Irgendwer Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 http://flop.atariportal.cz/index.en.php On side B you can find "Dizzy" - where I had again the pleasure to collaborate with Fandal. Have fun! 20 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0ger Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) Quick hands on wrong place We've just released patch for my Fractari, it didn't work properly when launched from the reader. So if anyone already managed to get Flop 65 before this post existed, and is interested in the program, pls. redownload. Btw. I'll make dedicated thread about Fractari, so if you have question, pls. wait few minutes. And for the editorial stuff, thanks for reading, spread and enjoy. Edit: Fractari thread here: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/308670-fractari-mandelbrot-set-generator-for-8bit-atari/ Edited July 2, 2020 by R0ger 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Thanks for maintaining such high standards, the programs are really outstanding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Awesome collection of stuff this time, thanks for all your hard work guys! I’m going to read the magazine parts tomorrow with my coffee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 5 hours ago, Irgendwer said: http://flop.atariportal.cz/index.en.php On side B you can find "Dizzy" - where I had again the pleasure to collaborate with Fandal. Have fun! That FLOP intro... the piano-black reflection with all the sparkles on the air... and the Flop-title bouncing (instead of hat)... like an act of magic... Pure class!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yautja Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 5 hours ago, Irgendwer said: http://flop.atariportal.cz/index.en.php On side B you can find "Dizzy" - where I had again the pleasure to collaborate with Fandal. Have fun! When I load the file, it shows me the following screen... how to load the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible kid Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Hit <Enter> to get the prompt, and then just type "DIZZY"<Enter> That worked for me anyway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Put the 4 disks in 4 drives, boot the first disk, pick from the menu Dizzy needs 128K Letter Scrabble needs 320K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yautja Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 54 minutes ago, invisible kid said: Hit <Enter> to get the prompt, and then just type "DIZZY"<Enter> That worked for me anyway It did the job! Thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gury Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Many thanks for new issue of Flop magazine and software! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 What is the key used in Dizzy to grab onto items? I can see that it is "Enter" on a ZX Spectrum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) Just working my way through the disks at the moment... I played Diamondz 3, that was good although I couldn't get off the first screen. Now I am playing Letter Scrabble and I just got 2787/06/207 on my first game. @flashjazzcatwill be happy to know that the word 'canny' is included Edited July 4, 2020 by snicklin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 25 minutes ago, snicklin said: @flashjazzcatwill be happy to know that the word 'canny' is included uncanny! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) I've got 3598/7/114 on my second game using a different strategy. Leave the board to fill up for ages, then start spelling out long words. Chances are, the letters are in there. And on my 3rd game, 3879/07/44 (the last figure might give away my strategy here!). Edited July 4, 2020 by snicklin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 6 hours ago, snicklin said: @flashjazzcatwill be happy to know that the word 'canny' is included Coincidentally, Facebook Memories just handed me this from five years ago: Early version of the Geordie Edition of my firmware. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, snicklin said: What is the key used in Dizzy to grab onto items? I can see that it is "Enter" on a ZX Spectrum. Trigger/Fire-Button (?) (And just to mention it, you can find the original of the title music here: ) Edited July 4, 2020 by Irgendwer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Irgendwer said: Trigger/Fire-Button (?) (And just to mention it, you can find the original of the title music here: ) Now that you mention it. There was some "a ha" effect, after this video and playing the tune after the melodic part started. Nice progress compared to one older tune. I have one question here: Why the speedy volume change. Such "orchestral" tunes always stay at a volume, not going into silence. So, actually I was surprised to listen to a nice sounding POKEY, but the not fluently progressing made me only wonder, why I know this somehow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 side b diam3.com I can't seem to get by this screen. Are there any other known codes above #3 (possibly #33) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 On 7/2/2020 at 11:45 PM, Irgendwer said: http://flop.atariportal.cz/index.en.php On side B you can find "Dizzy" - where I had again the pleasure to collaborate with Fandal. Have fun! It's very cool to be able to run classic Dizzy we missed on A8 for many, many years, thanks! Just a question, is there a chance to enable in-game music (the one from the title screen) instead of SFX? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Jacques said: Just a question, is there a chance to enable in-game music (the one from the title screen) instead of SFX? No, sorry. At some point of the development I came up with an more ambient tune for game play which even would go along the SFX, but Fandal decided against using it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 On 7/4/2020 at 8:27 AM, flashjazzcat said: Coincidentally, Facebook Memories just handed me this from five years ago: Early version of the Geordie Edition of my firmware. ROTFL.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Irgendwer said: No, sorry. At some point of the development I came up with an more ambient tune for game play which even would go along the SFX, but Fandal decided against using it. I see, thank you for an explanation anyway! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggn Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Good stuff, congrats to everyone involved! Just a quick note: I could not get the disk a side a to boot in Altirra as I had disk accurate timings and XF551 emulation. All other drives (1050, 810 etc) boot the disk fine, but XF551 seems to load about 3 sectors, then halting for quite some time, then loading 2 sectors (or so) every few seconds. This ends with a high pitch voice emitted and seemingly nothing else. I did note that the magazine uses XDOS 2.43N, is this a known defect maybe? (Very tempted to write the image on an actual floppy on my XF551 and test this out). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivop Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 (edited) I really enjoyed the A-Track articles and the interview with Terry Chamberlain, all by Bohdan Milar. Just read it this afternoon. And coincidentally yesterday I talked with my dad about my old Roco sets (HO rails, 4041A en 5024B), which he apparently still has in storage after his last year's move! Edited July 6, 2020 by ivop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0ger Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 2 hours ago, ggn said: Good stuff, congrats to everyone involved! Just a quick note: I could not get the disk a side a to boot in Altirra as I had disk accurate timings and XF551 emulation. All other drives (1050, 810 etc) boot the disk fine, but XF551 seems to load about 3 sectors, then halting for quite some time, then loading 2 sectors (or so) every few seconds. This ends with a high pitch voice emitted and seemingly nothing else. I did note that the magazine uses XDOS 2.43N, is this a known defect maybe? (Very tempted to write the image on an actual floppy on my XF551 and test this out). Thanks for the report, will pass it up to guys responsible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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