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Hi.
Yes, it could be no problem, but the last time I tried it on MESS the VIP emulation didn't work properly.
It comes with its own emulator at the moment, which will be included in the package - there will probably be a playable (but incomplete) release later today.
I'll see if I can make it work on MESS and Emma02 if I have enough time (was a bit late starting).
It is more an issue of loading the program in than making it work. As far as I know there are no other machine code games for the machine (most of its games are written in Chip-8) and most loaders are designed around this ; MESS's VIP emulation has the chip8 files as ROM images, which they weren't, they were tape loadable binaries.
I was going to do it for the Studio 2 which is easier to configure - RCAs console based on the same hardware - but it only has 256 bytes of working memory if you take the screen memory out and I need that much just for the game map (and its now double buffered which is another 256 bytes)
Very nice looking game! I included it in my BitBit Jam 3 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :)
https://youtu.be/yLT9lGXRjxs
I guess it reminds me a bit of 3D Monster Maze i think it's called, love the idea of doing fps action on extremely limited hardware, there's a very distinct feel to it.
Just so people now: run runme.bat then press F5 and then select the difficulty level
There seems to be an issue with the controls, it keeps rotating no matter what you press sometimes
Works now! Never thought one can make a 3D shooter with 64 x 32 pixels!
If you've ever played Phantom Slayer on the Dragon/Coco, it's a bit like that with Princesses. You explore a maze full of fairly lethal princesses, and have a gun with a very slow recharge (so you can't just wade in to them DOOM style)
In development at present. The graphics are somewhat limited as I have only a 64 x 32 pixel resolution. Well, it does say "Retro".
Platform has been changed to the Netronics Elf II with an RCA 1802. (from the Cosmac VIP).
Note: thanks to Frodewin for pointing out DLL issues. I have rebuilt the emulator using static linking and included the right version of SDL (duh !) so it should now work. However, the actual game is unchanged :)
