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[Happyland Quest]

#1

GFX + Tunes / Re: Requesting feedback on mus...

Last post by mr_lou - Today at 15:09

Made a new Amstrad CPC conversion of one of my tracks: "Happyland Quest" - https://indiegamemusic.com/5610

Amstrad CPC preview MP3:
https://indiegamemusic.com/diskspace/mr_lou/HappylandQuestAT1.mp3

(Apologies for the shitty slow webhost. It's been nothing but trouble for years. Should find a new one, just don't know who - and too lazy to move everything).

I'm also curious to hear from Amstrad CPC gamedevs: How many bytes (max) do you prefer a tune to use?

#2

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Technical support - Hardware related / Second Button and appropriatel...

Last post by St-BeidE(DE/GB) - Today at 15:03

Dear all,

I made a joystick this weekend. 
It has autofire via battery compartment (4.5V)
and Attiny84. 
May somebody point me to a game that supports
the second button, so I can test it?
Thanks in advance 

Steven

#3

Off topic / Re: Funny computer pictures

Last post by ZorrO - Today at 14:46

Yeah. What's wrong with those Pythones on picture? 

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Games / Re: Fighting Fantasy on CPC

Last post by Nich - Today at 14:19

What is the game play like in the cpc games?

I admit I don't really know! They're both text adventures, which I'm not really a fan of. I only own them because I can add them to my Fighting Fantasy collection.

#5

Games / Re: Fighting Fantasy on CPC

Last post by dodogildo - Today at 13:42

Seems C+VG liked it back in the day:

#6

Games / Re: Fighting Fantasy on CPC

Last post by zhulien - Today at 13:27

I was looking through the Fighting Fantasy wiki and was surprised to see mention of 3 Fighting Fantasy games having been released on CPC.  Is that true?  Has anybody seen them in the wild?

Only two of them were released for the CPC - Seas of Blood and Rebel Planet. I have copies of both of these games, and they're very hard to obtain (and consequently quite expensive to buy when they do appear).

Temple of Terror was advertised but never released for the CPC.

As an aside, I also have a complete collection of Fighting Fantasy books, which I achieved in the mid to late 2000s. You'll be astonished how much some of the later books in the series sell for nowadays!

I Also collect the books but I have 4 missing, they are too expensive but one day I might be lucky.  They are still making new books, a new death trap dungeon sequel imminent. 

What is the game play like in the cpc games?

#7

Technical support - Hardware related / Re: Quiet sound on CPC6128

Last post by Mark_wllms - Today at 13:20

Spoke too soon, it's started again! Someone know now if I fixed it temporarily or if it just stopped and started of it's own accord.

#8

Technical support - Hardware related / Re: Amstrad GX4000 - Video Pro...

Last post by McArti0 - Today at 13:14

I check IC15, these values are not fixed:

choose the game with the whitest scene and the blackest scene and check again how high and low the voltages on these pins go.

#9

Technical support - Hardware related / Re: cable DDI-1 for CPC 6128

Last post by SerErris - Today at 12:49

The original design for the B drive on a 6128 was to use the normal FD-1 with a normal cable. So the 6128 is indeed prepared for the 5V lines. Also those lines are anyhow signal lines with active low. So the only problem would be if the CPC would pull them down. But as that never happens it is not a problem that they are high. There is no such thing like power injection. It is power will get pulled. And as this is correct voltage level even if it would be connected to something that is internal 5V it would not damage anything.

So from single point of view those lines are unused in the CPC and only used for power supply on DDI-1.

#10

Off topic / Re: Funny computer pictures

Last post by Gryzor - Today at 10:24

Am I missing something?