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  2. Posted

    Here's an update on the game. I am converted it over to the same codebase that I used for Angry Video Game Nerd K.O. Boxing.

     

    Some of the changes will be dodging and a nice credits screen at the very beginning. It will have the same fade effect as the AVGN game. I've attached some screenshots. I don't have a playable binary yet.

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    Actually, as of last night - I have moved over all the chars from the 16k into a 32k codebase. So, I have a 32k K.O. Cruiser on my computer. I haven't taken advantage of the extra storage yet. So much room!

     

    Cool, so the Kangaroo can now make a comeback?

     

    Chris

    The great roo shall return in K.O. Homebrew. For K.O. Cruiser, I'm just going to use characters from my Commodore 64 version.

  5. Posted

    Hope it will hit the shop! But wait! Did KO cruiser hit the shop???

     

    Not yet. It's in the queue. In the meantime, I plan to use my 32k codebase to push K.O. Cruiser from 16k to 32k. The result will be a nice credits screen. I can also make some changes to the backgrounds - since I can store more than just three.

     

    GREAT! :)

     

    Actually, as of last night - I have moved over all the chars from the 16k into a 32k codebase. So, I have a 32k K.O. Cruiser on my computer. I haven't taken advantage of the extra storage yet. So much room!

  6. Posted

    Hope it will hit the shop! But wait! Did KO cruiser hit the shop???

     

    Not yet. It's in the queue. In the meantime, I plan to use my 32k codebase to push K.O. Cruiser from 16k to 32k. The result will be a nice credits screen. I can also make some changes to the backgrounds - since I can store more than just three.

  11. Posted · Edited by Devin

    Hello all. I am pleased to announce that I have finished my first sequel to K.O. Cruiser! Woot!

     

    In "Angry Video Game Nerd K.O. Boxing", you fight the cast and characters from the hit Internet show: The Angry Video Game Nerd.

     

    AVGN KO Boxing 2009-09-06 NTSC.bin

     

    AVGN KO Boxing 2009-09-06 PAL60.bin

    K.O._AVGN_Manual.pdf

     

    If case you are not familiar with the show, the Angry Video Game Nerd is an Internet show based on reviewing old video games. The "nerd" is a retro gamer like us and, like us, has been aggravated playing terrible games. Often, in the past, we would buy a game (or most likely get one as a gift) only to find out it was TERRIBLE!

     

    "Back to the Future for my Nintendo? Thanks Santa! This looks great!"

    (10 minutes later)

    "This sucks!"

     

    The show combines knowledge of video games & old systems with rants so acerbic and scatological that they can cause paint to peel. In quite a few episodes, characters from the game, such as the Joker, Cowardly Lion, Bugs Bunny, etc... join in. Mike Matei, who acts in these roles, and creates the episode title art, was kind enough to draw a cover for this game. He also was helpful by giving me tips and suggestions during development.

     

    Enjoy!

     

    P.S. In this sequel, I added I added the ability to dodge punches. When your opponent is about to throw a punch, you can move left or right and dodge. If your boxer is not in danger, you will move normally. I'll update my other boxing game to use this feature.

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    I don't see how Safari and Google Chrome said to be so much faster. I tried them out and saw no difference in speeds. I promptly uninstalled them not too much later.

     

    Speed is one thing. Security is far more important. I don't mean to knock Microsoft - they did a great job on the evolution of Windows and a great job on XP (can't say the same for Vista). Their software development tools are the best out there.

     

    ... but, security. Microsoft has never been able to do security well.

     

    IE is not secure, has little to no privacy features, and has a clunky Vista-ish interface.

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    That is a totally inaccurate picture of the market. They even say themselves "These facts indicate that the browser figures above are not 100% realistic. Other web sites have statistics showing that Internet Explorer is used by at least 80% of the users."

     

    I can't put any validity into HitsLink stats given is collected primarily from paying clients and they show Alexa (spyware) on their website.

    I wasn't able to substantiate the claim that Firefox is #1, but I also couldn't find any evidence to suggest that 80% of current users use IE. Based on a wide variety of sources, I found that IE has a user base of about 60-70% but falling, and Firefox around 20-30% and growing.

     

    Okay.I still go by the motto: Friends don't let friends use IE and browse :P

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    So why aren't we seeing more Firefox exploits than IE? My guess is because it's actually more secure.

     

    I am very diligent with security on my home system. I don't use IE, never will. The fiasco known as ActiveX still haunts IE - and all Windows machines to this day.

     

    I use XP SP2, but replaced the utterly worthless Windows Firewall with the free one from ZoneAlarn (I also have 2 redundant hardware firewalls). The Windows Firewall only offers incoming protection. Its basically half a firewall.

     

    ... and, just to be completely safe, I installed a plugin for Firefox called NoScript. You can control which websites can use Javascript.

     

    I would also suggest to all users that they download Spybot Search and Destroy. The anti-spyware that comes with Vista and XP SP3 is worthless.

  16. Posted

    That is a totally inaccurate picture of the market. They even say themselves "These facts indicate that the browser figures above are not 100% realistic. Other web sites have statistics showing that Internet Explorer is used by at least 80% of the users."

     

    I can't put any validity into HitsLink stats given is collected primarily from paying clients and they show Alexa (spyware) on their website.

  18. Posted

    Interesting to see how much market share Chrome has right now. It'll be nice when it's available for OS X. It's pretty amazing that Firefox has unseated Internet Explorer as the most widely used browser. :) Would be interesting to see a breakdown of "other" in the above chart, as well as a breakdown of the various Internet Explorer versions.

     

    ..Al

     

    I am too. I suspect it is made of Opera and some of the other browsers. One of the neat statistics you can get from browser usage is an approximate platform market share. This is quite different from the installed base, since not all computers are used with browsers.

     

    Anyway, Macintosh is doing much better and has jumped up to 6% of the market. This is exceptional. Before Jobs returned, Apple has dropped below 1%. They have been rising every month.

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  19. Posted · Edited by Devin

    Oh, just out of curiosity--is anyone here still using IE6? If so, you may want to upgrade soon.. :ponder:

     

    ..Al

     

    I am too. I don't like 7 or 8. Is it not going to work with the new forum?

     

    Download Firefox! Firefox is the number one browser in the World right now. Google Chrome is a rising star as well - although not quite yet up to the market share as Firefox.

     

    IE6 has about 14.4% of the market.

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  20. Posted

    As part of the celebration of the 100th print issue of the 2600 Connection, I am happy to report that we are getting very close to completion for the cartridge release of Mean Santa.

     

    I would like to acknowledge and thank John Harvey , a.k.a. propane13, for his excellent programming work and skills on this project.

     

    Please check out the youtube video of Mean Santa

     

    http://2600connection.atari.org

     

     

    Hee hee! It looks fun! I can't wait to see more on this.

  24. Posted

    Used to program games in qBasic when I was around 8-9 years old :)

    but now I'm mostly using ASM for everything :D

     

    Is that related to visual bB?

     

    QBasic is a version of the BASIC programming language that eventually evolved into Visual Basic .NET

     

    BASIC -> BASICA -> GWBASIC -> QBasic -> Visual Basic 1...6 -> Visual Basic .NET

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