Commander X16

Thursday, 7 March 2024
HANGMAN !! 1.0 RELEASE !!

Saturday, 30 March 2024
HANGMAN !! 1.01 RELEASE !!

Minor update to fix Cosmetic glitch with the New R47 ROM.
(technical explanation available on request, DM me if interested)


STANDARD ZIP FILE RELEASE
DEDICATED SD-CARD IMAGE WITH AUTOBOOT
These are the SAME program, just packaged differently.


MORE SCREEN SHOTS HERE: viewtopic.php?p=30082#p30082



LINK TO RELEASE HISTORY POST
viewtopic.php?p=31912#p31912

Release History includes all previously posted HANGMAN versions, up to RC2.

(BETA1 was downloaded 23 times)
(BETA2 was downloaded 26 times)
(BETA3 was downloaded 848 ! times) This version is last with R44 support.
(BETA4 was downloaded 17 times)
(BETA5 was downloaded 72 times)

(PRERELEASE 0.1 was downloaded 239 ! times)
(RELEASE CANDIDATE 1 was downloaded 58 times)
(RELEASE CANDIDATE 2 was downloaded 63 times)

I get a ?STRING TOO LONG ERROR IN 380 when I try it.

Also, is there no way to skip the intro?

The 8-Bit Guy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 4:26 pm I get a ?STRING TOO LONG ERROR IN 380 when I try it.

Also, is there no way to skip the intro?

ESC twice Skips the Intro. (I need to document that) It gets Line to Long in R44. If you list the line that uses LINPUT (380) and Change it to INPUT it will run. In R45 LINPUT is fixed. I did mention that it requires R45.

The only real problem with INPUT is if the CLUE in the HWORDS#.DAT file has a comma it will be cut off there. With LINPUT you get the whole thing.

HANGMAN 1.0 SCREENSHOTS


The Configuration Menu
The CREDITS Screen
Opening README Screen
NORMAL WIN
FLAWLESS VICTORY
Some examples of using the PALFILE entry in HANGMAN.INI are here
viewtopic.php?p=30263#p30263

Hmm, makes me wonder if there is a place to PEEK to determine the ROM version. The BANNER command shows it, so I suspect it's hiding somewhere in that address space... Maybe not to support all the versions in a single BAS, but can give a warning "time to update buddy!"

voidstar wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 4:56 am Hmm, makes me wonder if there is a place to PEEK to determine the ROM version.

Yes, 00:FF80 is the current ROM version. As of r45, positive values are official releases, negative values (2's complement) are prereleases.

DragWx wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 5:24 am

voidstar wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 4:56 am Hmm, makes me wonder if there is a place to PEEK to determine the ROM version.

Yes, 00:FF80 is the current ROM version. As of r45, positive values are official releases, negative values (2's complement) are prereleases.

I downloaded the Official Emulator. Mine is showing $FF
I have yet to check on Hardware

ahenry3068 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:12 pm I downloaded the Official Emulator. Mine is showing $FF
I have yet to check on Hardware

I just now downloaded the official release from Github, and it gives me "45" as expected: If you're getting FF, it's supposed to mean that you're running a custom ROM instead of an official release.

Right... if, for example, you downloaded one of the recent bugfix builds and flashed that to your machine then you won't get a release or release candidate version number. There's been one fix for the joystick controllers, and most recently a fix for the randomly glitching mouse.

I believe MooingLemur is starting to put together a new release candidate, so there should shortly be rom.bin files that come up as -46.

HANGMAN USES A COLORMAP SPECIFIED IN HANGMAN.INI
(if not present it will use the default palette, it won't complain)

Here's some shots of different looks.

A GRAY PALETTE
A SEMI-GRAY PALETTE
A REDISH PALETTE
A BRIGHT PALETTE
You CAN get really FUNKY with this: A 'MARTIAN' PALETTE