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I want to program dead consoles

Posted by EricBall, 26 January 2012 · 132 views

In addition to the 2600 & 7800, I have the desire to program the Vectrex. I grew up in the golden age of video games and vector games were part of the magic. The Vectrex also uses a 6809 - the processor I first programming in ASM.

In brief, the way the Vectrex draws vectors is:
1. Set the Y velocity
2. Set the X velocity
3. Turn on the...



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Skyward Sword

Posted by EricBall, 28 December 2011 · 160 views

For Christmas I got Skyward Sword. Unfortunately, my wife didn't get my email about the game+controller bundle, so I had to pick up a Motion Pus controller before I could play it.

I've played about 4 hours so far, so consider this a very early review.

I will say there's been an awful lot of dialog in the game so far, on top of the...



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Glitch - a free MMO

Posted by EricBall, 14 November 2011 · 152 views

Warning: if you have addictive game tendencies - don't start playing Glitch (more on why later).

Glitch is an odd game - and not just because you squeeze chickens to obtain grain. It's a free-to-play game which you can play without paying. Unlike a typical FTP games, you can't use real money to buy in game resources, reduce action...



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Dragon Age Legends

Posted by EricBall, 03 November 2011 · 125 views

When I signed up for Google+ I was happy to see that the games (and their notifications) were segregated from the main feed page. Although I didn't join Facebook, my wife did, and her feed was clogged with games related posts. She spent a lot of time on Facebook playing games until she quit cold turkey. I told myself to avoid the games on...



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Good tactics or just lucky?

Posted by EricBall, 24 June 2011 · 94 views

As part of the "Welcome back" program Sony has given every PSN user a free month of PlayStation Plus - which gives discounts on downloadable content and some exclusive content. Well, I activated my free month and proceeded to download as much free stuff as I could, including several full games (including Oddworld Exodus). They might only...



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Angry Birds

Posted by EricBall, 22 June 2011 · 114 views

There's a free Angry Birds beta available via the Chrome App Store. I've played through the first 21 screens and I can't understand why it's so popular.

This isn't to say that I don't enjoy it. I certainly had fun with this physics/puzzle game. But I also found the gameplay somewhat frustrating, and my tolerance and...



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Why bother . . .

Posted by EricBall, 13 June 2011 · 84 views

This is probably only of interest to potatohead, but I don't want to depress the Propeller crowd.

The Parallax Propeller is a pretty cool chip. Eight 32 bit cores running at 80+MHz with video output capabilities. A lot of people have said, that's cool let's make an emulator or videogames!

Except that ain't easy. Yes, the...



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If I were a rich man...

Posted by EricBall, 04 May 2011 · 92 views

Stern has announced that their next pinball will be TRON Legacy. I'd really like to get one, but spending $5K (+tax) on a game is a little more than I can justify.

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Portal 2

Posted by EricBall, 21 April 2011 · 57 views

I think the first game I bought for my PS3 was the Orange Box - basically to get Portal (although I've played a good chunk of Half Life 2 while my wife wasn't around). So while I'm not a major fanboy, the game is definitely one of my favorites.

Anyway, I knew P2 was coming out, had watched some of the videos, but hadn't really...



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Pinhole Panorama camera idea

Posted by EricBall, 25 March 2011 · 55 views

Roughly based on: http://blog.makezine...anoramic-c.html

The design point is to make a 120 roll film cyclindrical panorama camera. My original idea was to make one with a 90 degree vertical field of view & 135 degree horizontal FoV, with the idea that a full 360 degrees would be covered in 3 shots. ...



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