Pixel-Life Videos Update

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GCHarder
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Pixel-Life Videos Update

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Updated version of "Pixel-Life".

Changes...

I've combined the Standard and UDG versions into one. Since the UDG options will not crash the program on a standard 16K ZX81 there's no need to have two seperate versions. Selecting a UDG option on a standard 16K ZX81 will just cause the program to use the bit patterns located at 8192, normally this will be an echo of the first 512 bytes of the ROM. Emulators may or may not produce the same results.

Added 28 more Lexicon patterns for a total of 54. The ZXPand/Emulator Front End has been redone to use preview screens. Added a "Chaoz" key option which will randomly select an area of ROM for the bit patterns by loading the I reg with a value between 0 and 31. Added several more Cell Patterns.

PXLIFE is a simple LIFE generating program, plugin your pattern and run it.

All programs should RUN on a standard 16K ZX81, however, the UDG options require a UDG capable ZX81 or an emulator.

Regards;

Greg

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Re: Pixel-Life Videos

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That is a great answer 8-)
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Re: Pixel-Life Videos UDG

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Superseded by the above update.

This is more of a fun program as it allows you to redefine the Pixel Characters. Unlike a standard 32x24 LIFE program, which use one character for the cell, PIXEL-LIFE UDG uses 15 characters + the background, this means you can create swarms of cell characters, bugs, invaders, animals, snowflakes etc. Because they're all still character based using UDG's has no impact on the speed of the program. This makes this version of LIFE unique compared to any other versions, on any platform, that I've seen.

Regards;

Greg
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Re: Pixel-Life Videos

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This seems like a very nice program to try my newly built UDG!
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Re: Pixel-Life Videos Update

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Posted an updated version and removed the old ones.

Regards;

Greg
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Re: Pixel-Life Videos Stamp Collection

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Another set of 50 videos.

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Greg
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