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by fuzzybad
Thu Oct 03, 2024 7:58 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Archiving TAP for Ultima Escape From Mt Drash
Replies: 18
Views: 8750

Re: Archiving TAP for Ultima Escape From Mt Drash

I didn't realize this would be controversial. I thought people would be excited. Now I regret making this post in the first place. :P :lol:

Considering all that's been said, I guess I'll just keep the TAP to myself for now. Maybe I'll come across it again in another 20 years...
by fuzzybad
Wed Oct 02, 2024 9:23 am
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Archiving TAP for Ultima Escape From Mt Drash
Replies: 18
Views: 8750

Re: Archiving TAP for Ultima Escape From Mt Drash

That's disappointing but I get it. So I take it, the tape HAS been archived, it's just not publicly available?
by fuzzybad
Tue Oct 01, 2024 4:03 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Archiving TAP for Ultima Escape From Mt Drash
Replies: 18
Views: 8750

Archiving TAP for Ultima Escape From Mt Drash

Going through some old backups, I located the recording of an original Ultima: Escape From Mt Drash cassette. A friend came across an original copy around Y2K, recorded the tape, and send me a copy in MP3 format. At the time, I didn't know how to convert this into a TAP, so I extracted the files and...
by fuzzybad
Tue Oct 01, 2024 8:02 am
Forum: Announcement Board
Topic: Introduce Yourself: What's your User Name based on?
Replies: 662
Views: 504745

Re: Introduce Yourself: What's your User Name based on?

In the late 90's, there was an online service called Gamespy that helped gamers connect for multiplayer games. I used their "handle generator" and it gave me "Fuzzy-Bad-Mofo" or something like that. I shortened that to just "Fuzzybad" and have been using it ever since.
by fuzzybad
Tue Sep 05, 2023 7:44 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: VIC Light Cycles
Replies: 3
Views: 4621

Re: VIC Light Cycles

Thanks for the feedback! The bike animation took some doing, it was my first time using "half-character" animation (4 pixels at a time). I could make the animation smoother with finer movement, but I'm not sure it would provide much benefit for needing a bunch more character definitions. I...
by fuzzybad
Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:26 am
Forum: Games
Topic: VIC Light Cycles
Replies: 3
Views: 4621

Re: VIC Light Cycles

Thanks Marco! I was going to post my game here, and found you beat me to it! :D

Hope you guys enjoy the game, would love your feedback.
by fuzzybad
Sat Oct 15, 2022 2:13 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Upcoming H.E.R.O. game
Replies: 74
Views: 57757

Re: Upcoming H.E.R.O. game

Just had a go in VICE, this is a wonderful version! The graphics are colorful and detailed, the animation smooth and gameplay is spot-on. Shame this wasn't released back in the day, it would have been a big hit I'm sure! (although few in the 80's would have had the necessary RAM expansion)
by fuzzybad
Tue Apr 04, 2017 9:40 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Vicross and 2048
Replies: 29
Views: 9217

Re: Vicross and 2048

I had the good fortune to be situated next to the author of these at 2016 ECCC convention in Chicago, and got to playtest both 2048 and VICROSS. I'm glad to see they've finally been released!
by fuzzybad
Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:26 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: RFC: new FE3 User Guide
Replies: 21
Views: 12979

Re: RFC: new FE3 User Guide

This seems much easier to parse than the old manual, thanks for all your work on this!
by fuzzybad
Wed Mar 01, 2017 12:56 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Games we want to see
Replies: 323
Views: 292462

Re: Games we want to see

A VIC version of H.E.R.O. would be amazing! Let's make it happen!!
by fuzzybad
Wed Jan 25, 2017 11:14 am
Forum: Games
Topic: New Release: Doom
Replies: 328
Views: 166523

Re: WIP: Doom

Probably best to downgrade to 22d again. 22e has issues with trying to flash programs to the firmware for the cart menu. It doesn't work and the menu locks up. Thank you for posting this, I was about to start a new thread regarding this exact same issue. I'll try downgrading tonight. Whoever mainta...
by fuzzybad
Mon Jan 23, 2017 9:57 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: New Release: Doom
Replies: 328
Views: 166523

Re: WIP: Doom

Update: I updated my FE3 firmware to REV 22E and the problem still exists.

Crosstalk reports blocks 1>0, 2>0, 3>0, 5>0 with either 22D OR 22E...
by fuzzybad
Mon Jan 23, 2017 9:21 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: New Release: Doom
Replies: 328
Views: 166523

Re: WIP: Doom

What firmware are you using?
Hmm, I just checked and it came preloaded with 22D.

I'll try upgrading to 22E and report back..

Thanks for the suggestion! :)
by fuzzybad
Mon Jan 23, 2017 4:31 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: What do you love or hate about the VIC-20?
Replies: 41
Views: 14270

Re: What do you love or hate about the VIC-20?

Yeah. Especially in the view what VIC-I can do with this palette: Those photos are amazing! Be honest, these examples are light years beyond what the engineers even dreamed was possible with VIC-1. :) At any rate, the color palette is a personal preference. The color choices are fine; I'd just like...
by fuzzybad
Mon Jan 23, 2017 1:57 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: New Release: Doom
Replies: 328
Views: 166523

Re: WIP: Doom

Aha! Thank you so much for sharing this, I suspected it was a known issue with FE3 but missed the thread you linked me to. Hopefully there will be a new firmware that will address the crosstalk issue at some point. I'd suggest that FE3 distributors add a mention of this issue to FE3 docs as a "...