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Post by derboo on Jun 11, 2011 16:39:18 GMT -5
I'm getting the mag.
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Post by BdR on Jun 12, 2011 17:52:16 GMT -5
That is awesome!  btw I've already been looking at some of the MZ-700 emulators on www.sharpmz.org to see how to input+save a listing in some MZ-700 format. Apparently there were many versions of BASIC for the MZ-700, so picking which one works for Pitman might be tricky. |
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Post by hitchhikr on Jul 14, 2011 19:16:56 GMT -5
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Post by derboo on Jul 14, 2011 19:34:49 GMT -5
Hmmm, interesting. Looks like Sylvain Bizoirre is associated with www.old-computers.comWould be worth contacting him to ask about that. Also if he still has the original source code. EDIT: Actually, I'll do just that. EDIT: Done. |
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Post by hitchhikr on Jul 14, 2011 19:47:11 GMT -5
The original source (more or less) is the one i posted right above. I think it was for Palo Alto Tiny BASIC or some equivalent.
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Post by Sketcz-1000 on Jul 17, 2011 13:27:46 GMT -5
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Post by derboo on Jul 25, 2011 4:49:24 GMT -5
Forgot to give an update on Bizoirre: He left old-computers.com and apparently it's not possible to contact him, anymore. Oh, the mystery... www.sharpmz.org/magazines.htmHere is proof that Sylvain at one point in time owned a collection of Oh!Mz magazines, so he might have read about Pitman there, and the 1984 date could be a confusion. The other way round? I don't know how. |
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Post by derboo on Aug 4, 2011 13:11:13 GMT -5
How did we not find these screenshots?... it was right under our noses all along...lololololz    www.geocities.jp/szkktht/mz/games10.htmlAlso, the game looks similiar to another MZ-700 game called Building Hopper released back in 1982. I don't think there's an actual connection between the 2, maybe both developers read the same coding manual lol  After trying out a couple of other MZ-700 games, I can say that the reason they look similar is that both seem to use elements of the computer's standard character library. I've seen the miniature man that represents extra lives and the floor tiles of Building Hopper in other games. Apparently it was also very common to use ), (, / and \ for stick people arms. |
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Post by Trickless on Aug 4, 2011 13:58:28 GMT -5
Yeah, the stickman character has appeared in a few other (old) pc games as well. (most recently saw it on Ken to Mahou  ) It became a bit of a meme on 2ch and was known as 'Width40' www.geocities.co.jp/width40/w40.html |
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Post by derboo on Aug 6, 2011 6:40:42 GMT -5
  More news coming soon! |
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Post by derboo on Aug 8, 2011 21:34:47 GMT -5
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Post by KeeperBvK on Aug 8, 2011 21:43:16 GMT -5
Nice investigations and perseverance.
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Post by Sketcz-1000 on Aug 9, 2011 2:39:36 GMT -5
That entry is all kinds of crazy awesome. Great detective work Inspector Derboo. With the recent re-release of Catrap, this kind of detailed research should interest a lot of retro fans. I'm hoping you add all of this research to the Catrap article itself later on, I'd be honoured to share the byline.  |
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Post by derboo on Aug 9, 2011 11:43:44 GMT -5
Alright, gonna update the article soon, though I think mostly only with the key facts, results & a link to the blog. Main reason I did a seperate blog entry was not to derail the main article too much.
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Post by hitchhikr on Aug 9, 2011 13:49:32 GMT -5
Thanks for clearing that up and also thanks for scanning the pages, I finally updated my version of Pitman to 50 levels.
I didn't know Bizoirre was involved with the "Sharpentiers" magazine (which listing proposes the full set of levels as well).
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