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Forum: Nostalgia & memories 24 May 2023, 00:23
Replies: 221
Views: 44,849
Posted By Ray Norrish
I would have put Killing Gameshow in there...

I would have put Killing Gameshow in there instead of Blood Money.
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 24 May 2023, 00:15
Replies: 35
Views: 4,043
Posted By Ray Norrish
I recall when you look at code made in pure...

I recall when you look at code made in pure assembler in a decompiler, it looks "clean" in comparison for want of a better word. I seemed to remember encountering BCD more frequently in non-ASM...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 15 February 2023, 03:22
Replies: 12
Views: 1,662
Posted By Ray Norrish
It was more of an wink call-back to the way...

It was more of an wink call-back to the way people referenced their involvement.
No disrespect, but British irony is typically lost on Americans.
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 17 January 2023, 03:06
Replies: 12
Views: 1,662
Posted By Ray Norrish
Memories of Blue b**ing

I Just read an old thread that mentioned BB and a load of old memories returned. Not just the BB, but all the old memories of US BBS and people I met then. I think of those times almost as the...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 17 January 2023, 02:58
Replies: 237
Views: 31,377
Posted By Ray Norrish
I read through this thread and thought about...

I read through this thread and thought about adding my 2p.
One post mentioned the main issue was that musicians got the gig to make some music in (x) kb, and some sfx in y(kb). The issue was...
Forum: Amiga scene 17 January 2023, 02:33
Replies: 6
Views: 1,133
Posted By Ray Norrish
I wasn't just thinking sim oriented. I have some...

I wasn't just thinking sim oriented. I have some half made remakes on the go on my channel which are in limbo, so just wanted to see if there was any interest in any of them for further progress....
Forum: Amiga scene 16 January 2023, 02:34
Replies: 216
Views: 40,829
Posted By Ray Norrish
PMF? Not the guy that I did some assorted BB/AT&T...

PMF? Not the guy that I did some assorted BB/AT&T pranking with back in around 90/91?
Forum: Amiga scene 05 January 2023, 03:13
Replies: 6
Views: 1,133
Posted By Ray Norrish
Well, I wasn't gonna release any games...

Well, I wasn't gonna release any games commercially so the tron themed battlezone would still be fine. I always wanted to do a tron themed game anyway, after making a frame-by-frame rerender of the...
Forum: Amiga scene 05 January 2023, 02:40
Replies: 6
Views: 1,133
Posted By Ray Norrish
Give me inspiration

I need to get some focus.
I've made some great modern remakes (if I say so myself) of Robotron 2084 and Defender (see my sig), but I've also got a bunch of half finished efforts which I need to...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 28 December 2022, 04:07
Replies: 49
Views: 4,869
Posted By Ray Norrish
Sad and sobering news. He was a pioneer and great...

Sad and sobering news. He was a pioneer and great guy who made some amazing games.
Makes me feel that little bit older and fragile. Let's remember him by firing up those great games and enjoy them.
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 28 December 2022, 03:53
Replies: 132
Views: 34,577
Posted By Ray Norrish
Yea, the intro was definitely "of the time" and...

Yea, the intro was definitely "of the time" and aged badly. The ingame, although spartan, has a suitable melancholy and tone which I feel fits the game speed and the remake I posted above turns the...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 27 December 2022, 20:37
Replies: 132
Views: 34,577
Posted By Ray Norrish
Probably the best cover I've heard so far of the...

Probably the best cover I've heard so far of the ingame music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOeW_Iqpirw
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 26 December 2022, 05:23
Replies: 123
Views: 17,433
Posted By Ray Norrish
That's how I roll - I come here once in a blue...

That's how I roll - I come here once in a blue moon ;)
Anyway, we all said "sig" then, until you read it / read up and we weren't sure. No internet back then and there wasn't anyone to ask, so it...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 26 December 2022, 03:33
Replies: 123
Views: 17,433
Posted By Ray Norrish
Seems like it was our fault then, or more likely...

Seems like it was our fault then, or more likely Dave Jones who likely picked that one from the 2 versions we recorded :)
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 26 December 2022, 03:20
Replies: 132
Views: 34,577
Posted By Ray Norrish
I'm almost certain that the first time I saw that...

I'm almost certain that the first time I saw that A01/A0F cycle trick was on the cebit 90 music. I even used it on some music I did last year!
Forum: Coders. General 03 July 2021, 02:11
Replies: 13
Views: 2,286
Posted By Ray Norrish
I dunno. If the car is only 8 colours, it can be...

I dunno. If the car is only 8 colours, it can be 1 half of a Dual Playfield, with the logo the other half.
If it is, then it might not even be blitted at all - just modulo shifted.
A quick look at...
Forum: Coders. General 03 July 2021, 02:05
Replies: 29
Views: 8,059
Posted By Ray Norrish
Asides from actual read speed, I quite like the...

Asides from actual read speed, I quite like the "illusion" of read speed.
I sometimes put data on same side of the disk so the loading "sounded" faster ;)

As a small aside, I coded a music disk...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 03 July 2021, 01:37
Replies: 39
Views: 7,790
Posted By Ray Norrish
When my lad was barely able to sit upright, he...

When my lad was barely able to sit upright, he was pretty entertained with Soundtracker - just bashing keys and playing drums - he loved it.
Now he's 30(!) and quite often still plays the great...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 28 June 2021, 23:22
Replies: 132
Views: 34,577
Posted By Ray Norrish
It was probably a good shout from Ian at the time...

It was probably a good shout from Ian at the time to select it, but I don't think there was any music that was so "In the moment" and yet aged so terribly.
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 28 June 2021, 22:07
Replies: 66
Views: 13,140
Posted By Ray Norrish
I felt very disappointed when I heard...

I felt very disappointed when I heard Koyaanisqatsi by Philip Glass.
C'mon Rob, at least change it a bit.... :)
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 28 June 2021, 21:59
Replies: 132
Views: 34,577
Posted By Ray Norrish
I have an excuse for that :) It was the first...

I have an excuse for that :)
It was the first thing I ever knocked up in SoundTracker in a couple of hours. It happened to be on a demo disk that went to Psygnosis and for some reason Ian...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 24 January 2021, 23:22
Replies: 123
Views: 17,433
Posted By Ray Norrish
Just got a prod from someone that this discussion...

Just got a prod from someone that this discussion was going on here.
Well, it wasn't my voice on the intro, but a friend of mine.
Interestingly, my friend and I had the same discussion back in the...
Forum: project.aGTW 02 January 2011, 03:30
Replies: 95
Views: 41,125
Posted By Ray Norrish
Old thread I know, but I really know how you...

Old thread I know, but I really know how you feel.
I got well shafted working with Frank - he actually took the payment from Psygnosis for the blood money music I did. because we set up a joint...
Forum: Coders. General 23 May 2010, 00:13
Replies: 15
Views: 6,958
Posted By Ray Norrish
I used to just load the exe (no matter what the...

I used to just load the exe (no matter what the assembler was) into Rossi Mon (either use relative code or fix it) and Rossi Mon can calc the checksum and write out the memory to disk blocks. Easy as...
Forum: Coders. General 22 May 2010, 23:29
Replies: 29
Views: 5,787
Posted By Ray Norrish
What's wrong with Movem if it's not just limited...

What's wrong with Movem if it's not just limited to bytes?
Forum: project.aGTW 28 May 2009, 04:19
Replies: 151
Views: 78,551
Posted By Ray Norrish
Well, I just re-read this thread and it would be...

Well, I just re-read this thread and it would be good to clear up the music angle once and for all?
Forum: project.IRC 02 April 2009, 02:33
Replies: 40
Views: 41,615
Posted By Ray Norrish
Everyone is always dead.. I'll just prove my...

Everyone is always dead.. I'll just prove my point now.. :)
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 04 February 2009, 01:19
Replies: 187
Views: 26,073
Posted By Ray Norrish
Yea, I`m sure I`d rather have spent my...

Yea, I`m sure I`d rather have spent my adolescence on sun drenched beaches than rainy northern england :)
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 04 February 2009, 00:33
Replies: 187
Views: 26,073
Posted By Ray Norrish
Corrections are taking place (at least on your...

Corrections are taking place (at least on your wiki). However, you can't quell these things once they have took off. Not that it's a major slight and I`ll never get work in the amiga games industry...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 04 February 2009, 00:00
Replies: 187
Views: 26,073
Posted By Ray Norrish
heh.. it always amazes me about the comments I...

heh.. it always amazes me about the comments I see about my "reaction" to being disqualified.. seeing as I wasn't at the mag fields party LOL
Someone decided to enter that music without my...
Forum: Coders. General 22 January 2009, 02:18
Replies: 14
Views: 5,391
Posted By Ray Norrish
I posted the code a long time ago. No probs to...

I posted the code a long time ago. No probs to post it again if you don't have.
Check out the demo first :)
Forum: Coders. General 22 January 2009, 01:58
Replies: 14
Views: 5,391
Posted By Ray Norrish
of course. Remember that the blitter worked on...

of course. Remember that the blitter worked on odd cycles, so it could double throughput. It was a powerful chip in its own right
Forum: Coders. General 22 January 2009, 01:54
Replies: 14
Views: 5,391
Posted By Ray Norrish
This was a rather unusual way to use the blitter....

This was a rather unusual way to use the blitter. Usually, it would be used to copy screen memory around.
Fortunately, I noted that the ST note track is 256 bytes (or something) and was blitter...
Forum: Coders. General 22 January 2009, 01:39
Replies: 15
Views: 4,586
Posted By Ray Norrish
I skipped over some stuff, but I think I know...

I skipped over some stuff, but I think I know what the op means.

He may be talking about PC code, where you can sacrifice an address register as a reference to the start of the executable (or...
Forum: Coders. General 22 January 2009, 01:19
Replies: 14
Views: 5,391
Posted By Ray Norrish
I remember using the blitter to copy bits of a...

I remember using the blitter to copy bits of a soundtracker module around for the mix-e-loader on Sonic Attack. If you can't find the source in PD, or want to see, let me know.
Forum: request.Demos 25 October 2008, 02:00
Replies: 28
Views: 6,656
Posted By Ray Norrish
:crazy I don`t believe it! I did that music...

:crazy I don`t believe it!

I did that music :)

It`s awful yes, but one of the first ones I did. You can hear the string sequence I used in "blood money" ingame, as well as some other...
Forum: request.Demos 25 October 2008, 01:51
Replies: 28
Views: 6,656
Posted By Ray Norrish
Hahah.. I used to be in Powerlords too at one...

Hahah.. I used to be in Powerlords too at one time (NZO) and I remember Emyr, Mark, Alistair, Lee etc..

It wasn`t DMA, it was Argonaut (a couple of them went from Scotland - Coder, graphics.) I...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 25 October 2008, 01:21
Replies: 137
Views: 14,140
Posted By Ray Norrish
Big grin I`d have to agree with you there. This was also...

I`d have to agree with you there. This was also the first piece of music that impressed - no - astounded me. I couldn`t take it all in the first time I heard it, it was just such a revelation. I...
Forum: Amiga scene 17 July 2008, 01:39
Replies: 15
Views: 7,042
Posted By Ray Norrish
Bippy: cool. If you look at trains to Crewe, then...

Bippy: cool. If you look at trains to Crewe, then that's a good pickup / junction for where you/me is.

Let me know

cheers
Forum: Amiga scene 17 July 2008, 00:42
Replies: 15
Views: 7,042
Posted By Ray Norrish
Guess I`ll have to make a t-shirt as well then :)...

Guess I`ll have to make a t-shirt as well then :)
I`ll be coming down from "up north" so anyone want a lift?
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