RE: Car game

2007-05-20 Thread Calvin Allett
Just a quick message, as I`m a bit/loads hungover after three days on the cider :( hehe Sorry you had so much trouble posting Adrian, I didn`t mean to ask so much, or to go into so much detail about what I had been envisioning possible with Basic, so thanks again for replying so fully, I apprecia

What games

2007-05-20 Thread Calvin Allett
Just a quick thought, What games could be accomplished on the ol` SAM, everybody always says about how underpowered the SAM is in Mode 4, but when I`m playing more Spectrum games recently, I`m getting a certain shock as to how many games ran at perhaps lower than 8 fps, and yet it doesn`t matter,

RE: What games

2007-05-20 Thread Chris White
;) anything is possible .. just have to change the way u think about coding and stay away from systems .. ie sprite systems / scrolling systems make ever function bespoked to that task .. ie make a sprite cutter that loads data directly instead of reading from a ram location n writing to screen

RE: What games

2007-05-20 Thread Tobermory
Chris, Is this also true for music? Would it have any direct benefit? Howard (still reading the list in the background) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris White Sent: 20 May 2007 11:14 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: RE: What

RE: What games

2007-05-20 Thread Chris White
not to sure on music .. but .. reading n writing to ram was always its contention .. mostly the screen banks .. if music and player was kept in a sep bank then i would assume it have little benifit .. depends on the size of code that was outputed C _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMA

Re: What games

2007-05-20 Thread Colin Piggot
> not to sure on music .. but .. reading n writing to ram was always its > contention .. mostly the screen banks .. if music and player was kept in a > sep bank then i would assume it have little benifit .. depends on the size > of code that was outputed You'll have contention wherever you stick i

RE: What games

2007-05-20 Thread Chris White
Nothing to do with me gov .. But yeah I recall cookie doing some tweeking around I that area .. Never sure if it ever was a full player or just a example of inner loops C -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colin Piggot Sent: 20 May 2007 14:1

RE: What games

2007-05-20 Thread Adrian Brown
Surely 8x8 was 64 bytes ;) (or 32 in mode 4). But yes direct writing is the only way. Although its a pain to do clipping still, a well placed ret always does the trick i found J From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris White Sent: 20 May 2007 11:31 To: Adrian Subjec

RE: What games

2007-05-20 Thread Chris White
doh i been in work for 4bytes per pixel far to long lolol , but yeah clipping is a bit of a nightmare .. :D C _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adrian Brown Sent: 20 May 2007 15:14 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: RE: What games Surely 8x8 was 64 b

Atom-Lite on you tube

2007-05-20 Thread Edwin Blink
Here are some movies on the Atom-Lite. http://www.youtube.com/v/xKIsEr660HA http://www.youtube.com/v/QBVsGCV4sPA Sorry for the poor quallity. but it's a you tube thing. I don't have some place to store the original 40Mb and 20Mb versions Edwin

Re: Atom-Lite on you tube

2007-05-20 Thread Gavin Smith
Hey, you didn't tell us it came with mind reading capabilities! Nice vids :) In the second one, you realise we can see you b*llock naked in the relection of the TV screen? Gavin On 20 May 2007, at 4:58 PM, Edwin Blink wrote: Here are some movies on the Atom-Lite. http://www.youtube.com/v/

Re: Atom-Lite on you tube

2007-05-20 Thread Calvin Allett
Looks great to see a real SAM on teh Tube :D The card looks interesting too, great the way it just slots in. Edwin Blink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Here are some movies on the Atom-Lite. http://www.youtube.com/v/xKIsEr660HA http://www.youtube.com/v/QBVsGCV4sPA Sorry for the poor quallity. but

Re: Atom-Lite on you tube

2007-05-20 Thread Edwin Blink
From: "Gavin Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Nice vids :) In the second one, you realise we can see you b*llock naked in the relection of the TV screen? You should have seen me in the other takes I made. ;-) Edwin