+SvOlli Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Hello,10 years ago the guys from the demogroups wAMMA and Trilobit tried to build a cartridge that runs 6 different already released demos together with a newly coded menu.9 years ago they gave up and released their stuff unfinished as a cry for help.5 years ago I was asked, if I could try to fix it finally. I succeeded, but for other reasons it never was completed.Well, until now.The whole story is available at https://xayax.net/nonxayax/triptych/, including an option to run the demo in an emulator running in your webbrwoser. The coolest part about it: a cartridge will be available in the AtariAge store soon. Have fun!("demo" in this case demonstrates cool coding skills as a non-interactive animation, and not some kind on unfinished game) 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjoppen Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) Doesn't the "random start bank" problem become kind of moot with Melody boards? Does anyone even make F4 boards these days? I guess emulator compatibility is a concern tho I also noticed a bug: all the screens in the intro are 308 scanlines only edit: Of course it's nice to see this finally (mostly) finished :] Edited July 25, 2018 by Tjoppen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHairy Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Nice! That reminds me: I wanted to enable touch support on Stellerator mobile... I‘ll do an updates release in a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SvOlli Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 Doesn't the "random start bank" problem become kind of moot with Melody boards? Does anyone even make F4 boards these days? I guess emulator compatibility is a concern tho The current CLPD code make sure that bank 0 is selected. Running the cartridge in the 7800 bank 5 is the starting bank due to the firmware checking the ROM. The current Stella can be configured much more strict than the original hardware, which is fine for development, but not-so-fine for just running code. I also noticed a bug: all the screens in the intro are 308 scanlines only The 308 lines are also used in the original Triptych menu preview: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=53887 There are also some other smaller glitches in some of the demos, which I decided not to fix for several reasons, keeping them as original as possible being one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stephena Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Ooh, I like how easy it is to start this up in Stellerator. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SvOlli Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share Posted July 26, 2018 Ooh, I like how easy it is to start this up in Stellerator. That's the one feature I requested from DirtyHarry: an option to include Stellerator the way it is done now: one click, and you can see the demo. Thanks, DirtyHarry! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHoboInYourRoom Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Oh my gosh, I thought for sure Triptych was dead! This is amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHairy Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 That's the one feature I requested from DirtyHarry: an option to include Stellerator the way it is done now: one click, and you can see the demo. Thanks, DirtyHarry! You're welcome. I have updated the embedded build to support touch controls. If you update to 0.9.12, the demo can be controlled on iOS via touch. You can use the link on the demo page if you'd like to link documentation on touch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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