You could think between.....

[rabbitBUSH]

..... the mouse_pressed event and the screen response - Hear the keyboard - and not panic when half the the screen went black........

.....

 

[ilan]

i like a lot watching such old videos about computer evolution. its fascinating

check this out:


Marcy explains about the new hi-tech pc that is around, with whole 7mb of Ram ?

i miss those days were i played "Prince of Persia" on dos

EDIT: on of the comments on this video

???

 

[rabbitBUSH]

dos

DOS 1 - - ? ?

 

[ilan]

DOS 1 - - ? ?

i still have this game on a very old pc i got at home

 

[rabbitBUSH]

new hi-tech pc

And you couldn't move it around without a warehouse trolley - note its handles - I loved Marcy - just like peanuts.

 

[rabbitBUSH]

very old p

Was that JUST after they learned to XOR animations?

 

[ilan]

i am not that old (only 40) but I have a weakness for old tech. i grew up with a c64 with a cassette tape. when i was loading a game like Rambo i went making myself a sandwich and maybe take a shower and still, the game was loading. ?

i have some retro computers at home like atari, c64. and i play them sometimes. it brings back good old memories.
it also inspires me in my work.

 

[ilan]

XOR animations?

sorry, i dont know what XOR animations are.

 

[rabbitBUSH]

when i was loading a game like Rambo

In those days of youth the suspense must have nearly killed you.

 

[ilan]

In those days of youth the suspense must have nearly killed you.

no, because it was standard.

we had much more patient then.
today if the ATM is taking more than 5 seconds to push you the money notes you start knocking on it thinking something is wrong.

at least, the fact thinking knocking on an electric device will repair it still remains. ?

 

[rabbitBUSH]

what XOR animations

If I remember correctly - I can't remember when or who - someone discovered that the key to animating a sprite was to XOR the bits - then render the sprite in the next location. That way the last image reverted to background and the new one with a movement - the next panel in animation as it were - popped. without that Industrial Light and Magic might not have existed.

Something like that. You have to think of how Walt Disney did cartoons manually to visualise.

Legend has it that someone at my old university worked the algorithm to render flowing hair, grass being blown in the wind - etc. As I said it's our urban Legend.

 

[alwaysbusy]

i still have this game on a very old pc i got at home

I had this one an emulator on my Android phone for a long time

 

[rabbitBUSH]

start knocking on it thinking something is wrong.

You mean - like banging on the lift buttons (elevator) to get it come to your floor quicker?

 

[ilan]

I had this one an emulator on my Android phone for a long time

playing it on old tech makes it much more fun

the sound, the time you wait until it loads,.. that makes the different

 

[rabbitBUSH]

my Android phone

You mean one of those before Huawei took over?

 

[josejad]

i still have this game on a very old pc i got at home

Check this video (you have to log in) of the game's creator. He recorded his brother to get the movements. There's a link to an ebook of how it was made.

 

[rabbitBUSH]

the time you wait until it loads,

The nostalgia.......................

 

[ilan]

Check this video (you have to log in) of the game's creator. He recorded his brother to get the movements. There's a link to an ebook of how it was made.

i didn't knew that. This is really cool.

he record his brother and create such realistic movements for his game. Amazing!

 

[ilan]

Turning back time: Jordan Mechner on Prince of Persia's legacy

Jordan Mechner pioneered motion capture with Karateka and Prince of Persia. He reflects on his games' making, legacy, and what came next.

wireframe.raspberrypi.org

 

[ilan]

Computers | Timeline of Computer History | Computer History Museum

www.computerhistory.org