Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) @ZeroPage Homebrew I am currently watching last night's stream, and I noticed that it skipped a few seconds at least twice. Was there a problem you noticed? Spoiler BTW: I start Wordle with ALERT and then COINS. Edited March 9, 2022 by Thomas Jentzsch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: I am currently watching last night's stream, and I noticed that it skipped a few seconds at least twice. Was there a problem you noticed? I noticed a few issues while watching it last night, video would pause and/or drop down to 160p for a few seconds before returning to 1080p. I assumed it was on my end of the connection, but may not have been. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bruce-Robert Pocock Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) I got completely disconnected a few times and then gave up The Twitch in-browser feature kept giving me a big red button labeled something like "reload viewer" (edit: I usually watch on TV with the browser just open for chat, but did not last night, so I don't know if the FireTV Twitch app would have worked better…) Edited March 9, 2022 by brpocock@star-hope.org 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: @ZeroPage Homebrew I am currently watching last night's stream, and I noticed that it skipped a few seconds at least twice. Was there a problem you noticed? BTW: I start Wordle with ALERT and then COINS. I haven't watched it yet, but I start with: Spoiler PARES MOUND FILTH If I'm still stuck, then usually: BRICK or BLOCK, depending on if I need to test the position of already-guessed letters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 I think it was a twitch problem had same problem few times saying reload player or just stopping 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) 55 minutes ago, Nathan Strum said: I haven't watched it yet, but I start with: Hide contents PARES MOUND FILTH If I'm still stuck, then usually: BRICK or BLOCK, depending on if I need to test the position of already-guessed letters Spoiler My third word is MOGULDUMPY, except if I already have 4 or 5 letters found. Edited March 9, 2022 by Thomas Jentzsch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share Posted March 9, 2022 4 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: @ZeroPage Homebrew I am currently watching last night's stream, and I noticed that it skipped a few seconds at least twice. Was there a problem you noticed? I believe the issue might have been on Twitch's end. The local recording of the broadcast looks good so it doesn't seem to be an hardware/encoding issue and the OBS (broadcast software) reported no dropped frames so my computer send out every frame that was captured. From the discussion in the chat it looks like a number of people had to refresh their browser near the beginning of the stream to get it working again. I'll keep a close eye on it on the next broadcast, just in case. - James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share Posted March 9, 2022 @ZeroPage Homebrew just reached 1000 followers on last night's Twitch stream, thank you so much to everyone who enjoys watching our broadcasts! We're continuously astounded by the support the Atari community has given us over these past four years of broadcasting. Looking forward to many more! Special shout out to BumfuzzledGames, a C64 game developer who randomly found the channel, joined in on the chat and followed last night to change the number from 999 to 1000! - James 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 @ZeroPage Homebrew Congratulations James & Tanya! You guys do a great job with the show. Its always fun to watch and you provide a great amount of information, concerning the homebrew scene. Thank you.? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 13 minutes ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: @ZeroPage Homebrew just reached 1000 followers on last night's Twitch stream, thank you so much to everyone who enjoys watching our broadcasts! We're continuously astounded by the support the Atari community has given us over these past four years of broadcasting. Congratulations, that's awesome news! Here's to 10,000! ..Al 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share Posted March 9, 2022 3 hours ago, sramirez2008 said: @ZeroPage Homebrew Congratulations James & Tanya! You guys do a great job with the show. Its always fun to watch and you provide a great amount of information, concerning the homebrew scene. Thank you.? Thank you so much Steve, your words mean so much to me! We're so happy you enjoy the stream and keep watching after all these years! ? 3 hours ago, Albert said: Congratulations, that's awesome news! Here's to 10,000! Thank you Al, Looking forward to celebrating 10,000 followers in 2062! ? - James 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Since it looks like the glitches found in my game are likely related to the issues he has seen with 64K games on his Encore in the past, I was wondering if any of you could try out the current version on their own hardware to see if there were any issues? I want to make certain that what was seen on the stream wasn't due to bugs remaining in my game. Thanks in advance to any of you who can help. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bruce-Robert Pocock Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Karl G said: Since it looks like the glitches found in my game are likely related to the issues he has seen with 64K games on his Encore in the past, I was wondering if any of you could try out the current version on their own hardware to see if there were any issues? I want to make certain that what was seen on the stream wasn't due to bugs remaining in my game. Thanks in advance to any of you who can help. ? Short answer: I did not see any answers flash up, or letters colored incorrectly, having played a couple of rounds in each of the six configurations below. I “skimmed” the ZPH show from yesterday, as Twitch issues kept me from watching live and I haven't sat down to the full thing yet. I happen to have broken my Uno Cart (the little dust cover spikey bit!) so I can only test with Encore and Plus at the moment. Tested with the same ROM (2600words-9-NTSC.bin) and same AtariVox+ on each system NTSC 7800 with S/Video mod through RetroTink 5x Pro and Harmony Encore … OK " with PlusCart … OK That's currently my “normal” rig for testing, but I happen to have all 3 of my Ataris out for testing and recording, so I can quickly lay hands upon and plug in … NTSC vader with composite mod + RetroTink + Encore … OK, except not allowing me to guess “ELBOW” for some reason. " with PlusCart … probably my rig, but I noticed a rhythmic glitching in the video accompanied by a faint ticking noise from my AtariVox+ speakers. Otherwise, OK NTSC woody 4-switch, RF out + Encore — direct connection, no RetroTInk … color was VERY desaturated, more than usual for this set-up, and only on the game screen (not the title screen). But no real bugs visible. " with PlusCart … still a bit desaturated, but otherwise OK still. The desaturation might be because of our TV's upscaler trying to interpolate the “Venetian blinds.” It does the same thing to the Harmony cart menu (but not the PlusCart's menu). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 10 hours ago, Bruce-Robert Pocock said: Short answer: I did not see any answers flash up, or letters colored incorrectly, having played a couple of rounds in each of the six configurations below. Thanks for testing! I'm continuing the conversation in my 2600 Words topic so as not to derail this topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orange808 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 As I sit here playing Man Goes Down (as I occasionally have for almost 20 years now), I wonder if there needs to be a Hall of Fame catagory with multiple annual recognitions and a couple new inductees per year? Nominations would be tricky, but it stinks that older games or close competitions leave some excellent software without an award. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Just now, orange808 said: As I sit here playing Man Goes Down (as I occasionally have for almost 20 years now), I wonder if there needs to be a Hall of Fame catagory with multiple annual recognitions and a couple new inductees per year? Nominations would be tricky, but it stinks that older games or close competitions leave some excellent software without an award. Yeah, Man Goes Down is truly a great game. It's a shame the author disappeared and I was never able to properly publish it in the AtariAge Store (Nathan Strum even created a great label for it, and he started work on the manual before we lost contact with the author). I use Man Goes Down to test AtariVoxes, so I get to play it on a regular basis. When doing so, it's impossible for me not go get a few rounds in. ..Al 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted March 12, 2022 Author Share Posted March 12, 2022 1 hour ago, orange808 said: As I sit here playing Man Goes Down (as I occasionally have for almost 20 years now), I wonder if there needs to be a Hall of Fame catagory with multiple annual recognitions and a couple new inductees per year? Nominations would be tricky, but it stinks that older games or close competitions leave some excellent software without an award. Man Goes Down is incredible and I actually played it yesterday for a number of rounds! It's a game that you just keep coming back to over and over. It's tragic that it never got fully completed and unfortunate that it still has a few bugs that makes the game unplayable at a certain point. Maybe one day the author will come back to finish it up, stranger things have happened! Thank you for the suggestion for the Hall of Fame category, it's something to think about. We do have a Lifetime Achievement Award category that does cover this type of thing somewhat. - James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted March 15, 2022 Author Share Posted March 15, 2022 3 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Not sure if you are still wondering about the follower numbers display. If so, I found this website, which displays them in real time and completely accurate. NOTE: Continuing discussion on ZPH thread. Thanks Thomas! I do check out socialblade from time to time. Luckily the software I'm using does go above 1000 for the Twitch follower count so we're good there but it looks like we're stuck with the 1.2K format on the YouTube count instead of 12XX. - James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted March 16, 2022 Author Share Posted March 16, 2022 Check out these amazing keychains made by Tanya that will be going to this year's Atari Homebrew Award winners as a bonus! The awards, certificates and these amazing ZPH gifts are already on their way to all the incredible Atari game developers! Which one is your favourite? Mine is the top right one in the second photo. Congratulations again to all the winners! - James 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevEng Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Those are spectacular - Tanya did a fantastic job! I think I agree with your top-right rainbow choice, but honestly, it's a hard choice. The one to the left of it is neat in an understated tasteful way. If I was an award winner, I'd certainly be happy with any of them! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 3 hours ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: Check out these amazing keychains made by Tanya that will be going to this year's Atari Homebrew Award winners as a bonus! The awards, certificates and these amazing ZPH gifts are already on their way to all the incredible Atari game developers! These are wonderful, and such a nice bonus! ..Al 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 They are excellent, and it's cool that the winners get some extra swag! I'm not sure about a favorite, but I'd like to be able to see the middle long one in the top photo that is obscured by two others. That one might be my favorite. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 I like *that* one (uselessly pointing at screen, as if other people could actually see what I'm pointing at). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share Posted March 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, Nathan Strum said: I like *that* one (uselessly pointing at screen, as if other people could actually see what I'm pointing at). - James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 7 hours ago, RevEng said: The one to the left of it is neat in an understated tasteful way I like that one too. It's clean and simple. It also has the full name, so if someone saw me with it I'd only have to explain what Zero Page Homebrew is, opposed to explaining what ZPH stands for, then explaining what Zero Page Homebrew is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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