Re: Question about your VCS simulator [ Was Re: [stella] TIA Playfield Painter V1.02 Released]

Subject: Re: Question about your VCS simulator [ Was Re: [stella] TIA Playfield Painter V1.02 Released]
From: "Joseph Thompson" <jrt1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 11:15:49 -0500
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From: "Christian Bogey" <khryssun@xxxxxxxx>
To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: Question about your VCS simulator [ Was Re: [stella] TIA
Playfield Painter V1.02 Released]


> Hi,
>
> Kirk wrote :
>
> > Yeah? What's it do anyway?
> The VCS simulator allow to run the games I wrote for
> it
> (the games files must be unzip into the VCS Simulator
> directory (not into sub-directories) and run from it).
>
> Anyway:
> - As it was released some years ago (for 486 DX 33Mhz
> PC) I don't know how it works on last end computers.
> Maybe it doesn't work on 2 Ghz or more computers...
> it'll be a good opportunity to use our old and dusty
> machines with that old good DOS ;-)


It works fine on my 2.4Ghz Athlon w/ XP.  Didn't even have to fiddle w/
compatibility.


>
> - This simulator is a PC program and it has nothing to
>
> do with real VCS programming : I use it to program
> quickly some VCS 2600 looks-like games, just for fun
> :-D (Fun is such important in life !!!)
>
> Ahhh sweet memories...
> The first game I wrote was Ewok adventure... it was a
> long time before the prototype was released and a lot
> "veterans" of the old version of the Atari Age site
> enjoyed it (maybe Albert remember that ;-) ).
> I remember I programmed it from a description of
> the prototype I found on the web... very funny to
> perform.
>
> I received a lot of congrats emails of people who
> loved to play to yar's quest too... I love to make the
>
> other people happy playing with my games :-D


Yes, Yar's Quest is sweet . . . And the rest are pretty cool.


>
> > And what's up with your javascripting and right
> > clicking?
>
> lol, not a big deal even if I understand this can be
> annoying.
> In fact it was the first javascript program I
> ever wrote and I haven't removed it from my pages...
> just because I'am nostalgic :-D
>
> But indeed it's not very useful (Ok, not useful at all
> ;-) )
> I'll remove it one of these days... I agree with you
> it will be more functional ;-)
>
>
> Take care,
> Chris
>
>
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