Introduce Yourself: What's your User Name based on?
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H'lo. My user name TMR is a contraction of The Magic Roundabout, my C64 scene handle since 1993 or thereabouts and pretty much my "public face" on the internet. The name itself comes from... actually, with the recent cinema release of the Magic Roundabout movie i don't need to do the history spiel do i? =-)
As an intro to me, i've been programming since i was 11, starting with a VIC, then Atari 8bit, C64 and more recently revisiting any 6502-based 8bit i could find information on! =-) i also webmaster a bit for http://www.nostalgia.c64.org, http://www.oldschool-gaming.com which is a review site for new games on classic platforms, the official Cosine site http://www.cosine.org.uk and my personal site http://www.tmr.cosine.org.uk.
The last thing i finished was ViColumn (partial screenshot in the avatar at the mo) which is a loose "clone" of Columns that runs on the unexpanded VIC (with a soundtrack by Matt "4-Mat" Simmonds in there too) which'll be released by Cronosoft on tape soon and then to the Cosine and Oldschool Gaming sites and i have Lunar Blitz almost ready for release as well through the same route. i haven't settled on me next VIC project yet, but part of me wants to do a shoot-em-up. =-)
What else can i write? Umm, i make a nuisance of myself in assorted 8bit forums, am writing code for C64, VIC, 264 series, NES and Atari 8bit right now with BBC, Oric and 2600 as possible future options, spend some time on IRCNet as TMR{C0S} and there are rumours that i'm a pervert which i'd deny if they weren't at least partly true...
H'lo. My user name TMR is a contraction of The Magic Roundabout, my C64 scene handle since 1993 or thereabouts and pretty much my "public face" on the internet. The name itself comes from... actually, with the recent cinema release of the Magic Roundabout movie i don't need to do the history spiel do i? =-)
As an intro to me, i've been programming since i was 11, starting with a VIC, then Atari 8bit, C64 and more recently revisiting any 6502-based 8bit i could find information on! =-) i also webmaster a bit for http://www.nostalgia.c64.org, http://www.oldschool-gaming.com which is a review site for new games on classic platforms, the official Cosine site http://www.cosine.org.uk and my personal site http://www.tmr.cosine.org.uk.
The last thing i finished was ViColumn (partial screenshot in the avatar at the mo) which is a loose "clone" of Columns that runs on the unexpanded VIC (with a soundtrack by Matt "4-Mat" Simmonds in there too) which'll be released by Cronosoft on tape soon and then to the Cosine and Oldschool Gaming sites and i have Lunar Blitz almost ready for release as well through the same route. i haven't settled on me next VIC project yet, but part of me wants to do a shoot-em-up. =-)
What else can i write? Umm, i make a nuisance of myself in assorted 8bit forums, am writing code for C64, VIC, 264 series, NES and Atari 8bit right now with BBC, Oric and 2600 as possible future options, spend some time on IRCNet as TMR{C0S} and there are rumours that i'm a pervert which i'd deny if they weren't at least partly true...
Welcome. Any chance that you'll also have a go at the MiniGame compo? Maybe a 1K game which you later can expand for Cronosoft release, now when you're into publishing through them.
Btw, that Columns game graphically looks similar to the Amstrad CPC entry last year. Just a coincidence or a cooperation?
Btw, that Columns game graphically looks similar to the Amstrad CPC entry last year. Just a coincidence or a cooperation?
Anders Carlsson
Sorry... not keen at all on entering the minigame compo this year - the Commodore side of things seems to be turning into a bit of a farce, t'be honest. That said, i'm not massively keen on size competitions for games anyway...carlsson wrote:Welcome. Any chance that you'll also have a go at the MiniGame compo? Maybe a 1K game which you later can expand for Cronosoft release, now when you're into publishing through them.
It's a coincidence, i saw that game back when the results were posted but haven't seen or played it since. The graphic in the ViColumn screenshot is something i've been drawing for years and never got around to using. Here's a full screenshot;carlsson wrote:Btw, that Columns game graphically looks similar to the Amstrad CPC entry last year. Just a coincidence or a cooperation?
Lord Thag has named himself thusly because he is a silly fellow.
The name 'Thag' has a nice caveman ring to it, and since LT is using a prehistoric computer, it seemed appropriate. Might as well be Lord Thag while I'm about it.
Chalk it up to too much monty python as a child
The name 'Thag' has a nice caveman ring to it, and since LT is using a prehistoric computer, it seemed appropriate. Might as well be Lord Thag while I'm about it.
Chalk it up to too much monty python as a child
Playing the world, one cart at a time.
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Shaun.Bebbington
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Hello folks,
I'm a writer here in the UK and have written for several professional magazines over the years, such as Micro Mart, Retro Gamer and gamesTM. I also work on an electro-zine called RETRO:BYTES Lite (there's some info on the first issue at http://www.clickgamer.com/moreinfo.htm?pid=4055). Most importantly, I had the pleasure of writing a VIC-20 article for gamesTM last year, which was also featured in a magazine called Retro Player (given too all antendees of the Classic Gaming Expo UK) and I'm a big VIC-20 fan too.
Err... as for my user name. Shaun+Bebbington = Shaun.Bebbington - I added the . inbetween the two, that's it.
Regards,
Shaun.
I'm a writer here in the UK and have written for several professional magazines over the years, such as Micro Mart, Retro Gamer and gamesTM. I also work on an electro-zine called RETRO:BYTES Lite (there's some info on the first issue at http://www.clickgamer.com/moreinfo.htm?pid=4055). Most importantly, I had the pleasure of writing a VIC-20 article for gamesTM last year, which was also featured in a magazine called Retro Player (given too all antendees of the Classic Gaming Expo UK) and I'm a big VIC-20 fan too.
Err... as for my user name. Shaun+Bebbington = Shaun.Bebbington - I added the . inbetween the two, that's it.
Regards,
Shaun.
Without context, we are only data.
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Shaun.Bebbington
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Centallica
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MacbthPSW is the IRC 9-character version of my full scene handle, Macbeth/PSW. My real name is Robin Harbron. I live in Thunder Bay, Canada, married for almost 10 years, and have 5 kids now. I like to play guitar and bass, watch hockey and post-apocalypse/dystopian movies, I'm involved in my church, and work in the IT department of the local telco.
The C64 is my main computing passion, though I collect, program and use many 8 and 16 bit computers and consoles, including the VIC-20. My proudest computer-type achievements include winning some of the minigame competitions, being published (both my writing, and a game) on Loadstar, and most recently, being on the software team for the C64 DTV products.
I met Jeff at the Chicago C= EXPO in, what, 2002? It was really cool to meet him, since I had known of him many years earlier when he sent me an issue of his Denial newsletter/magazine by snail mail, out of the blue. I've also met Leif a number of times in real life, and probably a couple others here.
The C64 is my main computing passion, though I collect, program and use many 8 and 16 bit computers and consoles, including the VIC-20. My proudest computer-type achievements include winning some of the minigame competitions, being published (both my writing, and a game) on Loadstar, and most recently, being on the software team for the C64 DTV products.
I met Jeff at the Chicago C= EXPO in, what, 2002? It was really cool to meet him, since I had known of him many years earlier when he sent me an issue of his Denial newsletter/magazine by snail mail, out of the blue. I've also met Leif a number of times in real life, and probably a couple others here.
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Centallica
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Welcome MacbthPSW-starting to feel like the welcome committee with 2 welcomes in a row but....
I saw that you're from Thunder Bay and that's my home town (Northwood person actually) where I grew up between 1978-2000, so an extra welcome to a fellow TBayer
Hope you have lots to share and lots to receive from us,
Brian
I saw that you're from Thunder Bay and that's my home town (Northwood person actually) where I grew up between 1978-2000, so an extra welcome to a fellow TBayer
Hope you have lots to share and lots to receive from us,
Brian
My nickname is derived from Alan Reed, the late actor who provided the voice of Fred Flinstone in The Flinstones cartoon series.
As we all know, Fred Flinstone was an avid Commodore enthusiast. Barney Rubble, on the other hand, was rumored to be a Sinclair Spectrum user, something he always fervently denied as "another dirty lie spread by that bastard Fred."
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Yabba Dabba Doo!
As we all know, Fred Flinstone was an avid Commodore enthusiast. Barney Rubble, on the other hand, was rumored to be a Sinclair Spectrum user, something he always fervently denied as "another dirty lie spread by that bastard Fred."
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Yabba Dabba Doo!
Alan