I don't know if it's considered hard, but bitd I used to be able to loop Hunchback two or three times.
It takes a lot of memorising patterns on each screen, as there are often off screen arrows/fireballs you need to jump to avoid before they appear.
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- Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:43 pm
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Hard action games on Oric which have an ending?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6262
- Sun Jun 14, 2020 10:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: CEO Summer Meeting in June
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11066
Re: CEO Summer Meeting in June
Is this something that could be viewed in an 'observation only' capacity? I'd be interesting in hearing/watching the event, but don't feel I'd have anything of value to contribute, being more Oric fan than content creator.
- Mon Mar 02, 2020 7:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Oriclopedia: A series of videos on all things Oric
- Replies: 101
- Views: 71218
Re: Oriclopedia: A series of videos on all things Oric
Since there's recently been a large number of people being confused about Erebus, Cumulus, Cumana, etc... I made a video about it. Hopefully I got my facts right, but if there are incorrect things, please mentioned them and I will put some addendum in the description. Thanks! As one of the confused...
- Tue Feb 25, 2020 1:49 pm
- Forum: Hardware hacks and extensions
- Topic: My new Cumana drive ;)
- Replies: 118
- Views: 65426
Re: My new Cumana drive ;)
With the Cumulus and Cumana drive etc, has anyone done a feature comparison of the various bits of hardware now available to us, detailing the pros and cons of each? As an irregular forum reader, I'm a bit lost as things seem to have moved rapidly in the last few years, from theoretical hardware to ...
Re: The QUILL
Finally, would anyone be interested if I could transfer Quilled games from other platforms (such as Spectrum, C64 and Atari) to the Oric? If there's no interest, I won't bother, but if there's interest, it might make an interesting challenge for later in the year. New ports of any kind are always w...
- Fri Oct 04, 2019 12:29 pm
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Doggy & Zorgon reviews
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4356
Re: Doggy & Zorgon reviews
They do a regular podcast/video on the Spectrum (Our Sinclair), which is very good. Despite being from the US, they seem to 'get' what the Spectrum is about and understand its context. I've not followed their Amigos stuff, but good to see they're covering other systems too with the same respect and ...
- Fri Sep 20, 2019 12:56 pm
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Oric Games Trade
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9298
Re: Oric Games Trade
I'm surprised at some of these. I have The Hobbit (with the book) and Mr Wimpy from new, I always assumed they were very common games being licences, good games, and ones that were quite popular on other systems. It never occurred to me they were in any way rare compared to things like M.A.R.C or Fi...
- Mon May 06, 2019 12:50 am
- Forum: Tape and floppy disk converters
- Topic: TapOric - android TAP player for Oric
- Replies: 82
- Views: 82680
Re: TapOric - android TAP player for Oric
I'm new here so not sure how do I download some of the machne code .tap files like xenon etc. ? Register and sign in at Oric.org, then go to the Software section of the site. Find the game you want (e.g. Xenon 1 here https://www.oric.org/software/xenon_1-105.html) and the 'Tape File' text is a hype...
- Tue Apr 02, 2019 11:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How good (or bad) my English knowledge is? - NonRelated question
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9763
Re: How good (or bad) my English knowledge is? - NonRelated question
I'd rate your english as better than many native speakers of it. Having worked in a public facing position where forms were filled and interviews undertaken for more years than I care to remember, I'd be more than happy to find this level of english in use. So many people work with much lower levels...
- Tue Mar 19, 2019 1:15 pm
- Forum: Demos
- Topic: At last a smooth(ish) - pseudo hires horizontal scroll
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11561
Re: At last a smooth(ish) - pseudo hires horizontal scroll
This seems like a similar technique to that used by Joffa for Cobra on the Spectrum to get a smooth full screen scroll.
Perhaps a similar game style could be adopted?
Perhaps a similar game style could be adopted?
- Sat May 02, 2015 8:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Birthday present
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13335
Re: Birthday present
A belated happy birthday to you Coolman. I must say, I know its been a couple of years, but you don't look your age.
You goingto the Play expo today/tomorrow? Its back in Blackpool again. Missing it again myself, going on holiday in a couple of weeks so need the cash.
You goingto the Play expo today/tomorrow? Its back in Blackpool again. Missing it again myself, going on holiday in a couple of weeks so need the cash.
- Fri Jan 30, 2015 8:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 6502 week on /r/retrobattlestations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9183
Re: 6502 week on /r/retrobattlestations
Upvoted, hope it helps.
- Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:10 am
- Forum: Hardware hacks and extensions
- Topic: Video output without SCART/RGB
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14417
Re: Video output without SCART/RGB
Is there any lag in SCART to HDMI adapters?
- Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:42 am
- Forum: Hardware hacks and extensions
- Topic: How to build a cable to plug a tape device ?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13566
Re: How to build a cable to plug a tape device ?
You don't really need the remote line, since it just pauses the tape motor if you've a remote input on your tape deck. Most Oric games load in one hit without need to pause anyway.
- Wed Jun 18, 2014 1:00 pm
- Forum: Painting tricks
- Topic: Compression
- Replies: 12
- Views: 25756
Re: Compression
A two pass run across each column wouldn't add much overhead, since your run length compression would be storing alternate lines, so lines 1,3,5 etc would come first, followed by 2,4,6 etc. The actual stored data is potentially less, since you're more likely to have a successful run of similar bytes...