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That's very good actually! It's an impressive 3D effect for so little code. I have to admit I was pretty encouraged to pursue the idea once I saw it running, but was worried about how slow it would become in pure BASIC once all the logic was in place. One optimisation I can spot straight away is th...

I suppose I'd better give the full details as it seems there are all sorts of angles I haven't thought of. Basically I started by wondering about "bringing Deathchase for the ZX Spectrum to the BBC": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djHoBBrtzKY I like the very simple concept. Just dodging t...

Sounds like a good plan. What you should do next is define exactly what you want, ie: - Do you need to be able to draw lines at all 160 x-positions? - What heights of lines do you need, and again do you need to cater for the full range of 256 pixels? - What colours are required? - What happens to t...

Thanks people, lots of interesting thoughts and tests there! My 2c... 1) Basic uses generic drawing routines, so every time you make a call to the line drawing routine it has to go through initialisation, work out X,Y coordinates relative to the character based screen memory, then plot the all pixel...

Well done. Having said it's different compared to the Spectrum version, have you played the Spectrum version through or even a few levels to see if your new skills are transferable? Do the rubber keys help? :lol: I "completed" the Spectrum version on ZXDS, an excellent emulator running on...

Some questions about drawing lines on the BBC micro: 1) If I were to execute in BASIC something like this, to draw a vertical line in the bottom left corner: MOVE 0,0: DRAW 0,100 Am I right in assuming that there is little speed benefit in trying to do that in assembler instead? Because mostly what ...

Next up from me, Manic Miner: https://youtu.be/ii8OENQgX7U. It's spoiled a bit by some dodgy collision detection where I get away with murder, but the bad guys get their revenge and I get killed to bits eventually, scraping through on my last life! Similar to the process for Vindaloo, I first played...

I've now removed the Q/S and CTRL-F9 code, but added cursor up and down to move up / down a level. It's displayed in the top part of the score. Levels listed below for convenience :) (Forgot to add, once level is changed, then you'll need to find a suitable place to die, so that the new level can b...

Blow me down, after making a request for either an infinite-lives or level-skip version of Vindaloo in another thread, the next day billcarr2005 has only gone and done both! I've now been able to add one of my favourite games to this list. I managed to complete Vindaloo by saving state using a Repla...

The listing, if this one ... listing-Vindaloo-ExtraLives.jpg gives "only" 255 lives, by changing the "number of lives" code above to... There's supposedly a built in cheat too, for 9 lives, from https://www.stairwaytohell.com/cheats/builtin/index.html?page=homepage "Press C...

Also, while you are all there, may I make a request? I don't know how much of a big-ask this is - from what you have written I can imagine it being anything from quick-and-enjoyable to time-consuming and unrewarding, but I'll ask anyway: Could you come up with an infinite-lives version of this game,...

If it was me I'd try and figure out the memory locations holding the score, set them to 999,999 and then play for a few minutes. It depends how the programmer arranged for scoring to work... ...Once you've found the score in memory (not unfeasible with many savestate files to go through), you might...

Impressive, I always found the game quite punishing. Have you thought about filming and having a YouTube series of Longplays? Both this thread and your other one about completing games has certainly inspired me a bit and I think I'm going to have a bash at Plan B as I should have developed the skil...

After finishing Vindaloo recently, sydney suggested a thread for people to post their gaming success stories. Where possible it would be great if people could also post videos of playthroughs on YouTube. Hopefully it will encourage people to dive deeply into some old games and get the most out of th...

Maybe it goes like Pacman level 256? I wasn't aware of that - I had to look it up! I'm now holding out hope that there will be a stray character on the screen after clocking it, and it will be the letter 'P' placed exactly over the letter 'L' at the top of the screen:) Impressive, I always found th...

I also like the idea of breaking the scoring system. What do you mean by that? Seeing what happens if you get to 999,999 and then score 1 more point? :?: Yes, that. The following would all be exciting I think: 1) The score goes to 000000 2) I get a special message from the programmers who foresaw t...

... by Tynesoft. This game is bat s*** crazy. Having quickly charged around a few screens, I'm in two minds about whether to try to complete it. Is it really meant to play like that? There is no way past the huge enemies and you have to walk through them and lose energy and just hope you don't lose ...

I got a new personal best just now. I just turned the BBC on and fired up Vindaloo for some idle entertainment, which is probably the best state of mind to be in to relax and make as few mistakes as possible! I got to the end with 2 lives left... and got all the way to the end again, losing just one...

I didn’t get off the first screen with Sabre Wulf to see if it corrected the colours. Might be worth a try but I suspect it probably won’t. :cry: I can confirm that it doesn't fix the problem so Sabre Wulf is off the list :( Edit: Off the Replay list that is, not off my games-to-try list, thanks to...

=D> Oh, well, you've reached the pinnacle of human life - what's left to do? 8-[ :wink: :lol: I know, life is all going to be downhill from here! I suppose I could learn assembler and write Vindaloo 2: Touching Cotton. More realistically though I could keep playing this obsessively until I break th...

What was your final score? I don't believe it. I just had another go now, and I completed it again, with one life left on the final level again: https://i.ibb.co/Wgvqb9L/last-level-score.jpg This time I carried on, and got through a heck of a lot of the earlier levels with that one life before I fi...

Bravo =D> =D> Loving the beer and poppadoms too, a good jalfrezi would've topped the night off I reckon! Thanks:) Haha, yes I probably should have prepared an Indian banquet in case of success! Thats great! I really like that it worked out how you wanted and you maximised the enjoyment from the gam...

I've had a thing about this game ever since I stumbled across it a few weeks ago. It was one of the first games I tried on the Beeb (a real one) and I liked how smooth and fast it played and how colourful it was. I also really feel for the main character, Raj. For those who don't know the game, he's...

I ended up with this We've definitely got the same hardware:) Sabre Wulf may be a game where it resets the colours for every new screen you enter; that's now going to be the first thing I try to see if I can make use of the Replay for certain games. ...I'm steadily working out what some (anonymised...

In terms of what you get when buying, well, it’s no different to anything else that is 35 to 38 years old. If it is described as working, contact the seller and ask questions. For example, how did you test it? How long did you have it on for? What is the picture like? Better yet, if you are going t...

I believe the game you refer to is Copter Caper from A&F. That's the one! Thank you:) I've just played it again now, making a serious attempt to get somewhere, and got past the first bonus stage. It's a pretty good game I think. At first it seemed a bit down to random luck as to whether a subma...

I am tempted by Rescue the arcade game , but only because I know someone who would loves it and it does look technically challenging. The arcade game looks great. I can't for the life of me find it now, but I recently stumbled on a game for the BBC which I presume was based on this. There were peop...

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Sun Jul 12, 2020 12:21 am

It's definitely a case of "use the infinite-life hack" as far as I'm concerned!

Haha! Then there it shall go! Thanks:)

Inevitably, Sim: https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1499&p=260074#p259404 :?: Just watched a few seconds of the video, so as not to spoil it. That looks a good game. From your comments in the other threads though, not sure where to place it. Do you think it belongs on the &qu...

There's a BBC game that I did finish - but already on your list and as you've put - not really "action" as such ... Imogen (not really an action game?) Ha! I wasn't quite sure whether to include it, and it made me wonder what I was thinking when I wrote "action" games! There's p...