SoftTango Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Hi, I am on the verge of starting my next iOS remake, and you guys here have provided me previously with the source code to Parsec and Munch Man - both of which I re-made an published. I am seriously looking at TI-99/4a Car Wars for the next game. I don't want to ask without searching but I've trawled everything I can think of and cannot find it. Does anyone know if it's available anywhere? Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I haven't seen the source for that one anywhere--but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist, as source code for several other games has surfaced over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Car Wars is GROM-only, so we could try to disassemble the GPL code. No big deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 4 hours ago, SoftTango said: Hi, I am on the verge of starting my next iOS remake, and you guys here have provided me previously with the source code to Parsec and Munch Man - both of which I re-made an published. I am seriously looking at TI-99/4a Car Wars for the next game. I don't want to ask without searching but I've trawled everything I can think of and cannot find it. Does anyone know if it's available anywhere? Thanks! I am presently learning Assembly on the TI-99/4A. Reading source code from older games would be a nice resource to have available. Maybe a thread of its own? Why don’t you want to ask without searching? This forum is here for many reasons, one of which is making discovery a little easier. To facilitate learning. Remember now, the only stupid questions are the ones we’re afraid to ask. If someone here can save this guy hours of research please do so. The notion that anyone should spend hours of research/work before asking for help is invalid. Now where do I find that Parsec and Munchman code again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Source code preservation is probably the best reason to share all of it we can find. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 7 hours ago, SoftTango said: Hi, I am on the verge of starting my next iOS remake, and you guys here have provided me previously with the source code to Parsec and Munch Man - both of which I re-made an published. I am seriously looking at TI-99/4a Car Wars for the next game. I don't want to ask without searching but I've trawled everything I can think of and cannot find it. Does anyone know if it's available anywhere? Thanks! Parsec and Munch Man for iOS devices? cool. i may have to download those from the app store. of course I will not get any work done during the day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 The Parsec and Munchman code is in the Dev Resources thread. . .along with the source code for about half a dozen other TI programs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 While on the sub of source codes, I sure wish I had ragasM and ragasaN source. But it may be actually(C), I dunno. I've also seen some books on Assy that on page 1 says, " No reproduction or copy" blah blah...so I shy away from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftTango Posted July 23, 2019 Author Share Posted July 23, 2019 16 hours ago, Airshack said: I am presently learning Assembly on the TI-99/4A. Reading source code from older games would be a nice resource to have available. Maybe a thread of its own? Why don’t you want to ask without searching? This forum is here for many reasons, one of which is making discovery a little easier. To facilitate learning. Remember now, the only stupid questions are the ones we’re afraid to ask. If someone here can save this guy hours of research please do so. The notion that anyone should spend hours of research/work before asking for help is invalid. Now where do I find that Parsec and Munchman code again? Hi - I just like to try and find stuff myself first :) I've emailed the original author, Jim Dramis, but no response yet. I doubt he still has it lying around though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LASooner Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 On 7/22/2019 at 3:44 PM, Airshack said: Why don’t you want to ask without searching? Oh, I can think of 1 or 2 people....err... reasons to not want to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftTango Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 Hi, Unable to find a copy of the original code, I got hold of a GPL disassembler to produce a disassembly of the original GROM. The one I used was xdg99 (https://github.com/endlos99/xdt99/blob/master/xdg99.py) which worked a treat. Then I trawled my way throught the GPL docs here : http://www.unige.ch/medecine/nouspikel/ti99/gpl.htm Finally, I managed to track down the routines for handling crashing into the opponent car, modified the GROM binary and used Classic99 emulator to run the modified cartridge GROM. The results... I can play Car Wars without colliding with enemy cars to see what the later levels are like! Video here : If anyone wants to do the same, there are 3 bytes in the CarWarsG.BIN to patch. Change the bytes at 0d52, 0d8c and 0d6f to zero. Enjoy 7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Does the hack affect the demo, too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftTango Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 1 hour ago, OLD CS1 said: Does the hack affect the demo, too? It does! It's funny to watch the demo randomly switching lanes and completing the level 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 (edited) On 7/22/2019 at 2:40 PM, SoftTango said: Hi, I am on the verge of starting my next iOS remake, and you guys here have provided me previously with the source code to Parsec and Munch Man - both of which I re-made an published. I am seriously looking at TI-99/4a Car Wars for the next game. I don't want to ask without searching but I've trawled everything I can think of and cannot find it. Does anyone know if it's available anywhere? Thanks! Did you build the cheat codes in? You should also announce any beta here so we can have fun.... ? As the one that posted the scanned Munchman source code up here (I got it directly from John Phillips), I'm pretty impressed with your iOS app! I also think I put Moonmine and Hopper up there, and there might be some more. Edited August 15, 2019 by acadiel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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