Here are the latest news regading my #TMSnake #game for #rc2014 and #TMS9918a #graphics.

The video below shows the current state of affairs, and I've just added some limited #sfx to the game - however the recording below did not capture the beepy beeps for some reason.

There is one last tweak I need to add in terms of gameplay but the final release is "coming soon" ™️ 😏

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@Wintermute_BBS Looks awesome!!! In my next life, I will be able to solder :)

@feoh thank you! still needs that little extra though.

but it's fun working out how those old chips are working.

as for soldering: you don't have to - @etchedpixels has written a very good #rc2014 #emulator which also emulates the #tms9928a - I use it on my @VoidLinux laptop while abroad.

Maybe that is an option for you to get some taste of rc2014?!

you can find it here:

https://github.com/EtchedPixels/EmulatorKit

@Wintermute_BBS @etchedpixels @VoidLinux Hey that's positively brilliant, thank you very much I hadn't heard of the emulator!

I got excited for a while when people mentioned a breadboarded version, but it became clear very quickly that actually accomplishing such a construction project would be decidedly non trivial and "off the rails" which means my meager electronics-fu is not up to the task.

An emulator sounds just right. Looking forward!

@feoh @Wintermute_BBS @VoidLinux The TMS99xx part of the emulation isn't too great be warned - it doesn't do sprites. It should do but Fuzix doesn't do sprites so I never got around to debugging that bit 8)
@etchedpixels @feoh @VoidLinux which reminds me to finally assemble that SC126 I keep boxed for years now so I can test the current Fuzix release