carlsson Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 New game ASCEND, so far for MSX and NEC PC-6001. More formats surely coming in the next few days or weeks. http://inufuto.web.fc2.com/8bit/ascend/#msx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 26, 2022 Author Share Posted March 26, 2022 In the course of a week, he has ported the last game to another 11 formats, mostly Japanese but also ZX Spectrum. Surely it might be a matter of $DAYJOB too, but it tells us about the complexity of porting a game in his framework if he can put out 1.5 ports per day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jltursan Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 And no info at all about how he's working out all of these titles ?. His webpage seems to have unrelated content and looks like it's unfinished. Time to disassemble some of them and compare?. I think it's probably a C-based engine; but the games also seem very compact so who knows... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 http://inufuto.web.fc2.com/8bit/tools.html I haven't investigated what is there but it might be a first place to look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jltursan Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 (edited) Yep, it's C based; but it's funny that's not based on any of the common C frameworks out there (SDCC, Z88dk, etc). Seems a development by Inufuto itself: The CATE compiler is a compiler of a programming language similar to C. Use ASM8 (https://github.com/inufuto/asm8) to assemble the generated assembly code. Target CPU CPU executable file name Z80 CATE80.EXE 6800 CATE68.EXE 6809 CATE09.EXE 6502 CATE65.EXE Difference with C * Datatypes are different (minimum units are 8 bits) * Preprocessor is #include only * Recursion not possible * Variable argument not possible * Pointer and array notation is different * The notation when using the structure is different * Power transition is only constant Execution method Run at a command prompt. For Z80: CATE80 Source File Name For 6800: CATE68 Source File Name For 6809: CATE09 Source File Name For 6502: CATE65 Source File Name etc, etc... And indeed, in https://github.com/inufuto both projects (asm8 and cate) can be found... Edited March 29, 2022 by jltursan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share Posted March 31, 2022 Since Greg already linked to this thread on Facebook, I could add that he posted to successfully have built the tools for MC-10 and compiled some of the games as C10 files. The prebuilt binaries apparently lack the runtime library but if you build the tools from source you get the whole package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 On 2/21/2022 at 12:31 PM, carlsson said: I'm speculating BBC Micro, or perhaps Apple II which had some following in Japan. Not quite Beeb, but he included Acorn Electron! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jltursan Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 Ah, hahaha!, that's crazy!; but why the Electron and not its big brother?, it's some kind of challenge? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 New system and new CPU! Say hello to the TI-99/4A from Japan. (or well, he already supports Tomy Tutor with 9995 so perhaps it was a small step?) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 2, 2022 Author Share Posted May 2, 2022 Latest addition is the Mattel Aquarius! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jltursan Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Well, that's unexpected to say the least!. Looks nice, just a bit worse than the MZ-700 version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 Now the BBC Micro is getting coverage as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted October 1, 2022 Author Share Posted October 1, 2022 Inufuto has a new game, so far only available for MSX. It is called Guntus and has strong Galaxian/Galaga vibes, though of course not an identical clone. Play it on MSX now or wait for it to get ported to your favorite format in a couple of months or less. http://inufuto.web.fc2.com/8bit/guntus/#msx 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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