2021 a CPC Odyssey by cpcitor & The Other Days [web]
2021, a CPC Odyssey ------------------- Intro submitted at Shadow Party 2021 in category "Old School Intro", ranked #6. The prod in a few words. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This intro is for Amstrad CPC, all models. It features: * a 3D starfield * in overscan (384x256 instead of the normal 320x200) * plus a scrolltext * all animated at solid 50Hz Direct credits (see more credits below): * project, coding by cpcitor * music by The Other Days * font by delta force Files to accompany the prod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This text file ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2021_shadow-party__cpcitor__a_cpc_odyssey.txt Visuals of the prod ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (Screenshots running in an emulator) image:2021_shadow-party__cpcitor__2021_a_cpc_odyssey__visual_summary.png[Composite visual summary] image:2021_shadow-party__cpcitor__2021_a_cpc_odyssey__screenshot_00_joke_z80_booting_amiga_rom.png[First screen] image:2021_shadow-party__cpcitor__2021_a_cpc_odyssey__screenshot_01_3D_starfield_scrolltext.png[Second screen] Files to run the prod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2021_shadow-party__cpcitor__a_cpc_odyssey.dsk ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Disk image. Open in a CPC emulator, type this: -------------------------------------------------- run"cpcitor -------------------------------------------------- You can also transfer the image to a real floppy disk, but that’s beyond this text. 2021_shadow-party__cpcitor__a_cpc_odyssey.cdt ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Tape image. Open in a CPC emulator, type this: If the emulated CPC has a disk (disc) drive, first type: -------------------------------------------------- |tape -------------------------------------------------- or for a French CPC: -------------------------------------------------- ùtape -------------------------------------------------- Then in all case: -------------------------------------------------- run" -------------------------------------------------- 2021_shadow-party__cpcitor__a_cpc_odyssey.flac ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Audio file. Play this through a special jack-to-CPC-din cable plugged to a real CPC. If the CPC has a disk (disc) drive, first type: -------------------------------------------------- |tape -------------------------------------------------- or for a French CPC: -------------------------------------------------- ùtape -------------------------------------------------- Then in all case: -------------------------------------------------- run" -------------------------------------------------- Source code ~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm considering releasing the source code with an Open Source licence. If you don't find it easily on the net, please e-mail me at stephane_cpcitor@gourichon.org . Credits ~~~~~~~ * Shadow Party organizers * A.M.Sugar for Amstrad CPC series, * L.Torvalds for Linux, git, * many people for GNU, Debian, Ubuntu, * S.Dutta, P.K.Krause for SDCC, * K.Thacker for many things CPC, * J.Pelletier for hex2bin, * Users and admins at CPCWiki and forum, * cpc-dev-tool-chain users, * F.Gallego(lronaldo) for understanding the power of cpc-dev-tool-chain and forking it into CPCTelera, * C.Pitrat, Sebhz for Caprice32, * J.Nevo(Thargan) for ArkosTracker2, * C.N.Gonzalez(CNGSoft) for CPCEC, * Roudoudou for Rasm, * Norecess for an early report on SDCC on CPC and his cpcec-plus tracing Z80 code with symbols, * Borilla for borilla.co.uk/z80.html, * Z80Heaven, * Intro font credits: by delta force, used in syntax terror demo on ST in 1990, ripped by alpha from tsk of anarchy. https://github.com/ianhan/BitmapFonts/blob/main/STEEL_ST.png
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