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by TheShortTimer
Tue Apr 29, 2025 1:18 am
Forum: Games
Topic: The Real Ghostbusters [WIP]
Replies: 11
Views: 1192

Re: The Real Ghostbusters [WIP]

raspberrypioneer wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 2:31 pm Great looking animation and graphics. Looking forward to more! :D
Same here!
by TheShortTimer
Fri Apr 18, 2025 5:51 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: Discussion about TinyASM: a new VIC20 Assembler
Replies: 5
Views: 1205

Re: Discussion about TinyASM: a new VIC20 Assembler

Yes, but you must not use a memory extension. Okay, I'll switch off the 35K RAM expansion whilst using it. You can enter your code directly into the VIC20 and test it immediately (F1 key). Excellent, this is exactly what I've been looking for. :D However, you should definitely watch the correspondi...
by TheShortTimer
Thu Apr 17, 2025 3:12 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Discussion about TinyASM: a new VIC20 Assembler
Replies: 5
Views: 1205

Re: Discussion about TinyASM: a new VIC20 Assembler

Can this be used for practicing assembler on a real VIC 20? :D
by TheShortTimer
Wed Apr 02, 2025 4:47 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: PAL CR VIC-20 With Dot Crawl & Ringing
Replies: 3
Views: 326

Re: PAL CR VIC-20 With Dot Crawl & Ringing

tokra wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 2:46 am The first step should always be the S-Video mod. Most likely this will "fix" the issue.
Thanks, I'll look into this. It seems fairly straightforward. :)
by TheShortTimer
Tue Apr 01, 2025 2:20 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: PAL CR VIC-20 With Dot Crawl & Ringing
Replies: 3
Views: 326

PAL CR VIC-20 With Dot Crawl & Ringing

Hey all, I've got a PAL, cost-reduced (made in England) VIC-20 that suffers from what I suspected to be dot crawl and after browsing through the forum, this suspicion has been confirmed, along with "ringing." The severity varies according to the colours involved. For example, this looks ok...
by TheShortTimer
Mon Jan 18, 2016 7:16 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Does anyone remember this space lander type game?
Replies: 3
Views: 1943

Re: Does anyone remember this space lander type game?

Found it!

A little bit of perseverance (and looking through the Vic20tapes gallery) paid off. :wink:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZG35jjcg_Q
by TheShortTimer
Mon Jan 18, 2016 7:12 am
Forum: Announcement Board
Topic: Introduce Yourself: What's your User Name based on?
Replies: 662
Views: 504788

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

My user name is a reference to term used by the author Gustav Hasford to describe the characters in his first novel, which in turn was the inspiration for one of my favourite films.

http://gustavhasford.blogspot.co.uk/201 ... ition.html
by TheShortTimer
Sun Jan 17, 2016 6:24 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Does anyone remember this space lander type game?
Replies: 3
Views: 1943

Does anyone remember this space lander type game?

My first post, with many more to come... I really hoping that the experts/historians among you will be able to answer this question for me. There was a game that I played on the Vic-20, just one time, over 30 years ago and it involved landing a spaceship on alien worlds (with the cursor keys to cont...