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Orangeman96 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2024 5:39 am Greetings! Be sure to check out the Live Wire VIC-20 BBS, ideally from real hardware and terminal software! -OGM

Well I got quite a surprise clicking that link

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yes, this

MrSterlingBS wrote: ↑Wed Apr 23, 2025 1:12 am For example, TYA/STA $0300,X can be changed to STY $30,X

Is this a typo?

I think many people would be prepared to pay 12 -15 euros to download an officially licensed version. I would.

I can't imagine a 32K ROM cartridge would be that useful. Most games require workspace RAM of some kind, so perhaps 24K of ROM + 8K of RAM would be the sweet spot.

I didn't realise they were limited to 16K?

Can't you put ROM in blocks 1&2?

When I first got my Vic funds were very limited and I didn't even have a datasette for the first month or so. I recall repeatedly typing in the games from the back of the manual before the inevitable power-off - an activity I don't plan to repeat, even for nostlagia's sake.

I know what you mean.

I have a modest collection of original games on cassette. Occasioanlly it's nice to pop in my copy of GridRunner and load it the same way I did as a teenager.

My biggest goal is to rewrite my very first purchased game, Fire Galaxy by KingSoft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQPmRie_9gY . Preferably with soft scrolling and multicolor sprites. It's simply a childhood dream. If you are interested in the current code, I would be happy to send it to you via P...

I remember trying to further optimise this library myself, including using a few lookup tables. The gains made no visible difference and took up a lot more memory so I just reverted to Robert's original code.

Thanks for this game. It's amazing.

Downloaded and made a small donation.

https://technicallywell.com/retro-computer-8-bit-christmas-demos-from-the-80s-and-90s/ 'tis the time of year - I can't remeber ever seeing a top tier Christmas demo for the Vic. Seen a few attempts written in BASIC etc, (no disrespect) but nothing with high quality graphics, 3-voice music and aninma...

not bad, the 'pad' track still sounds slightly out of tune to my ears

seems to have colour up and running now, although still work to do

What's the benefit of this over just using a stand-alone SDIEC?