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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 5h

Testing Chuckulus on a REAL Acorn Electron ! Highlighted a few issues, nothing too major - like this stray pixel on one of the goose/hen sprites....

And on another matter.... damn MMB 'file system' !! Got there eventually !

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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks Damo, I'm trying to ! 😊

It's getting there, I may even say the end's in sight ! 🤯

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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 3h

Yes, I definitely wouldn't have spotted that goose sprite pixel on my laptop - it needed the big screen !

I guess the UEF version will need testing at some point.... or maybe I'll leave that for *cough* someone else to test ! 😅
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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 5h

Testing Chuckulus on a REAL Acorn Electron ! Highlighted a few issues, nothing too major - like this stray pixel on one of the goose/hen sprites....

And on another matter.... damn MMB 'file system' !! Got there eventually !

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Daphne Blake @itscrapcontent.bsky.social · 9h

Do you like lists of old retro games of the past mixed with music of the 80s sprinkled with some info all in a style of itv chart show ….then this might be for you thanks ……..a new ep every Friday

youtube.com/watch?v=0b3l...

#That-Retro-Chart-Show Sept -1987

YouTube video by Daph Blake

youtube.com

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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 11h

Yep, I'm getting similar vibes this morning ! 😅

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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 1d

Got slightly distracted and started looking at the final disc/tape loaders..... 🤯

Exomising the entire game image to reduce footprint / tape load time. Compression ratio about 50%, which will do !

Here's a visual representation of both files - zipped/unzipped !

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🎻 Sophie Rose Music 🎹 @sophierosemusic.bsky.social · 23h

Welcome aboard 🖖🕹️🎹 @itscrapcontent.bsky.social

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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 22h

Yes, I've had to learn / re-learn some Beeb stuff (SHEILA / hardware sounds and keyboard).....

I did start with one version that was patched at runtime depending on platform, but it got too much, so going with 2 different main game file versions ! 🙄

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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 22h

It's great you're bringing Zezito to all these platforms.

I'm struggling just to make the necessary changes from the Elk version of Chuckulus to make the Beeb version ! 😅

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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 22h

Thanks for the link :)

I had to got back to the original Exo decruncher, as I'd deleted a lot of the optional asm I needed (like reversing the decrunch direction) !

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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 23h

Yay ! 😊

kermit the frog is standing in front of a red curtain .

ALT: kermit the frog is standing in front of a red curtain .

media.tenor.com

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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 23h

Yay, you too Sophie 😊

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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 23h

Nice ! Interesting how different it looks !

16K - that'll be fine, you'll squeeze it in somehow ! 😎

I've been messing with compression recently, some of it got quite frustrating, but all done with that now I think !

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iapetus 🇵🇹 @newiapetus.bsky.social · 1d

#8bit #gamedev #retrogaming Will I be able to fit this in a 16kb cartridge? Working on it! PNG of just a test for the 6 fully masked sprites. I have 4kb free, but also the rooms are all in & are not compressed so I can get back some kb I hope ;P #indiedev #pixelart #ドット絵

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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 1d

That's annoying !

Had success loading from Audacity / PlayUEF / Cool Edit Pro (!), had to crank the volume up quite a lot though IIRC.

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🎻 Sophie Rose Music 🎹 @sophierosemusic.bsky.social · 1d

Making sure the ST still works 🎶🕹️

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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent !
I remember those Mode 1 / 2 loaders - bought up quite a few rewind tape errors back in the day !

I'm lucky enough that my ageing laptop has in/out audio jacks !

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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 1d

Not too bad is it, considering there's about 2K in there that's compressed already ! I guess it's all the pages and pages of sprites that it likes.

Had to reverse the Exo decompression direction, but glad that bit's done !

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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 1d

Got slightly distracted and started looking at the final disc/tape loaders..... 🤯

Exomising the entire game image to reduce footprint / tape load time. Compression ratio about 50%, which will do !

Here's a visual representation of both files - zipped/unzipped !

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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 1d

Marvellous ! 😎
I need to rescue mine from my Mums and revive it ! It's on the list...... doing the Beeb first (this weekend hopefully !)

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0xC0DE @0xc0de.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone who has (or can make!) *original format* tape images (HQ UEF, WAV, etc) of Acorn Electron games that have tape protection and/or custom tape loaders, please get in touch 😎
Examples of games I am looking for in next post...

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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 1d

Eeek ! That's no good - hope nothing too precious got mangled beyond use ! 😱

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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for that - no worries, it would be nice to check if some of my old tapes still load (some of them last used about 30 years ago I guess) !

It's odd, I'm sure I had another tape player somewhere - seems like I've mislaid a whole box of goodies at some point ! 🙄

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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 2d

I've got some of those titles, but currently no way of playing cassette tapes - old faithful walkman finally gave up a few weeks ago ! Am raiding my Mum's house on Thursday to see what she's got laying around ! I've got XOR, Jet Set Willy 1 and Galaforce 1 off your list 😎

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