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No, we shouldn't. Vroom does an awesome job in scrolling the large (32k) QL screen while a VIC 20 only has to move 4k around to do the same thing. The QL is hampered here because of it both having a generous amount of screen memory and no (or not much, considering a second screen is possible ...

Even though Manic Miner and Jetset Willy qualify as platform games, I was thinking more of side-scrollers like Sonic or Mario. Would those fit more under graphical then? What about a 360 degree scroller like PETSCII Robots?

I vote for games like Vroom! For me this was the most exciding game ever for the QL. I loved it, exellent graphics and (what is possible with the poor QL hardware) good sound. One of the few games I have bought.


I like Vroom but it's actually a bit disappointing if you compare it to weaker ...

Graphics vs platform games? I guess Asteroids or Donkey Kong are graphics whereas something like Mario Brothers are platform? Where does a game like PETSCII Robots fit in, where you move the character but it's the world that scrolls underneath you?

P.S. I like games designed for the BBQL. Andrew's ...

It's been a while since I last ran some of your software. I recall the sound program being in 4-color high-res mode. It looks like you've changed most of them to now do high-color high-res mode. I assume these are all running on QPC but won't run on a BBQL?

Indeed, the code I modified (giving original attribution) uses the pins in push-pull mode so as to double the voltage and give a higher amplitude.


I know you don't have a Digispark board, but should I expect your code to work on that as well? Perhaps requiring some tweaks to deal with the clock ...

Just I want to understand why this whirl is not a whirl but a metallic annoying sound :)


I have a few questions on what you are working on. So, by all accounts (i.e. watching your videos) you are getting that same high pitched sound that I got when I used Johan Engdahl's Digispark board I got ...

I think it has QIMISI Gold in the ROM port which gives you better graphics, faster processing, more memory:

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Hi!
It is not very helpful (for my idea of saving power), I mean, the code is design in order to be triggered by the transistor once the LED is activate. That way it always will reproduce the sound when needs.
In other words, you cannot let it powered all the time cause it will be playing all the ...

The Digisparks board has a bootloader built in. When programming it---using the Arduino IDE and a USB socket, which the little board plugs into---the bootloader waits to deter,mine if a new program is coming soon. If not, it starts running the code already programmed, and if it detects a new ...