Gray Defender

Hello everyone, I am proud to say I have completed development on my Pac-Clone game. It has been a great learning experience, and I had a lot of fun doing it. Gameplay and announcement video here: I still have two or three more videos covering the development yet to be released but coming soon on youtube.com/graydefender If anyone is interested as of the time of this posting there are 5 (five) physical copies up for grabs. Send me an email at [email protected] if you would like a boxed copy. Thank you for your support!

Count me in as well for a full set. Thank you.

Great video! I am sooo jealous. I would pay good money to own one of these devices.

True, but I don't know anybody that would even bring that into their house in that condition, but I totally understand that sentimentality.

Recently, one of my coworkers gave me this diamond in the rough. I thought it would be neat to try to clean it up and see if it was still working.

Thank you, I appreciate your support. The core of the Pac-clone game is pretty much complete, if not just in a sort of a beta mode, but the game is far from being complete. I hope to be able to complete it one day. I agree my videos are not very interesting to most people, sort of like watching paint dry. I mean how excited can you get about watching someone fix a few bugs in their program code, lol. I still have to work in joystick support, create a title/attract screen, adjust level ramp ups, etc, and probably last but not least, try to figure out how to throw in the all important sound effects. Also, I have been juggling around the idea in my mind, about having a level selector, on the title screen, and somehow saving off the high scores, based on the level you start on. I think that could be a good way to make the game more fun, to see if you can beat the high score, or at least be able to compare your score to the high score record. Some of the youtube commenters want me to post the program in github, a tool which I have not yet used. If I do post there it will be when I am done working on the game and the video series is completed.

Thank you, Mr. SQL! I appreciate it. Yeah the link that I provided has a couple of different VCS ROMs to try out + source code for VCS and Mac. The book is really nicely done but I can see where it would have a fairly limited audience. As for the Pac-Clone video series, I really hope some people find it useful. I have been enjoying creating the videos as I go. I really am taking my time with it and am learning a lot of techniques along the way. The creator of CBM prg studio, Arthur Jordinson, has been extremely helpful and supportive as well. He would often times have issues already fixed that I came across and provide me with beta versions. How cool is that!

I recently completed reading the "10 Print" book which has a chapter on the Atari VCS. I was interested in trying out the code but could not find it anywhere online. One of the books authors Ian Bogost, has shared the code on his website ( http://bogost.com/downloads/10-Print-Atari.zip) and I thought I would share it here. One thing to note if you download and try out the ROM: The screen will remain black until you press Game Reset at which point the program executes. Below is my review of the book. In the mean time if you have read "10 Print", I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on it.

August 7, 2016 Okay I'll play along. Had lunch today at a place out here called Great Kahn's BBQ, although mine had no meat, except for the juice on the grill lol. Pulled some crab grass and weeds in the heat and came in to play some Atari 2600, alone, no music. I plugged up my Edladdin Supreme 78 and my harmony cartridge. First up, one of my go to games: Missile Command. Played in difficulty A, final score 38,400. Next up, I played dintari pac-man (not the latest build). Made it just past the first intermission, final score 11,840. Next up, Defender. Both difficulty switches in A , final score 29,400. And finally, a quick game of Asteroids. Once I flipped the score, I stopped playing. In all I played for about an hour and had loads of fun…

Looking for a working RGBi compatible monitor that can display 80 columns.

Well, they are awesome and you did a great job, looking forward to whatever project you put your mind to. Thanks a lot, Glenn

Received my label stickers Friday and made this video. I love them!

I would be interested as well if any are left.

Hi everyone, just wanted to share my experience with this kit. Thought it was fun to play around with.

Hi back to you. I used to own a c128, which back when it came it too me was a breakthrough. Now for Commodore related stuff, I use a C64c, which is a great machine. I am not familiar with zoom floppy but I assume it is something like the C64 Ultimate 2 which is what I have been using.

Purchased an Atari Lynx from goaltoss, and had a great experience. The product shipped right away and was exactly as described in the marketplace. Thank you goaltoss!

This is a really sweet upgrade. I mean it lets you load just about what ever rom you have onto the device. It has great graphics & sound. It's not just the hardware that's upgraded, he also loads it with some additional homebrew games that were not on the original flash back. I guess the main difference would be for the hardware purists (snobs lol) out there, who must play on original intellivision hardware. Since I don't have a cuttle cart or something similar, this is the way to go. It allows me to play my purchased roms and provides a beautiful interface for doing so. BYTE KNIGHT graciously answered all my questions and even repaired my unit from an issue I created. Let's just say I somehow fried the thing and BYTE KNIGHT repaired it for me FREE of charge. That's the kind of service he provides. If you were ever on the fence about purchasing this service, I hope this helps you to make up your mind. As for the game play I find that I am now playing games that I would not normally play and it has been a blast. Again the graphics are crisp and clean (w/ no caffeine) and it sounds great. I actually posted a related video on my channel on youtube if anyone would like more information about the Ultimate Flashback upgrade service, setting up the wifi or loading roms onto the unit using the USB dongle (my experience):

Congratulations. It looks awesome. I've been wanting to purchase something like this for a long time.

Totally agree with these comments. Vice is terrific for testing out code you have written with a cross compiler. You can write a simple 10 line basic program press a button to test it out and you're off to the races. The cross compiler can also greatly assist you with creating special character sets, sprites and graphics. This allows you to test and debug your program before even powering on your C64. I have been using CBM prg studio. It also supports assembly programs and has macros, etc. http://www.ajordison.co.uk/ Having said that, I have already said I do prefer to use real hardware when possible but there are instances when emulation is a great tool. Is Vice perfect? Probably not but it is pretty darn good.

It was the first time I opened up a C64, so I took my time with it and it actually was not that difficult. I was considering buying some replacement keys from the indigogo, but dreaded the thought of popping off all the keys and decided that white on top of red looks just fine.

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that. I will now be on the hunt for one of these savers....