New Xbox 360

So I managed to get another Xbox 360 very cheap. The reason I bought it was I wanted the AV cable and to my surprise it also had a Wireless WIFI device which I didn't have before. So it was a very good deal for me.

Not sure what to to with the Xbox thou. Maybe use it so I can watch Netflix and HBO in my game room, or just sell it.

Making a game

Yes I'm trying to make a game for the Commodore 64.
When I was a kid I loved making programs and games on the old C64, and also on DOS, but sadly I left that part behind. I really wished I stayed with it and learn more about programming, so now I'm back to basic.
Have forgotten most of what I knew back then so I have to learn again.
I decided to try and make a text adventure based on an adventure for "Drakar och Demoner", a Swedish version of "Dungeon and Dragons". I choose to adapt an existing adventure so I could concentrate on programming and not on the story.

At first I wanted to do an test adventure with RPG elements, experience points and a level up system, but it seemed to be a little to advanced for my limited programming knowledge.
So I went with a simple text adventure.

I decided to go with the adventure "Svart Duell", which was an adventure I had as a kid and I knew it was quite short.
My first mistake was I wanted to jump right into programming and didn't plan out the adventure beforehand.
So it quickly grew to big and I started to add new things I wanted in the game and complex attributes which just made me have to redo code I had already written.
So I decided to do start over, and write down everything first on paper, and not add new content while programming.

And that's where I'm at now.
Carefully planing out each section of the game.

I also got a new game idea, which I probably will do after this game. It's a more math based game and I need to work out a good formula to do the math so the game will work. Not gonna say much more about this game but hopefully I will comeback to it in another post.

*pictures from riotminds.se

More Gameboy games

Got three more Gameboy games for my collection.
Once again from a guy on Facebook.

Alien vs Predator: The Last of His Clan, Ren & Stimpy Show: Space Cadet Advetures and Castlevania: The Adventure. Payed 60 NOK (€6.78 or $7.73) for Castlevania and 35 NOK (€3.96 or $4.51) each for the other games.

Looking forward to play Castlevania. I have the reboot, Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth, on Wii and excited to compare them.

Some new games

Been away for an awesome Foo Fighters concert, even thou singer Dave Grohl fell off the stage and broke his leg in the middle of the second song but he came back and finished the show, in Gothenburg (read about it here) and came back to find some new games in the mail I ordered.

Gears of War, Gears of War 2, Mass Effect 2 and Aliens: Colonial Marines for the Xbox 360.

Davis Cup World Tour, Champions World Class Soccer (both missing intructions) and NFL Sports Talk Football '93 (complete) for Mega Drive and GTA III for Playstation 2, which I already had a broken copy of. Hope this is better.

I got all the games very cheap from two diffrent guys on Facebook. Only 10 NOK* (about €1,15 or $1.29) each except Aliens wich I payed 20 NOK*.

So a pretty good deal.

*NOK=norwegian krone

Popeye for the NES

Popeye is a classic arcade game by Nintendo and was released in the arcades in 1982 and was one of the first game release for the NES in 1983.
It's based on the popular spinach eating sailor with the same name.
In the game you should avoid Popeye's arch nemesis Brutus and try to rescue Popeye's love Olive Oyl.

At the start screen you get 4 options.
1 player game A, 1 player game B, 2 player game A and 2 player game B.
Game B is just a harder setting of the game.

The game consists of only three different levels and after you beat all three you start over from level 1 but the difficulty rises and you can continue as many rounds you can stay alive and collect points.

The first round your at the docks. Olive is throwing heart that you should collect, and when you collected 24 hearts you advance to next round.
You also have to avoid Brutus who are trying to get you. You can't hit him but you can hit the objects he's throwing or get the spinach and then you can run into him and he flies across the screen and you get points. But the spinach only last a few seconds.
You can also hit the punching-bag so the bucket falls and with right timing it lands on Brutus for more points. The further down he is on the screen the more points you'll get.

Second round Olive is throwing musical notes. 16 of them and you advance to round three.
Here you can get extra points by going on the seesaw and hit the floating platform where Swee'Pee is sitting.
And as the first round look out for Brutus.
You will have spinach to help you deal with him in this round too.

The third round Popeye's on a boat. Olive is this time throwing letters that spells H E L P.
Each letter caught will start building a ladder up to Olive Oyl.
24 letters and Popeye's love is rescued.
Other than Brutus you also have to look out for a vulture. But one hit in the beak and you earn 1000 points.

Fourth round you'll back at level one but now you an evil hag will throw skulls at you as well as you have to avoid Brutus for each new round. If you start game B she will be there for round one. First two skulls, then if you manage to complete all levels again she will throw one more skull.

At first this game seem a little boring but after a while you want to do better and better, and is quite fun. Not super great but still enjoyable.

My record so far is round 8 with a score of 77110.

Got some new stuff in the mail

Today I got some video game stuff in the mail.
A 3.8mm security screwdriver to open up games carts for cleaning etc. Bought cheap on Ebay from a seller in China.
From the same seller I got these two cheap ass Megadrive/Genesis controllers.
They feel very plastic and toyish. But they work, and was very cheap. Just bought them so I have something to play with on my Megadrive, since my original controller is broken. My biggest complaint about them is that the cable is very short. Even shorter then the original controller which is also very short.

I also got the stickers that the guy I bought the Surprise pack from promised.

And earlier this week I also got a AV cable for the Megadrive.

Blog update

I did a little update today on the blog. I added lists of all my games and also added a link to my reviews. Both can be found up above.

Here's also an update on what games I currently are playing.

Chrono Trigger (PS1)

Uncharted 3 (PS3)

GTA V (Xbox 360)

Football Manager 2014 (PC)