[Think I'll sell the PS3]

Well I can only agree with BigO and Reaperman. As for the rest of ya get a life ya fucking fanboys

[Think I'll sell the PS3]

So... does that mean it's showing up on the marketplace? Ha ha...

 

Maybe on Craigslist..I'd rather keep it local.

 

This system is boring now

what systems do you play right now?wii?360?older ones?ive been playing wii alot lately ,mario galaxy 2 is great!

 

Well all I have atm is PS3 and PSP and after going through about 20 games on PS3 I can't find anything I want to play anymore plus the next few months don't have anything interesting, well to me anyway. Hmm.. that Black Wii sure looks interesting..lol

[Think I'll sell the PS3]

This system is boring now

[Code Snippets & Samples for bB Beginners]

This might sound a fair bit "Noobish" but how can you combine these codes? Any time I try add missiles to movement it doesn't work..

 

I know your post was 5 months ago, but I can work on combining a few of the samples, yes. I just posted another sample that demonstrates how to use bankswitching.

 

Steve

 

 

As requested, I added another demo file (#14 in the first post) that shows how to combine a moving animated player sprite with the ability to fire in any direction, including diagonally.

 

Steve

Hi Steve I was playing around with this code and made an alternate version

 

 rem *******alternative move and fire in 8 directions + animation, variable cost = 7
 rem modification saves 18 bytes adds 1 variable & fixes player reflection
 rem ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  rem Demo for moving an animated sprite that can fire a missile in any direction
  rem   
  rem   You can move around your sprite and fire in any direction.
  rem
  rem  In trying to keep this code as short as possible, I left out the following:
  rem   There is no collision detection
  rem   There are no enemies to shoot at
  rem   player movement is not restricted, you can move off of the screen
  rem   There is no defined playfield
  rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  rem  Variables
  rem
  rem     I set the inital direction of the joystick to RIGHT, so when you start
  rem     the game for the first time you're able to fire the gun before you move
  rem
  rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  a=76   : rem player1x location
  b=50   : rem player1y location
  c{1}=0 : rem Turned on if the last location of the joystick was UP
  c{2}=0 : rem Turned on if the last location of the joystick was DOWN
  c{3}=0 : rem Turned on if the last location of the joystick was LEFT
  c{4}=1 : rem Turned on if the last location of the joystick was RIGHT
  c{5}=0 :rem Turned on if the last location of the joystick was UP+LEFT
  c{6}=0 :rem Turned on if the last location of the joystick was UP+RIGHT
  c{7}=0 :rem Turned on if the last location of the joystick was DOWN+LEFT
  c{0}=0 :rem Turned on if the last location of the joystick was DOWN+RIGHT
  e=20   : rem Counter for limiting travel of fired missile
  w=1    : rem Used to determine player reflection (REFP1)
  rem y is the animation counter
  rem t replaces the still function from original code
  rem  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
start
rem reset animation control flag
t = 0
rem if reflection is switched 'on' by the w variable this keeps it in place
if w=0 then REFP1 = 8
if w=1 then REFP1 = 0


  rem ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  rem This section sets a value for the last direction the joystick was pushed
  rem
  rem  This determines the direction the bullet will be fired later, and also
  rem  allows you to keep firing the bullet in the same direction after you
  rem  have stopped moving.
  rem
  rem  Each time you move, each of the eight possible directions of the joystick is
  rem  marked as on or off with a bit variable.
  rem ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  drawscreen
  if joy0up then                c{1}=1:c{2}=0:c{3}=0:c{4}=0:c{5}=0:c{6}=0:c{7}=0:c{0}=0
  if joy0down then              c{1}=0:c{2}=1:c{3}=0:c{4}=0:c{5}=0:c{6}=0:c{7}=0:c{0}=0
  if joy0left then              c{1}=0:c{2}=0:c{3}=1:c{4}=0:c{5}=0:c{6}=0:c{7}=0:c{0}=0
  if joy0right then             c{1}=0:c{2}=0:c{3}=0:c{4}=1:c{5}=0:c{6}=0:c{7}=0:c{0}=0
  if joy0up && joy0left then    c{1}=0:c{2}=0:c{3}=0:c{4}=0:c{5}=1:c{6}=0:c{7}=0:c{0}=0
  if joy0up && joy0right then   c{1}=0:c{2}=0:c{3}=0:c{4}=0:c{5}=0:c{6}=1:c{7}=0:c{0}=0
  if joy0down && joy0left then  c{1}=0:c{2}=0:c{3}=0:c{4}=0:c{5}=0:c{6}=0:c{7}=1:c{0}=0
  if joy0down && joy0right then c{1}=0:c{2}=0:c{3}=0:c{4}=0:c{5}=0:c{6}=0:c{7}=0:c{0}=1
  rem ------------------------------------------------------------------
  rem  Set color of player sprites and missiles
  rem ------------------------------------------------------------------
  COLUP1=28
  COLUP0=28
  rem ------------------------------------------------------------------
  rem  Set initial location of player sprite
  rem ------------------------------------------------------------------
  player1x=a:player1y=b
  rem ------------------------------------------------------------------
  rem  Increase 20 to a larger number to make the bullets travel farther
  rem ------------------------------------------------------------------
  e=e+1
  if e>20 then e=0
  rem ------------------------------------------------------------------
  rem  Player Movement
  rem ------------------------------------------------------------------
  rem t control variable added to advance animation counter, w ties to reflection
  if joy0up then b=b-1 : t = 1
  if joy0down then b=b+1 : t = 1
  if joy0left then a=a-1 : t = 1 : w = 0
  if joy0right then a=a+1 : t = 1 : w = 1
  if !joy0fire then missile0x=0:missile0y=0:e=0

  rem diagonal shots
  if joy0fire && c{0} then missile0x=player1x+7+e:missile0y=player1y-3+e
  if joy0fire && c{5} then missile0x=player1x-e:missile0y=player1y-7-e
  if joy0fire && c{7} then missile0x=player1x-e:missile0y=player1y+1+e
  if joy0fire && c{6} then missile0x=player1x+7+e:missile0y=player1y-7-e

  rem left and right shots
  if joy0fire && c{3} then missile0x=player1x-e:missile0y=player1y-5
  if joy0fire && c{4} then missile0x=player1x+8+e:missile0y=player1y-5

  rem up and down shots
  if joy0fire && c{1} then missile0x=player1x+5:missile0y=player1y-10-e
  if joy0fire && c{2} then missile0x=player1x+5:missile0y=player1y+3+e

  rem if not moving go to player1 standing position
  if !joy0up && !joy0down && !joy0left && !joy0right then y=10
  rem t is the keytrap tied to joy0 directional movement if active advances animation
  if t = 1 then y=y+1
  rem ------------------------------------------------------------------
  rem Player Animation
  rem   Y is the counter for the player animation.  You can change the
  rem   animation rate by changing the 30,20,10 to a different 
  rem   sequence of numbers.
  rem ------------------------------------------------------------------
  if y=30 then player1:
       000110
       100100
       110100
       011000
       000000
       %10011110
       %01100100
       010000
       011000
       111100
       011000
end
 if y=20 then player1:
       %01000000
       %01100011
       110110
       011100
       101000
       111100
       100100
       010000
       011000
       111100
       011000
end
 if y=10 then player1:
       011100
       011000
       011000
       100000
       %01011010
       %01111100
       100100
       010000
       011000
       111100
       011000
end
rem if animation counter reaches 30 reset it
  if y>30 then y=0
rem repeat loop
goto start

[What incredible moment in a game were you unprepared for?]

Ambrosia and Dawn in Ultima Exodus

[What's your favorite paddle compatable game?]

1 more for Night Driver, I played the hell out of that. Kaboom! rules too and Pong.

[How come no Zelda quality NES homebrews?]

Yeah I haven't looked to deep into NES programming but a good IDE(cough*integrated development environment*cough) is a big + to any homebrew, and if I recall from looking into NES programming assembly is the only supported language but that may have changed. I think decent homebrew can be created as long as the game is planned properly and there's enough commented source code available.

[pfheights dont like pfres]

I don't know why but when I read that on RT's page I thought it meant "at least 11" I see why now

 

**better summed up with these lyrics from the police

 

And when their eloquence escapes me

Their logic ties me up and rapes me

 

De do do do, de da da da

Is all I want to say to you

[What Atari 2600 emulator do you use?]

I'm using Stella on the PC to develop bB games and test with the keyboard or download them on PSP with Zx-81's Stella port PSP2600, it's good to have a portable 2600 even if it don't have paddle controllers.

[What's the first videogame you ever played?]

Pong machine in the bowling alley. I was just a kid and the whole concept of putting in a quarter and spinning a dial was fascinating. I was never good at it.

[have you ever hated a console?]

To me out of all the systems I've owned the Genesis had no games worth my time. By itself it's only save grace is it's controller can be used on a 2600.

[pfheights dont like pfres]

pfheights dont like pfres, as a matter of fact it left the country. Adding a pfheights to a simple pfres = 32 screen resulted in the NTSC changing to PAL. Didn't see that one coming...the first code is the NTSC pfres screen the second is the same program with pfheights added. Is this not possible?

 

 rem batari Basic Program
rem created 5/17/2010 6:01:40 AM by Visual bB Version 1.0.0.550
  set romsize 16kSC
  

  const pfres=32

  playfield:
  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  X..............................X
end


  COLUBK = $04
  COLUPF = $1A

loop
  drawscreen
  goto loop

  bank 2
  bank 3
  bank 4

 

 rem batari Basic Program
rem created 5/17/2010 6:01:40 AM by Visual bB Version 1.0.0.550
  set romsize 16kSC
  
  set kernel_options pfheights

  const pfres=32

  playfield:
  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  X..............................X
  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  X..............................X
end

 pfheights:
 8
 2
 2
 2
 2
 2
 2
 2
 2
 2
 2
 2
 2
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1
 8
 2
 2
 2
 2
 2
 2
 2
 8 
end

  COLUBK = $04
  COLUPF = $1A

loop
  drawscreen
  goto loop

  bank 2
  bank 3
  bank 4

[Guilty Pleasure Games]

Final Fantasy Adventure for GB. Some consider it part of the Secret of Mana series..but I recall it came out on GB first and in the US it is a FF game. Love it to death but I've never met anyone who likes it.

 

Xena Warrior Princess on PSX not great but I've wasted whole afternoons playing it.

 

Bird Week (JPN) on NES

[bataribasic.com planned updates]

so does this mean we can use text?

[Harmony tech specs/processor architecture]

*jaw hits the floor* Damn! Looks great.

[Will Monster Hunter Be Successful?]

Monster Hunter Tri is the number one game on Wii and the sales figures for North America came in on Gamespot with reported sales of approximately 150,000 sold.

[Nolan Bushnell Atari System Signature Series Prototype]

You would have to be pretty hardcore to pay $2500 for a piece of plastic with no electronics in it. You should throw in a complimentary 7800 with a few games...

[music problem]

Actually I didn't realize the music editor has an expert mode with all the notes , so this all works out fine. The tones on channel 12 reminds me of a old gameboy rpg

Although we have the Expert Mode, we still want the keyboards to have every acceptable note. If the keyboards are missing any perfectly good notes, they should be added.

 

Speaking of the editor, have you seen this yet:

 

http://www.randomterrain.com/atari-2600-memories-batari-basic-vbb.html#music_and_sound_editor

 

It's a work in progress.

 

That cleared some things up, I was wondering how the dual voice worked. After playing around some this morning I think the music editor needs a auto silence\pause\break to break notes, a key to make a:

0,0,0

0,0,0

4

would be really helpful. Here's a couple more songs, I figured out a sort of drum snare to simulate drums using channel 8 tone 5 on the last one

music 4.bas.bin this reminded me of gameboy rpg music

music 5.bas.bin fast arpeggios

music 6.bas.bin quirky drum thing

[music problem]

If you find any more errors, please let me know. I just compared 21 to a music keyboard and it sounds close enough to me. I tested a certain number of notes myself, but mostly went by the chart.

 

 

Thanks.

 

Actually I didn't realize the music editor has an expert mode with all the notes , so this all works out fine. The tones on channel 12 reminds me of a old gameboy rpg

[music problem]

Yeah I tested it and it worked fine, btw the Music and Sound editor is missing under the 4(PURE) channel 21 which is a pure F tone.

Not according to this:

 

http://www.randomterrain.com/atari-2600-memories-batari-basic-music-sound.html#distortion4

 

Is that info wrong?

 

Yeah I tested all those values thru my Boss Br-900's tuner frequency 21 (not channel my bad) of channel 4 is a true F value. A correct F minor triad can be produced in channel 4 as the series 21(F),18(G#),14©

 

But let me double check the value through my tuner

 

** it is about 5+ over but close enough to call F for music sake it should be available as a F+

 

oh and here's another music track (my first with the new interface )

music 3.bas.bin

[music problem]

Yeah I tested it and it worked fine, btw the Music and Sound editor is missing under the 4(PURE) channel 21 which is a pure F tone.

 

I really like the Enable Fade Effect cool stuff!

[EA *facepalm"]

Retro systems are looking better and better everyday.

EA! EA!! How many times have I told you not to piss on the carpet *rolls up newspaper*..

[Sci Fi Quest]

Damn Cool! Love the multicolored spaceship and fat lazerbeam this looks like it's going to be epic.

[music problem]

Are you doing this by hand? Would be easier to use the latest vbb build. By pressing on the keys you can just create the music and it will tell you how many bytes of data it will occupy.

 

-Jeff

 

Wow thanks Jeff I didn't know there was a new version of VbB, I was using build 544. Too bad the music editor don't have a guitar fretboard instead of the keyboard I think musically faster on guitar.

 

** Is new version of VbB still compatable with codewiz?

[music problem]

I think this sounds better without the diminished chords at the end and it's just short enough to fit without sdata

  data musicData
  8,1,24
  8,1,16
  20
  8,1,16
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,15
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,16
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,12
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,16
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,15
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,16
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,24
  8,1,16
  20
  8,1,16
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,15
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,16
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,12
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,16
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,15
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,16
  0,0,0
  20

  8,1,27
  8,1,18
  20
  8,1,18
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,13
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,18
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,12
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,18
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,13
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,18
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,27
  8,1,18
  20
  8,1,18
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,13
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,18
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,12
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,18
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,13
  0,0,0
  20
  8,1,18
  0,0,0
  20

  255
end
  

 

music 2.bas.bin