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Welcome from a fellow Electron user!

That's a really nice Electron and accessories you have there! And the carpet isn't bad, either.

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Jeremy Grayson wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:44 am

From Impact to IPA, or posters to porter, in one easy step, then.

I'll drink to that. Cheers!

The UEFs from Every Game Going and STH don't seem to work for me with Elkulator, which is odd given that I made a patched version with ZX:/ keys and presumably tested it.

Anyway, see how you get on with this version.

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Thanks for getting it working again, Richard!

I have a few posts in the forums on there and spent a lot of time writing wiki pages, so it's good to see it get some attention.

I think some users tended to look down on ports of games from other platforms - I remember reading a review in a magazine that basically said that Micro Power's Ghouls was fine for a machine like the BBC Micro but that C64 users expected/deserved better. Repton probably looked like a knock-off of Bo...

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Andrew from RComp is usually pretty active, especially on the RISC OS Open forum, but not on this forum as far as I know. I think it's probably just holiday season.

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If you find anything interesting in that pile of tapes, be sure to less us know!

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I saw the start of the programme. If they hadn't said that it had been restored then I don't think I would ever have known! :D Actually knowing that it had been restored just made me want to peer closer at the screen, so maybe the BBC should have just aired the programme and added a bit at the end t...

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Crikey, they are programs written ten years ago that I've barely looked at since! I mentioned the number of lines in the original post, and although I could hunt out the source code I'm not sure I know what a "programming paradigm" is, especially in the context of BBC BASIC. :? Ah, I didn't realise...

Although the first level is a bit of a showcase, the game is trying to teach you how various things work on each level, preparing you for later level where you need to apply those skills. It's a style of platformer that isn't popular these days, so I can understand if it's not everyone's taste.

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Can you say anything about the program(s) used to perform the restoration? Number of lines of code, structure (libraries, modules), any particular programming paradigms used?

(Not my shining moment, but rather paulb's, who is too modest to mention it.) One of the maths teachers, who knew we could program for the Acorn 8-bits, asked if we could write a screen dumper for their Star printer so that the kids could print their graphs. It didn't matter if it took a few minutes...

Just for fun - because I'm not participating, so think of me as a pace-setter if you like - I uploaded a video of the Electron version which shows how to do some of the levels. You can, of course, practice the individual levels in the editor. I was unlucky on level 6 because I forgot that I needed t...

KarateEd wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 06, 2018 7:16 pm

You got to level 8?

Not in this contest. Besides, I've been practising for years.

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I'll have to check out your recent music. I found a couple of your old tracks on my hard disk from years ago...

Randomness plays a fairly big role in this game. To make some levels easier you need to be lucky and not have mushrooms placed in hard-to-get places, like just on the other side of an escalator or slide. And, as already noted, you need to have a plan for level 4 when you get there - and level 8.