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Re: Apple ][ game server

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Post by rbanffy »

Many people who work with me got their first contact with a computer in the ADSL age and never even heard a modem handshake. Two people here used cassette tapes for storing programs, I for my Apple II, the other guy with his Sinclair and, later, his MSX. Some time later I wrote a program that dumped a floppy into a cassette tape for backup.

In case you wonder what are you hearing, it's the audio modulation of a memory dump. If you pay close attention, you can distinguish between program (noise-like) strings (less noisy) and graphics (more rhythmic sounds). Try the lo-fi link for maximum vintage feel.

Re: Apple ][ game server

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Post by rbanffy »

aw3c2 wrote: post #19

Dad? I need our german Apple ][ clone from the attic right now! Remember when earlier today (seriously, we did, what a coincedence!) we talked about how in the German Democratic Republic they had programming lectures on the radio and were transferring the code over the air like this? Well, someone made a website where you can play the sounds of some games like that.

São Paulo's University radio had a program like this too. On Saturday afternoons, during interviews, one of the audio channels was transmitting programs (MSX-only, sadly)

Re: Apple ][ game server

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Post by boneheadmed »

umjames wrote: post #16

I will be trying this out when I get home tonight! My ][e is as fully functional as it was in the early 80s when I got it. I'm glad someone remembers these games. I still have a good chunk of these games (some legit copies, others pirated via Copy II+ sector editing). Really glad Bilestoad made the list. Wish list: Aztec ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_(video_game) ) Below the Root ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…

Nice. Anyone remember a game where essentially little paratroopers fall down from the sky and you have a cannon rotating on a turret to shoot them down? When you hit the little paratroopers they blew into little green pieces all over the screen. That was a blast.

My sister sold our Apple IIe at a yard sale for like $8.00 in the mid 90's :(

Re: Apple ][ game server

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Post by jaysonelliot »

boneheadmed wrote: post #24
umjames wrote: post #16

I will be trying this out when I get home tonight! My ][e is as fully functional as it was in the early 80s when I got it. I'm glad someone remembers these games. I still have a good chunk of these games (some legit copies, others pirated via Copy II+ sector editing). Really glad Bilestoad made the list. Wish list: Aztec ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_(video_game) ) Below the Root ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…

Nice. Anyone remember a game where essentially little paratroopers fall down from the sky and you have a cannon rotating on a turret to shoot them down? When you hit the little paratroopers they blew into little green pieces all over the screen. That was a blast. My sister sold our Apple IIe at a yard sale for like $8.00 in the mid 90's :(

Yes - that game was called Sabotage. You could play it with keyboard, joystick, or paddle, but paddles were the best way to win.

I remember that you lost points if you just fired indiscriminately, as well.

Here's a vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbHW66AbzHA

Re: Apple ][ game server

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Post by boneheadmed »

jaysonelliot wrote: post #25
boneheadmed wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice. Anyone remember a game where essentially little paratroopers fall down from the sky and you have a cannon rotating on a turret to shoot them down? When you hit the little paratroopers they blew into little green pieces all over the screen. That was a blast. My sister sold our Apple IIe at a yard sale for like $8.00 in the mid 90's :(

Yes - that game was called Sabotage. You could play it with keyboard, joystick, or paddle, but paddles were the best way to win. I remember that you lost points if you just fired indiscriminately, as well. Here's a vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbHW66AbzHA

Brilliant! As soon as I read the name "Sabotage" I knew it was correct. Thanks for the clip. I had just a monochrome green monitor and didn't realize it also had such striking color.

Re: Apple ][ game server

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Post by jaysonelliot »

rbanffy wrote: post #14
jaysonelliot wrote: post #8

I've been using the Asimov FTP site, a PC, ProTerm, and a null modem cable / Super Serial Card to achieve this result. This is amazing—so much simpler! My Apple //e sits right next to my laptop on my desk, so for me, this is giving it a whole new lease on life. Here's a picture, just for the hell of it: https://p.twimg.com/AiV8lqjCIAICETx.jpg

I loved those Amdek monitors. Never got one for myself. Now that I am a grownup who can afford such eccentric hobbies, I got myself a pair of http://tulip-house.ddo.jp/digital/SDISK2/english.html and one http://dreher.net/?s=projects/CFforAppleII&c=projects/CF... Worth every penny.

You mean I could put my library of software on an SD card and convince the Apple computer that it was reading from a floppy drive?

Wow.

Re: Apple ][ game server

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Post by boneheadmed »

jaysonelliot wrote: post #25
boneheadmed wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice. Anyone remember a game where essentially little paratroopers fall down from the sky and you have a cannon rotating on a turret to shoot them down? When you hit the little paratroopers they blew into little green pieces all over the screen. That was a blast. My sister sold our Apple IIe at a yard sale for like $8.00 in the mid 90's :(

Yes - that game was called Sabotage. You could play it with keyboard, joystick, or paddle, but paddles were the best way to win. I remember that you lost points if you just fired indiscriminately, as well. Here's a vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbHW66AbzHA

By the way, (warning a shameless plug): I created an HTML5 game loosely based on my best memory of the Sabotage game. The graphics are only marginally better and I couldn't really capture the game play, but it can be tried here(works best on Chrome): http://carbwars.tapjs.com/

Re: Apple ][ game server

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Post by __david__ »

rumblestrut wrote: post #12

In my Steve Jobs memorial ( http://www.ericjgruber.com/blog/2011/10/thank-you-steve-jobs... ), I opined about the Apple IIe and one of my favorite games growing up, Montezuma's Revenge. And sure enough, it's there. Seeing this made me wish I could play it again. Excellent job.

http://porkrind.org/a2/?disk=montezuma_etc
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