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Have you ever wondered how big the full landscape is in The Sentinel?
It's 1856 pixels high and 2048 pixels wide.
Here's the first level. The initial 192x160 screen is in red. Panning jumps the view to different grid points.
It's a big old world!
So the game screen shows shows 1/9.7 of the full height and 1/12.8 of the full width of the landscape.
The weird figures are because the screen is a different shape to the full view.
Also visible is the point carée equirectangular projection used in the game. This is taken straight from Revs.
For those who don't know, The Sentinel is a classic game from 1986, written by Geoff Crammond and published by Firebird.
It was originally released on the BBC Micro, and was converted to lots of other home computers, including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum.
See https://thesentinel.bbcelite.com/ for more.
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Nik
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I am delighted to announce the release of my latest project:
Fully documented source code for The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond’s 1986 masterpiece.
Here’s the repository; deep dives coming soon.
See thread for details.
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https://github.com/markmoxon/the-sentinel-source-code-bbc-micro
I am delighted to announce the release of my latest project:
Fully documented source code for The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond’s 1986 masterpiece.
Here’s the repository; deep dives coming soon.
See thread for details.
1/9
https://github.com/markmoxon/the-sentinel-source-code-bbc-micro
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Psychedelic Delicacy by Delysid
🎺 https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=75101
🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjLaIR9SsRA
This #c64 demo won at BBC Party in 2018 🏆
#demoscene 💎
#creative #8bit #oldskool #programming #realtime #pixels #graphics #visuals #vfx #chiptune #computerart #digitalart #art
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Psychedelic Delicacy by Delysid
🎺 https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=75101
🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjLaIR9SsRA
This #c64 demo won at BBC Party in 2018 🏆
#demoscene 💎
#creative #8bit #oldskool #programming #realtime #pixels #graphics #visuals #vfx #chiptune #computerart #digitalart #art
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Cory Doctorow
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Warm yourself by the virtual fireplace in this cosy 8-bit #Christmas scene. No MS-DOS or floppy 💾 drive required to stoke this very 1980s hearth. Thanks to software preservation, the flames are still crackling on the Internet Archive.
✉️ Open the full 1986 Sierra On-Line "A Computer Christmas" card ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/sierra-christmas-card-1986
#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #8bit #SoftwarePreservation #ComputerHistory
Warm yourself by the virtual fireplace in this cosy 8-bit #Christmas scene. No MS-DOS or floppy 💾 drive required to stoke this very 1980s hearth. Thanks to software preservation, the flames are still crackling on the Internet Archive.
✉️ Open the full 1986 Sierra On-Line "A Computer Christmas" card ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/sierra-christmas-card-1986
#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #8bit #SoftwarePreservation #ComputerHistory
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Have yourself an 8-bitty little Christmas 🎄👾
🎶 Up On the Housetop was performed using two Atari 2600 consoles playing together in stereo 🤯
The full 2003 album celebrates classic retro platforms, including:
Spectrum • NES • VIC-20 • Atari 2600 • Game Boy • C64 • Atari ST • X68000
⬇️ Download The 8bits of Christmas by The 8bitpeoples
https://archive.org/details/8bp038/8bp038-06-goto80-last-christmas-hot-digi-remix.mp3
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![The 8bitpeoples - The 8bits of Christmas [8bp038] : The 8bitpeoples : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive](https://archive.org/services/img/8bp038/full/pct:500/0/default.jpg)
Have yourself an 8-bitty little Christmas 🎄👾
🎶 Up On the Housetop was performed using two Atari 2600 consoles playing together in stereo 🤯
The full 2003 album celebrates classic retro platforms, including:
Spectrum • NES • VIC-20 • Atari 2600 • Game Boy • C64 • Atari ST • X68000
⬇️ Download The 8bits of Christmas by The 8bitpeoples
https://archive.org/details/8bp038/8bp038-06-goto80-last-christmas-hot-digi-remix.mp3
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Invader: Where to Spot the 8-Bit Street Art in London
#HackerNews #Invader #8Bit #StreetArt #London #ArtTour #StreetArtCulture
Stefano Marinelli
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Title: - Among the clouds
Composers:0xx % Ma2e
Format: Amiga Protracker 4ch mod file
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