since we have a real Atari again after more than 30 years it seems inevitable some programming will happen ... a bit like a vacuum to the universe . There's probably two options and we probably go for compiled basic unless theres enough time and the brainfog lifts before dead or demented b/c atm motorola68k on top of the rest seems like a tall order ...
20240927 : finally the drives are in place (partitions ... and after 200000+ copies moves and deletes it doesnt seem like the DMA sound = DMA file corruption cuz we cant find any) Got GFA basic 3.6 which runs fine and WE HAVE HELLO WORLD ! ... now i still dont know which compiled basic would be best to do an SSI-like or a j/c rpg type game since we wont be going for hard motorola straight away while still learning half of the c64 ... got no answer on the forum (again) when asking suggestions as to which language compiled basic would be best so we'll just go over them .. what would we need ? no 50fps 8way scrolling obviously ... but sprites / bobs yes, more than 16 colours OBVIOUSLY and well ITS AN STE, I NEED THAT GOD DAM FUCKING DMA STEREO SOUND TO WORK AS GOOD AS IT RUNS CODERS GUIDE TO THE SCENE ON FUCKING HATARI ... for that "Atari CD32" feeling ... i guess we got time until dead or demented, buying a second one would bring the price to "about an untested Falcon" which is a bit crazy considering the day and age budget we have here ... the quest continues but at least we can write hello world and display a gem window (if you look at mac+ civ it actuallly PLAY in OS windows (and imo it plays just fine)
1) an SSI-like
the would be "queen under the mountain" which was already a part of the Tyrnannoght game that will never happen due to the americans murdering crypto and our last chance out of here
2) a c/j-rpg
both should be equally fine using something like GFA but frankly
we seriously dont know enough about it to talk about it yet
since contrary to the c64 with its native basic and KCS power cartridge
the ST and STE came with a little green desktop and nothing else
so the boy never got to programming on it b/c soon after he discovered girls had tits and the attention got divided (there was probably some beer too)
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