+Andrew Davie Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 This is a demo of the Boulder Dash® title screen, now playing the original theme music. This work is a joint effort between Thomas Jentzsch and Fred Quimby (batari). Both have contributed significantly. Firstly, Fred worked on the original music engine and method that made this sort of music possible. The music engine modifies the sound registers on every scanline of the display to get frequency-correct notes. As if that's not amazing enough, Thomas took Fred's system and managed to work its technique into our existing title screen code and somehow managed to get per-scanline music running INSIDE an asymmetrical playfield with cosmic ark stars AND sprites, and also inside a 6-sprite routine. Thomas said it was "quite difficult", and since I've seen the code I can assure you that's an understatement! Anyway, many thanks to Fred (batari) for his fabulous contribution, and once again to Thomas for weaving his special magic. I think this is one super-amazing piece of work. BoulderDashMusic2.bin 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Flawless. Hats off!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 WOW! Absolutely amazing. That has to be added to the game program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tremoloman2006 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 What an amazing effort! Cheers to all 3 of you! (Thomas, Fred , and Andrew) This game is going to be amazing when it's completed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Yeah, that's more than adequate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maiki Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Thank you! This is just great! It even sounds like playing in stereo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 WOW! Absolutely amazing. That has to be added to the game program. Already done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amstari Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Amazing! I knew batari would do a good job but I wasn't expecting it to sound that good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Even after restarting the computer, Stella was playing the tune inconsistently, then I ran CCleaner, restarted the computer again and now Stella is playing the tune without a problem. I don't know what CCleaner did, but I like the result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stephena Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Even after restarting the computer, Stella was playing the tune inconsistently, then I ran CCleaner, restarted the computer again and now Stella is playing the tune without a problem. I don't know what CCleaner did, but I like the result. The only possible reason I can see for this is there was some other program(s) running on your computer, fighting for control, and Stella was 'choppy' as a result. And after running the app, those programs(s) were disabled and the system runs a little faster, leading to better performance in Stella. Note that while you don't need a particularly fast computer to run Stella, you do need one that isn't running a lot of stuff at the same time (and extra stuff such as viruses or anti-virus software can cause problems). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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