Aren't 89 games compatible with the 92+ without modifying them anyway? I remember putting the 89 version of Zenith Saga on a 92+ ROM and it worked fine, except for the obvious display glitches caused by the different screen size.

Well... Technically, at the very least, it has to be compiled to run on the 92+. And if the program utilizes any 89 specific routines from Extgraph, then some minor modifications would have to be made -- of which I am not using any 89 specific calls. Then Jumpman would run on a 92+ without any mods.

However, the game screen would be in the upper left hand corner of the 92+ LCD... so I need to make some minor mods to center the game screen. Also, I may have to remap at least one key press (the "Jump" key) in order to play nicely.

Woah, it really gets better and better as it progresses, and quite progressing fast, too. This will sure be true to the original.

I am fairly certain this will get featured on ticalc.org. POTY 2011/CROTY 2011 candidate, or maybe even POTY 2010?

Thanks DJ. I really appreciate your comments. I am hoping to finish the game soon. I just don't know if I can make the Dec 1st deadline for 2010 consideration.

Ooooh! scary! will you be able to script bullets to bombpresses? trap bombs would be cool.

What are bombpresses? I like the trap bombs idea... that would be cool!

Hey Camdenmil... Welcome to Omnimaga.

There are a lot of great people here. Have fun!

I love the effects on the titlescreen; and the meteorite engine is progressing nicely.

I think I see one more issue for your level-making (not trying to be discouraging)
It looks like you're developing this on a 92+, right? An 89 will not have the width of a 92+, so does that just mean 2 levelsets? just thought I'd bring it up.

This looks like the sort of game I could get obsessed with beating.

It is being developed for a TI-89, but I also own a TI-92+ so there is a good chance I will port it to the 92+ as well. However, I am not planning on using the entire screen resolution of the TI-92+.

btw... Jumpman is still my all-time favorite game. So, I can relate to your potential obsession.


For those interested... I edited the first post of this topic now that Jumpman is an officially announced project of mine.

I think Jumpman is the perfect platform game for calcs. But... That is just my humble opinion.

Hey... this sounds like a cool project.

Are y'all using are have you considered using the Cyclone 68000 core? It is supposed to be one of the fastest ARM M68000 CPU emulators.

http://notaz.gp2x.de/cyclone.php

It was initially developed for emulating 68K platforms on the Game Park GP32 which had a 133MHz ARM CPU. Some lucky users were able to overclock their GP32s to 200MHz.

Welcome lookitsan00b. I hope you enjoy Omnimaga.

Ranman wonders what lookitsan00b will call himself when he is no longer a noob.