Resend my activation email : Register : Log in 
BCF: Bike Chat Forums


Made an old style computer game

Reply to topic
Bike Chat Forums Index -> The Geek Zone Goto page Previous  1, 2
View previous topic : View next topic  
Author Message

Lord Percy
World Chat Champion



Joined: 03 Aug 2012
Karma :

PostPosted: 19:20 - 26 Apr 2017    Post subject: Re: Made an old style computer game Reply with quote

thx1138 wrote:

I put in rude words too, of course.


I considered adding some ASCII porn images.
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

RhynoCZ
Super Spammer



Joined: 09 Mar 2012
Karma :

PostPosted: 19:40 - 26 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dave-G wrote:
Kids today don't know how good they have it. Back in my day you bought a magazine and typed the game in yourself; they printed the code and you had to type it in. Then it didn't work and you had to wait until the next edition for them to print the correct bit of code so the game would work.


Kids in your time had it easy, all the electricity, clean water and heating in your house. Razz
____________________
'87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
'95 Mercedes-Benz w202 C200 CGI; MZ 150 ETZ, '98 Mercedes-Benz w210 E200 Kompressor
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

M.C
Super Spammer



Joined: 29 Sep 2015
Karma :

PostPosted: 20:50 - 26 Apr 2017    Post subject: Re: Made an old style computer game Reply with quote

Lord Percy wrote:
thx1138 wrote:

I put in rude words too, of course.


I considered adding some ASCII porn images.

You see then I would have been interested; nsfw.

I remember as a kid I got in really bad trouble for playing Bomb x Laughing
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

Commuter_Tim
World Chat Champion



Joined: 09 May 2013
Karma :

PostPosted: 21:11 - 26 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

thx1138 wrote:
Pjay wrote:
Text adventures were some of the best times of my gaming life.



You are in a SEWN swamp.

an endless maze, unless you went south-east-west-north....


Did I read that wrong or does that path not lead you back to your starting point? Thinking

I just tried Zork, stopped after immediately trying "kick door" and it told me that wasn't "interesting".
Fuck you Zork, I'll decide what's interesting to me. Folded arms
____________________
The above post is most likely nonsensical.

I ride a Bandit 600... badly.
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

panrider_uk
World Chat Champion



Joined: 23 Sep 2007
Karma :

PostPosted: 23:55 - 26 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dave-G wrote:
Kids today don't know how good they have it. Back in my day you bought a magazine and typed the game in yourself; they printed the code and you had to type it in. Then it didn't work and you had to wait until the next edition for them to print the correct bit of code so the game would work.


I learned how to program by typing in these games and then figuring out and fixing the errors that stopped them working.
____________________
Current bike: Honda ST1100
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

M.C
Super Spammer



Joined: 29 Sep 2015
Karma :

PostPosted: 00:06 - 27 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

panrider_uk wrote:
Dave-G wrote:
Kids today don't know how good they have it. Back in my day you bought a magazine and typed the game in yourself; they printed the code and you had to type it in. Then it didn't work and you had to wait until the next edition for them to print the correct bit of code so the game would work.


I learned how to program by typing in these games and then figuring out and fixing the errors that stopped them working.

I thought that sounded cool (when I read about it in history books Wink) and is something I probably would have done. However programming's completely alien to me, even hacking something together in Unity's beyond me Sad
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

thx1138
World Chat Champion



Joined: 06 Oct 2005
Karma :

PostPosted: 10:03 - 27 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

I learned by typing magazine listings too.

About 9 years ago at an evening class, I took GCSE astronomy. We had to chose two pieces of work from a list, complete and submit them to be marked along with our exam.

I chose to write a computer program to plot the orbit of the inner planets around the sun, and I did in in 1982 Sinclair BASIC on an emulator, and my coursework was this Thumbs Up Laughing

REM
10 PRINT "ORERRY"
11 REM
25 DATA 19,36,50,76,3,13,24,48,75
30 BRIGHT 1: DIM b$(24)
40 LET h=83: LET g=171
50 DIM a(9): FOR f=1 TO 9: READ a(f): NEXT f: RESTORE
59 REM
60 PRINT "Jupiter - Neptune=5"
70 PRINT "Mercury - Mars=1"
71 REM
80 INPUT "select 1 OR 5",b: IF b<>1 AND b<>5 THEN GO TO 80
90 PRINT AT b/5+1,0;b$
100 PRINT AT 10,0;"1st point"'"OF ARIES <";TAB 21;"*"
110 PLOT g-5,h: DRAW -90,0
120 FOR n=1*b TO b+4
130 CIRCLE g,h,a(n): NEXT n
140 PRINT AT 12,21;("s m v e m" AND b=1)+("ej s u n" AND b=5)
144 REM
145 REM PLOT PLANES IN ORBIT
146 REM
150 FOR d=1 TO 400 STEP 50/b
170 PRINT FLASH 1;AT 8,0;"week ";INT (1+d/50*B^2.7)
180 FOR n=1*b TO b+4
190 LET v=1/a(n)^1.4*100
200 LET e=d/400*v*PI
210 LET c=g+a(n)*COS e
220 LET s=h+a(n)*SIN e
230 CIRCLE INT c,INT s,1.5
240 NEXT n: NEXT d: STOP
9900 REM
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail You must be logged in to rate posts

M.C
Super Spammer



Joined: 29 Sep 2015
Karma :

PostPosted: 18:11 - 27 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

thx1138 wrote:
I learned by typing magazine listings too.

About 9 years ago at an evening class, I took GCSE astronomy. We had to chose two pieces of work from a list, complete and submit them to be marked along with our exam.

I chose to write a computer program to plot the orbit of the inner planets around the sun, and I did in in 1982 Sinclair BASIC on an emulator, and my coursework was this Thumbs Up Laughing

I was briefly excited by the spectrum recreated until I read it was just an expensive bluetooth keyboard. You can still find the app that went along with it (it was pulled) and it's rubbish.

*steals code*
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

Pjay
World Chat Champion



Joined: 18 Jan 2016
Karma :

PostPosted: 21:00 - 27 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

M.C wrote:
I was briefly excited by the spectrum recreated until I read it was just an expensive bluetooth keyboard. You can still find the app that went along with it (it was pulled) and it's rubbish.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxVINXpn6xU&t
____________________
struan80 - I'll go first - satisfied tick 1
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

thx1138
World Chat Champion



Joined: 06 Oct 2005
Karma :

PostPosted: 23:28 - 27 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

M.C wrote:
thx1138 wrote:
I learned by typing magazine listings too.

About 9 years ago at an evening class, I took GCSE astronomy. We had to chose two pieces of work from a list, complete and submit them to be marked along with our exam.

I chose to write a computer program to plot the orbit of the inner planets around the sun, and I did in in 1982 Sinclair BASIC on an emulator, and my coursework was this Thumbs Up Laughing

I was briefly excited by the spectrum recreated until I read it was just an expensive bluetooth keyboard. You can still find the app that went along with it (it was pulled) and it's rubbish.

*steals code*


World of Spectrum has some free emulators, and thousands of games anyway.

Hobbyists still releasing new titles too. Thumbs Up
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail You must be logged in to rate posts
Old Thread Alert!

The last post was made 6 years, 337 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful?
  Display posts from previous:   
This page may contain affiliate links, which means we may earn a small commission if a visitor clicks through and makes a purchase. By clicking on an affiliate link, you accept that third-party cookies will be set.

Post new topic   Reply to topic    Bike Chat Forums Index -> The Geek Zone All times are GMT + 1 Hour
Goto page Previous  1, 2
Page 2 of 2

 
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum

Read the Terms of Use! - Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group
 

Debug Mode: ON - Server: birks (www) - Page Generation Time: 0.09 Sec - Server Load: 0.41 - MySQL Queries: 17 - Page Size: 72.56 Kb