[RetroMaze - Release Version from the ABBUC software contest 2023]

This is really fun. A good system of interaction and the detailed ascii graphics are well done.  The map feature is very handy and I find that it gets a lot of use :).  Thanks for releasing it.

[Numeru - a game for the ABBUC Software Contest 2023]

Many thanks!

[ZauberBall'23 - Release Version - ABBUC SWC2023]

Yes, I agree the music is great.  Nice colorful title screen is very fun to see.  Gameplay is very smooth and responsive and brings me back to the days of Wizball :).  Excellent game with a lot of depth there.  Wobbly pause screen effects are terrific! Could have also easily been at the top spot in the contest.  Just lots of top notch entries this year.  Many thanks for bringing this to the A8!

[ABBUC software contest 2023]

11 minutes ago, popmilo said:

Time for more people to play new games
Here are two games from me. Hope you'll like them.

You can find both Inkspill and Double in attached zip file.

 

Till next time
Vladimir

 

Yes, best time of the year for A8 fans :).  Great job and thanks for these!

[Der Schränker 3 (ASC 2023)]

Thanks for the download and thanks for making the game.  It plays very smooth with a nice old-school feel and has cool parallax! 

[Night Knight for the A8]

Many thanks!  This game is very fun and the programming is excellent so good work! 

 

Wow, the slimmer sprites are very interesting.  Nice that TIX has done that.

 

 

[Time Wizard - a game for ABBUC Software Contest 2023]

13 minutes ago, LarsImNetz said:

Hi amarok, also from my side the second place winner of abbuc contest 2023. Congratulations. This is really a great game.

 

Congrats to you also!  Night Knight is very well done.  Could easily have been the winner.  Keep up the good work!

[Time Wizard - a game for ABBUC Software Contest 2023]

Congratulations.  Well deserved!

[Zauberball'23 - a game for the ABBUC SW contest 2023]

Looks really good!

[Computer Shopper ST articles]

Thanks Allan!

[ST Informer Magazines for Archiving]

Was able to obtain issue #95, October 1995.  Waiting to hear back from David if he is still scanning them.

[Time Wizard - a game for ABBUC Software Contest 2023]

On 10/15/2023 at 2:55 PM, patjomki said:

 

🙃

I only meant the ending screen.

I'll probably never see it 😁 so I didn't mind personally, but yeah, it is good practice to put ending screens in spolier tags.

[COSMOS CHRONICLES (ATARI STF/E,MEGA,TT,FALCON)]

Can you post a screenshot or phone picture of the untranslated words?  That might help @drfloyd with the translation.

[Time Wizard - a game for ABBUC Software Contest 2023]

Great work there!  Looking forward to playing it after the contest! 

[COSMOS CHRONICLES (ATARI STF/E,MEGA,TT,FALCON)]

2 hours ago, remowilliams said:

 

There are definitely different ways.  

 

However since this machine is exhibiting no issues, and Hatari crashes exactly the same way in exactly the same configuration tells you that the machine is not the issue.

 

 

Seems to be related to TOS 1.04.  On my real STE and hatari STE (TOS 1.62) with 4MB it doesn't crash.  With hatari ST 4mb (TOS 1.04) it crashes as you have shown.

[Trax engine example for platformers]

Super, thanks for the new video!

[COSMOS CHRONICLES (ATARI STF/E,MEGA,TT,FALCON)]

I just like to run all hdd games from the game launcher I am working on, that's the reason.  Plus it allows save states ;).

[COSMOS CHRONICLES (ATARI STF/E,MEGA,TT,FALCON)]

I made a version which uses PPera's HAGE system so it can run from the AUTO folder and it works now on my STE.  HAGE loads a full TOS1.04/AES into high ram and then autoruns the program.  The only caveat is that the HAGE version needs minimum 2MB instead of the 1MB for the normal version.

[COSMOS CHRONICLES (ATARI STF/E,MEGA,TT,FALCON)]

48 minutes ago, lp060 said:

Could be true. Far as I know he used the original GFA which can have AES/VDI calls internally used by various commands. Soon as you use such commands the compiler will include the AES/VDI startup code. In the end the app will then rely on these parts of the OS which of course do not work from the auto folder. I don't have access to the source code, so I'm only guessing. 😉

 

Traced a little in hatari. It crashes in this trap #2 so there is an AES call:

 

0004b592 223c 0004 b6a4           move.l #$0004b6a4,d1
0004b598 7073                     moveq #$73,d0
0004b59a 4e42                     trap #$02

[COSMOS CHRONICLES (ATARI STF/E,MEGA,TT,FALCON)]

Ah, if I launch from the AUTO folder on hatari it crashes also.

 

I am thinking this games use GEM/AES calls and has to be run from the Desktop?

[COSMOS CHRONICLES (ATARI STF/E,MEGA,TT,FALCON)]

8 hours ago, drfloyd said:

ok,

 

for now you are the only person with this problem (the game exists since sevaral month with the french version)

 

Need someone else with this problem to start checking.

 

 

@drfloyd see above, there is a second user confirming a crash - @remowilliams.

 

 

6 hours ago, remowilliams said:

 

I've never tried the French version before now, but it seems the answer is yes it does.

 

It is 100% a problem with 4MB in this configuration.  Running something like phystop (on the real 520ST) to lower available memory to 1MB will allow it run.

 

 

Very strange, it works on hatari here (launched from desktop) with the same config as my STE (which as noted has the 2 bomb crash).  Wonder what is going on?

 

[COSMOS CHRONICLES (ATARI STF/E,MEGA,TT,FALCON)]

3 hours ago, remowilliams said:

I can confirm - 4MB of memory crashes the game.  It crashes regardless if it's run from floppy or hard drive.

 

Tested on my 520ST / 4MB / TOS 1.04 and in Hatari as well.

 

 

Are you seeing the crash only on real hardware or hatari also?  Here it is only crashing on real hardware, hatari at 4mb runs it fine.

[COSMOS CHRONICLES (ATARI STF/E,MEGA,TT,FALCON)]

12 minutes ago, Tillek said:

Did you make a disk image from the disk version, or trying to run the hard drive version?

 

 

Hard drive version via game launcher.

[COSMOS CHRONICLES (ATARI STF/E,MEGA,TT,FALCON)]

Yes, @drfloyd, my STE has 4MB installed.

[COSMOS CHRONICLES (ATARI STF/E,MEGA,TT,FALCON)]

Has anyone tried to run this from a real ST?  I am getting 2 bombs when the program starts on my STE.  Running from AUTO folder so maybe program uses AES calls?