAL POWER UNITS SO REAL = MACHINES COULD BE PUT IN CUSTOM CASES, THE MARKETING TEAM CREATED LITERATURE & ITEMS WERE PUT ON THE WEBSITE, = WAS REUNITING THE OLD / WITH NEW WAYS & NEW /, = WAS INNOVATING. ONTACTED MAGAZINES & CLUBS TO ANNOUNCE N#ALES & RESS COVERAGE WAS GOOD FOR A DEAD SYSTEM. HE = BRAND NEVER DIES, IT MAY SLEEP BUT NEVER DIES. SKED BY THE RESS OF PROGRESS & WHAT NOW QUESTIONS, SAID WE WERE WORKING WITH ENS ON SOMETHING LIKE THE =1, A NEW MACHINE FOR = GAMERS, IT WOUL#N BED & THIS WAS A DREAM. THOUGHT, WOULD BUY THESE PRODUCTS? ANY PEOPLE FIND S COMPLEX FOR EVERYDAY WORK SO WHY SHOULDNT A = SELL? OT MY THOUGHTS TOGETHER, DRESSED & HAD BREAKFAST, THEN SET OUT FOR MY DAY JOB ONDER IF WILL FINISH THE DREAM #COME COMMON, PROGRAMMERS WILL ENHANCE / TO USE THE /. EEKS PASSED LIKE DAYS; TESTING TOOK FOREVER & WORKING 24 HR DAYS MISTAKES WERE COMMON; NEEDED MORE STAFF BUT NO MONEY TO RECRUIT. = PUT PRESSURE ON TO REVEAL PROJECTS, FENDED THEM OFF WITH SMOK# USER SUGGESTIONS WEAKS & TIPS WERE PUT ON A WISH LIST WITH MORE IDEAS. E PRODUCED CIRCUIT ONLY VERSIONS FOR BUILDING = CUSTOM TOWER CASES; ONE OF MANY SUGGESTIONS BUT SOMETHING PLANNED FROM THE START. SED = AMING CASE AS TEST SYSTEM & DEVISED SP# FOR JOYSTICKS LIKE PLAY-SATATION STICKS, PRODUCTS USING MEMORY CARDS FOR STORAGE. INCE WE STARTED WITH RAMLINK DESIGN. WANTED A 64. E LOOKED TO INCORPORATE THE PRODUCTS WHERE APPLICABLE INTO THE OLD PRODUCTS & CREATE AN UP TO DATE DESIGN. #OW HAD TO WORK ON THE NEW DESIGN E DEVISED 2 MAIN DESIGNS; MIGA 1200 STYLE & = LAPTOP 15" MONITOR USTOM = KYBRD LOPPY DRIVE IREWIRE XTERNAL ONITOR POINTS AWOKE & LOOKED FOR MY = OFFICIAL WORKWARE, THEN REALISED WAS STILL I# TO GET PRODUCT OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THOUGHT ABOUT USERS NEEDING THESE DEVICES & THE SMALL MARKET THAT WAS DWINDLING SINCE THEY COULDNT OBTAIN /, OR WERE TURNED-OFF WITH = & . HE FASTER WE ACT THE MORE MARKET WE GENERATE. F THESE DEVICES BE# ET PRODUCTS FOR SALE ON THE = WEBSITE. = USERS WHO PURCHASED THE DESIGNS SAID THEY WORKED WITH 100% COMPATIBILITY WITH OLD PRODUCTS. HIS GENERATED INTEREST & SALES, HOW MANY = USERS ARE IN THE WORLD? T SEEMS EVERYONE WANTS THESE DEVICES PEN TO# CK SEEMED POSITIVE FROM ALL, MADE SPECIAL POINTS TO OFFER TO BUY UP DESIGNS OR WORK WITH OTHER / PRODUCERS TO MASS PRODUCE, THIS WAY SMALL DEVELOPERS COULD HAVE / MASS PRODUCED & NOT WORRY ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION. THER PRODUCTS WE NEEDED WERE ADAPTORS# PRICE IT AT 300. T OUR NEXT MEETING, WE STILL DIDNT HAVE A MACHINE TO SELL, SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR NEW MACHINE WERE 64/128 COMPATIBILITY AT THE / LEVEL TO ENSURE 100%. / & / WOULD RUN ON THE MACHINES, WE THOUGHT THIS POSSIBLE VIA CHIPS SO WE N