Forum: Amiga scene
10 April 2024, 15:21
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Replies: 63
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
02 April 2024, 14:50
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Replies: 143
Views: 8,111
Gaming led to programming, programming to...
Gaming led to programming, programming to electronics. I became an electronics engineer and later on a patent attorney in the most sought after field, electrical engineering. I'd say I have fared...
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
02 April 2024, 12:36
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,114
But in ten years you may be considering saving...
But in ten years you may be considering saving that sort of money for retirement rather than blowing it on a prototype with hardly any software to run on it.
I largely agree with Bruce's comment...
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Forum: Amiga scene
01 April 2024, 20:38
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Replies: 8
Views: 457
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
14 March 2024, 10:47
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Replies: 1,180
Views: 105,427
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
13 March 2024, 18:19
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Replies: 1,180
Views: 105,427
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
12 March 2024, 17:46
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Replies: 1,180
Views: 105,427
With all these problems with the palette, I...
With all these problems with the palette, I wonder whether some sort of infrared view would fit a good alien story. Like the aliens are invisible in the visible spectrum and you thus need some...
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Forum: Amiga scene
07 March 2024, 11:40
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,605
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Forum: Amiga scene
01 March 2024, 10:15
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Replies: 3,803
Views: 508,538
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Forum: Amiga scene
29 February 2024, 14:16
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Replies: 871
Views: 66,617
Yes, I ignored consoles here because of the...
Yes, I ignored consoles here because of the segmentation of videogames into 2D//console on the one hand and 3D/role-playing/strategy/adventure//PC on the other and my statement that OS-programming...
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Forum: Amiga scene
28 February 2024, 10:30
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Replies: 871
Views: 66,617
Yes, and fast-paced 2D games are a (more...
Yes, and fast-paced 2D games are a (more relevant) example for the Amiga and OS-abstraction in the beginning 1990s. With faster processors most of these problems become less of a problem. And, as I...
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Forum: Amiga scene
27 February 2024, 11:34
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Replies: 871
Views: 66,617
In my opinion MIDI has very little to do with...
In my opinion MIDI has very little to do with games on the Amiga. The Amiga has a working sound subsystem that should have been enhanced with AGA but certainly not by using anything like MIDI.
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Forum: Amiga scene
27 February 2024, 09:16
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Replies: 871
Views: 66,617
On the aspect of OS-friendly games programming:...
On the aspect of OS-friendly games programming: ironically the OS becomes more adequate for games-programming the more PC-gaming-like the game becomes. If you just need a framebuffer (FPV-shooters...
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Forum: Amiga scene
23 February 2024, 18:25
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Replies: 871
Views: 66,617
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Forum: Amiga scene
23 February 2024, 09:36
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Replies: 871
Views: 66,617
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Forum: Amiga scene
21 February 2024, 13:13
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Replies: 871
Views: 66,617
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Forum: Nostalgia & memories
19 February 2024, 12:23
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Replies: 1,335
Views: 157,283
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Forum: Nostalgia & memories
19 February 2024, 10:31
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Replies: 1,335
Views: 157,283
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
16 February 2024, 11:43
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,570
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Forum: Amiga scene
16 February 2024, 10:01
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Replies: 871
Views: 66,617
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Forum: Amiga scene
15 February 2024, 17:16
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Replies: 871
Views: 66,617
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Forum: Amiga scene
15 February 2024, 14:51
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Replies: 871
Views: 66,617
Yes, that is what I was referring to as a path...
Yes, that is what I was referring to as a path towards the future after (a better version of) AGA. At the time actual AGA came out, it was certainly too expensive to put a whole alternate computer...
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Forum: Amiga scene
15 February 2024, 12:06
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Replies: 871
Views: 66,617
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Forum: Amiga scene
14 February 2024, 10:23
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Replies: 871
Views: 66,617
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Forum: Amiga scene
09 February 2024, 13:31
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Replies: 871
Views: 66,617
I don't think any of this would work easily....
I don't think any of this would work easily. "Chipmem-only" and "external cache" just don't go together well. The cache would have to reside between the CPU and the chipmem controller. Why then not...
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Forum: Amiga scene
08 February 2024, 16:58
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Replies: 871
Views: 66,617
I would like to have people's opinions about...
I would like to have people's opinions about this: would it have been feasible for some sort of 1991 AGA+ to have the (enhanced) blitter do some shift-add operation on audio data to mix samples? This...
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Forum: Amiga scene
08 February 2024, 14:59
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Replies: 91
Views: 5,408
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
08 February 2024, 14:27
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,570
Isn't Platoon the first FPV game in gaming...
Isn't Platoon the first FPV game in gaming history? I remember finding it very impressive on the C64. I guess my copy had some trainer or something because I don't remember any frustration about its...
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Forum: Amiga scene
06 February 2024, 12:53
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Replies: 39
Views: 2,488
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Forum: Amiga scene
06 February 2024, 12:48
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Replies: 871
Views: 66,617
To spend more time in front of the computer...
To spend more time in front of the computer without getting headaches. Perhaps even an entire office day. Workplace safety regulations prohibited flicker screenmodes, yet you needed them to get work...
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Forum: Amiga scene
06 February 2024, 12:46
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Replies: 871
Views: 66,617
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
06 February 2024, 12:17
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Replies: 127
Views: 8,369
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Forum: Coders. Releases
05 February 2024, 18:53
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Replies: 4,420
Views: 455,107
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Forum: Nostalgia & memories
05 February 2024, 16:52
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Replies: 3,422
Views: 823,067
OK, so the big-boxes that addressed the...
OK, so the big-boxes that addressed the professional market had it (not counting the A1000) as did the A500+ which basically was just the A500 with its most popular add-on included from the factory....
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Forum: Coders. Releases
05 February 2024, 16:51
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Replies: 4,420
Views: 455,107
Filling with zeros contravenes the rules for...
Filling with zeros contravenes the rules for LoadRGB32(). The lower 24 bits need to be filled with copies of the 8bit per gun for each colour channel.
Some cards might have very strange ways...
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Forum: Coders. Releases
05 February 2024, 16:04
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Replies: 4,420
Views: 455,107
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Forum: Nostalgia & memories
05 February 2024, 15:23
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Replies: 3,422
Views: 823,067
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Forum: Coders. Releases
05 February 2024, 15:21
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Replies: 4,420
Views: 455,107
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Forum: Amiga scene
05 February 2024, 14:42
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Replies: 39
Views: 2,488
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
05 February 2024, 13:20
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Replies: 356
Views: 64,325
I think that the game would look (even) better...
I think that the game would look (even) better with more colours. The greenish stuff for the swamp plants in the first level looks pretty monochromatic to me. Also, the finer granulation of 24bit...
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