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..another reason I say contact a lawyer is because when a doctor says "may" or "may not" in legalese this might be interpreted as "must" or "must not". If a doctor says "This must have been caused by WIERDDRUG." then you immediately have a case against them (and IN ENGLISH nonetheless). Like with Jury duty. The letter says you 'may' have to attend jury duty. This really means that if the case comes to light, you MUST (unless there are valid reasons against it). Legalese is where a cop pulls you over and says "Were you aware that you were driving above the posted speed limit?", and you answer "Oh, yes. I guess I was driving a little fast!". Doing this admits to the cop that you are a commercial entity that is being paid to do a service by 'driving' and are violating posted laws that pertain to said commercial 'driving'. When, in English, you are 'driving' you are 'freely traveling through the U.S.A.'. Your constitutionally protected right. You don't know that he is interpreting your statement in legalese. He says "Anything you say may be used against you in a court of law." This means it will be interpreted BY the court of law. They only speak legalese.

Movement. Whatchaneed? if joy0left then player0x=player0x-1 if joy0right then player0x=player0x+1 if joy0up then player0y=player0y-1 if joy0down then player0y=player0y+1 (I would use variables rather than player0x or player0y) if joy0left then l=l+1 if joy0right then r=r+1 if joy0up then u=u+1 if joy0down then d=d+1 (and then tie the variables to all kinds of things going on like movement or background animations.) The beginning you describe on "The Necks - Aether" reminds me of woodwind tuning time at the start of band class.

Uh..I do this in Run Out if you remove the car (it feels like your running at an incredible rate, Harry!)

Sure, whadayawant? Honestly, though. I only code with BASIC anymore. Too much fun.

I love how the 7800 stick is eviscerated in a seemingly impossible way and that is the best use of that emoticon that I've ever seen.

Soon I'm hoping to have a GIGANTIC collection to show. Prolly not as perfect as some of the above, but I'll be trying to snag up new titles for Jaguar, VCS, 7800.

Been lookin at VWB lately and I'll have stuff done with it one of these days, sure. It's a very interesting tiny. I LOVE Tiny. (It's tiny, right? *dizzy)

I think Wallaby is trying to make something where player0 and player1 can kind of 'swap' sprite data. When you assign the sprite to player0 you would then have to redraw the sprite again and call it player1, he would like to say player0 is this sprite OR player1 is this sprite, but I'm not making another!? Now in the case of one sprite it is easily shared, but if you want to swap sprite identities using more than one sprite you would have to draw an identical 'other' sprite and waste data?

Sounds great! Once I get a Skunk cart I'll be jumping into Raptor. Great lookin' game!

I like this game. I think it surely raises the bar for adventure type games on this system. The variety in the enemy movements is very cool. A code system, lot's of items, an unconventional but entertaining combat system (not right out shooting like many other games that are similar) are very positive points. It begs for a map and instruction book with some dope cover art.

Call a lawyer. The brain can be pretty resilient. People can relearn things even if damage is done. I've heard that aluminum contributes to memory loss and may be a primary factor in alzheimers and brain related problems.

'96 Jaguar is discontinued... "Eh..they'll pick it back up in a couple decades."

Very cool game! Bravo! On the rippin' arsed scanline count I would say to go in where a massive amount of gosubs are happening (all over the place really), and maybe make a loop with a timer inside (for instance, on the 'game over' screen where gosubs grab the graphics for each segment). When they come back with their data it's pushing into the display time. A continuous, counter driven loop would take away the burden of so many gosubs. I've only briefly scanned over this and am really just grabbing at what pops up immediately and that's WOAH GOSUB into the NIIIIIIGHT!! Really neat and seemingly iconic BASIC style reminiscent of old programming books. KEWL... (I'm a caveman.)

Now is the time to the Russian Dogs heart on fire!!

OH! I've had this one before. You have to dress in full pads and then stand to the far right (left if you're a southpaw), and then body check the thing full elbows. It helps if you pull out a tooth first. The machine recognizes this gesture and prepares for the repair.

!!AUTOMATION!! (was(not was)) Also, I totally love that Wonderboy III: The Dragons Trap is really Monster World II when played through the back of a Japanese Master System. (one of my few prized possessions.)

Edison: I give UP!! The world is in darkness!!

Does this mean that I really shouldn't use a Genesis pad with my Atari? Either way, the best two controllers I've ever used are: Sega 6-button/3-button pads (floaty thumbpad versions *NOT flat, stiff versions) Arcade switch driven joysticks It's very easy to make an arcade joystick for an Atari. I just wire to the PCB and add an extra few buttons like an additional 'Up' for games that might use up for accelerate and I don't want to hold up while steering, or have down as an additional button for games that have you pulling down to brake, or whatever. I just made a wooden box, drilled holes in the top and put the joystick and buttons in.* The precision in games is unparalleled. *slightly more complicated than that, but not by much.

And the answer is... I like my BASIC like I like my women! FLAT!! (not STACKED..get it?) HA, HAAAAA.. Don't use stacks unless you really, really mean it.