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desiv wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 10:51 pm Just got the e-mail with all the .p files attached!

So yeah, all you have to do is order the digital edition of "Super Programs 10" and they will eventually send you the .p files for all those programs, including those three games!

Cheers, have ordered, hope they don't take long

desiv wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 11:15 pm Thanx, they look great, as does all your stuff!

dr beep wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 11:10 pm ... I am earning exactly nothing on it.

At least it is supporting Cronosoft...
And I got your book earlier, so I can support you that way at least!

Thanx again!

At the moment I am working on a book about coding in 1K, both lowres and hires.
The book also has a 1K BATTLESHIP type-in in assembler where you play against the computer.

I started coding a new emulator for the ZX Spectrum, but that will take some time.
It is a TRS80 MC10 emulator.

JohnsBargs wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 11:22 pm

desiv wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 10:51 pm Just got the e-mail with all the .p files attached!

So yeah, all you have to do is order the digital edition of "Super Programs 10" and they will eventually send you the .p files for all those programs, including those three games!

Cheers, have ordered, hope they don't take long

Jeez, they don't rush, do they?

Finally got the files and WOW, these games are INCREDIBLE. How on Earth have you squeezed basically complete versions of Bomberman, Pac-Man and Lady Bug into 700 bytes? I think you just took about five places in the All-Time 1K Top 10 in one shot

Sadly for me I can't play any of your hi-res stuff, but IMO this stuff is the spirit of the ZX81 anyway. Can't wait to see what you do next, but I'm just playing the heck out of these

JohnsBargs wrote: ↑Sun Jul 16, 2023 2:21 pm Finally got the files and WOW, these games are INCREDIBLE. How on Earth have you squeezed basically complete versions of Bomberman, Pac-Man and Lady Bug into 700 bytes? I think you just took about five places in the All-Time 1K Top 10 in one shot

A lot of trickery and thinking 3 times before coding 1 routine.
I wanted a "full" pacman in 1K and I only had to give up a small part of the original screen.
Lady Bug was a different story. Fieds are inverted so I could test a wall with "normal" characters.
Also there is a trick in resetting the moved walls. Take a look at the axle of the moving walls.
The axle is inverted when walls are in different startorder. Based on the axle I can therefore reset
the walls to their original startposition.

Sadly for me I can't play any of your hi-res stuff, but IMO this stuff is the spirit of the ZX81 anyway. Can't wait to see what you do next, but I'm just playing the heck out of these

I stopped coding hires but that wouldn't stop me coding lowres in 1K.
Most games are still for free.
Did you try LUNAPARK 81?

dr beep wrote: ↑Sun Jul 16, 2023 3:22 pm Did you try LUNAPARK 81?

I looked at it, but it seemed a bit complicated for my tastes

However, I loved Super Programs 10 so much I thought they all deserved individual cassette boxes

Where is the like-button?

A few days ago I was testing K-Man on the ZX81