Help for testing in real hardware

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Help for testing in real hardware

Post by nanochess » Thu Aug 15, 2024 10:04 pm

Hi all.

Recently I've uploaded the official CVBasic compiler v0.6.0 with support for Creativision.

It works just fine in emulation, however, it hasn't been tested in real hardware so far. I would be greatly interested if someone could test some of the following games in a real Creativision.

I'm looking for a clean video with no artifacts (TMS video chips are propense to these if the delays aren't right).

Find attached three simple games. These work in emulation using the -g switch. The ROM binaries have linear mapping from $4000 to $bfff and filled to 32K.

Thanks in advance!
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Re: Help for testing in real hardware

Post by Scouter3d » Fri Aug 16, 2024 10:01 am

Hi nanochess,

i have tested your 3 games on real hardware (using the MegaSDCard) and not only do they work great, they also play very nice!

thanks for the awesome work!

Cheers, TOM:0)
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Re: Help for testing in real hardware

Post by nanochess » Fri Aug 16, 2024 4:37 pm

Scouter3d wrote:
Fri Aug 16, 2024 10:01 am
Hi nanochess,

i have tested your 3 games on real hardware (using the MegaSDCard) and not only do they work great, they also play very nice!

thanks for the awesome work!

Cheers, TOM:0)
Thanks you so much for your help! :)

I now can remove the "experimental" label from the CVBasic README.

Please could you provide me a picture of any of the games along your Creativision and its controllers? I would like to put up one in my social networks.
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Re: Help for testing in real hardware

Post by Scouter3d » Sat Aug 17, 2024 12:17 pm

Hi,

here is a picture ...

Cheers, TOM:0)
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Re: Help for testing in real hardware

Post by nanochess » Sat Aug 17, 2024 5:05 pm

Thank you very much!
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