Apple II Game Server, anyone?

[iamdigitalman]

I finally got this working!! For anyone who is curious as to what it looks like, I made a video of it on youtube. It's running on my Platinum //e.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuRpcEbY2h0

Enjoy.

-digital

 

[luddite]

Pretty cool, though the video cuts off early. Does the game server allow you to add your own games or is the list fixed?

 

[iamdigitalman]

yeah, I was using the camera on my PSP, and I remember it telling me it ran out of space. If I had a bigger memory card, I would be able to do a longer version.

As for the games, I think they are fixed, which is too bad because I could see this as huge potential for other apps, not just games.

Although, there is a games folder located at a2gameserver_full_2/lib/data/games, but the "images" (or what I assume to be) are in a weird format with no extension, and these files are unusable by my Apple II emulator, Catakig. There is also a games.xml file in the data folder.

Also, in the first iteration of this application, there were only half as many games, 128. I also would like to see this become an open source project, which it is not as of now.

-digital

 

[benjgvps]

Yeah, the lighting made it tricky to see, next time just put on a desk lamp. Though great video!

 

[luddite]

As for the games, I think they are fixed, which is too bad because I could see this as huge potential for other apps, not just games.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

 

[david__schmidt]

I also would like to see this become an open source project, which it is not as of now.

It is now. Blurry has bounced back and forth a bit between Sourceforge and Berlios, but you can get the source here:

http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=6879

The protocol he defines is pretty cool. I think he called it SOS - Serial Operating System. You can specify a hunk of data to transfer to a point in memory, specify a starting address, and transfer control. Very cool.

 

[iamdigitalman]

Ah, sweet. I just also discovered ADTPro, which works a treat on the platinum. It's kinda like the A2GS except you need a disk drive, but I do like the loading of prodos over serial, which would come in handy.

my IIe is getting a real workout now, I thought these machines don't get warm like other computers, being 1mhz and all, but if you use the serial connection a lot, they can get pretty toasty.

-digital