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Banned fly

Entry posted by atari2600land June 11, 2015

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You'd think the Intellivision would be improved from the Atari 2600 since it was released a year later. But there is still something the 2600 has that the INTV does not: The ability to generate random numbers on a title screen. I was trying to get a fly on the waffle project's title screen to fly in random directions. But I found out that the INTV needs a key press in order to generate random numbers. Oh well, bang goes that idea. Anyway, I worked on the project for the last couple of days on a title screen idea from an AtariAge member. I think I have got it right this time. Although, I sort of like a title screen where something is at least moving, this is a static screen showing the project's manila folder. At least there's music playing. I have about 2k left for improvements, changes, and additions. Who knew such a simple game could take up 16k of room so quickly? And I just started on this thing 10 days ago! Projects move quickly when you have no life so you can concentrate on programming stuff. I am waiting anxiously for July 5 so the Halloween stuff can start appearing in craft stores. I feel the need to add to my jack-o-lantern/pumpkin collection. Maybe I should go to Value Village this weekend...

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DZ-Jay 8,153

Posted June 12, 2015

Lets be clear about something: when you say "Intellivision," you actually mean IntyBASIC.

As suggested by many in the Intellivision Programming forum, there are many ways to do this on the Intellivision. That your language of choice does not offer an easy way is not the fault of the platform.

And on that point, if you compare the maturity level of Batari BASIC with that of IntyBASIC (which came out only last year!), the differences are understandable, and the progress of the latter is astounding.

dZ.