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by twenex
Wed Jun 28, 2023 2:46 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: NABU at Pacific Northwest Commodore Expo
Replies: 7
Views: 1638

Re: NABU at Pacific Northwest Commodore Expo

Great! Attendance was about 41 Saturday total and then repeats on Sunday with about 10 new faces. I did a pretty rambly presentation on the NABU which may show up on Youtube at some point I'm told. But this morning, I saw this: https://www.vice.com/en/article/ak3k34/2200-forgotten-vintage-computers-...
by twenex
Sat Jun 24, 2023 5:52 am
Forum: Events
Topic: NABU at Pacific Northwest Commodore Expo
Replies: 7
Views: 1638

Re: NABU at Pacific Northwest Commodore Expo

Even during setup the NABU was a hit with the MSXROM on drive B.

The event is Tomorrow and Sunday 11am-5pm
by twenex
Sun Jun 18, 2023 9:10 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Recurring RetroNET meet event?
Replies: 7
Views: 1284

Re: Recurring RetroNET meet event?

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by twenex
Wed Jun 07, 2023 3:49 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: NABU at SEA-CCC
Replies: 8
Views: 1346

NABU at SEA-CCC

The "Travelling NABU" made an appearance at the Seattle Commodore Computer Club last night. (May I crash your party?). And had a seat of royalty next to the fabled MEGA-65. Rumor had it that there was an Atari 130XE relegated to an annex room, but did get some attention until it was announ...
by twenex
Sun Jun 04, 2023 5:12 am
Forum: Production Dave
Topic: Invaders Progress
Replies: 29
Views: 8205

Re: Invaders Progress

Great job! I played it through a few stages and had fun. I noticed the tank can go all the way to each end side of the screen. In the original you can just get past the left and right bases. Maybe that was to just make the game harder? kudos to cpmdrive again for making it a breeze to appear on the ...
by twenex
Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:21 pm
Forum: Production Dave
Topic: Invaders Progress
Replies: 29
Views: 8205

Re: Invaders Progress

I just confirmed the four notes are: Bb, Ab, G, F. They're short thumps, but they're essentially part of the Bb major scale repeating and not changing.
But here is where it gets weird: When the game is first started, the first note is Ab then G, F then back up to Bb repeating from there.

:lol:
by twenex
Sat Jun 03, 2023 6:17 am
Forum: Production Dave
Topic: Invaders Progress
Replies: 29
Views: 8205

Re: Invaders Progress

From what I recall, the pace actually increased when the enemies are killed because there’s less sprites to draw. So the less enemies meant less cpu and therefore faster speed. This sounds like a happy side effect, so why doesn't dave's invader code behave in the same manner? Is it may locking itse...
by twenex
Sat Jun 03, 2023 2:26 am
Forum: Production Dave
Topic: Invaders Progress
Replies: 29
Views: 8205

Re: Invaders Progress

Wow, great beta test. Space Invaders is one of my favs. Some comments but you probably already know. * the marching theme is four descending notes, yours is two and surprisingly musical :) * last invader continues the march rather than run. * nice that you have auto fire when holding the button! * a...
by twenex
Thu Jun 01, 2023 3:39 pm
Forum: Welcome
Topic: How many more will there be?
Replies: 13
Views: 2583

Re: How many more will there be?

Or the tunnels of moose jaw! Sounds like a concept and title for another excellent GAME MAN YEAH series. The object is to return all the NABUs to Canada from Millbury Massachusetts through the tunnels of moose jaw while not being subject to GST nor surcharged by Royal Mail Canada. But becareful wha...
by twenex
Wed May 31, 2023 3:58 pm
Forum: Welcome
Topic: How many more will there be?
Replies: 13
Views: 2583

Re: How many more will there be?

If BC cannucks can go South to Seattle maybe a pallet of NABUs can be made available so you can hoark one from the back of my brother's van eh? (he's genius, he hooked up our stereo) They can at least have their fan issues taken care of. But folk in the frontier days of BC didn't know about NABU or ...