As you may have seen on the latest update to the XM status page I'll be demoing the XM and games at the Replay Expo 2011 held in Blackpool in the UK on the weekend of the 5th/6th of November. The XM mandatory games will be Apple Snaffle, Halloween, Monster! and Fruitarian. Unfortunately Dungeon! won't be demoed because its custom cart hardware won't be ready in time and the game isn't CC2 compatible.
There may also be a further two unannounced XM mandatory mystery games. However, these are optional at the moment and depend on the amount of development time required to get them into a reasonable state before the show.
The XM and its games will be on the Oldschool Gaming homebrew stand organised by TMR.
If any other 7800/2600 coders have PAL versions of their homebrew games they'd like to demo let me know.
I'll be updating this thread with more information as we get closer to the show.
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XM and games demonstration at Replay UK
Started by GroovyBee, Oct 13 2011 4:27 PM
Blackpool UK 5th/6th November 2011
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Posted Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:27 PM
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Posted Fri Oct 14, 2011 5:44 PM
Very exciting news GB! Can't wait to see it! Bummer about Dungeon! I am keen to see it in action. Is it one or two button controls? Which reminds me.. really need one of those psx adapters. 
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Posted Sat Oct 15, 2011 1:23 AM
Its a one button game. Because the homebrew stand is multi-platform with C64, A8, Spectrum and 7800 (maybe other machines too) everything has to be on multi-carts (or their equivalent) at TMR's request. That way nothing is left lying around while things are swapped out. If I get enough time (not looking likely at the moment 
) my Intellivision and CC3 will be there demoing too.
) my Intellivision and CC3 will be there demoing too.
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Posted Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:02 AM
GroovyBee, on Sat Oct 15, 2011 1:23 AM, said:
If I get enough time (not looking likely at the moment ) my Intellivision and CC3 will be there demoing too.
) my Intellivision and CC3 will be there demoing too.That sounds like potentially exciting news on top of the great news about the 7800 games!
Just sayin.
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Posted Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:18 AM
cmart604, on Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:02 AM, said:
That sounds like potentially exciting news on top of the great news about the 7800 games
There aren't enough hours in the day at the moment
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Posted Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:32 AM
Is anybody attending who can video and share with the rest of us? Would be AWSOME to see these games in action.
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Posted Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:46 AM
Sadly I'm not going, not feasible at the current moment. More's the pity, especially if these are going to be shown off...
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Posted Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:57 AM
GroovyBee, on Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:18 AM, said:
cmart604, on Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:02 AM, said:
That sounds like potentially exciting news on top of the great news about the 7800 games
There aren't enough hours in the day at the moment
.You can say that again, bro.
I hope all goes well this year.
I agree a video would be nice.
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Posted Sat Nov 5, 2011 2:03 AM
I'm off to Replay in a while. Things haven't quite gone to plan with demoing the 2600 games because I've had to go back several revisions of XM BIOS . I'm hoping its something easy to fix and I can demo them on Sunday. I'd like to thank everybody who has worked with me on the games including Espire8, PAC-MAN-RED, nonner242 and sh3-rg for graphics, miker and sack-c0s for music and DracIsBack and HammR25 for beta testing and finally the biggest thanks to Curt for making it all possible.
. I'm hoping its something easy to fix and I can demo them on Sunday. I'd like to thank everybody who has worked with me on the games including Espire8, PAC-MAN-RED, nonner242 and sh3-rg for graphics, miker and sack-c0s for music and DracIsBack and HammR25 for beta testing and finally the biggest thanks to Curt for making it all possible.
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Posted Sat Nov 5, 2011 7:07 AM
Great news, Groovy! I hope you are able to post videos here for us to salivate at...I mean, enjoy! 
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Posted Sat Nov 5, 2011 8:54 AM
Mark sent me some sneak peak videos of his XM games, my jaw is still on my desk !!! You guys are going to be blown away !!!
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Posted Sat Nov 5, 2011 9:43 AM
Post them on YouTube... We want to see.
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Posted Sat Nov 5, 2011 11:07 AM
Mark will be posting videos, the games are his and release of anything related to them is under his judgement. So I can't release anything
Curt
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Posted Sat Nov 5, 2011 1:20 PM
I cant wait for the updates...awesome news indeed!
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Posted Sat Nov 5, 2011 3:36 PM
Back from the show. People were blown away by the XM's design, the look and feel of the plastics and how well it compliments the original console. The most often heard comment about my games and demos on display was along the lines of "I didn't know the 7800 could do that!" 
. The Yamaha YM2151 audio demo really took a few by surprise too 
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I have videos and photos of the XM in action. The audio isn't brilliant on the videos so it doesn't do everything justice. The room was packed with a variety of consoles and computers making all manner of noises as well as people talking and the noise from the main hall across the corridor. Its been a long day (and the same tomorrow) so I'll be sorting everything out later..
. The Yamaha YM2151 audio demo really took a few by surprise too .I have videos and photos of the XM in action. The audio isn't brilliant on the videos so it doesn't do everything justice. The room was packed with a variety of consoles and computers making all manner of noises as well as people talking and the noise from the main hall across the corridor. Its been a long day (and the same tomorrow) so I'll be sorting everything out later..
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Posted Sat Nov 5, 2011 3:50 PM
A teaser photo...
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Posted Sat Nov 5, 2011 4:07 PM
GroovyBee, on Sat Nov 5, 2011 4:02 PM, said:
Can't find a jawdrop emoticon so...
...and
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Posted Sat Nov 5, 2011 4:12 PM
TrekMD, on Sat Nov 5, 2011 4:07 PM, said:
Can't find a jawdrop emoticon so...
...and
...and
The track clip is called "Boss" and its taken from the arcade game Fantasy Zone
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Posted Sat Nov 5, 2011 4:18 PM
The sheets you can see on top of the TV are a laminated flyer (designed by nonner242) explaining what the XM is and what it can do.
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Posted Sat Nov 5, 2011 4:18 PM
How much is a ticket to the UK? Think I can make it in time 
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Posted Sat Nov 5, 2011 4:21 PM
Dr Manhattan, on Sat Nov 5, 2011 4:18 PM, said:
How much is a ticket to the UK? Think I can make it in time
You'll have to be quick
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Posted Sat Nov 5, 2011 4:24 PM
Finally... Great sounding music for the 7800... Did you use a custom made music program or just a music driver/player? That's what I'm waiting on is a good music sequencer for the 2151 chip.
Did you use a custom made music program or just a music driver/player? That's what I'm waiting on is a good music sequencer for the 2151 chip.
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Posted Sat Nov 5, 2011 4:27 PM
philipj, on Sat Nov 5, 2011 4:24 PM, said:
Finally... Great sounding music for the 7800... Did you use a custom made music program or just a music driver/player? That's what I'm waiting on is a good music sequencer for the 2151 chip.
Did you use a custom made music program or just a music driver/player? That's what I'm waiting on is a good music sequencer for the 2151 chip.Custom. The data originally came from MAME (not ripped by me). I just wrote an analyser to strip the information needed and then a 6502 driver for the 7800.
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Posted Sat Nov 5, 2011 5:34 PM
GroovyBee, on Sat Nov 5, 2011 3:36 PM, said:
The most often heard comment about my games and demos on display was along the lines of "I didn't know the 7800 could do that!" .
.As you have made very clear the 7800 CAN'T "do that" without the XM module. That sounds alot like someone seeing a SEGA 32X for the first time and thinking the software was running
on a stock GENESIS which as we all know is also impossible.
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