Announcing Sonic GX - a new episode of Sonic the Hedgehog for Amstrad GX-4000

[norecess464]

Makes me wish I had a Plus/GX 

Bad timing ? I saw prices have skyrocketed on eBay....

[Animalgril987]

That and the fact that I only have space for one retro machine, and there's a 464 in that space!

[norecess464]

That and the fact that I only have space for one retro machine, and there's a 464 in that space!

Go get a 464 PLUS then! ;-) Kidding 

[Animalgril987]

What?? After the hours I put in fixing the tape deck and giving the CPC a damn good cleaning?


Besides, a 464 was my first computer, back in the eighties.

[BSC]

Warning! Slight topic distraction ahead: I do own a GX4000 which I bought in London back in 1993. What additional hardware would I need to run e.g. Sonic GX or Soundtracker DMA? I am thinking of a keyboad mainly, but afaik there's no such thing as an external keyboard for the GX. This might have been asked in the forums before, so if that's true: linky please

[villain]

Warning! Slight topic distraction ahead: I do own a GX4000 which I bought in London back in 1993. What additional hardware would I need to run e.g. Sonic GX or Soundtracker DMA? I am thinking of a keyboad mainly, but afaik there's no such thing as an external keyboard for the GX. This might have been asked in the forums before, so if that's true: linky please

Make another journey to an european capital (no Six-Pack this time), visit Paris and buy a Plus somewhere in France. 


If all this COVID-Kacke is over one day I will make a trip to Grand Est and hope to find something suitable on leboncoin.fr...

[norecess464]

Warning! Slight topic distraction ahead: I do own a GX4000 which I bought in London back in 1993. What additional hardware would I need to run e.g. Sonic GX or Soundtracker DMA? I am thinking of a keyboad mainly, but afaik there's no such thing as an external keyboard for the GX. This might have been asked in the forums before, so if that's true: linky please

Actually, that's a good question ! Sonic GX requires 64Kb of RAM so it will run on an unmodified GX-4000. But, you need to buy a C4CPC to be able to launch cartridge .CPR files (unfortunately, we don't plan to distribute original cartridges that you can directly plug into the console). You can PM @gerald for more information about the C4CPC, it's a powerful device for a decent price.

Regarding the Soundtracker DMA from @Zik , it requires an Amstrad Plus. I don't recommend you to try extending an existing Amstrad GX-4000 into a "computer", as you would kill a working GX-4000 for such a project, and the result would be a bunch of wire + visible hardware... So instead, my recommendation would be to try buying the real thing, I mean the Amstrad Plus - good luck to find one at cheap price 

[villain]

@norecess


Maybe you are interested to take a look at this conversion:



https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jGp4a00OeRs

[norecess464]

Thanks @villain for sharing this


I won't enter into the discussion "it's using a RAM expansion ! it has bad colors !" etc etc.

Their version just looks awesome for the machine, it looks and feels like a Sonic game !

A lot of work has been put there for sure, I'm sincerely excited for all C64 users

[villain]

A lot of work has been put there for sure, I'm sincerely excited for all C64 users

He wrote of app. 1200 hours... 

[norecess464]

He wrote of app. 1200 hours... 

I'm not be surprised.

I'm not counting hours on Sonic GX (but I can count years, ahah!)
The private git repo of Sonic GX states about 3037 commits as in date of today 
Which is the largest program I ever worked on so far!

[TotO]

Is-it the REU (RAM Expansion Unit) that not only add 256K memory but DMA transfer to speed-up the display?

[BSC]

don't recommend you to try extending an existing Amstrad GX-4000 into a "computer", as you would kill a working GX-4000 for such a project, and the result would be a bunch of wire + visible hardware..

Never gonna break my GX-4000! But obtaining a Plus is no mean feat, I suppose, and even if I get one, the price is gonna make me cry ..

[Captain Past]

Is-it the REU (RAM Expansion Unit) that not only add 256K memory but DMA transfer to speed-up the display?

Yes, it is.

[CraigsBar]

Thanks @villain for sharing this


I won't enter into the discussion "it's using a RAM expansion ! it has bad colors !" etc etc.

Their version just looks awesome for the machine, it looks and feels like a Sonic game !

A lot of work has been put there for sure, I'm sincerely excited for all C64 users

I loaded this up on my C64g last night. It is amazingly impresseive. Albeit on PAL machines the music (and game itself) play slower as expected. It is still a truly amazing product and I intend to play a lot more of it over the coming days!

[Bryce]

I loaded this up on my C64g last night. It is amazingly impresseive. Albeit on PAL machines the music (and game itself) play slower as expected. It is still a truly amazing product and I intend to play a lot more of it over the coming days!

Official frown of disapproval to you for praising anything C64 related on an Amstrad forum....



Consider yourself "frowned upon".

Bryce.

[norecess464]

Official frown of disapproval to you for praising anything C64 related on an Amstrad forum....

Well, yes and no? I'm not against seeing the great things happening on other 8-bit machines. Especially when it's related to Sonic franchise, cf. the topic of this thread

[Gryzor]

Ah people still don't get the Bryce humor😉

[Skunkfish]

I loaded this up on my C64g last night.

Craig, I would have thought better of you than to be showing that filth on a family forum!

[villain]

Lego's response:


https://www.lego.com/de-de/product/sonic-the-hedgehog-green-hill-zone-21331?cmp=emc-c%3DPROMO-eid%3D3107-d%3D1%2F7%2F2022-n%3D2022_01_DEDICATED_PROJECT_RINGS_TEST-sid%3D4599176-jid%3D31733-s%3DLAUN-t%3DIDEAS-a%3DACTIVE-tst%3DVariant_B_10086&j=31733&sfmc_sub=4599176&l=259_HTML&u=3295860&mid=510004361&jb=2489


😂

[Bryce]

Ah people still don't get the Bryce humor😉

Nor do they know that @CraigsBar and I are extremely good friends in real life and enjoy nothing better than sharing a pint and taking the piss out of each other!

Bryce.

P.s Craig, move your arse, it's your round! Mine's a Guinness, and get get a Ginger tea for @Shaun M. Neary , or whatever lame beverage he happens to be on at the moment.

[dthrone]

Lego's response:


https://www.lego.com/de-de/product/sonic-the-hedgehog-green-hill-zone-21331?cmp=emc-c%3DPROMO-eid%3D3107-d%3D1%2F7%2F2022-n%3D2022_01_DEDICATED_PROJECT_RINGS_TEST-sid%3D4599176-jid%3D31733-s%3DLAUN-t%3DIDEAS-a%3DACTIVE-tst%3DVariant_B_10086&j=31733&sfmc_sub=4599176&l=259_HTML&u=3295860&mid=510004361&jb=2489


😂

Perfect for creating level mock-ups! 

[CraigsBar]

Official frown of disapproval to you for praising anything C64 related on an Amstrad forum....



Consider yourself "frowned upon".

Bryce.

sheesh, I went out of my way to use the C64g too. You know that lovely white(ish) Breadbin that was exclusive to the German market? I thought you woudl at least approve a little bit!

[Shaun M. Neary]

Nor do they know that @CraigsBar and I are extremely good friends in real life and enjoy nothing better than sharing a pint and taking the piss out of each other!

Bryce.

P.s Craig, move your arse, it's your round! Mine's a Guinness, and get get a Ginger tea for @Shaun M. Neary , or whatever lame beverage he happens to be on at the moment.

The hell dude? I was on hot whiskey and a pint of Guinness the last time we met!! You don't get more stereotypical Irish than that!!

[villain]

As I own a Plus now and my daughter shows Sonic-fever (Megadrive...) I just wanted to ask if there are any news concerning the release date... But no need to hurry.