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TROGDOR

Member Since 25 Aug 2004
OFFLINE Last Active Jan 25 2012 12:53 AM

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TROGBlog > Porting Elite to the 2600

Posted 29 November 2009

After spending a couple days researching Elite, I'm convinced this game could be ported to the Atari 2600 and still retain most of its original look and feel. Here's what the original Elite looked like on the Commodore 64:

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And here's a prototype screenshot...


TROGBlog > Death of a Laptop

Posted 28 November 2009

My main laptop died last month. It was a Dell Vostro 1400, and I was very happy with it up until the video card fried. Its best feature was the Nvidia Geforce 8400GS video card, which had its own dedicated video memory. Regrettably, that feature was its undoing.

The system died a couple months after the 1 year warranty expired. I did some research on...


TROGBlog > Robotics Discussion Part 1

Posted 03 October 2009

I'm an avid fan of robotic technologies. Over the past several years I've been following the progress of advances in robotics, including mechanical dexterity, sensor implementation, and software AI. I'd like to share these advances with the AA community and discuss their implications. I think the robotic industry is on the verge of a...


TROGBlog > Positron: Write Cycles v0.08

Posted 13 September 2009

I was getting concerned that I didn't have enough half-finished Atari projects, so I started another one. Just to be safe.

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Vista Operating System has chosen you to serve on the game grid.



Features:
- High-resolution light trace display...


TROGBlog > Stellar Overlord v0.95

Posted 30 August 2009

Given Al's recent overhaul of the AtariAge website, this seemed like a good time to post the facelift I did for Stellar Overlord.

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The new look



New Features:
- Completely redid the font graphics from scratch. Wider is better.
- Shrunk...