[Coco] Pac Man Version 1.01 - update already!

Mon Jul 3 15:16:37 EDT 2017

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the offer to host the game, but it’s now up on the CoCo Archive for all to download without crappy ads...

Cheers,
Glen

> On Jul 3, 2017, at 8:48 AM, Steve Strowbridge <ogsteviestrow at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> First, want to thank Glen again for working on this project and bringing
> another fine game for us to enjoy on the CoCo.
> 
> I didn't try the download site, but, when you are on a lot of these
> file-sharing based web sites, there is a bunch of advertisement based crap
> on these pages, and it's not uncommon for some of those adverts to use
> alarming false messages like FLASH or JAVA or even Chrome is out of date,
> in an attempt to lure you to clicking on a link for some crappy program of
> theirs.  I see this a lot when trying to get stuff for my kids (and mine)
> Minecraft add-ons from 3rd party sites.
> 
> My general advice is to always click responsibly when downloading from
> these large scale public download services, most of what you see on the
> page is bogus information.
> 
> Glenn if you want I can also host the files on my CoCo links website, there
> won't be any adverts there, however, I can't speak to if a local ant-virus
> client will throw a false positive on certain attachments, usually anything
> that is zipped, including an EXE file should be OK.
> 
> 
> 
> Steve Strowbridge, aka
> The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
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> 
> On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 11:01 PM, Paulo Garcia <paulo.astuser at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Glen
>> 
>> excellent job! I've started up and saw how good is the version. Extra perks
>> for the auto scroll that kept the aspect-ratio like the arcades. It works
>> pretty well
>> 
>> Congrats
>> 
>> Paulo Garcia
>> Vintage is The New Old
>> 
>> On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 3:27 PM, Glen Hewlett <glen.hewlett at sympatico.ca>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Guys,
>>> 
>>> I don’t see those adds when I use the tiny upload site…. Weird.  I do use
>>> ad blocker with Chrome though…
>>> 
>>> I did post it on the CoCo Archive but it takes a little while to get
>>> approved and added to the site.  It should show up there shortly.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Glen.
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 2, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I got that too. It opened in another window, so all I did was close the
>>>> window and I saw the dialog for saving the file. The flash update was
>>> just
>>>> an ad. I ignore them anymore because I know my flash player is
>>> up-to-date.
>>>> Plus you can't tell when the ad to update flash is actually a virus
>>> waiting
>>>> to kill your computer. I have adobe set to update my adobe apps
>>>> automatically (well, they tell me the update is available and I allow
>> it
>>> to
>>>> be updated), so I feel I can ignore those ads when they pop up.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 10:26 AM, Bill Pierce via Coco <
>>> coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Glen, I usually have no problem with most download sites, but when
>> they
>>>>> start requiring me to "update" my flash player just to download (or
>>>>> something similar), I get really suspicious. This usually means they
>> are
>>>>> using a "special" version of flash player with their appointed ads to
>>>>> interrupt your normal "non-ad" flash player.
>>>>> If this is the final version, why not just upload it to the Color
>>> Computer
>>>>> Archives?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Bill Pierce
>>>>> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going, no way
>> to
>>>>> slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull
>>>>> 
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>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Glen Hewlett <glen.hewlett at sympatico.ca>
>>>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>>>> Sent: Sun, Jul 2, 2017 10:39 am
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Pac Man Version 1.01 - update already!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi All,Since Brian Matherne on Facebook said there was a virus
>> detected
>>> in
>>>>> the old version of my PAC MAN .zip file I decide to remove the only
>> .exe
>>>>> file I had in the .zip which is only used when you try to assemble the
>>>>> source to a disk image.  I removed the .exe file (even the MAC
>> version)
>>> but
>>>>> the slz.c file is still there so you can compile it yourself and still
>>>>> assemble the source code.  I  hope this didn't effect anyone.The new
>>>>> version 1.01 (new link with no Executable files) can be found here:
>>>>> http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=75207664554142153594 <
>>>>> http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=75207664554142153594>Cheers,Glen>
>>> On
>>>>> Jul 2, 2017, at 12:06 AM, Glen Hewlett <glen.hewlett at sympatico.ca>
>>>>> wrote:> > Hi All,> > I have a Pac Man update already.  In this newer
>>>>> version I moved the palette changing routine that makes the power
>> pills
>>>>> flash into the Vblank IRQ which get's rid of the little glitch that
>> the
>>>>> GIME chip has that causes a little flicking while the game is running.
>>>>> This new version gets rid of that flicker.  Thanks to Nicolas Marentes
>>> for
>>>>> letting me know about the GIME chip glitch and also how to get around
>>> it.>
>>>>>> The new version 1.01 can be found here:> http://s000.tinyupload.com/
>> ?
>>>>> file_id=00687103391918499591> > I’ll also add it to the CoCo archive:>
>>>>> http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/> > Cheers,> Glen> > > -- > Coco
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