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Bas wrote:Is Connaone on hold now you're experimenting with the mode-7 racer?

The mode-7 thing was just seeing if it could be done. It might eventually warp into something.

I'll probably focus on a smaller game, to get something going.

I've spent too much time trying to find the ideal next project.

yokohama wrote:What have happened with RasterSoft, the Connaone port,... ?

All my activities have pretty much slowed to a crawl. I'm hoping to get back into it over the next month or so. The Stanley Cup Playoffs (NHL) might slow things down quite a bit, though.

cdifan wrote:The shell doesn't need "extra" memory; it's in ROM! If you make a CD-i with the shell or other OS-9 programs on it you can run it perfectly well on a consumer player.

What prevents the 605 player from not using the shell, when extra memory is not enabled?

By playing with the pixel repeat counts and display line start addresses, you can get the video hardware to double the memory pixels both horizontally and vertically, effectively reducing the screen resolution by a factor of two for the area. Before I tried horiz. doubling the pixels, and it looked...

Will it be possible to eliminate the need for alternate scan lines or is that a necessary evil to make this work? [/url] It's an attempt to lighten the load on the cpu. It only has to do half of the work each time. It shouldn't be alternating though. it should be consistently only drawing every oth...

Can you tell something more about it? How you got on the idea, how long you've worked on it, is multiplayer possible? Do you use the DVC capabilities? I wanted to try something a 'little more challenging' for the CDi, so I came up with the idea of trying to do a Mode 7 style racing game. I've been ...

I'm attempting to get a Mode 7 (Similar to F-Zero) rendering engine working on the CDi. I've uploaded an early version: http://www.rastersoft.net/project/ This is not fast enough for a game, but futher optimizations may help. Another option would be a fighting game similar to Ballz. Currently I'm re...

In the rather selfish desires of us CD-i'ers, what does this mean for OlderGames relationship with Charles and RasterSoft with the upcoming CANNAONE? All RasterSoft titles will be published by our own publishing company Maelstrom Publishing ( http://www.maelstrompublishing.com ). Maelstrom Publishi...

Defender of the Crown works with the mouse.

Bas wrote:Which other consoles will get Connaone soon? Or is it just CD-i and Jaguar right now?

Yep, only the CD-i and Jaguar at the moment.

I really enjoy Frog Feast and now have a new game to look forward to in 2008 - can't wait. I got a step closer last night, as I was able to verify that my sprite compiler was generating working data. This should make any additional games a lot faster, or I can draw more objects. I've got a few more...

http://www.cameratim.com/reviews/video/lenoxx-dvd-8000-player/review According to this site a Lenoxx DVD 8000 player can play DVDs and CD-i's!! How old is this DVD player? A lot of CD drive manuals, from several years ago, claim to read the CD-i format. But, most also state that they cannot play th...

Devin wrote:Will you be adding more content as I for one kinda like the idea of these mini-game sections. Perhaps with elements of platform and puzzle action?

I'm not sure at this point. Right now I'm focusing on the fighting stuff, as this seems to be the biggest part of the game.

Small, subtle but qualitative and good looking. I want more! I'll put up a video if I have a little more time... Yep, it was something quick to show that the game could possibly work on the CD-i. Now, I need to sit down and work out the actual details of the engine and create the needed tools, incl...

Bas wrote:Hey, and how about that Frog Feast 3D thing? Is that a real game project?

I have most of the 3D resources for it, but nothing else has been done.