mvdsteenoven Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 (edited) BLBird is a Flappy Bird clone for the Aquarius computersystem. It is written in 100% BLBasic, without any additional machinecode. The object of the game is to navigate the BLBIRD through the openings of the pilars. Flap your wings and gain altitude by pressing SPACE.The source code is included with BLBasic v2.0 blbird.rom Edited December 14, 2014 by mvdsteenoven 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Cool! I need to get an Aquarius again, and actually play it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Is there a way to actually play this on an Aquarius? Sorry if this is a dumb question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Is there a way to actually play this on an Aquarius? Sorry if this is a dumb question. I'm sure Martin will correct me if I'm mistaken, but as I understand it, it would have to be burned to a cartridge ROM. I am going to (finally!) be working on my RAM cartridge again soon, and that will give you the option of downloading the code from a PC to the Aquarius. By the way, for anyone interested in using BLBasic for creating their own games, I am able to put your finished game onto an inexpensive ROM cartridge, so you'll have a permanent "Plug and Play" copy to add to your collection. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Cool, thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdsteenoven Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 Good question, indeed. Traditionally, it would require an EPROM programmer and a simple circuitboard to get this running on actual hardware. A RAM cartridge, like Jay is working on, would be an excellent way to get your own built ROM images onto the Aquarius. Thanks for answering, Jay. Regs Martin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BBWW Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I have a complete Aquarius I have never opened up. Bought it because I just stated collecting INTV stuff. Got the Aquarius, mini Expander in the Big Box. Got a few carts, the tape deck, the printer and the modem and the 8K RAM (I think - Could be 4K)….LOL Maybe If I have bought the multi-cart I would have set it up. Be happy to trade for something cool for INTV. Cool! I need to get an Aquarius again, and actually play it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquaman Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Hi Martin, Very nice of you to give the Aquarius it's own Flappy Bird clone. We are not left out anymore It's also good to see what potential in fact BLBasic has in creating nice homebrews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pset Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I get an ?SN Error message at the bottom of the title page and the title page keeps reloading, in Virtual Aquarius. Works ok when loading the source and when I LDUMP'd the rom and tried it again. ZIP compression kills it. I just compressed my LDUMP (with peaZIP), Decompressed it and got the SN error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdsteenoven Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Thanks PSET, Turns out there is a bug in BLBasic v2.0 I have just release a bugfix BLBasic v2.1 Please read this post to learn more about the bug and to dowload the bugfix. Here is a new BLBird, created with BLBasic v2.1 blbird.rom Regs, Martin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MattelAquarius Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Nice work, Martin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pset Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Really amazed at how short the program is and that title screen auto-navigating bird is awesome. I don't think any of the original cartridge games had animating title screens. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chjmartin2 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Is there a youtube video of this in action somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdsteenoven Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 Really amazed at how short the program is and that title screen auto-navigating bird is awesome. Thanks, it is simply done using the GET/PUT commands. First I take a snapshot (GET) from the first column and next a snapshot of the latter part. Then I PUT the last part in front and move the first column to the end. In the main game I use SCR LEFT to scroll the full screen. Regs, Martin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdsteenoven Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 Is there a youtube video of this in action somewhere? Sorry, I do not have a youtube account or channel so I didn't put anything on Regs Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chjmartin2 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Where is Jay S? He did every other Aquarius game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MattelAquarius Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Where is Jay S? He did every other Aquarius game! I'm getting very close to getting my Aquarius war room set back up after years stowed away in boxes. I hope to become more active in the Aquarius scene soon. (I am just so happy that there is an actual Aquarius scene, thanks to all you creative coders and hardware tinkers!) Unfortunately, since BL Bird is a cart ROM image, I would have to rig up something to capture video from the VAQ. It's a shame, because this is exactly the kind of exciting new stuff that needs to get more attention. I am not at all territorial over the Aquarius video production, so anyone else who has the ability and time, is strongly encouraged show a BL Bird video (and anything else, for that matter). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnieg Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I'm getting very close to getting my Aquarius war room set back up after years stowed away in boxes. I hope to become more active in the Aquarius scene soon. (I am just so happy that there is an actual Aquarius scene, thanks to all you creative coders and hardware tinkers!) Unfortunately, since BL Bird is a cart ROM image, I would have to rig up something to capture video from the VAQ. It's a shame, because this is exactly the kind of exciting new stuff that needs to get more attention. I am not at all territorial over the Aquarius video production, so anyone else who has the ability and time, is strongly encouraged show a BL Bird video (and anything else, for that matter). I'm still holding out for a reasonably priced Aquarius as I can't justify some of the prices at the moment. A lot of my Retro stuff is in the "hoarders room" as the wife puts it with my comic collection and most of our furniture as our house rennovation is taking for longer than it should have. Good to see your post here Jay, it jogged my memory on my mini Aquarius Project - I'm working on replacment character sets for Invaders & N-Vaders using various ripped sprite sheets from the original arcade game. An issue I am encountering is that It would seem that Space Invaders used 16 wide x 8 high pixel invaders, whereas the Aquarius interpretations use 2x2 characters so am having to tweek the invaders to make the look right I'll post work to date at the weekend. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chjmartin2 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Hey JayB: Could we burn this and run it on the Supercart I? What Rom size do we need? I guess I could dig out my Aquarius. Or burn it and send it to Jay S. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Hey JayB: Could we burn this and run it on the Supercart I? What Rom size do we need? I guess I could dig out my Aquarius. Or burn it and send it to Jay S. Chris All these Jays around here is making things confusing! I've been frustratingly preoccupied with work lately (beginning of the semester and all), but I've got plenty of cartridge supplies, so I'd be glad to put BLBird onto a cartridge for anyone who's interested. Just send me a PM! (Hopefully things will settle down soon and I'll be able to get back to my own projects.) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chjmartin2 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 All these Jays around here is making things confusing! I've been frustratingly preoccupied with work lately (beginning of the semester and all), but I've got plenty of cartridge supplies, so I'd be glad to put BLBird onto a cartridge for anyone who's interested. Just send me a PM! (Hopefully things will settle down soon and I'll be able to get back to my own projects.) Why not just do a release! They released the flappy bird for the Atari. All 4 of us would buy it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Why not just do a release! They released the flappy bird for the Atari. All 4 of us would buy it. Well, I just burned my first BLBird ROM, and it works perfectly with my boards (not that I doubted it would, but I don't like promising anything until I've tested it first). BLBird is Martin's game, so I won't charge anything more for it than the cost of materials, including a very simple label. So, if anyone else wants a cartridge, I can build plenty more for $10 each plus shipping. Just send me a PM if you're interested! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquaman Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) Well, I just burned my first BLBird ROM, and it works perfectly with my boards (not that I doubted it would, but I don't like promising anything until I've tested it first). BLBird is Martin's game, so I won't charge anything more for it than the cost of materials, including a very simple label. So, if anyone else wants a cartridge, I can build plenty more for $10 each plus shipping. Just send me a PM if you're interested! Great to see that the first real cartridge produced with BLbasic is a fact now. However at the moment I am not going to buy a cartridge based BLBird, but I will wait for the moment you can bundle it with any future release from Synapse Technologies. Edited January 13, 2015 by Aquaman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Well, I hope to have at least one more Aquarius product to ship this year, so I'll set BLBird aside for you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquaman Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Well, I hope to have at least one more Aquarius product to ship this year, so I'll set BLBird aside for you! Great and thanks in advance!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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