SeaGtGruff Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 This isn't a game, it's just something silly I made for my tutorial. I'll post the program code later. It bounces the Windows flag around the screen for a while, and then eventually you get "the blue screen of death." Michael blue_screen_of_death_3.bas.bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Very nice!! You could easily make a game out of this, just add a crosshair and let the player shoot the windows flag! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atwwong Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 This is great! Something to show all those Windoze users... Errr.. wait, nevermind that... (The flag parts remind me of giant Warlords shields...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorf Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Let me guess.....your PC crashed on you and screwed up some work you did, so this inspired you and motivated out of fustration, you decided to write this? Well it may have been my trigger anyway... Very nice, none the less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaGtGruff Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 Let me guess.....your PC crashed on you and screwed up some work you did,so this inspired you and motivated out of fustration, you decided to write this? Not exactly. I *have* gotten "the blue screen of death" before-- including several times on my laptop before the hard drive crashed completely-- but the original program is just a blue screen, which is/was a sample "my first 2600 program" for my tutorial, to show how to write a simple display loop in bB, or a simple kernel loop in assembly. The second version adds the playfield text message that says "Windows died, dude!" And this is the third version, but not necessarily the last. When I was writing it last night, I was thinking I could let the user fire at the Windows flag, or draw the flag smaller but have multiple copies of the sprite. It could be sort of a spoof on "Space Invaders" or "Galaxian" or things like that. In fact, it could be one of the "let's work on a game together" programs in the tutorial, being expanded on as each new session teaches the reader about new things. Also, I wanted to have an animated "flapping in the breeze" flag, but I couldn't do it last night. Even something as simple as tilting the flag 10 degrees to the right looked pretty crappy with the limitations of the sprite resolution. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNXGUY Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Ummm.......OK.......I downloaded the Blue_Screen_Of_Death now how do I view /watch it ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaGtGruff Posted January 8, 2008 Author Share Posted January 8, 2008 Ummm.......OK.......I downloaded the Blue_Screen_Of_Death now how do I view /watch it ??? On an emulator or multicart. It just bounces the Windows flag around for several minutes, then the error message comes up and it doesn't do anything else. I think I'll eventually try to create some kind of "space shooter" game from this, as part of my bB tutorial (which I've resumed work on), where you fly an Atari Fuji ship and try to destroy the Windows Flag ships. But for now this is just a bouncing flag and an error message. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freehabitat Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 hi michael,... great, everything in comes in right time. for my project i need 2 of the flaggs (squares) controlled by the controller. i will do a posting with complex informations in the next day´s. best, thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNXGUY Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Got thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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