Apple ][ "Lemmings" Proof of Concept
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Apple ][ "Lemmings" Proof of Concept
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Re: Apple ][ "Lemmings" Proof of Concept
#2I love these sorts of what if experiments. Just how far can we push these old machines?
What if Apple pushed IIGS over the Mac? What if Commadore had got behind the Amiga properly?
I always wondered if it would be possible to run Doom in a meaningful way on the original 1987 Acorn Archimedes[1], the first computer with an Arm processor[2].
It had 256 colour chunky pixels, 8-channel stereo sound and a, for the time, very fast processor.
Would a game like that have tipped the market in its favour if it had been there at launch?
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Archimedes
2. Not counting the development board for the BBC Micro.
Re: Apple ][ "Lemmings" Proof of Concept
#3Sorry for being off-topic but why "][" instead of "II"?
Re: Apple ][ "Lemmings" Proof of Concept
#4Sorry for being off-topic but why "][" instead of "II"?
It was just a popular stylization of the roman numeral that stood out, and more accurately reflected the logo on the actual device: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_II_typical_configur...
Re: Apple ][ "Lemmings" Proof of Concept
#5Sorry for being off-topic but why "][" instead of "II"?
The front plate of the Apple 2 had it designed like "][", a more compact "II" I guess. Look for Apple 2 logo pictures online for an idea of what it looked like.
Re: Apple ][ "Lemmings" Proof of Concept
#6Sorry for being off-topic but why "][" instead of "II"?
Because that's what the logo looked like:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Smithsonian_National...
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Re: Apple ][ "Lemmings" Proof of Concept
#7Impressive! The music is really well converted, and the colors have a very... psychedelic look to them, which I guess is appropriate too :) What's different from other versions however (at least Amiga and PC, with which I am familiar, and also the C64 version as far as I can see here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTKmyqqugG0) is that the Lemmings seem to pause after each step, in the original game the movement was continuous. Maybe due to some calculations which have to be done while no animation is playing?
Re: Apple ][ "Lemmings" Proof of Concept
#8Sorry for being off-topic but why "][" instead of "II"?
][ also appears first in the boot sequence
Re: Apple ][ "Lemmings" Proof of Concept
#9Sorry for being off-topic but why "][" instead of "II"?
Because that's what the logo looked like: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Smithsonian_National...
And followed by the Apple ][ plus
I think you could purchase a kit with a replacement ROM and case face plate to convert the Apple ][ to an Apple ][ plus
Edit Add;
Integer BASIC : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_BASIC
Applesoft BASIC : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applesoft_BASIC
Officially Woz : http://www.woz.org/letters/apple-basic/
Re: Apple ][ "Lemmings" Proof of Concept
#10I love these sorts of what if experiments. Just how far can we push these old machines? What if Apple pushed IIGS over the Mac? What if Commadore had got behind the Amiga properly? I always wondered if it would be possible to run Doom in a meaningful way on the original 1987 Acorn Archimedes[1], the first computer with an Arm processor[2]. It had 256 colour chunky pixels, 8-channel stereo sound and a, for the time, v…
There was a port of it to the Archimedes.