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  1. Posted

    5 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:


    Every issue of Spider-Man (and all the spin-off's... even the shitty Spider-man 2099).  I stopped collecting about 10 years ago though so don't have anything modern.  Same with all the Daredevils, Tomb Raider, Star Wars (Marvel series), Fathom and Danger Girl.

     

    I'm sure there are others... both those are the completed sets I have and have read every one.

    I have ISSUES!

    (SEE WHAT I DID THERE!!!!)

     

    😂

     

     

    So do these guys ;-)

    http://wehaveissues.ca/

     

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  4. Posted

    3 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:


    Exactly!  I told you guys.

    We know how to hire!  Only the most talented AND passionate folks!!

     

     

    So glad to finally see all the shills like Cara you have conned into your failed vanity and crowd funded fiasco.

     

    What I meant was, I'm so glad to start hearing the words and seeing the faces of all the other experienced industry veterans that have gathered to make the Amico a reality. Drown out the niche focused fringe group of haters with the voices of people that have actually participated in the creation of video games.

     

     

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  5. Posted

    3 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:


    Have you ever seen anyone with such low self-awareness before?

    We "consume" his mind each and every day.  He can't turn away because we are so interesting to him.

     

     

    :D

     


     

     

    Well, I drew a picture of a building once, that must make me an Architect. No, wait, I typed some numbers into a spreadsheet, that must allow me to call myself an Economist (or whatever the hell Cmart says he is ;-) .) Despite the internet's attempt to make "Citizen Journalism" a thing, I'm not letting a "citizen plumber" anywhere near my furnace. In fact, I'll ignore him.

     

    Calling myself or someone else something one doesn't make it true. Where I come from people get degrees or other fine pieces of paper before they can call themselves something and have it mean anything. ;-) 

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  6. Posted

    1 hour ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

    Just got through with my live stream podcast with the #1 podcast in Hawaii. 

     

    The interviewer said on air that Ian contacted him on Twitter yesterday via PM and called him a shill and sell out because he was interviewing me.

     

    That's the level these guys are at in hopes of destroying us.  Pathetic and shameful.

    Here's the interviewer talking about it:
    https://youtu.be/q7VWhU26YX0?t=344

     

     

    At some point a line gets crossed, and standing on the other side will be a few lawyers that others in Tommy's company and/or their investors have demanded be unleashed to stop perceived and documented lying/slander and/or libel. You don't have to be a lawyer to understand that.

    Youtube drama doesn't always stay on youtube and any number of subscribers won't help one bit when lawyers get involved.

     

    (...and no, I'm not referring to a SLAPP type lawsuit)

     

     

     

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  8. Posted

    1 hour ago, Tommy Tallarico said:


    Wouldn't That Be Something™?

     

    There is a HUGELY important thing about all of this that I have yet to announce.

     

    A lot of these questions and answers will make a LOT more sense when you find out one of the big current secrets we have for everyone.  :)

     

     

    Since there are so many secrets yet to be revealed, you need to start labeling them so we can reference back into this thread ;-)

     

    I hereby label the secret above as BS-001...oh, wait...

     

    I hereby label the secret above as BCS-001

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  9. Posted

    2 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

      When you're in last place, your controller will buzz... 

    :)

     

    From a programming point of view is the vibration over the whole controller or can the programmer buzz the controller at a more granular level, say only the left side or only the right?

    If not, please see about making that a feature for Amico 2.

  11. Posted

    8 minutes ago, sanguinesonata said:

    have you bought a coffee mug? the website says they're eleven oz, but they look much, much bigger than that. i'd like to know cuz i've been holding off on getting one because i usually prefer mugs to be 15oz.

    I just filled one to the top then poured into a measuring cup...11 practical oz, 12 if you like playing with danger and having hot liquid spill over the side if you disturb the air around it ;-) 

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  12. Posted

    11 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:


    Yo @level1online... notice how the folks here who like Amico are super chill, intelligent posters and have a sense of humor. 

    A lot different from the folks who hate on us and Amico

     

    Which group would you prefer to have dialogue with and hang out with?

     

    :D

     

     

    I can tell you from personal experience that anger, stress, and other negative emotions will eventually affect your health; both mental and physical.

    Social media and Youtube have allowed negativity to fester to the surface in the name of 'entertainment.' The reality of the constant negativity will eventually have personal consequences on those spewing it.

     

    Ask any person which they would prefer:

    a) sitting around a table arguing over some subject as if your life depended on it, possibly descending into physical altercations. 

    b) sitting around laughing and brainstorming how to make things better, descending into high five-ing and hand shaking and then beers.

     

    I know which one I choose, and thus I am much healthier and happier and is why I am enjoying your positive and open communication. It is far harder to create than to destroy and I'm enjoying watching your journey and apparently so are a lot of others in this little niche called Retro Gaming.

     

    Negative people can "scoparsi con un tergicristallo arrugginito Ferrari"

     

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  15. Posted

    4 hours ago, Cranker said:

    I just saw this video and thought it was so cool ! Tommy’s console collection is awesome !! 

    Having just finished watching Tiger King on Netflix and seeing the paintings in @Tommy Tallarico's house just before the shower in the video, I wonder...what Giant Wild Cat or Lion game is he working on? Maybe a Photo Safari game that was mentioned somewhere months ago? ;-)

     

     

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  20. Posted · Edited by Tarzilla
    Fixed Lives <=0

    6 hours ago, cmadruga said:

    I think my comment was misunderstood.

    I don't use a lot of GOTOs and I'm not generally replacing GOSUBs by them.

     

    The type of situation I'm talking about is this... how would you trigger a new level to be restarted?

    Suppose any "dead" condition should decrement LIFE immediately and restart the level.

     

     

     

    Start_level:

     

    CLS

    <initialize variables, etc>

     

    main_loop:

          <do a lot of stuff>

          IF (FRAME AND 3)=0 THEN GOSUB check_sprite_and_tile_collision

          <do more stuff>

          IF (FRAME AND 7)=0 THEN GOSUB check_for_other_death_situations

          <do a lot more stuff>

    GOTO main_loop

     

     

    Check_sprite_and_tile_collision: PROCEDURE

       <if sprite touched a particular tile: dead>

    END

     

    Check_for_other_death_situations: PROCEDURE

        <if condition: dead>

    END

     

    I actually do something more like below

    You could also use the DO WHILE PlayerDead=0 construct instead of a Main_Loop: 

    CartLoop:
	Gosub MainMenu
	Gosub MainGame
Goto CartLoop

MainGame:
Start_level:

CLS
<initialize variables, etc>

Restart_Level: 
	Gosub DrawLevelScreen
	PlayerDead=0

main_loop:
      <do a lot of stuff>
      IF (FRAME AND 3)=0 THEN GOSUB check_sprite_and_tile_collision
      <do more stuff>
      IF (FRAME AND 7)=0 THEN GOSUB check_for_other_death_situations
      <do a lot more stuff>
If Lives<=0 then Gosub GameOverScreen:Return Rem Exits MainGame Procedure gracefully back to cartloop
If PlayerDead=1 then GOTO RestartLevel
GOTO main_loop
End Rem End of MainGame Procedures

Check_sprite_and_tile_collision: PROCEDURE
   <if sprite touched a particular tile then PlayerDead=1:Lives=Lives-1>
END

     

  21. Posted

    On 3/14/2020 at 8:58 AM, cmadruga said:

    Quick question... having a GOTO jump to a label outside a procedure creates a stack disruption error on Intybasic.

    What is the best way to avoid this situation if the jump is really needed?

     

    I tend to use variables that get flagged inside the procedure... so once I'm back to the main loop the variable will trigger the GOTO I need.

     

    Are there better ways to deal with this? I'm sure there are. Please enlighten me.

     

     

    Some Structured Programmers would say GOTOs are forbidden, I rarely use them in IntyBasic but I use a lot of GOSUBs (which made me chuckle way too much while I was writing the SuperPro Gosub game )

     

    Your "yes sometimes it is better not to use subroutines" doesn't make sense to me as it isn't the subroutines that are the issue, it is you GOTOing into one instead of GOSUBing. If your subroutine has a lot of labels that you are jumping to, then make the parts of the subroutine small PROCEDUREs and GOSUB to them, a RETURN (or END of the PROCEDURE) will clear the stack properly on exit from the PROCEDURE

     

     

    I use variations of this: 

    WhichCritter=0

MainLoop:
	MovePlayer
	MoveCritters
	WhichCritter=WhichCritter+1:If WhichCritter>2 then WhichCritter=0
Goto MainLoop


MoveCritters: Procedure
On WhichCritter Gosub MoveSnake,MovePig,MoveBird
End

MoveSnake:Procedure
Rem Do something
End

MovePig:Procedure
Rem Do something
End

MoveBird:Procedure
Rem Do something
End

    Alternate with GOTO inside the Procedure instead of Gosubs 

    MoveCritters: Procedure
	On WhichCritter Goto MoveSnake,MovePig,MoveBird

MoveSnake:
	rem do something
Return

MovePig:
	rem do something
Return

MoveBird:
	rem do something
Return

End

     

  23. Posted

    21 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

     

    Don't worry!  Only $9.99!  Although I may feel sorry for you if you want to try and collect all the different limited editions of the physical media.  :D

     

     

    All joking aside, I hope that the Amico main website does a good job of announcing/listing these limited editions so that collectors (whether gotta-get-them-all or fans of certain IP) are aware of them.

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  25. Posted

    @Tommy Tallarico

    Tonight my daughter (21) wanted me to hook up the WII after a couple of years in a box. Instead of a game or two of Super Mario Bros, Mario Party or Mario Kart, her first go-to games were the two Family Feud games we have. We ended spending a couple of hours playing against the CPU (not @CPUWIZ) or against each other. All I was thinking the whole time is how much easier it would be to enter the words with the Amico touchscreen or speak them into the microphone on the controller, even if it was spelling it out loud rather than saying the whole word. I see Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy and Family Feud as being perfect couch multiplayer with Amico controllers. Check out Family Feud Decades on the WII, it would be a great 8 player game the way they implemented the teams.

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