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@NealioSir 5 күн бұрын
That background audio in this video is just annoying. Not nostalgic, just annoying.
@CityXen 5 күн бұрын
Thanks for the update
@pjcnet 20 күн бұрын
The whole point of retro gaming is the nostalgia of using historical tech, also there's the challenge for clever programmers to scrape every last drop out of the original hardware and we've seen some incredible more modern games and demos. Upgrading to modern hardware in any way beyond just storage capacity and loading speed in my opinion completely destroys the whole point, it's not real Commodore 64 any more once you use a modern graphics accelerator and anything impressive you see using that is just cheating, but each to their own.
@CityXen 20 күн бұрын
@@pjcnet that certainly is one point of view. Thanks for sharing that. Some people like to play with them and do weird interfaces and such, such as this card. We do not begrudge any of that, and you shouldn't either. After all, the end life of the machine was decades ago. Why hate on folks that just want to experiment with the cpld/fpga stuff? Endless possibilities really. Why do people modify old cars from years gone by? Why not?
@pjcnet 20 күн бұрын
@@CityXen Old cars are a bit different, but personally I'd still rather have the original vehicle as it was, as I said however, each to their own.
@CityXen 20 күн бұрын
@pjcnet cars are a bit different, but to the point, some folks like to mod older things with new tech. It's called retrofitting.
@ZXSpectrum128K 28 күн бұрын
Have you seen the doom running through a raspberry pie for the c64 be nice if it could be combined with beam racer or 80 column 256 colours n super cpu!
@CityXen 26 күн бұрын
Haven't seen that one yet. Some folks do love to port the Doom to all manner of strange mechanisms. The Beam Racer is pretty cool, it's a shame that there isn't much software for it other than the included demos. To that point, not many folks have one. So it's really more of a novelty than a practical piece of kit. It might be really cool to get this thing to work with GEOS somehow to have accelerated graphics. Not sure if GEOS has provisions for "graphic drivers" or not though. Probably not. I don't think the developers of the C64 or software for it were thinking or planning abstraction layers. It would be also cool if the new C64OS could somehow make use of the accelerated features somehow. The possibilities are numerous, nonetheless.
@ZXSpectrum128K 26 күн бұрын
@CityXen what modes are offered full tech specs anywhere?
@ZXSpectrum128K 22 күн бұрын
@CityXen kzbin.info/www/bejne/qouUoaSqiqaqa9Esi=xGXZEKD2IbFqlZN0
@idolpx Ай бұрын
lol... this is great. :D
@CityXen Ай бұрын
Thanks! Be sure to check out the CRX channel. We actually plugged meatloaf in there during the real presentation.
@pacbilly Ай бұрын
This should be the default video that plays for visitors to your channel, such a great CityXen crash course. And is our new simian friend played by a special guest or a CityXen stalwart? Some good acting chops there. And please understand that this is a critique made out of love, but I just have to say, I still can't get used to Clicky's new voice. His old voice had so much personality. The new AI voice just doesn't manage to do him justice. It's like we all loved Charles Martinet doing Mario's voice, and now in the movie it's just Chris Pratt just using his regular voice. Please understand, I'm not trying to be a complainer. It's only out of my love for Clicky and the gang that I'm weighing in, as a fan. What about a recreation of something like the voice Frank Welker did for Jinx in Space Camp? That may retain that quality in Clicky's original voice that was so endearing while still providing the clarity you're seeking from AI. Again, sorry to be a pain, but it's all out of fandom. Regardless, I'll always be a fan, but I felt strongly enough about it that I was compelled to share. Keep up the good work!
@CityXen Ай бұрын
Thanks for the feedback. Our friend Gori, from The Curses of Dark Corner helped us with this. He's never been in our vids, this is the first time. He and his wife do a lot of live shows and work in other film/media too. Link to their instagram is in the description. As far as the voice stuff goes, I (Deadline), loved SAM voice as well. However, we just kept getting feedback many many times that it was too hard to understand. Even from our own folks, they were saying "it is time to change it up". I finally gave in to all that overwhelming feedback and we devised the plot to upgrade their voice modules. I loved doing the SAM because some of the inflections hilariously came out as not as intended, but they were so great I just went with it. Even now with the new voices that happens to some degree, and there have been times when I am making these that I just find myself laughing my ass off. (It's horrible for productivity btw). But yeah thanks so much @PacBilly for watching and commenting.
@AndersLercheFX Ай бұрын
What a horrible music!
@CityXen Ай бұрын
No, it's good
@xSurvivor7x Ай бұрын
Not the bitcoin wallet 💀
@Petzel_KZ9ZAP Ай бұрын
This video is proof that Dead Internet theory is a fallacy. The AI must rely on CityXen to keep the LLMs from total collapse, which can only occur once in a lifetime.
@CityXen Ай бұрын
Thankfully, we've been two steps ahead for quite some time. We're just now getting damage assessments. It will take some time to decompress everything, but we ARE winning. Encrypted Tales VI - A Nightmare on NULL Street will be slightly delayed, but it will be out soon. Ms DOS manifesting into Helmet Guy's dream is hard work. 😉
@pacbilly Ай бұрын
What a blast this was!! And we finally get to see what the thermal paste was for. Also, initially I thought the CRT face was just a green board that you chroma keyed, but the more I watched, the more it seemed to be a practical effect, Daft Punk-style. Also, I think I have that same velvet Elvis in my storage unit.
@CityXen Ай бұрын
@@pacbilly how can you truly live if you don't have a velvet Elvis? Thanks for watching this experiment in social media broadcast history!
@xamfear Ай бұрын
That velvet Elvis was a gift from a friend of mine who rescued from the trash! I could read something into it that my friends drive past trash and their first thoughts are of gifting it to me! In all seriousness though, the painting was in rough shape and the frame (carved wood ala the jungle room) simply couldn't be saved, luckily, I found someone who was able to handle the restoration and reframing - it took a bit to convince them I really wanted them to work on a velvet Elvis!
@VCFSoCal Ай бұрын
Thanks Guys for the VCF SoCal Shout-Out! Glad you like the T-Shirts. Hopefully you can make the fest in Feb 2025 and pick-up Micki's next shirt design :) -Cheers, Steve
@CityXen Ай бұрын
The design is fantastic, and they are so soft. Thanks for them. Hopefully we can make it, but no guarantees yet. Cheers!
@Charleshawn66 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for the time you put into making your content. I own that same silver TV on the right as you. I have 13 Commodore CRT monitors and that one silver TV CRT. I have it because it will tune to its highest of channel 95. My Commodore MAX-04 has a NTSC VIC-II and put its RF signal out on Japanese channels 1 & 2. Robin in his MAX video shared with us that the Japanese NTSC channels 1 & 2 are the same as the NTSC channels 95 & 96 in N. America. This TV by going up to channel 95 has one of the channels that my MAX can work on so that I didn't need to open it up and do the composite video mod thus keeping it all OG. Here is my video from the day that I was able to use my MAX for the first time. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpPPZIGoqrKqbMUsi=x9coSnAh3rcshKyS
@CityXen Ай бұрын
Cool!
@TheVintNerd Ай бұрын
That's pretty Cool! I did not know about Japanese NTSC channels 1 & 2 and NTSC channels 95 & 96
@CityXen Ай бұрын
@@TheVintNerd that is something we didn't know either. Pretty neat stuff.
@pacbilly 2 ай бұрын
This game has better sound than a lot of games that had big companies behind them.
@CityXen 2 ай бұрын
@@pacbilly Jim Happel is very talented
@pacbilly 2 ай бұрын
@@CityXen Also thanks for the tip on Ray Carlsen. I'm in communication with him now about getting a dual 1541-ii/1581 power supply.
@DavidYoud 2 ай бұрын
@8:00 Yup, only 25 carts made. Enjoy!
@CityXen 2 ай бұрын
@@DavidYoud thank you it is really cool
@Petzel_KZ9ZAP Ай бұрын
No one deserves to have a box release of their 10 line BASIC game on cartridge more than Jim Happel. He's an awesome guy.
@c1ph3rpunk 2 ай бұрын
Is Ray still making power supplies?
@CityXen 2 ай бұрын
@@c1ph3rpunk yes and he even makes custom orders!
@c1ph3rpunk 2 ай бұрын
@@CityXen I’ll have to email him, have a single from a long while ago, but a quad that’d handle (3) 64’s and an Amiga 500 would be awesome.
@DavidYoud 2 ай бұрын
Well executed!
@CityXen 2 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@JamiesHackShack 2 ай бұрын
Nice work! Very cool project.
@CityXen 2 ай бұрын
Thanks, we will be revealing more of our scifi set soon.
@deadlinecxn 2 ай бұрын
This is such a cool product, it's too bad they aren't a lot of them around or folks aren't making software that takes full advantage of it.
@deadlinecxn 2 ай бұрын
Those darn Marmosets!
@gregdunlap7538 2 ай бұрын
Always enjoy these every year! A little nostalgic to hear the old voices! 🙂
@CityXen 2 ай бұрын
These new edits have CC added, retcon update to Ms DOS' flagship, and some other polish (mostly in the bumpers and transitions). We're setting things up for international audiences! 😀
@michaelplzno 2 ай бұрын
I feel for these computer's horribly obnoxious voices.
@CityXen 2 ай бұрын
There's no need to worry, their emotion chips aren't upgraded, as this IS a re-release of an older work before they got their upgrades. They were still trying to figure out Earth's culture at the time this was recorded. They have evolved quite a lot in that short time. Now they're starting to manifest themselves into the real world via a sort of "matrix". But, this is the direction they're taking. Go figure.
@michaelplzno 2 ай бұрын
@@CityXen Sometimes I wonder if I need to get my emotion chip upgraded, lol
@fuzzybad 2 ай бұрын
Glad you had fun playing my game! Beat those bots! haha
@fuzzybad 2 ай бұрын
I left the Meatloaf cassette on your display! Thought you would enjoy it LMAO
@CityXen 2 ай бұрын
That was a pleasant surprise! What great hijinx! You rock.
@MrToast64 2 ай бұрын
Brilliant!
@JimLeonard 3 ай бұрын
Loved the trapper keeper, yo!
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
Cool, they are really handy
@DavidYoud 3 ай бұрын
Cool, I didn't know anyone had created an ML sound effect design tool -- I'll likely take that for a spin at some point.
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
Make sure you check out the pinned comment by @nskimn8r884 so you can handle the bug associated with this. It may not affect your program, but it totally could depending on how you do your memory map.
@burrocakes8048 3 ай бұрын
Cool Tron bike game! :)
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
Jessica is pretty cool, you should go download her game and try it.
@fuzzybad 2 ай бұрын
Thanks! Give it a try
@DavidYoud 3 ай бұрын
Happy (very) belated birthday!
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
🎉
@DavidYoud 3 ай бұрын
Heh, Clicky was get'n a little bossy there.
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
Clicky has a heart of gold, but he sometimes doesn't express himself properly. He's all bark and no bite. It's been said he is kind of like Strongbad from the old Home Star Runner series. But, he's also the butt of a lot of jokes.
@jim_64s8-bitprojects5 3 ай бұрын
Ask Jessica about the Meatloaf tape. There may have been some hijinks of redistribution of free pile items to those working on the Meatloaf SD card device...
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
@@jim_64s8-bitprojects5 too tier hijinx! Love it
@fuzzybad 2 ай бұрын
Yeah it was me! I scored some cassettes from the free pile and thought CityXen would like the Meatloaf one. But he was away from the table so I just left it for discovery.. totally forgot about it until I saw this video!! lmao
@jim_64s8-bitprojects5 3 ай бұрын
Great meeting you and fun talking with you! I got a laugh out of "here's what he looks like" and you showed my avatar!
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
@@jim_64s8-bitprojects5 you rock! After I figured out who you was, I was flabbergasted. It was so great just being able to mingle with you a little and pick your brain on programming. Cheers!
@jim_64s8-bitprojects5 3 ай бұрын
@@CityXen And you got a shot of the silly Trick Shoot 10 box too! Haha
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
@@jim_64s8-bitprojects5 love how over the top that package is for that game, and to what extent you and David went to in order to make it into a cart.
@jim_64s8-bitprojects5 3 ай бұрын
@@CityXen He did it behind my back and just sent me one unannounced! I was laughing so hard!
@idolpx 3 ай бұрын
Awesome weekend! Glad we could all road trip together! :D
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
Did you go to VCFMW this year? If so, what was your favorite thing about the event?
@DavidYoud 3 ай бұрын
I got to hold this at VCF-MW!
@DavidYoud 3 ай бұрын
@1:00 As a 30-year employee at LLNL, I like seeing ORNL worked into the plot :) @1:26: DECODED: "truth {LF} love {LF}"... @3:21: Been to the Bigfoot Discovery Museum near Santa Cruz? Come for the conspiracies, stay for the redwoods. @27:24 That was a NICE haul. @31:46 Oh noes, no more S.A.M?!?!
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
I see you've partially decoded the AI "true form" easter egg. You're the first person to mention it. Congratulations! Those AI entities sure do love easter eggs...
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
We actually got a LOT of feedback about SAM. Folks were saying it was too hard to understand him.
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
Not been to the Bigfoot museum near Santa Cruz. Does sound cool, love bigfoot stuff. Did you notice my "digital bigfoot" shirt I was wearing the last day of VCFMW?
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
We picked up a C128 from Knoxville... It was obvious what we were dealing with from the beginning. 😉
@DavidYoud 3 ай бұрын
@3:27 Howard Scott Warshaw (the progenitor of E.T. for the 2600) frequents my neighborhood taqueria. I see him there every few months.
@DavidYoud 3 ай бұрын
Still haven't been to a VCF SE yet (but I have gone to three VCFs this year!)
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
VCFSE is a bit different than other VCF events because it is cohosted with the commercial Southern Fried Gaming Expo. We only have about 1/20th the footprint as VCFMW. It is a completely different experience, as there is more emphasis on the Arcade hall. The Arcade hall is about twice the size of what we had at VCFMW. The SFGE guy actually came to our local Atlanta Historical Computing Society meeting yesterday and Earl asked him if it was possible for us to get more room. He told us that it would be difficult, as the VCF room is shared with Indie Game Developer group. Cool stuff, nonetheless, and our guys mostly. They do come up with some cool exhibits down here.
@retrobitstv 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the summary and it was great meeting you in-person! I chatted with Matt Desmond too but wasn't aware of his last name at first. Imagine my surprise when I found out I was talking to the guy who created *the* killer app for the C128 that I used every day growing up!
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
He is quite humble
@DavidYoud 3 ай бұрын
@2:41 That's a great book. I got mine autographed the previous VCF-MW. @8:30 I think they were using a MSSIAH as well. I didn't see you in the room. Happel and I were in the back with a cooler of beer. LOVED the "Add with Carry" song. @15:38 I went to VCF SoCal year, they did a great job for their very first show, pretty big, and it was just 3 miles from Disneyland (which I took advantage of). @23:20 Jack Pearson was one of my favorite people <3 Life is short; love others, and it will be well spent. @25:40 That is one packed trapper keeper!
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
Yeah I was sitting up there near the front with Earl and Bill from our local Atlanta Historical Computer Society. Thanks so much for lifting me up with your book and kind words David. It really means a lot.
@dangoswick 3 ай бұрын
Fun video!
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
Thanks Dan, had a really awesome trip. Appreciate you and Jaime letting us all ride together
@DavidYoud 3 ай бұрын
Break'n the 00000100th wall
@DavidYoud 3 ай бұрын
Ah, this is a nice entry point into the channel.
@DavidYoud 3 ай бұрын
Wasn't expecting to see Sutekh the Osiran this morning, but that's a great way to kick off the work day.
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@DavidYoud 3 ай бұрын
Now that I've been binge-watching this channel from the beginning, this Robin episode makes a LOT more sense than the first time I encountered it (out of context). :D
@DavidYoud 3 ай бұрын
Lubricating beans :D
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
Technically, they're advertised as Baked A.I. Rations, but they can also be used for lubrication
@DavidYoud 3 ай бұрын
I may need an 8-bit font for my visual studio code as well...
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
I've swapped to c64 font in subsequent programming videos
@DavidYoud 3 ай бұрын
"persiflage"
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
Kind of like "camouflage", but replace cloth and colors with words. Get it?
@DavidYoud 3 ай бұрын
I would love to learn to draw, but like, with no practice. As a co-worker of mine is fond of saying "I don't want to learn, I just want to know" :D
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
It is fun to create pixel art
@DavidYoud 3 ай бұрын
If sleestaks made robots, they'd look like Robo Guy 5000
@CityXen 3 ай бұрын
Wait until you find out we have a whole channel on our discord dedicated to sleestaks