Innecto. Everywhere.

[VMSZealot]

I feel almost as if I’m spamming this poor forum. I hope nobody else does. But I seem to have gotten stuck in a rabbit hole - and I don’t think I can get out of it until I’ve seen where it goes.

I have a game on sale for modern Apple devices, Innecto, and a new version will be coming out soon. But what is the least specification Innecto will run on? I mean, I know it runs on an M4 Mac, or an AppleTV. I know it runs on a watch. And I found out that it runs on a Mac 512 - it might even run on an original Mac 128, but I don’t have one to test on (https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/innec...00-and-soon-i-hope-earlier-systems-too.51636/). But… Hmm… Could it? Maybe? If I’m careful… Could it run on an Apple II?

So, first attempt, it ran. Ported using AppleSoft basic, the logic worked - but very, very, very slowly. Definitely not playable. Fortunately, I was able to find a very useful book - Using 6502 Assembly Language by Randy Hyde. It took a long time, it was a painful process, and I made so many brown paper bag errors - but it worked in the end. So I have my answer. Innecto can work on an Apple II. And it is playable. So where is it? Watch this space. I’m putting a few finishing touches on it - and then I’ll be making it available on Itch.

So, whatever your Apple computer, whatever it’s age, there’s a good chance that you can play Innecto on it.

 

[adespoton]

So, whatever your Apple computer, whatever it’s age, there’s a good chance that you can play Innecto on it.

Are you going to chase this to the very end, and get it running on the original Apple computer, the ///, and A/UX?

 

[VMSZealot]

Well - that’s the danger. It will already run on Apple /// in Apple ][ compatibility mode. I’ve been careful to keep it under 48K.

It will already run on A/UX because, well, Macintosh.

It will also run on Lisa, because, er, MacWorks.

I’ve prototyped, very roughly, an Apple 1 version, but it’s very slow and very unsatisfying, because the old layouts just scroll up the screen when you rotate a tile. It’s just a teletype. I’m not taking it any further.

The outliers are Newton (because I don’t have any real Newton hardware anymore - but I’ll have a crack at it if anyone wants to make me a donation) and original scroll wheel iPod because - well, apart from anything else, where would I start and how would I distribute it?

 

[stepleton]

I'm reminded that a few years ago, people found that Apple's Thunderbolt 4 Pro cables had a couple of Arm chips inside, each likely to be considerably more powerful than many of the systems mentioned in this thread.

 

[VMSZealot]

Not to mention their headphones, HomePod, laserprinters and what not. But if there’s no screen on it, if it isn’t easily accessible to the average enthusiast, then I don’t think it’s a rabbit hole that I want to scrabble around in!