JavaCPC Desktop available as BETA!

Gryzor · 11:23, 08 July 10

So, it dithers better, right?

Leonie · 10:49, 09 July 10

Quote from: Devilmarkus on 17:30, 05 July 10

This picture looks soooo gorgeous.
Nice drawn, nice colours.
I like the facial expression of the girl in this processed version of the picture more compared to the original picture.

Quote from: Devilmarkus on 10:31, 07 July 10
[youtube=Vv1DG1TN1eg]video[/youtube]

Is that really possible on a CPC (with enough memory)?
Mode 0? It looks too fine-pored...
To good to be true somehow...a cheating scandal?

Devilmarkus · 11:22, 09 July 10

The movie is almost a fake. (No possibility to store/read and playback those large files on a real CPC yet, playback is emulator-internal.)

But the converter is real!

A small slideshow I made:
WebCPC-Link

Devilmarkus · 17:04, 11 July 10

Today I coded a new GameBrowser for JavaCPC.

[youtube=OyCb6vmHa-g]gamebrowser[/youtube]

You will be able to play thousand of games via this application without downloading them.

Gryzor · 07:48, 12 July 10

Without downloading them? So you're putting all the images (TOSEC or what?) in the emulator distro?

Devilmarkus · 08:52, 12 July 10

Quote from: Gryzor on 07:48, 12 July 10
Without downloading them? So you're putting all the images (TOSEC or what?) in the emulator distro?

It's an emulator internal download.
You don't see that.

Higher quality video:
http://cpc-live.com/gamebrowser

You can try the new gamebrowser in my latest beta:
Download

Gryzor · 08:58, 12 July 10

Ah - so it *does* download

What about an offline version then?

Devilmarkus · 08:59, 12 July 10

Quote from: Gryzor on 08:58, 12 July 10
What about an offline version then?

Offline version: Open your wanted dsk and play it.

Gryzor · 09:04, 12 July 10

Hahahaha

Ok then...

arnoldemu · 09:55, 12 July 10

Quote from: Gryzor on 08:58, 12 July 10
Ah - so it *does* download

it's a downloader for lazy people

Quote from: Gryzor on 08:58, 12 July 10
What about an offline version then?

CPCGamesCD?

Gryzor · 08:24, 13 July 10

CPCGamesCD - exactly what I was driving at. Well, if JavaCPC could be completely integrated in CPCLoader it'd be great...

arnoldemu · 09:21, 13 July 10

Quote from: Gryzor on 08:24, 13 July 10
CPCGamesCD - exactly what I was driving at. Well, if JavaCPC could be completely integrated in CPCLoader it'd be great...

Markus wants everything in his emu

Emu dominance

Devilmarkus · 10:58, 13 July 10

Quote from: arnoldemu on 09:21, 13 July 10
Markus wants everything in his emu
Emu dominance

Well indeed, I want a lot of funstuff

But I don't want dominance.
There are other emulators (Except or 'Arnold') which are much better!

Gryzor · 11:31, 13 July 10

WinCPC FTW!

...even though it messes up the CAT in Color Lines...

Devilmarkus · 11:39, 13 July 10

Quote from: Gryzor on 11:31, 13 July 10
...even though it messes up the CAT in Color Lines...

This cannot be because bad emulation.
I think you use a bohemian ROM setup.

Gryzor · 12:28, 13 July 10

bohemian?

But it may have been because I used his custom font rom...

Morn · 19:30, 13 July 10

Quote from: Devilmarkus on 10:58, 13 July 10
Well indeed, I want a lot of funstuff
But I don't want dominance.
There are other emulators (Except or 'Arnold') which are much better!

But your emulator is perhaps the most portable. What's the point of implementing cool features in a DOS- or Windows-only emulator? It's too limited IMHO. Computers are now fast enough that a higher-level language like Java makes sense for this kind of task.

And so far everything seems to work great in JavaCPC. In the DOS days I've had much bigger problems getting some games to run. Maybe some very demanding demos can show differences between emulators, but for the average game I'm very happy with JavaCPC so far. (Of course if JavaCPC Desktop would also work under Java v1.5, I'd be even happier.)

Saying that JavaCPC is much better than Arnold may sound like faint praise from me, but I'm mainly on a Mac right now, so I don't have much to compare it to. Still, I think JavaCPC is pretty fantastic!

Martin

MiguelSky · 21:51, 13 July 10

Quote from: Gryzor on 08:24, 13 July 10
CPCGamesCD - exactly what I was driving at. Well, if JavaCPC could be completely integrated in CPCLoader it'd be great...

Well, you can change the default emu in the Explorer to JavaCPC (or another emu you like)

Devilmarkus · 07:07, 14 July 10

Quote from: MiguelSky on 21:51, 13 July 10
Well, you can change the default emu in the Explorer to JavaCPC (or another emu you like)

Important: CPCGameCD only works with JavaCPC up to v.6.7.!

For the upcoming Desktop-version the CPCLoader needs to be updated.
Next JavaCPC will open files and launch them via command-arguments.
This works already nice in the CPC GameBase by L. Daneels.

Gryzor · 07:46, 14 July 10

Quote from: Morn on 19:30, 13 July 10
Computers are now fast enough that a higher-level language like Java makes sense for this kind of task.

Try saying that to my netbook... Even WinCPC runs with frameskip on.

Which reminded me - which is considered the fastest emulator out there?

Morn · 12:36, 14 July 10

Quote from: Gryzor on 07:46, 14 July 10
Try saying that to my netbook... Even WinCPC runs with frameskip on.

More or less by definition, a netbook is a computer that is too slow to do anything beyond instant messaging on it. Before the name netbook was coined, such computers were known as paperweights/door stoppers, but apparently they've found a way to make people actually pay for them.

Martin

mahlemiut · 13:46, 14 July 10

Quote from: Gryzor on 07:46, 14 July 10
Which reminded me - which is considered the fastest emulator out there?

WinAPE, I think. Shouldn't be too much strain on a netbook, either.

Gryzor · 14:47, 14 July 10

Quote from: mahlemiut on 13:46, 14 July 10
WinAPE, I think. Shouldn't be too much strain on a netbook, either.

Thanks, will try it tonight... I haven't tried it on the netbook.

Quote from: Morn on 12:36, 14 July 10
More or less by definition, a netbook is a computer that is too slow to do anything beyond instant messaging on it. Before the name netbook was coined, such computers were known as paperweights/door stoppers, but apparently they've found a way to make people actually pay for them.

You're right about the first half - indeed, it's only supposed to do a little browsing and some lightweight work, not games. But this doesn't mean we shouldn't *try* to.

Oh, btw, I find a netbook the perfect solution for my needs; meaning cheap, light, small factor, good battery, it suits me much better than my laptop when I'm sitting out on my balcony sipping my coffee... so it's not all too bad!

Devilmarkus · 16:34, 15 July 10

Today I compared Chany's demo "Dreamend Megademo".
Left side are JavaCPC screenshots, right side are WinApe screenshots)

First thing:
Demo did not start on WinApe (CPC 6128 config, no plus/ppi emulation, normal floppy disk emulation, CRTC 1)

This test should'nt be a contest "which emulator is better?" but demonstrate how different CRTC emulations can be.
Especially the 8th image has a logo missing in WinApe. (Because CRTC register 6, which can update vDisplay in almost any case)

Morn · 11:42, 16 July 10

Quote from: Gryzor on 14:47, 14 July 10
Oh, btw, I find a netbook the perfect solution for my needs; meaning cheap, light, small factor, good battery, it suits me much better than my laptop when I'm sitting out on my balcony sipping my coffee... so it's not all too bad!

I think netbooks made more sense when they were really inexpensive in the beginning. But somehow prices have gone up so much that they are not that different anymore from regular laptops in terms of price and features.

What I liked about early netbooks were among others their solid-state hard drives, but it looks like regular HDs are the norm for netbooks now. So tablet PCs will probably displace netbooks eventually, because they fill the same niche as (early) netbooks did and are even smaller.

Martin

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