Kurt_Woloch #1 Posted March 6, 2010 Here's my entry for the Short 'n' sweet gaming contest. It's called SSGC Racer. There's no instruction manual yet (is this required?), but the controls are pretty basic: - Joystick left: steer left - Joystick right: steer right - Joystick up: accelerate - Joystick down: brake I've attached the file as saved to the DSK1 folder by Classic99 as well as a screenshot. I'm not quite finished with this yet because I've still got some room left - right now I'm at 14 lines of code and 18 DATA lines, which means I still have 8 more lines. Also, the DATA lines could be somewhat more compressed. Does that screenshot remind you of something? SSGCRACE.zip 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Opry99er #2 Posted March 6, 2010 (edited) Man that looks good!! Atarisoft ain't got JACK!!! . I'll be playing this one tonight when I get home from my show!!! ((edit)) no manual required-- however a good back story helps! "You're the great Johnny Horsepower--- this is the last race of your life.... The young upstart racer "Wankus O'Tool" is trying to take your trophy---- can you overcome the hardest competition of your life to win the race and take home 1st prize?!?" something like that. Edited March 6, 2010 by Opry99er Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Codex #3 Posted March 6, 2010 Sweet, will be trying this one later as well! And Wankus O'Tool is funny as hell. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt_Woloch #4 Posted March 7, 2010 OK, little update here... I've now added a starting and an ending music as well as some additional display. The game now ends after doing 4 laps on the track, displaying the best and average laps at the end. No new screenshot added because the looks have stayed the same. I'm now on 38 lines total, next I will probably try to optimize the DATA statements to make some room for more code. SSGCRACE.zip 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Opry99er #5 Posted March 7, 2010 Guess I'll be playing this one on the flight today. . Good!!! I hate cramped ol' airplanes... Now I have a distraction. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jchase1970 #6 Posted March 8, 2010 the music is great! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Codex #7 Posted March 9, 2010 Clever game, especially squeezing it into so few lines. Plays well and sounds great! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sometimes99er #8 Posted March 9, 2010 Well, I for one have to put it on CPU Overdrive. Nice one ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt_Woloch #9 Posted April 10, 2010 OK, here is my probably final version of SSGC Racer. That is, if you don't find any errors... as announced, I did compress the DATA statements somewhat so I got room for more features. Actually I'm surprised how many additional features I managed to squeeze in: - Speech output (OK, no custom words this time) - Starting and finishing tower with start/finish line - Title screen with scrolling message, flashing frame and logo - Starting lights that light up, accompanied by corresponding sounds - End game options of REDO, BACK and Quit I've attached the current version again, and I will also submit it to the main submission thread before March 15th unless you find any errors or copyright problems in the game. The attached ZIP file contains: - program file as saved to DSK1 by Classic99 - source code (ready to paste into Classic99) - manual (TXT file) SSGC Racer 1.03.zip 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+retroclouds #10 Posted April 10, 2010 Just gave it a try in classic99. Love the introduction theme This game reminds me of a popular Atari game I used to play at the arcade (and I wasn't any better at it back then as I am now) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Vorticon #11 Posted April 11, 2010 Great graphics and sound. I am impressed by how you managed to leverage the limitations of XB to create the illusion of depth and parallax. Excellent work! Walid Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt_Woloch #12 Posted April 14, 2010 Since there were no complaints or error reports, this game has now gone to the official submission thread. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notwhoyouthink #13 Posted December 19, 2017 OK, here is my probably final version of SSGC Racer. That is, if you don't find any errors... as announced, I did compress the DATA statements somewhat so I got room for more features. Actually I'm surprised how many additional features I managed to squeeze in: - Speech output (OK, no custom words this time) - Starting and finishing tower with start/finish line - Title screen with scrolling message, flashing frame and logo - Starting lights that light up, accompanied by corresponding sounds - End game options of REDO, BACK and Quit I've attached the current version again, and I will also submit it to the main submission thread before March 15th unless you find any errors or copyright problems in the game. The attached ZIP file contains: - program file as saved to DSK1 by Classic99 - source code (ready to paste into Classic99) - manual (TXT file) Excellent little time waster. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Vorticon #14 Posted December 19, 2017 That was a fun contest. The level of creativity was amazing. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
InfernalKeith #15 Posted December 20, 2017 The enthusiasm in those contests was contagious. It was a fun time. Revisiting my Thin Ice game is on my to-do list for the coming months. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Omega-TI #16 Posted December 20, 2017 Some of these Necro Threads are pretty cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+InsaneMultitasker #17 Posted December 20, 2017 7 years ago.. wow. Almost time for SSGC II 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Vorticon #18 Posted December 20, 2017 We need Owen! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ti99iuc #19 Posted December 20, 2017 i am very curious to try this game but i have some problem when i try to play with it... will it only work using overdrive and not on the real TI99 ?or maybe i missing to understand something ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asmusr #20 Posted December 20, 2017 Sorry for abusing this thread, but how many would consider participating in a "short 'n' sweet" machine code game contest? For instance with the goal of producing a game of max 4K that runs on an unexpanded console? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+retroclouds #21 Posted December 20, 2017 Sure, would give it a try :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tursi #22 Posted December 21, 2017 So a 4k playground game? Hmm. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asmusr #23 Posted December 21, 2017 So a 4k playground game? Hmm. I was thinking a cartridge image would be ok. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Omega-TI #24 Posted December 21, 2017 So a 4k playground game? Hmm. Hey, that might be of interest to newbies who have not yet expanded or just want to play around with an unexpanded system. Those folks need some love too! I was thinking a cartridge image would be ok. I'm confused, I thought a cartridge game could exceed 4K yet run on an unexpanded system. If it's going to be in cartridge format, why limit the size to 4K? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asmusr #25 Posted December 21, 2017 Hey, that might be of interest to newbies who have not yet expanded or just want to play around with an unexpanded system. Those folks need some love too! I'm confused, I thought a cartridge game could exceed 4K yet run on an unexpanded system. If it's going to be in cartridge format, why limit the size to 4K? I will start a new thread. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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