Post here everytime you get something new for your Vic

CBR125R · Post by **CBR125R** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:00 am

I picked up a well-thumbed copy of the book "ZAP! POW! BOOM! Arcade Games for the VIC-20". I then spent about two hours keying in the listing for Alien Marauders (Space Invaders). Well... they tried. It actually doesn't look too bad, just runs at a glacial pace in BASIC. Guess I'll stick with Avengers or similar.

MicroPet · Post by **MicroPet** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:56 pm

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I learned half my BASIC skills from that very book when I was a youngster!

That's the one with the red cover and white text on it? Memories...

I just got a new Vic with PET style keys on it. It's the first PAL one I've come across and I got it as a by-product getting a new (old!) Datasette. Chuffed!

CBR125R · Post by **CBR125R** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:58 pm

Are there any of the programs you would recommend going to the effort of typing up?

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:44 pm

CBR125R wrote:I picked up a well-thumbed copy of the book "ZAP! POW! BOOM! Arcade Games for the VIC-20". I then spent about two hours keying in the listing for Alien Marauders (Space Invaders). Well... they tried. It actually doesn't look too bad, just runs at a glacial pace in BASIC. Guess I'll stick with Avengers or similar.

I've got a pile of Vic20 books here awaiting being typed up at some point, including this one. If you do type more games up from the book, please pass them on

English Invader · Post by **English Invader** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:30 am

CBR125R wrote:I picked up a well-thumbed copy of the book "ZAP! POW! BOOM! Arcade Games for the VIC-20". I then spent about two hours keying in the listing for Alien Marauders (Space Invaders). Well... they tried. It actually doesn't look too bad, just runs at a glacial pace in BASIC. Guess I'll stick with Avengers or similar.

This is one of the reasons why I wish I had the mental discipline to learn to program. It would be great to be able to look at the source code for a type-in program and make changes to improve the game.

16KVIC20 · Post by **16KVIC20** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:56 pm

I also have a pile of VIC 20 type in books. The problem is I don't have much time, I'm not much good at spotting bugs as I've forgotten nearly everything I knew about BASIC V2.0 (which wasn't much anyway), and nearly every game I've ever typed in has either been rubbish, or it doesn't work. Coupled with that I don't have a reliable way of sharing them. I could type them into VICE I suppose, but for me the real fun is typing them into a real VIC 20. Yes, I must be mad.

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:09 pm

I've generally typed stuff into BASedit for listings. Either copy/paste from OCR or scans in PDF, or literally, physical book next to me stuff. I can see, at a glance, if I've typo'ed a command as it flags things up for me, and I can make PRG files instantly from the listing, try it, and then immediately correct something if there's an error.

16KVIC20 · Post by **16KVIC20** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:02 pm

Sounds quite good, maybe I'll try it one day.

CBR125R · Post by **CBR125R** » Tue May 01, 2012 8:10 am

I received a cart of Parker Brothers' Q*Bert last night and played it for an hour. It's not the best version but I still like it

Vic20-Ian · Post by **Vic20-Ian** » Fri May 25, 2012 2:54 pm

Dodo Lair - to figure out the rule that you die if a purple alien gets to the right hand side of the screen.

Boxed Alphacom 80 printer and interface for about £13 - looks lovely and new and works great. I only had a pen plotter to play with before on the Vic.

Printer test programs this weekend!

English Invader · Post by **English Invader** » Sun May 27, 2012 9:06 pm

My on-off search for a copy of Beast of Eden has finally ended. It's the first VIC item I've bought for almost a year and it cost me the grand total of £5.99.

This was one of the first games I played via emulator when I rediscovered the VIC. The title caught my eye (word play on one of my favourite books) and the game turned out to be a fairly decent collect-em-up.

Vic20-Ian · Post by **Vic20-Ian** » Mon May 28, 2012 1:28 am

Cool, I think I have that in my tapes, I will give it a go.

Nathan · Post by **Nathan** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 1:49 am

Can someone give me a spare VIC 20 that works? so i can check these cartridges because i think my VIC has a problem with loading carts, and i will need a Mega Cart if someone can throw it in there

Barney · Post by **Barney** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 4:35 am

My newest items aren't really new...I've had them for a few years. The last items I bought are 2 two Mega-Carts and 2 Behr-Bonz cartridges. Both are the best purchases I ever made for my Vic-20. Saved me from the hassle of changing cartridges evey 10 minutes.

Pedro Lambrini · Post by **Pedro Lambrini** » Fri May 31, 2013 8:04 am

FINALLY! I got myself a copy of Bomber Mission. I've been after it for a while and finally won it on evilBay for less than a fiver including P&P.

It was one of those games from my childhood that I really needed to get on tape again. Can't wait for it to arrive.