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Hi everyone, my first computer was an electron and I've always had a bit of a soft spot for it. I did quite a bit of programming as a kid and dabbled in a bit of assembly. I always wanted to get something going in 3D and inspired by elite I got some wireframe shapes rotating on the screen very very slowly.
That was a long time ago and since then I've had times of no programming and then moved onto more capable hardware and learned a bit about software rendering and stuff. One of the things I've picked up, I think can be applied to the electron but I probably need people more versed in 6502 assembly than myself to get the most out of it.

Anyone up for writing Doom on the electron?

Author:	alexi [ Fri Feb 26, 2010 7:32 pm ]
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Hi all, after posting about something I have in mind over at stairwaytohell I've been pointed in the direction of this forum. My post there: Quote: Hi everyone, my first computer was an electron and I've always had a bit of a soft spot for it. I did quite a bit of programming as a kid and dabbled in a bit of assembly. I always wanted to get something going in 3D and inspired by elite I got some wireframe shapes rotating on the screen very very slowly. That was a long time ago and since then I've had times of no programming and then moved onto more capable hardware and learned a bit about software rendering and stuff. One of the things I've picked up, I think can be applied to the electron but I probably need people more versed in 6502 assembly than myself to get the most out of it. Anyone up for writing Doom on the electron? At the moment I don't really have plans for a full game, it's more just a proof of concept and whether or not it could work well enough to be used for a game. So is this the right place?

Author:	SteveO [ Fri Feb 26, 2010 7:49 pm ]
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Of course the right place 3D is under represented, hope you can progress your idea

Author:	DaveM [ Fri Feb 26, 2010 8:00 pm ]
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You might want to drop Thomas Harte a PM (who's also on this forum) as he made a start on a 3D engine for the Electron some time back. But I'm guessing (from the lack of posts) that he hasn't had time to progress it.

Author:	alexi [ Fri Feb 26, 2010 8:15 pm ]
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Thanks. I've just had a quick look through the thread on that and is very interesting. What I have in mind though is quite different, the results are more like a raycaster used in early doom-like games but with a different method of generating the image, on the electron there won't be any texturing though, if it even works at all.

Author:	SteveO [ Fri Feb 26, 2010 9:21 pm ]
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I love the fact your primarily thinking Electron, doesn't get enough attention, some just see them as key switch donors for Masters... not mentioning any names

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Author:	alexi [ Fri Feb 26, 2010 9:43 pm ]
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The electron never got enough attention.

Author:	DaveJ [ Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:13 pm ]
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Welcome to Retro Software Alexi - I'm glad you made it over here. There are some really hot programmers here. And then there are people who do colouring in. Badly. (Me.) But I do hope you'll find being here useful. Dave

Author:	alexi [ Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:22 pm ]
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I'm pretty sure your colouring in can't be worse than mine. As for coding, I'm going to try to put something together myself at first as a sort of proof of concept to show what I'm trying to do but will no doubt need some help. If that shows any promise then it can be taken further.

Author:	DaveF [ Sat Mar 13, 2010 8:51 pm ]
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Welcome to the forum Alexi - your idea sounds interesting

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