+Philsan Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Today at 1 pm Central USA / 8 pm France there will be several people playing 8bit-Slicks online from Chicago Vintage Computer Festival. You can join with real Lynx + 8bit-Hub or with emulator https://8bit-slicks.com/?wpdmpro=lynx-cart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted September 10, 2022 Author Share Posted September 10, 2022 Thanks for playing, everyone! Good times and I even won a few. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 On 9/11/2022 at 3:57 AM, Songbird said: Thanks for playing, everyone! Good times and I even won a few. welcome. was fun. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 Do you have 8bit-Slicks and 8bit-Hub? Next game day is Saturday, Dec 3, at 9am Central Time (Chicago) / 4pm France / 12am Sunday Japan. We'll play for about an hour. Join our Discord channel if you'd like to chat in real-time during the race, or need help setting up the Hub: https://discord.gg/yyrnVsZBCH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 I feel like there needs to be a better way to coordinate these. I always seem to miss ‘em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 I've been wondering if we should just set up a regular time, like one Saturday per month or every Saturday at the same time. Upside is it would be a fixed recurring event. Downside is people may get frustrated if no one else shows up on a given slot. The start time is tricky since ideally we are including Europe and Japan too. I've been using 9am Central (Chicago), which makes it 7am for California, 4pm Paris, and either 11pm or 12am for Japan. I'm open to suggestions on how to make it a recurring event and if we need a better start time. Thoughts? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 we do alternating times for our meeting with europe, japan, american participants, thus everyone suffers regularly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 Time to announce another 8bit-Slicks online competition! Slicks features both online and cross-platform support. Saturday, March 4 9am Chicago / 4pm France / 12am (Sunday) Japan Duration: 60 minutes Hope you can join us! https://songbird-productions.com/product/8bit-slicks/ Join our Discord channel if you'd like to chat in real-time during the race, or need help setting up the Hub: https://discord.gg/yyrnVsZBCH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Is there any way for people to join without an 8bit hub, say from Handy? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 Actually, yes, you can! Download the Slicks demo ROM and custom Handy emulator here: https://8bit-slicks.com/?wpdmpro=lynx-cart This version of Handy has built-in Hub support, so it will connect to the online servers. The demo ROM has minor graphical changes, does not have in-game music, and supports fewer race tracks compared to the Songbird cartridge release. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Can people join Saturday's challenge with the demo version? 8bit-Slicks is one of the Lynx High Score Challenge games of the month. Would it be possible to do another one later in a month as a bonus challenge for the Lynx high score challenge this month? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) 16 minutes ago, jgkspsx said: Can people join Saturday's challenge with the demo version? yes, but only with the free tracks. Maybe I should point out that you can play anytime, and do not have to wait for the challenge. Edited March 1, 2023 by sage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 27 minutes ago, sage said: yes, but only with the free tracks. Maybe I should point out that you can play anytime, and do not have to wait for the challenge. The main challenge this month is just a single-player time trial, but for bonus points I would like to get people to join an online race. The more people on at one time the more likely people are to get matched up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 Fans can definitely join with the shareware ROM. There are 3 servers (max 12 players) open for all players, then other servers open only for owners of the full version. We'll fill up the servers as needed so everyone can play. As sage mentioned, anyone can plan an event. I'm open to doing another one this month, but not in the last week (for me) since I'll be prepping for Midwest Gaming Classic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted April 21, 2023 Author Share Posted April 21, 2023 Time to announce another 8bit-Slicks online competition! Slicks features both online and cross-platform support. Saturday, April 22 9am Chicago / 4pm France / 11pm Japan Duration: 60 minutes Hope you can join us! https://songbird-productions.com/product/8bit-slicks/ Join our Discord channel if you'd like to chat in real-time during the race, or need help setting up the Hub: https://discord.gg/yyrnVsZBCH If you don't own Slicks, you can download various shareware versions below. All support online play. Download now: https://8bit-slicks.com/?page_id=2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Would it be possible to schedule these further in advance? Not that there's anything wrong with impromptu ones but I feel that I always learn about them too late to join! Plus people in the high score challenge can win extra points by joining one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted May 1, 2023 Author Share Posted May 1, 2023 Certainly possible. What if we just set up a recurring event on the first Saturday of each month? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 I like it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted May 3, 2023 Author Share Posted May 3, 2023 (edited) Starting on May 6, we are going to host a repeating Slicks event on the first Saturday of each month. We'll try it for a few months and see how it goes. Slicks features both online and cross-platform support for Lynx, C64, Atari, Oric, and more. Saturday, May 6 9am Chicago / 4pm France / 11pm Japan Duration: 60 minutes Hope you can join us! Join our Discord channel if you'd like to chat in real-time during the race, or need help setting up the Hub: https://discord.gg/yyrnVsZBCH If you don't own Slicks, you can download various shareware versions below. All support online play. Download now: https://8bit-slicks.com/?page_id=2 Edited May 3, 2023 by Songbird 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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