Commodore 64 Assembly Tutorial - Part II

A few months ago we ( Pungas de Villa Martelli) released the 4Kindness, a 4K intro for Silesia Party 8. And recently we released its source and a tutorial detailing how we built it. Without further ado, here it is: C64 Assembly Tutorial - Part II (english) C64 cursito de asembler - Parte II (castellano) Full source code Binaries: 4kindness.d64 If you have doubts/questions about it, let us know!

August 10, 2017 · 1 min · ricardoquesada

Actualizo: Ya no se que es lo que quiere Dios

Me encuentro confundido, perdido espiritualmente. Pensé que Dios me estaba dando mensajes claros y simples, para que una persona como yo los entienda sin ambigüedad alguna, mensajes claros como: “Hacé el UniJoystiCle para la PET. No pierdas tiempo en la Plus/4”. Pero hoy el vecino me entregó un paquete… ¿qué paquete? El paquete con la Commodore Plus/4 que yo pensé que algún ladronzuelo se había apoderado (yo el mal pensado, perdón ladronzuelo que no fuiste) ...

August 10, 2017 · 1 min · ricardoquesada

Dios las prefiere PETs

Volví de viaje. Llego a casa con ansias de encontrarme con la Commodore Plus/4 que había pedido por Ebay. El email decía que la habían dejado en la puerta de casa el viernes a las 3:54pm. Yo llegué a casa el sábado a las 11:58am. La busqué pero no la encontré. Ni en la puerta de casa. Ni en ningún lado. (Vaya sorpresa se habrá llevado el ladronzuelo al abrir la caja). Una tristeza enorme se apoderó de mi. Para ahogar mis penas me fui al Vintage Computer Festival. Fui a escuchar la charla de Commodore. Iban a estar Bil Herd, Leonard Tramiel, Chuck Peddle y demás commodorianos de la época 8-bit.

August 6, 2017 · 2 min · ricardoquesada

Long time no see: UniJoystiCle for all platforms

I’ve been busy. I still have no spare time to work on my retro projects, but I have a plan. And it can’t fail. I plan to port the UniJoystiCle + The Uni Games to the following platforms: Commodore VIC 20: UniJoystiCle (single joystick) + The Uni Games Commodore PET: UniJoystiCle in expansion port (single joystick) + The Uni Games Commodore 128: UniJoystiCle (same as the C64) + The Uni Games in VCD mode using the Z80 CPU Tandy 1000: UniJoystiCle + The Uni Games (graphics mode 320x200 16 colors) Commodore 64: Add paddle support to the UniJoystiCle The plan is that I have to live forever and my brain should not deteriorate. ...

August 6, 2017 · 1 min · ricardoquesada

The history of Cocos2d in a glimpse

Cocos2d (Python) In February 2008, at Los Cocos, Córdoba, Argentina, we started the “Los Cocos” Python game engine. We later renamed it Cocos2d. The idea was to create a game engine for the games we were creating for PyWeek. PyCamp 2008. Centro Allen Gardiner, Los Cocos, Córdoba, Argentina. We started the game engine with Lucio Torre, Daniel Moisset, Rayentray Tappa, and I, with the help of Alejandro Cura and other members of PyAr. ...

April 17, 2017 · 7 min · ricardoquesada

Commodore 64 Assembly Tutorial

A few months ago we released the Argentine Songbook Vol. 1 chipdisk. And recently we released its source code including: Full source code (the assembly files + makefiles + everything…) Full audio sources (the SidWizard files) And we also wrote a tutorial about how write a chipdisk, including all the tricks that we used. C64 Assembly Tutorial (english) C64 Assembly Tutorial (spanish) Full source code If you have doubts/questions about it, let us know! ...

March 16, 2017 · 1 min · ricardoquesada

VChar64 v0.2.2 released and other news

VChar64 v0.2.2 released Download: Mac: vchar64-0.2.2.mac.dmg Win32: vchar64-0.2.2.win32.zip Source code: https://github.com/ricardoquesada/vchar64/ Release notes here: https://github.com/ricardoquesada/vchar64/releases/tag/0.2.2 UniJoystiCle news I started working on the paddle/mouse support. I’m using an ESP32 instead of the ESP8266. Progress is documented here (spanish): UniJoystiCle + Paddle/Mouse support progress Commodore Home news It was featured in Hack-a-day. Yay! https://hackaday.com/2016/11/20/commodore-home-your-smart-home-for-1983/ It won the 3rd prize in the Retro Challenge (winning Issue #1 of Eight Bit magazine). Yay! http://www.retrochallenge.org/

January 8, 2017 · 1 min · ricardoquesada

The UniJoystiCle v0.4 released

Christmas is coming. Treat yourself with The UniJoystiCle v0.4, and be the cool kid in the block by playing The Uni Games like a pro (that’s it with real unicycles!): Highlights of v0.4 WiFi Device Smaller real estate: Fits in all C64/128 models, including the C128D / SX-64 machines Using Wemos D1 Mini instead of NodeMCU Blue instead of red Firmware New WiFi modes: Station and WPS modes Auto-reset joystick state after inactivity timeout Online-firmware update Stats: How many joystick movements How many seconds spent in joystick movements Clients Android Client: Yay, Android has its own client. Similar to iOS, but without the Gyruss mode. Supports any Android game controller like OUYA, Amazon Fire, Moya, etc. Desktop Client: Supports Dpad, Commando and Commodore Home modes Windows version: Supports any Xinput game controller (like the Xbox 360 or newer controllers) Mac version: Supports any MFi game controller iOS Client: Added Commodore Home mode Supports both MFi and iCade game controllers Read the complete Changelog here. ...

November 28, 2016 · 2 min · ricardoquesada

UniJoystiCle v0.4.0-RC released!

UniJoystiCle v0.4.0-RC (Release Candidate) released. Mega update! Download: iOS client v0.4.6: App Store Android client v0.4.10: Google Play macOS client v0.4.0: UniJoystiCle Controller.dmg win32 client v0.4.0: unijoysticle_controller.win32.zip Firmware v0.4.5: unijoysticle_firmware.bin Source code + schematic + layout: https://github.com/ricardoquesada/unijoysticle Latest versions can be downloaded from here: http://ricardoquesada.github.io/unijoysticle/ Summary: Use your Xbox game controllers to play C64 games! (from the Win32 client) Use any iOS or Android game controller to play C64 games! (from the iOS/ Android client) Play games like Commando and Turrican II by only using your game controller. “Space” is mapped to button “B”. There is no need to press the “spacebar” Put your device in Station mode (share your local Wifi network). Full Changelog: ...

November 8, 2016 · 3 min · ricardoquesada

Retro Challenge: announcing Commodore Home

Home automation for the masses, not the classes We need to build computers for the masses, not the classes - Jack Tramiel, Commodore founder A: Commodore 64 computer running the “Commodore Home” application B: UniJoystiCle WiFi device connected to the joystick ports C: Alarm sensor using a WiFi device D: Smartphone running the UniJoystiCle Controller app with the Commodore Home plugin E: Commodore MPS 803 printer F: Pulleys + gears connected to the printer header + dimmer knot About Why pay hundreds of dollars to automate your home, when you can automate it for free with existing tools/computers that you might already have in your garage? ...

October 31, 2016 · 6 min · ricardoquesada