[Head in the clouds]

Unless a particular person could effect how widely spread your games are don't worry about buzz for your creations.  Traction is very, very hard for homebrewers.  But, you already know this

[Is it all crap?]

I also suggested ways to make an impression in the Odyssey 2 scene in a message to Chris.  So, if 2600 game making has lost its luster there's always other outlets.

[Is it all crap?]

You make games that appeal to you on your own timeline.  That doesn't necessarily produce award winning games.  That's also not necessarily a bad thing.

 

In other words: making award winning games that appeal to a broad range of people is a learned skill.  Choose what your focus is.

[Extreme RAM Saving Techniques]

It's amazing what one can optimize out of a game if necessary.  I spent a lot of RAM tracking enemies through the world map in Dragon Chalice.  Eventually I scrapped it all and just gave enemies greater or lesser chances to appear per region.  No one noticed the difference

[Password code fixed.]

What are you programming this using?  Only thing I know about is GBDK and GB Studio.

[test my game.]

Tried several emulators and couldn't run the ROM.  Which Genesis emulator are you using?

 

UPDATE:  Nevermind.  Me being dumb and clicking on the wrong ROM.

[1-2 weeks before the next Frantic update]

Have you played with the background color any to mitigate flickering annoyance?

 

Right now I'm assuming the lowest black level is the "best" but toying with the idea that a sightly brighter shade would be easier on the eyes.

[2600 Display Kernels]

Someday I'll be a man and create a display kernel.  Always wondered if you could solve the flickering issue by interleaving sprites between scanlines.  Probably look horrible unless using very bright colors and very fine resolution via bus stuffing.  I guess.

[Super Game Boy border]

That's super impressive!  Where on the Internet did you learn how to embed Super Gameboy backgrounds into your GB game?

[I give up for good.]

We tend to manufacture situations that make our mental issues rear their head.  I think taking on especially challenging consoles and getting seemingly unhelpful support is your trap.  When you do get honest, useful advice it seems like it's ignored.

 

Take littaums advice above very seriously.  Call the hotline.  This is not about the Jaguar or unfriendly help on a classic gaming board.  It's about healing whatever factors got you to this point.

[YouTube can fucking burn in hell.]

That gets me a little angry and frustrated. Y'all played one of my 2600 games for a long time in one video (Cyber Willy maybe?). It's horrible that a corporate bot can kill channels.

 

My own experience has been getting flagged for the first 4 seconds of silence as being owned by some leech of a company. This was a video of me playing my own PC game of which EVERY asset including music was created by me.

 

Hopefully D.Tube takes off.

[Black Jack Theta VIII - (A new 2600 game) - WIP]

Is using the playfield as an extra color for cards part of those extra "graphic touches"?

[The Beginnings of SpiceC]

No rush on SpiceC. I'm learning C# (Unity) to get familiar with the syntax again.

 

I really need to figure out how to prioritize projects so as not to get burnt out. Seems like you have a handle on that

[N64 versus PS1]

Maybe this would be useful for homebrewing?

 

https://github.com/DragonMinded/libdragon

[gosub instead of goto]

I've had my share of weird insta reset issues. It usually happens when my games come close to filling up a whole bank of ROM. Also, conflicts with variables shared by mini kernels.

 

I don't have a good solution but I definitely feel ya

[That's it. I quit.]

What are you talking about dude? Who are you listening to? It ain't me. I love your work and greatly respect what you've done.

 

Ignore the haters. Listen to your own gut. Listen to those people who DO want to help you.

[I want MSX!]

Yep. I think someone made this small, blue MSX clone years ago. Now even that is a really expensive collectors item. MSX is a standard so I don't know why there isn't a new machine around given the fan base.

[The Neo Geo Dev Team]

Maybe it's time to invest in a 3D printer! If and when my Makibox comes i'll see if it's all worth it.

[Lets see whats on Channel F...]

I managed to pick up one from a flea market but it turned out to be dead. I at least got to get a feel for the joysticks. I cannot say I'd actually enjoy playing anything with 'em. *shrugs*

[I just don't understand........]

We all hear ya. I guess the most positive thing that can come of this is using as a reminder to keep ourselves healthy. Even if it means just one less cigarette or sodium benzoate filled soda pop. Our health greatly affects the lives of those around us.

[Started high school yesterday and a got a trend to buck.]

My mom was pretty young when she had me. Difference is, she wanted to have a kid. Didn't want marriage or any of that. Most people have "mistakes" or - very strangely - have an oopsie to keep a man.

 

First off, men aren't worth it. Second, the zombie apocalypse hasn't happened. There's no need to repopulate the earth. It's OK to choose what point in your life to create another.

[The "damsel in distresss" trope in some video games]

The lady who made that video is a self-serving shill. Many of us are tired of the discussion - at least where this persons work is concerned.

[They wrote *that*?]

This guy is a lot smarter than I am.

 

He's a lot smarter than me for sure! What I'd take out of this video is how the 2600 works for games. The big secret is that he didn't have this awesome idea for Pitfall! He dinked around with what he found he could do and made a game from it

[They wrote *that*?]

This is way over my head. All I did last week was make two sprites and I couldn't even get that right lol.

 

Sorry about the poor explanation. My main point is that you can do more than you think in batari BASIC. With assembly you control every detail for maximum freedom. With batari BASIC you work within what it can do to find clever ways of getting what you want.

 

Also, check this video out:

[They wrote *that*?]

Think of the 2 sprites, 2 missiles and ball as crayons. You're actually telling the VCS when to drag each of those crayons across the screen. By expertly deciding when to use what crayon you can pretend like there's more sprites, laser blasts, etc..

 

This is also the advantage and disadvantage of batari BASIC. bB decides how you drag those "crayons" across the screen. You can still find ways to bend the rules but you do not have exact control like assembly.

 

For instance, in my game M.M.S.B.C. II I appear to have 2 player ships with their own laser blasts and up to 8 simulated enemies on screen - all with parallax scrolling.

mmsbcII.bin