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RARE! eBay story

Posted by Cybergoth, 20 January 2007 · 6 views

Hi there!

So, when trying to find me a copy of SMS Choplifter on eBay, scanning through the listed items, I found one without manual saying:

RARE!!

Now you must know, here in Germany this is the equivalent to NES SMB or 2600 Combat, there's just zillions of it in circulation.
Being in *that* mood again, I missused the...

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Retrotronics

Posted by Cybergoth, 09 January 2007 · 30 views

Hi there!

So did anyone ever hear the term "Retrotronics"?

It's occasionally used here in Germany to describe a certain kind of popular Clubsound. It's 80's style analog minimal electronic music, done with C64s, Amigas, Moogs and stuff. It's so incredibly oldskool, there's no chance to not love it :lol:

Here's a...

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I still don't like Gauntlet

Posted by Cybergoth, 03 January 2007 · 5 views

Hi there!

Well, I really tried. According to a poll I did, Favourite classic Gauntlet, Gauntlet 4 on the Genesis is supposed to be the best.

There you go, I just beat it in the Quest mode:
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Still, it felt boring, repetitive...

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Plans for 2007

Posted by Cybergoth, 02 January 2007 · 114 views

Hi there!

Just trying to get my bits together, making something like a ToDo list for 2007.

In 2007 I want to:

~~- Become a father again. Chances are best in May~~

- Finish Colony 7. A second must.

[s]- Start / Finish / Work on some other 2600 programming projects. We'll see. Son Son, Water Ski, GtA, Galaxy Wars... the list is...

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GTATo2600 V1.0

Posted by Cybergoth, 01 December 2006 · 8 views

Hi there!

Phew... this took much longer than it should have...

I think I nailed 99% of the code now, maybe 100%. What it definitely does, is create a perfect map of the first GtA dungeon. I still want to verify a handfull more dungeons to make sure that I'm 100% accurate.

New included in this version is the original seedmap, so instead of...

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812 asm lines = 471 C++ lines

Posted by Cybergoth, 28 November 2006 · 44 views

Hi there!

So, I'm done with a first draft of translating the Gateway to Apshai dungeon creation code to C.

Given 2 Seed values, my GTATo2600 tool manages to produce a "dungeon.h" file, containing something that vaguely resembles a GtA dungeon it seems

I'm pretty sure there's still a bunch of minor and major errors in it (At...

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I haven't seen those in 15 years!

Posted by Cybergoth, 25 November 2006 · 85 views

Hi there!

God bless Youtube! Look at this, there's some of the best music videos ever made:

Wall of Voodoo / Mexican Radio
Adam and the Ants / Stand and Deliver
Fields of the Nephilim...

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GtA Dungeon Creation

Posted by Cybergoth, 18 November 2006 · 11 views

Hi there!

History in the making! After starting the analysis of the dungeon creation of the 8-Bit version of Gateway to Apshai some 5 years ago, I'm now finally done with it!

In this attachment here I extracted the bare bones requirements for the Dungeon creation code: The master function, all required...

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Damned Teasers!

Posted by Cybergoth, 17 November 2006 · 11 views

The Damned

Hi there!

First let me apologize for posting three music related entries in a row. The next will be about Gateway to Apshai, promised

Well, I just posted this elsewhere, but I thought it can't hurt here either.

My favourite band The Damned now offer a couple of songs to enjoy for free, straight on their homepage. The quality ain't stellar,...

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I wish I was a Punk Rocker

Posted by Cybergoth, 08 November 2006 · 6 views

Hi there!

../ by Sandi Thom . Best song getting airplay in ages, you gotta love it for the lyrics alone:

Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair,
In 77 and 69 revolution was in the air,
I was born too late to a world that doesn't care,
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with...

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