new member from Leeds, UK
Posted: Sat May 23, 2015 2:52 pm
hi everyone,
i'm not sure of the protocol here, but most forums i'm a member of like new members to introduce themselves, so i figured i'd do that and see how friendly you all are
i've had my 32 for years but only really used it for Chuckie Egg, i dug it out again recently after watching a presentation by the Oliver Twins on their beginnings, they mentioned their first published game was a Dragon 32 type-in called Road Runner... i couldn't find a photo or video of the game anywhere, so i did a little homework, found out which magazine it was in and which issue (thank you archive.org) and dusted off my typing fingers... i had to build myself an A/V cable first cos although playing games on a TV is fine, i wanted to use a monitor if i was going to be typing and then checking the program... a couple of days (and a lot of spelling mistakes) later and i was playing the game, but what gripped me more was that i'd actually understood a lot of what i'd typed, learned stuff i didn't know and i really enjoyed the process... so my Dragon is now set up where my C64 used to be set up and it's staying there for the foreseeable future...
oh, and my first ever cartridge arrived this morning, so i plan on seeing what eprom options i have (i have a habit of building eprom carts for each computer and console i have... it's usually more trouble than it's worth, considering i have everdrives etc, but i enjoy the process)
anyway, that's me, play nice...
i'm not sure of the protocol here, but most forums i'm a member of like new members to introduce themselves, so i figured i'd do that and see how friendly you all are
i've had my 32 for years but only really used it for Chuckie Egg, i dug it out again recently after watching a presentation by the Oliver Twins on their beginnings, they mentioned their first published game was a Dragon 32 type-in called Road Runner... i couldn't find a photo or video of the game anywhere, so i did a little homework, found out which magazine it was in and which issue (thank you archive.org) and dusted off my typing fingers... i had to build myself an A/V cable first cos although playing games on a TV is fine, i wanted to use a monitor if i was going to be typing and then checking the program... a couple of days (and a lot of spelling mistakes) later and i was playing the game, but what gripped me more was that i'd actually understood a lot of what i'd typed, learned stuff i didn't know and i really enjoyed the process... so my Dragon is now set up where my C64 used to be set up and it's staying there for the foreseeable future...
oh, and my first ever cartridge arrived this morning, so i plan on seeing what eprom options i have (i have a habit of building eprom carts for each computer and console i have... it's usually more trouble than it's worth, considering i have everdrives etc, but i enjoy the process)
anyway, that's me, play nice...