AMSTEAM: WIP game streaming service for the Amstrad CPC

abalore · 13:21, 15 July 24

Quote from: dodogildo on 11:12, 15 July 24Today I tested the Amsteam kit first time. I enjoyed it, thanks for this great service. It may be my luck but one of the first games I tried was Commando and it's got some bug. It keeps freezing on the cover screen. Some garbage appears when you click a key.

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Thank you for the report. I'll check that game ASAP.

Also, if anyone wants to suggest interesting Telnet sites to add to the list: Games, Chats, BBS, email, etc, I would be glad to do it. I'm still working in the in-server ANSI to Amstrad command translation, so it's a kind of a beta, but still works fairly well.

abalore · 21:53, 15 July 24

@dodogildo Commando fixed!

Gryzor · 12:47, 07 August 24

Quote from: abalore on 21:53, 15 July 24@dodogildo Commando fixed!

Oh that's a nice one 😊

poulette73 · 18:55, 23 September 24

Hello Abalore,

AMSTEAM is working great !!

I'm very happy with it

Actually there's 168 games available online.
Do you plan to extend the list in the future ? I suppose it takes a long time.

poulette73 · 06:06, 24 September 24

Quote from: abalore on 13:21, 15 July 24Also, if anyone wants to suggest interesting Telnet sites to add to the list: Games, Chats, BBS, email, etc, I would be glad to do it. I'm still working in the in-server ANSI to Amstrad command translation, so it's a kind of a beta, but still works fairly well.

Some examples to add, with Amiga BBS (telnet amigacity.xyz), telehack.com (telnet telehack.com 23), or freechess.org (telnet freechess.org 5000)

Tested with my USIfAC II :

abalore · 13:52, 24 September 24

Quote from: poulette73 on 18:55, 23 September 24Hello Abalore,

AMSTEAM is working great !!
I'm very happy with it

Actually there's 168 games available online.
Do you plan to extend the list in the future ? I suppose it takes a long time.

It doesn't really take a lot of time. I've just been focused in another project. Now I'm waiting for some components to be manufactured/delivered, so I'll add more games, and also will add the great telnet sites you suggest.

abalore · 23:46, 24 September 24

Quote from: poulette73 on 06:06, 24 September 24
Quote from: abalore on 13:21, 15 July 24Also, if anyone wants to suggest interesting Telnet sites to add to the list: Games, Chats, BBS, email, etc, I would be glad to do it. I'm still working in the in-server ANSI to Amstrad command translation, so it's a kind of a beta, but still works fairly well.

Some examples to add, with Amiga BBS (telnet amigacity.xyz), telehack.com (telnet telehack.com 23), or freechess.org (telnet freechess.org 5000)
Tested with my USIfAC II :

I added your suggested telnet sites

dodogildo · 09:35, 25 September 24

Eagerly waiting for new games

poulette73 · 12:55, 25 September 24

Thank you very much for your quick support, as usual

Off topic : ABATAPE is a great projet.... Amazing !!

poulette73 · 13:19, 25 September 24

Quote from: abalore on 23:46, 24 September 24I added your suggested telnet sites

Excellent !

When you'll have time... this is a list of 1000 BBS/Telnet servers to try

abalore · 12:35, 28 September 24

Quote from: dodogildo on 09:35, 25 September 24Eagerly waiting for new games

I just added:

Despotik Design
The Island of Dr Destructo
Dive-Dive-Dive
Dizzy ! The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure
Dizzy II: Treasure Island
Dizzy III: Fantasy World
Dizzy IV: Magicland
Dizzy V: Spellbound
Dizzy VI: Prince of the Yolkfolf

dodogildo · 12:59, 28 September 24

@abalore thanks, especially for the Island of Dr. Destructo.. What a solid selection!

poulette73 · 23:37, 28 September 24

Wow great job ! Thanks

abalore · 22:01, 29 September 24

I pushed some more games:

Dustin
E-motion
Edd The Duck
Electric Wonderland
Electro Freddy
Emilio Sanchez Vicario
Druid 2: Enlightenment
Equinox

and regarding Enlightenment, it has some fail that generates a bad sync signal on most monitors, both CRT or TFT, they don't display the image or display it with flicker. It happens with the original game loaded from cassette too. Did anyone try the game with original Amstrad CTM or GT monitors? I don't have any of them to test.

poulette73 · 23:15, 29 September 24

Thanks for adding new games again !

I don't have CTM or GT to test Enlightenment sorry.
But I confirm wrong display with flicker on my LG 15" TFT monitor...

abalore · 23:46, 29 September 24

Quote from: poulette73 on 23:15, 29 September 24Thanks for adding new games again !

I don't have CTM or GT to test Enlightenment sorry.
But I confirm wrong display with flicker on my LG 15" TFT monitor...

I was investigating and the game sets the vertical display size to 40 instead of 39, so generating 48Hz instead of 50Hz. Maybe one day I'll try to disassemble the code and fix it.

dodogildo · 04:19, 30 September 24

Quote from: abalore on 22:01, 29 September 24anyone try the game with original Amstrad CTM or GT monitors?

Got CTM. Will try this week hopefully and let you know.

dodogildo · 09:54, 01 October 24

Yeah, I just tried on my CTM 644 and can now confirm that Druid II actually flickers quite badly.

abalore · 12:24, 01 October 24

Quote from: dodogildo on 09:54, 01 October 24Yeah, I just tried on my CTM 644 and can now confirm that Druid II actually flickers quite badly.

did you try to stabilise the image with the V-Hold control?

Anyway: It looks they released a buggy game, so I most probably will remove it from the list

dodogildo · 12:35, 01 October 24

Quote from: abalore on 12:24, 01 October 24did you try to stabilise the image with the V-Hold control?

yes and didn't help.

abalore · 13:30, 01 October 24

I tested Druid II in a Plus and it works! so it must depend on the CRTC version, a similar thing happens with F1 Tornado Simulator which uses a similar screen split.

poulette73 · 15:05, 01 October 24

Tested 6 differents versions of Enlightenment Druid II :
- real 3" floppy on CPC 6128 CRTC1 and TFT : screen flickering.
- real 3" floppy on CPC 6128 CRTC4 and TFT : game reset.
- DSK on emulator Caprice64 CRTC1 : screen flickering.
- DSK on emulator Caprice64 CRTC0 : game is OK

The easiest way is to abandon this game for AMSTEAM (not stable enough for a streaming platform intended for multiple CPC hardware configurations)

abalore · 19:17, 01 October 24

Quote from: poulette73 on 15:05, 01 October 24Tested 6 differents versions of Enlightenment Druid II :
- real 3" floppy on CPC 6128 CRTC1 and TFT : screen flickering.
- real 3" floppy on CPC 6128 CRTC4 and TFT : game reset.
- DSK on emulator Caprice64 CRTC1 : screen flickering.
- DSK on emulator Caprice64 CRTC0 : game is OK

The easiest way is to abandon this game for AMSTEAM (not stable enough for a streaming platform intended for multiple CPC hardware configurations)

I added a fix to the Amsteam version which makes it work in all CPC models I tested so far, but not in all monitors. While it works with real Amstrad monitor is ok for me.

poulette73 · 21:49, 01 October 24

Quote from: abalore on 19:17, 01 October 24I added a fix to the Amsteam version which makes it work in all CPC models I tested so far, but not in all monitors. While it works with real Amstrad monitor is ok for me.

Yeaah... great job !!
Now Enlightenment Druid II is working with Amsteam on my LG 15" TFT !

dodogildo · 08:11, 02 October 24

No more flickering on CTM either

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