29-07-2026, 04:28 PM
(This post was last modified: 29-07-2026, 04:33 PM by Gespenster2.)
Ey, strides were made.
I read through the release posts of some of these compilation floppies, thinking what I would find interesting, and easy - and legal - to source somewhere else. That led me to getting Hibernated 1 - This Place is Death (Director's Cut). It is available on itch.io https://8bitgames.itch.io/hibernated1 for a multitude of home computers and also as bare z5 and z3 (the one I need) files. Big comprehensive bundle, wonderful.
And, it's a game that is promised to be high quality and the right level of difficulty (I don't care about games that are Wizardry levels of hard and grind-y for no discernable purpose).
Then making the rom is really easy, thanks MS Power Shell.
Then I learned how to correctly edit the ROM header so that it contains the game's name. Certainly tidier than - and it almost seems "NOCASH INFGMB" is a title that wants editing out. You will only ever see this edit when reading the ROM externally, for flashing or dumping, but it is neater, yes.
Another big thing was to improve on the pre-programmed parser commands.
When there is no keyboard, and you otherwise have to input words letter by letter, these are extremely helpful. So, having words like 'get', 'open' or 'save' accessible in a clever, improved order was next. Changed what was provided by the... interpreter (?) from:
to
($verify I'd want to include, but this game doesn't use this feature.)
(And, I would put 'examine' before 'get', but examine is such a long word, makes the cursor jolt right so hard, jarring on the eyes. so 'get'-->'examine' it is.)
Took a while to get this right. I don't have much experience with hex editor stuff.
Next part will be easier in that we make a label for its (reflashable) cartridge.
Summa summarum: having a good time. yay.
I read through the release posts of some of these compilation floppies, thinking what I would find interesting, and easy - and legal - to source somewhere else. That led me to getting Hibernated 1 - This Place is Death (Director's Cut). It is available on itch.io https://8bitgames.itch.io/hibernated1 for a multitude of home computers and also as bare z5 and z3 (the one I need) files. Big comprehensive bundle, wonderful.
And, it's a game that is promised to be high quality and the right level of difficulty (I don't care about games that are Wizardry levels of hard and grind-y for no discernable purpose).
Then making the rom is really easy, thanks MS Power Shell.
Then I learned how to correctly edit the ROM header so that it contains the game's name. Certainly tidier than - and it almost seems "NOCASH INFGMB" is a title that wants editing out. You will only ever see this edit when reading the ROM externally, for flashing or dumping, but it is neater, yes.
Another big thing was to improve on the pre-programmed parser commands.
When there is no keyboard, and you otherwise have to input words letter by letter, these are extremely helpful. So, having words like 'get', 'open' or 'save' accessible in a clever, improved order was next. Changed what was provided by the... interpreter (?) from:
Code:
.get .drop .examine .open .get all.restore.save.enter .turn .move .unlock .kill .give .read .$verify.Code:
.get .examine .look .open .unlock .read .i.save.restore.give .push .up.down.enter .drop .ask .wear ..($verify I'd want to include, but this game doesn't use this feature.)
(And, I would put 'examine' before 'get', but examine is such a long word, makes the cursor jolt right so hard, jarring on the eyes. so 'get'-->'examine' it is.)
Took a while to get this right. I don't have much experience with hex editor stuff.
Next part will be easier in that we make a label for its (reflashable) cartridge.
Summa summarum: having a good time. yay.