My ST busily awaiting the arrival of its monochrome SM124 CRT arriving today. I hope it was well packed...
Since Deuce added Atari ST/VT52 support to SyncTerm, I've been revisiting several ST BBS door games. I was particularly taken by DDST (as in "D&D").
It's a pretty good adventure game and it uses VT52 colors effectively, particularly a screen-flashing effect. It can be frustrating, but you *can* make progress, and it has good features you don't often see in door games (like "Save"!).
Well, this morning I finally beat it!
For anyone who wasn't able to call in to Dark Force BBS yesterday to see Dark Lord's April Fools' Day prank, here's a video capture of my session.
Something simple, fun, and unexpected.
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2025/04/02/april-fools-day-prank-on-dark-force-bbs/
Time lapse of the pixel art made for Cracking On, #AtariST computers cracktro presented at Buxton Bytes 2025 https://youtu.be/lmzZEW-EOiM #atari #pixelart #demoscene
The sysop of DarkForce BBS customized his board today for April Fools' Day. Telnet to darkforce-bbs.dyndns.org:1040 to check it out!
It's an Atari ST BBS, so I recommend using SyncTerm's new VT52 mode for an authentic experience.
I just received a ClumsyMIDI Pi Hat I've setup with a Raspberry Pi 3 and the MT32-Pi software, to use with my Atari 520ST. Giving Ultima IV a listen.
$49 from Tindie. Good so far!
#AtariST #Atari #MIDI #RPi #MT32-Pi #MT32 #ClumsyMIDI #Roland #synthesizer #RolandMT32 #chiptune #gaming #retrogaming #retrogames #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #video #RaspberryPi #ByteCellar
Dynamite Düx, #AtariST computers cracktro presented at Buxton Bytes 2025 https://youtu.be/zN86-0dqilk
The in-game version is truly faithful to the original composition!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=15lmtYh6yAY
I wonder who did the chiptune. Jean-Louis Valero himself? (or Philippe Ulrich?)
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Did you know that the music for Crafton & Xunk was composed on the piano?
Composer Jean-Louis Valero has posted it on his YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DNyTwlgYVc
I really like it!
Moreish, #AtariST computers cracktro presented at Buxton Bytes 2925 https://youtu.be/ko2drEyKCqo #atari #demoscene
I see a number of recent Roland MT-32 clone projects out there, built using Raspberry Pi and the like. I don't see any that are being sold, pre-assembled.
The BulkyMIDI-32 looks great, but I don't think it's being sold, assembled.
If such things are on offer, can someone point me to a decent unit?
#MIDI #Roland #RolandMT32 #MT-32 #generalmidi #music #audio #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrogaming #DOS #AtariST #Amiga #RaspberryPi #RPi #modernretro
IRCSIMU, #AtariST computers cracktro presented at Buxton Bytes 2025 https://youtu.be/1U04yOLm1pA #atari #demoscene