Net Games- A Great Learning Opportunity

In the recent days, the kids may fun a lot of kinds of the online playoffs which may incite various sensibilities and infuse the dissimilar felling into them. According to the very recent research which was operated by a university in Toronto, it is said that the regular habit of playing the online games by the kids help in getting the better visual acuity and the reaction time as compared to the other kids who do not show any interest in playing the net games. The net games helps kids a lot to identify the things in a much quicker way.


Most significantly, the dissimilar net games have a very different culture of knowing and playing, which may not look very easy to know or learn. The player who wishes to learn this tactics needs to get a certain set of the attitudes in order to get to know the techniques to play the fair game. As a matter of fact, each net game has its unique goals, outcomes and the limitations which make it very different from the other online games. Among the most interesting and attracting features of the net games is the very beneficiary social networking. All such playoffs encourage the players in order to make the visuals relationship with the contenders.

The net games helps in playing the games and competing with the other people at the same time who is sitting on the other part of the world which is impossible in practical.

Online Home Game Extravaganza

The online home games fever did not any time to engulf the entire world. With the very vast or never ending types, all these online games cater a lot to the entertainment needs of the people. Not only the kids; all these online home games very well known amid the youth also. Quite some time before, all the Indian men and kids gazed their eyes in entertaining themselves by watching cricket or any other sports on the television. But, due to the complete revolution of the internet all over the world, the men prefer to sit back at home and play the online home games on the internet.

In the present day, the best hangout place for almost every person is the much loved gaming zone. The various online game websites offer a superb and very unique multi player selection where the online game players can play a single game with the other players as the opponents. The gamers from the entire world come in contact with each other via live chats along with playing the online game. It means, as you play the game, you can increase your fun as you can bully or boost the other opponents during the time of game itself. Thus, the online home game is a complete fun and thrill to play without wasting your time in looking out for fun and entertainment.

The Online Football Game

The online game of football is very well known internet phenomenon. Contrasting to the real playoff of the football, the online football game is played with the help of fingers making use of the mouse and keyboards. But it does not mean that it excludes fun. The online football game has exactly the same thrill and the same spirit as compared to the actual game of football. Usually, a person who is interested in playing the online football game has to download the game software for playing the football on the web. There are a lot of portals which provides a great platform for playing football game. Moreover, almost all the well known online football playoff software packages which are available on the computer shops offer facility of having fun in the web also.

The game of football was a very late participant into the world of the online playoff arena. But, after its entrance, it very soon became among one of the very popular and sought after playoffs in the web world. The online football game includes a lot of varied online games which is a great fun to play. Numerous portals on the internet offer a great or fantasy playoff of the virtual manager for the major football game tournaments and the premier football leagues. Thus, if you do not get a chance to actually see any football match, then you can get the experience while sitting and playing on the computer.

RetroEdit small steps.

I've had a little bit of a problem with a virus I think, but have managed to revert things by rolling back a few days. This however has screwed with my source files - even though it said it wouldn't. Oh well...

I've finally managed to get the colour palette into retro edit so I'll need to do colour selection next. It's a little flickery though but I'll deal with that later, as long as it's working just now I don't really care. It's feeling a little sluggish on my machine so I may be doing something wrong, but I'll need to try it on someone elses PC first. I have the feeling its drawing WAY too often. I'm happy to say though that its finally making some headway and I hope to deposit the first version into Luca's lap soon. I'll need to get loading/saving into it first so I'll do that after colour picking/selection has been added.

You'll also notice its missing sprite sizes, I'll add this later as well - it shouldn't be too hard - although I'll need to save differently for each platform. Currently these are Plus4 (MCM/Hires) C64 (MCM/Hires) and Spectrum. I'll probably add CPC down the line - along with anyother computer/console I play with.

Small Basic.

For those who don't know, Microsoft development labs has released a new language called Small Basic. This is aimed squarely at the beginner. Do you remember how you started to program? Well, if your an old git like me it would have been on and old 8bit machine like the zx81, spectrum, Vic20 or Commodore 64 (or some other old 8-bit thing). The reason these machines were so cool to program with is that they were just so simple. Switch on and start. Basic was built right in and anyone could start and learn it.

Well, a chap at Microsoft called Vijaye Raji has started a personal little project that one day he hopes will be included with windows - like QBasic was with DOS. This is an amazingly good idea, and one I had quite a while back as well (see here), but typically never got very far with. He however is getting on pretty well and has now released a really nice little development environment that while a little buggy, is looking very cool indeed.

Theres an interviewwith him on Microsofts channel 9 which is well worth watching. This is something I'll be keeping an eye on and might even write a little something for in the future. Its very cool.

Play Multiplayer Games With Friends

Along with the well known other website games, the multi player playoffs are becoming more and more well known kind of games amid the youth as well as the oldies. This type of the online game allows the gamers to play and even compete with the other players like friends and also with the computer. In order to play with the computer, you merely have to click on options which are provided in the guidelines of the games. Whereas, apart from this, in order to play with the other players, you need to sit online and enter into the gaming world where you will find a lot of people playing the same game. This helps in playing the game with the people whom you don’t even know and are a tough fight for you.

Just like the other online games, the players in the multi player games also need to take on the different characters who are involved in a lot of number of the plots. Few of the characters which are involved in the multiplayer online games are police officers who are continuously looking for the terrorists who are empowered with a lot of diverse powers at the time of the war.

Competing with the friends is a great fun while playing the multiplayer games. You can play continuously for hours without realizing as the fun involved in playing such games is infinite.

Play Monster Truck Games For Thrill

Nothing can beat a truck and imagine when you are playing an online game which includes a monster truck. Sounds great! Yes, the people who love to play online games which include thrill and adventure should surely turn to the monster truck game which involves huge truck which looks more like a monster. The monster truck game has outrun all the other adventurous games in the internet as it actually gives the feeling of riding a monster vehicle and fighting all through your way.

The monster truck online game has become very famous not only among the young people, but the old people and the middle aged people also love to play this game. Amid the racing games, the monster truck has no comparison. This free flash online game has rocked the world with its superb 3d graphics. The people cannot actually witness or have not yet got any opportunity to ride any huge vehicle should definitely opt to play the monster truck game as it gives a superb feeling. The different colored monster trucks and speed makes a great game to play.

A lot of portals are available in the internet which offers the different monster truck games. You can select anyone which excites you the most. The various trucks in the various stages keeps you glued in the game for a very long time.

Home again....

After my trip down to Warrington where I was able to take a side trip to Birmingham and get to the Commodore Computer Club meet it's good to be back home. I've decided an hour and a half is about as much as Im prepared to drive for a meet, and more and its a bit of a killer. This kinda rules out any others unless I happen to be in the area (like this time), or its particually large and I'm willing to stay for a couple of days; I'm getting too old for this shit... It was nice to be able to meet folk I'd been speaking to though, and gettting some faces to go with the names is great.

It's also the first time I've used my new iPhone for mobile web, and the map applications are fab. Asking for directions, or distances from where you are is a great thing to have on you. Safari was a little slow under 3G, but it worked and help pass the time at motorway service stations. However the battery life isn't wonderful so I kept feeling like I needed to switch it off. I'll need to see if I can find the PSU for it as being able to plug it into a wall to charge would have helped - if I'd but thought that far ahead....

I hope to do a little retro edit tonight, but I'm pretty pooped after the drive up, so lets wait and see....

Easy Free Download Games

All the people who love to play the online games need to know the ways by which they can download the games with very easy steps without any cost. If you already know where you can find such games, it is not at all difficult to get the full version of the online games. Though, before you begin with the process of downloading the online games without any cost, you need to keep in mind quite a few things.

The mostly and widely known process of downloading the online games in full version is via the file sharing networking. A lot of people are their, who would agree with this and accept it as a great way of getting the full version of free online games. Buying the online games from any place would be very expensive and a bad deal. In addition, when you reach the market to buy one version of online game, you will realize that one more and better kind of games is about to come to the market. Therefore, every time you cannot afford to buy each and every version of online games as spending on something which is available free of cost is not liked by us.

Due to this reason, many people take benefit from the P2P file sharing networks. It allow the online game lovers to get the latest version of games free of cost as soon as it hits the market without spending a penny.

Online 3d Games Mania

A lot of web sites offer entertaining and sophisticated 3D online games with superb graphics to have fun. The racing playoffs include games like the luxury cars, spaceships, boat games and barrels. The online racing 3d games which can be played via online are gaining more and more recognition and becoming very complex as the internet speeds is mounting which allow a very high resolution of the 3d graphics.

A very simple and easy search on the internet can find a lot of 3d racing games and other simple 3d games which are very easy to download or play online also. A lot of these online 3d games have very creative kind of racing games which include racing in a huge barrel down a road, running into numerous cars at a time. A game which is very popular among the online games lovers is where your pals and you race without any means of transportation. You need to run though a different terrain along with a guideline or map. The person who successfully reach the place is announced the winner.

Thus, enjoy the superb online 3d racing games now and support the grass roots online games makers or the designers. Numerous novice online game makers get a lot of great experience via creating their personal online playoff. In fact, a lot of games which are very well known than the racing games are sold with the much known video games consoles.

Play Adventurous Free Flash Games

The world of gaming is essentially always doing something scintillating and very unique. The industry of entertainment is making an effort to make some advanced and innovative playoffs which would allure the people within fraction of second. In order to make this a complete fun and very cost effective, a lot of numerous and different kinds of websites have come up which offer great free online flash games which increase the overall level of the excitement among the people who plays it. The different online games including the free flash games are proving to be a great platform for the sharpness of the mind and overall stimulation.

The most recent rage is the Macro media free flash player which is software that is used for the development of the scintillating playoffs. The flash games offers complete adventure and fun to the players and the time when you play looks to be flying at a very fast speed. Furthermore, all the portals which offer the free flash games also support the links to a lot of dissimilar services like a free travel company downloads or a list of good hotels. The flash has a very different coding language that is called as the Action script designed by Macro media. Therefore, if you wish to design or develop your unique and own flash game, then he mush know the Action script.

Learn While Playing Puzzle Game

The puzzle games which are played online involve a lot of logical sequence and numbers like the very well known Sudoku are the best brain shapers for the adults and also for the children. All the puzzle games have various stages with a lot of difficulties which help the children to gradually mount the scale of intelligence and rationale.

In the same way, the online puzzle game, Jigsaw puzzle games can make you apply your brain to solve it for several hours along with a lot of exhilaration. At times, the children get so much involved in this game that they do not like to leave their place without solving the puzzle. The memory games and the numerical mazes does not only strengthen the minds but they also increase the determination and concentration powers of the players.

The games like Hitori include a lot of analytical tangles and mathematical tangles which make you child to solve the toughest and comprehensive problems. They get very quick in calculation and become very well acquainted with all the tips and tricks in order to crack the hardest problems. The word games like cryptography, scrabble, atlas, crosswords, dictionary evil and the spelling bee hive are some of the best puzzle games which are fun to play and the same time it helps in learning things while you enjoy too.

Free Addicting Super Mario Games

The world of internet has changed the entire world on online games. With the help of this, the well known “Super Mario” games have been transformed to a lot of versions which you might not have heard till now. But playing such games are complete fun and thrill. Some of the games which have been transferred are as follows:

Mario Overrun: This is a very different version as compared to the other Mario Games. In this game, you have tear down the duppas which attracts the castle. You can use numerous superb weapons in order to attain your goal. You get shot guns, plasma guns, bombs and the uzzy in order to save the castle from enemies.

Super Flash Mario: This is yet another superb game amid the Super Mario circle. This game uses the technology of flash which gives it a very original look or version. In fact, a lot of people consider it to be the best version which is available on the internet in the present day.

Some other new versions of the Super Mario games include spug shock, rampage, infinite Mario, star catcher and the sunshine 64. You would love to play all these new versions of Super Mario games if you have not played these games before but playing these new versions of games includes a lot of time for you to spare.

RetroEdit to-do list

So, heres my current to-do list. I'll update THIS blog entry as I change things, so you can always check back here to see where I am. I'll add a link on the right for easy access.

Paint with colour 1 (left mouse)

Paint with colour 2 (right mouse)

+/- to change frames

rotate frame (up,down,left,right)

rotate line

rotate column

Colour selection

Colour Changing

Cursor rendering

Cursor key movement or cursor

Copy frame

Insert frame

Delete frame

Colour Swap

Area selection

Copy

Paste

Brush paste (like a sprite, drops out the background colour)

Mirror

Flip

Save project

Save data (native format)

Load Project

Load data (native format)

Onion skinning

undo/redo

Remember to check back here to see how I'm getting on.

RetroEdit.

I've not been doing much past few days/weeks. With the flu over Christmas and now a cold I've not really been in the mood. However, I've decided to make an effort and have started back on RetroEdit.

I've finished the refactoring of it an am now happy with its layout and internal code construction. Basically, the old control I was writing delt with retro graphics in an abstracted way, and so you had to do some work to use it, now however the control deals directly with the raw format which means all you need to do is copy actual retro graphics data into the control and your all set.

So with this done, I've started to plow ahead with some features. Actual editing is obviously first, and I can now draw pixels with the mouse in both hires and multi colour modes. This is also true for C64 and spectrum editing. I've also put in sprite rotate left and right, and am about to do up/down.

Once I've done this I'll add colour picking. Currently I have 2 default colours and you can't change them - this obviously has to change to be of any use, and as its a biggie, I'll do that next.

I'm sure I listed these before, but it must have been ages ago so here it is again; the feature list I want in for version 1.

Paint with colour 1 (left mouse)

Paint with colour 2 (right mouse)

+/- to change frames

rotate frame (up,down,left,right)

rotate line

rotate column

Colour selection,

Colour Changing,

Copy frame

Insert frame

delete frame

Colour Swap

Copy

Paste (+background)

Brush paste (like a sprite)

Mirror (+around selection only)

Flip (+around selection only)

Save project

Save data (native format)

Load Project

Load data (native format)

If theres anything else that you think is a must have, then let me know. I've no idea how long this will take me, but the sooner the better. Currently it lets you edit Plus4, C64 and Spectrum sprites although I still have to put real support for the C64 sprites.

Powering up.....

Because I was ill over Christmas, it's actually been a while since I did any real work at home. So I thought I'd make an effort to get over this and actually DO something!

To this end I've resumed the refactoring of RetroEdit and decided to get editing actually working and usable. So now that I think I've actually finished the refactor I was wanting, I've started to write the editing features. I've currently got hires sprites being editing, so I'm about to try MultiColour Mode ones. I'll then do some basic features like scrolling the whole thing around the window, flip etc. then move onto colour editing.

I need to get the selected machine's palette drawn so I can pick colours and then I need to tackle saving. I'll need a PROJECT save, and a binary save. I'll also need to allow plugins so that folk like Russell can save formats he wants to deal with; although he may well end up doing his own editor, but others might need it so...

With a bit of luck, most of these shouldn't take very long, and I can take the core of the sprite editing and move it to the character editing tab. The core concept of this is a special RetroBitmap control. This allows you to deal with retro graphics directly without having to write huge chunks of code over and over - its also a standard control so others could use it in their own projects if they wanted to.

Back to normal?

Well, not quite.... I've just gotten my new cable modem installed which has boosted my speed to an increadible 50mb/s!! I've also just discovered that my trusty Linksys router can't keep up, so I'll have to retire it and get a faster one, other wise I'm stuck to around half speed - damn.

So, I need to put my room back in order (theres upturned desks and what-not) then I can setup the plus4 again and start to get back to work. I've been thinking about my electronics again, and I really want to get back to doing some more - before I forget it all, and this lead me to thinking about doing a better download system. You see, as it stands I need a parallel cable/port and thats limiting - particually since I have to switch my machine off/on to enable the driver and plug in the C64 or Plus4. So I was thinking about a USB cable. Theres a few USB to serial cables, and if I did that (along with a PIC or something at the other end), I could pretend its normal parallel cable on the Plus4 side, but do serial on the PC side. This would also mean it was suddenly hot plugable, and allow me to plugin multiple machines at once; not to mention being able to download without rebooting.

So, I may start to look at that kind of thing this year too.

DO.EXE

So... one of the big issues I had with upgrading to Vista64 is that a lot of my ( really, REALLY ) old tools stopped working. Now most I can actually do without, but theres one that I've actually been running under DOSBOX to keep. DO.EXE is a simple programmers calculator that I wrote back in the Shadow of the Beast days and does proper programmer calculations. That is it deals with HEX and BINARY as you'd expect, but also does AND, OR, XOR, NOT, Shifts and all the rest of it. In fact, I use it a lot just to convert numbers from BINARY to HEX since C/C++/C# doesn't take binary (its a crime I tells ya!). The old program was written in Turbo Pascal 7 and was very 16bit, and while I had the source there was no way I was gonna "update it".

Well, every since I started my debugger in C#, I had a brand new evaluator doing exactly the same thing, but in a processor (and machine!) nutral langauge! So I've finally pull out my logic prob, and blasted its little binary brains all over the back wall and updated it. Now, I know theres a million similar little programs out there, but I like the command line one, and I like that it takes the same format as C/C++/C# and even Java, and since I've always got a command line open, its ideal. CALC (and others like it) have just never cut it for me.

Anyway... I thought I'd be nice and release this into the wild and let others play with it. Its not hugely tested (so feel free to let me know any issues) but its an invaluable tool. Even simple things like getting bit patterns into HEX is a simple case of just typing it in.

Anyway...enough drivel...You can get it HERE. Shove it into your path somewhere then just type "do" on the command line for options. If theres any doubt in an expression, use brackets. I've not listed any expression order because it's different from all other compilers and that forces you to use brackets more to make sure the answers right. If theres anything else you think folk would like added, feel free to suggest it.

I hope some of you get some use out of it. It's the single most used tool I've ever written - period!


http://www.javalemmings.com/blog/do.zip

Flu season...

Happy New Year - and all that jazz

I've not been doing much over the festive season, I've been stuck with the flu and feeling terrible. In the times I have been feeling up to it, I've actually been playing the the Hydra system I bought LAST year. I really do want to get back into doing electronics again, but to do so I need an easier way to make boards - or try and order some up and see how that goes. Etching them just didn't work fo me, so I'd rather try and more automatic way.

I've also been toying with the idea of a userport to USB connector for a more compatable downloader. Theres lots of USB to serial ports, and it wouldn't take much to change that into a pretend parallel connection for the Plus4 (and C64 etc.). So that would be nice. Also using the user port means I can keep the cartridge port free for more interesting things.