Vintage-Computer.com: The Videogame!

[Terry Yager]

Good idea, but I only know the prototype names of game systems...

<goes into trance...chanting>...google is your friend...google is...

--T

 

[80sFreak]

atari2600a wrote:

> OK, the only thing keeping me from my next beta
> release is the lack of ideas for levels. Any ideas
> anyone?

General knowledge quizes are usually good - make a general
knowledge quiz which gets harder the further you progress.

CP/M User.

What is the SYS address on a Commodore 64 to reset it?

Cheers,

80sFreak

 

[Terry Yager]

I dunno, but while we're on the subject, does anyone know the base address of the system ROM on a PET/CBM 8032, and the command(s) to access it (serious qwestion...really!)?

--T

 

[80sFreak]

Here is a little bit of info about the memory map, but nothing about the commands although the site owner Ruud or Bill D here may be able to help.

Cheers,

80sFreak

P.S. It is SYS 64738 .

 

[Terry Yager]

Tnx, I'll pass it along. I'm not very familliar with Commodore BASIC, do they use a 'CALL' statement?

--T

 

[atari2600a]

Hm, I think a simple ancromym question would be perfect for the game. But what ancronym would be hard enough to challenge the player, but not obvious enough like CPU or IC...

 

[Terry Yager]

Hmmn...how about WORM, or WORN, or even WOM?

--T

 

[Terry Yager]

WORM = WriteOnceReadMany, an early type of magneto-optical storage, which was so unreliable that it gave rise to the acronym WORN, or WriteOnceReadNever. A similar type of storage (usually solid-state) is the dreaded WOM, or WriteOnlyMemory, where you enter a program, but are unable to retrieve it again...

--T

 

[mbbrutman]

I've got to ask a very pointed question here. Is Vintage-Computer.com really well represented by a game that says 'You suck and you made the Internet cry' when you get a wrong answer?

Seems kind of childish to me. And really doesn't reflect the spirit of what we're trying to do here.

 

[atari2600a]

That's good ancronym, hopefully I'll put that into my final release, because Beta 6 is out as of NOW!!!

Updates:
-Minor text & graphical changes
-2 added stages
-Added Intro song "Dr. Who Theme"
-Added easter egg

I'm not going to add any more new Stages, but I'll be editing the existing stages still! My next release will be the Final Release!

OK, I need you guys now more than ever! Please, play Beta 6 & tell me EVERYHTING you think doesn't look right, is false, or you think should be changed. Also, It'd also be nice if you can suggest what Font & BG Color you think would suit the game nicely.

I need as much opinions as I can get, so post away!

http://mtac.profusehost.net/misc/dswmedia/

(Executable version included)

 

[atari2600a]

I've got to ask a very pointed question here. Is Vintage-Computer.com really well represented by a game that says 'You suck and you made the Internet cry' when you get a wrong answer?

Seems kind of childish to me. And really doesn't reflect the spirit of what we're trying to do here.

I put that there more as a template, or reminder to myself that I have to think of something good to type there. I'll change it in the next (& Final) release.

 

[Terry Yager]

There's no such thing as a 'Final Release', just the end of a series. (I'll be keeping an eye out for 'Return of Son of Vintage-Computer.Com: The Game -- Part Two, 'The Beginning'').

In fact, even the long-time-dead can be resurected, when necessary (profitable), i.e. 'Zork Zero', etc...

--T

 

[mbbrutman]

Dear Micom 2000,

Your post, as eloquent as it was, had to be removed. I thought a few moments about it, was smiling ear to ear, but in the grand scheme of things it was just too direct ...

So yes, I used my powers of evil and censored your post. I thought about just playing dumb and pretending that I didn't see it, but that was too easy. Rest assured that we the staff and management at VC Forum have seen your missive and that it just did not disappear into the bit bucket for all eternity.

I post this public response to serve as a tombstone for your short-lived, but once again very eloquent and direct rant.

;-)

 

[Terry Yager]

As usual, I responded in my own, inimitable Passive-Aggressive manner. (I hate to delete anything but the most extreme examplez of spam, porn. etc, and I'm more inclined engage in a battle of wits, and debate, rather than delete the objectionable material, so I'm glad Mike iz around to help make the tuff decisionz).

--T

 

[Terry Yager]

Mike,

When a post begins with the words "Look here, punk...!", it's probably NotAGoodThing, even though my built-in, bullet-proof BS-detector may fail to beep on some occaisionz (especially when the truth is being told)...

L.,

Far be it from me to ever censor your thoughts, but you are a highly-evolved creature, with a reasonable command of your language. Surely, you can come up with more appropriate wordz to convey your thoughts.

--T

 

[atari2600a]

There's no such thing as a 'Final Release', just the end of a series. (I'll be keeping an eye out for 'Return of Son of Vintage-Computer.Com: The Game -- Part Two, 'The Beginning'').

In fact, even the long-time-dead can be resurected, when necessary (profitable), i.e. 'Zork Zero', etc...

--T

Trust me, even Microsoft uses the word Final when they finish a program that they've previously released beta versions of. I use the word Final to symbolise that this is version 1.0, not the end of the franchise.

 

[Terry Yager]

Ahhh, so we can all look forward to 'VC-Forum: The Game, Zero -- A Prequel'?

--T

 

[atari2600a]

Ahhh, so we can all look forward to 'VC-Forum: The Game, Zero -- A Prequel'?

--T

I was thinking more along the lines of "Vintage-computer.com: The Revenge" or something like that

I wouldn't even begin production on a sequal (If I DO do one) for at least 3 months (or after I finish "MTAC: The Videogame"), but I'd put alot more work into it.

EDIT: By the way, I think I'll find a high-res photo of the front of a CRT monitor, Put it above all the sprites, & give it 50% or 75% transparency. That should look AWESOME!!!

 

[CP/M User]

atari2600a wrote:

> ...Anyways, CP/M, can you give me an example of
> "General knowledge"? I'm still a little confused as
> to what you mean...

You know - stuff General to Computing. Defining things like
RAM, ROM, BASIC, CPU, then moving on to more detailed things
like How much memory does a Commodore 64 have (you could do
the Offial memory readout - or what they generally refer it
as). Move onto things in BASIC, OS (CP/M for example), types
of CPUs - of course it would have to get harder, so you'd go
into more detail as to what you want, etc.

CP/M User.

 

[CP/M User]

80sFreak wrote:

> What is the SYS address on a Commodore 64 to reset
> it?

0?!? I don't know since I don't have a C64 - a tricky question
to use in a quiz, cause you want to set out questions which
would be generally get harder for everyone the more you
progress. A question like that could be the last question in
the quiz & a breeze for your everyday C64 user. Maybe it
should be Rock, Paper, Scissors - best out of 3, saw a SEGA
game do that once (twas a game which came build-into the SEGA
master system 2? Alex gone somewhere?).

CP/M User.