The Starfighter 3000 genius, Christopher Bazley has announced that an Iyonix compatible version of Starfighter 3000 is nearly for release.
In addition to this, Starfighter 3000 can now also be run in a window (I assume therefore it multi-tasks) and appears to have a nice looking WIMP frontend.
There are apparently a few minor bugs to be squashed before a public release, but hopefully these won't take long.
Most importantly Chris has said that this upgrade to 32bit readiness will be free of charge to owners of the iSV Starfighter 3000 CD, which is available from APDL.
It's nice to know that the future of this great game is in good hands.
Visit Christophers website for further information.
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Starfighter 3000 has Iyonix in its sights |
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(09:49 23/4/2003)
The Doctor (20:16 23/4/2003)
Christopher Bazley (17:23 24/4/2003)
The Doctor (15:19 25/4/2003)
Guest (08:12 27/4/2003)
Guest (05:11 28/4/2003)
Guest (09:46 28/4/2003)
The Doctor (12:55 28/4/2003)
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Nathan Walker (23:14 28/4/2003)
Guest (09:55 29/4/2003)
Nathan (12:05 29/4/2003)
The Doctor (18:27 29/4/2003)
Guest (04:14 1/5/2003)
Christopher Bazley (23:44 7/9/2003)
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Guest |
Message #87525, posted at 09:49, 23/4/2003 |
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Another update, excellent :) Getting an Iyonix is starting to become a necessity now, rather than something I'd just like ;)
Gavin |
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The Doctor |
Message #87526, posted at 20:16, 23/4/2003, in reply to message #87525 |
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Hopefully there should be another news update to come shortly.
Cheers! |
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Christopher Bazley |
Message #87527, posted at 17:23, 24/4/2003, in reply to message #87526 |
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<pedant>It's Bazley actually</pendant>
... but thanks for the publicity!
Yesterday I found the major bug that had been plaguing me for the last few weeks and had marred the Iyonix demo. :)
It wasn't anything to do with 32-bitness at all, it was a problem introduced when I moved the all sources to ObjAsm. |
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The Doctor |
Message #87528, posted at 15:19, 25/4/2003, in reply to message #87527 |
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Whoops!
Sorry about getting your name wrong Chris.
I can never remember how to spell it and I ment to check it before I posted but somehow forgot. It's fixed now.
Cheers! |
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Message #87529, posted at 08:12, 27/4/2003, in reply to message #87528 |
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I just Brought out of their Home in the back of my closet, my A5000 and My R260, annoyed that they havent seen thelight of day in over 5 years I was dissapointed not only to find that the R260's SCSI HDD was screwed, but my Copy of SF3000's disk 1 was corrupt :( Im my opionion it was the best game ever, Well this news is good, For I long for the briliant phisics and controls the game once game me..
Sigh.
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Message #87530, posted at 05:11, 28/4/2003, in reply to message #87529 |
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SCSI HDDs seize up if they've not run run for a while. Usually giving them a quick thump (when the power if off) will get them spinning again.
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Message #87531, posted at 09:46, 28/4/2003, in reply to message #87530 |
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My SF3000 disc 1 is getting close to failure, I'm sure. The slidey metal bit came off a while ago and it's only a matter of time before a huge crumb gets inside it and breaks the disc /and/ the drive. |
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The Doctor |
Message #87532, posted at 12:55, 28/4/2003, in reply to message #87531 |
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Buy the Starfighter 3000 CD from APDL and it also comes with Sunburst (another great game), Elite and Chocks Away.
Cheers! |
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Message #87533, posted at 13:57, 28/4/2003, in reply to message #87532 |
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Sadly the SCSI drive is full of corrupt sectors, I now work as a computer techniction and have tried every trick I know to fix it, Sadly my acorns are dead, When I am rich I will buy one again, I miss them so much.
I would really like SF3000 ported directly to windows, not that crappy one they did ages ago, I have been trying to write my own version of it for ages but I cannot get the phisics Quite right...
of well, we can dream cant we?
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Nathan Walker |
Message #87534, posted at 23:14, 28/4/2003, in reply to message #87533 |
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If you send your disk 1 to me I'll replace it (I own the RISC OS rights to SF so is legit). If you then buy VirtualAcorn you can play it on your PC. Problem solved. |
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Message #87535, posted at 09:55, 29/4/2003, in reply to message #87534 |
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It comes with Chocks Away? I thought it was Air Supremacy. Chocks Away was *excellent* |
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Message #87536, posted at 12:05, 29/4/2003, in reply to message #87535 |
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Chocks Away is owned by 4D. Pretty sure it is Air Supremacy. |
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The Doctor |
Message #87537, posted at 18:27, 29/4/2003, in reply to message #87536 |
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Ahhh. Ahem!
Yes, it's just possible I may have made a mistake there. Whoops!
Air Supremacy it is.
Sorry about that.
Cheers! |
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Message #87538, posted at 04:14, 1/5/2003, in reply to message #87537 |
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My Disk 1 is lost, :( If I send you my disk 2 can you send me both 1 and 2 back?
I would be HIGHLY appreciated if you could..
I miss that game (wipes tear out of eye).
E-Mail dark_n_black@yahoo.co.uk
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Christopher Bazley |
Message #87539, posted at 23:44, 7/9/2003, in reply to message #87538 |
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For the terminally curious I have prematurely put up a list of changes in release 3, at http://starfighter.acornarcade.com/r2changes.html .
Although work continues, the feature list is unlikely to change significantly between now and release. |
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