| AppleWin, LR (Lode Runner), Save & Restore (F11, F12) [message #292497] |
Tue, 16 June 2015 18:25  |
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Originally posted by: henhanna
Now that Save & Restore (F11, F12) works with 2 disks ...
I'm playing more home-made levels
and some of these are
really clever (and not too difficult / impossible).
How many levels are there in [mylode.zip] ?
> Peter Ferrie's famously hard Lode Runner levels - data disk
> pferrie.tripod.com
There's (apparently) nothing about his home-made levels at his site.
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Now the most annoying thing
(not really a problem -- a minor annoyance really)
is that when I do Save & Restore (F11, F12),
because the screen is in [full screen mode]
the (F11, F12) dialogue box is too big and
half of it can't be seen.
Is there something I can do?
Thanks, HH
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| Re: AppleWin, LR (Lode Runner), Save & Restore (F11, F12) [message #292515 is a reply to message #292497] |
Wed, 17 June 2015 03:43  |
mverpelli
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On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 12:25:05 AM UTC+2, henh...@gmail.com wrote:
> Now that Save & Restore (F11, F12) works with 2 disks ...
>
> I'm playing more home-made levels
> and some of these are
> really clever (and not too difficult / impossible).
>
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> How many levels are there in [mylode.zip] ?
>
>> Peter Ferrie's famously hard Lode Runner levels - data disk
>> pferrie.tripod.com
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>
> There's (apparently) nothing about his home-made levels at his site.
>
> _________________
>
> Now the most annoying thing
>
> (not really a problem -- a minor annoyance really)
>
> is that when I do Save & Restore (F11, F12),
> because the screen is in [full screen mode]
> the (F11, F12) dialogue box is too big and
> half of it can't be seen.
>
> Is there something I can do?
>
>
> Thanks, HH
There are 54 level, from 1 to 54, plus one at 150
Here the BMP of all the level:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz0ReUsiwYcpS2N2RTF6R0w5RHc /view?usp=sharing
Have fun!
Marco
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| Re: AppleWin, LR (Lode Runner), Save & Restore (F11, F12) [message #292560 is a reply to message #292515] |
Wed, 17 June 2015 16:49 |
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Originally posted by: henhanna
Thank you (for the BMP of the levels) !
http://pferrie.host22.com/misc/appleii.htm
>>> - My Lode Runner levels (1986?, Apple II disk image)
I wondered if he had an Apple2 emulator
(or some tool to Save/Restore state,
change speed, etc.)
back then (in "1986?")
Without [Save/Restore state] feature/function, etc.,
I think testing (test-playing) of a level can
take 10 or 20 times as much time.
HH
On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 12:43:19 AM UTC-7, mver...@libero.it wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 12:25:05 AM UTC+2, henh...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Now that Save & Restore (F11, F12) works with 2 disks ...
>>
>> I'm playing more home-made levels
>> and some of these are
>> really clever (and not too difficult / impossible).
>>
>>
>>
>> How many levels are there in [mylode.zip] ?
>>
>>> Peter Ferrie's famously hard Lode Runner levels - data disk
>>> pferrie.tripod.com
>>
>>
>> There's (apparently) nothing about his home-made levels at his site.
>>
>> _________________
>>
>> Now the most annoying thing
>>
>> (not really a problem -- a minor annoyance really)
>>
>> is that when I do Save & Restore (F11, F12),
>> because the screen is in [full screen mode]
>> the (F11, F12) dialogue box is too big and
>> half of it can't be seen.
>>
>> Is there something I can do?
>>
>>
>> Thanks, HH
>
> There are 54 level, from 1 to 54, plus one at 150
> Here the BMP of all the level:
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz0ReUsiwYcpS2N2RTF6R0w5RHc /view?usp=sharing
>
> Have fun!
>
> Marco
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| Re: AppleWin, LR (Lode Runner), Save & Restore (F11, F12) [message #294284 is a reply to message #292497] |
Fri, 26 June 2015 18:10 |
TomCh
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Registered: November 2012
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On Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 11:25:05 PM UTC+1, henh...@gmail.com wrote:
> Now that Save & Restore (F11, F12) works with 2 disks ...
>
> I'm playing more home-made levels
> and some of these are
> really clever (and not too difficult / impossible).
>
>
>
> How many levels are there in [mylode.zip] ?
>
>> Peter Ferrie's famously hard Lode Runner levels - data disk
>> pferrie.tripod.com
>
>
> There's (apparently) nothing about his home-made levels at his site.
>
> _________________
>
> Now the most annoying thing
>
> (not really a problem -- a minor annoyance really)
>
> is that when I do Save & Restore (F11, F12),
> because the screen is in [full screen mode]
> the (F11, F12) dialogue box is too big and
> half of it can't be seen.
>
> Is there something I can do?
>
>
> Thanks, HH
For me, the Save/Restore dialog box is ~95% visible, certainly enough so that I can access all the controls (ie. buttons & inputs etc). I'm using Windows 7.
If possible can you take a picture (with a camera) and upload it somewhere so I can see how it appears for you?
Tom
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| Re: AppleWin, LR (Lode Runner), Save & Restore (F11, F12) [message #295128 is a reply to message #294284] |
Tue, 07 July 2015 13:03 |
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Originally posted by: henhanna
http://i.imgur.com/n6a04NX.png
When I do Save & Restore (F11, F12)
in [full screen mode],
I can't see the file name.
Thanks, HH
On Friday, June 26, 2015 at 3:10:26 PM UTC-7, TomCh wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 11:25:05 PM UTC+1, henh...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> _________________
>>
>> Now the most annoying thing
>>
>> (not really a problem -- a minor annoyance really)
>>
>> is that when I do Save & Restore (F11, F12),
>> because the screen is in [full screen mode]
>> the (F11, F12) dialogue box is too big and
>> half of it can't be seen.
>>
>> Is there something I can do?
>>
>>
>> Thanks, HH
>
> For me, the Save/Restore dialog box is ~95% visible, certainly enough so that I can access all the controls (ie. buttons & inputs etc). I'm using Windows 7.
>
> If possible can you take a picture (with a camera) and upload it somewhere so I can see how it appears for you?
>
> Tom
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| Re: AppleWin, LR (Lode Runner), Save & Restore (F11, F12) [message #295413 is a reply to message #295128] |
Fri, 10 July 2015 16:15 |
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Originally posted by: henhanna
>>> Someone has apparently hacked the Apple Watch to get it to run the Mini
vMac emulator with System 7.5.5 ... so where's the Apple II emulator
for Apple Watch. ;-) <<<
Thanks. That's interesting.
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I didn't notice TomCh 's post for a long time...
I responded as soon as I saw it.
Is there a way to set it up so that if someone responds
to a specified thread, I get an email notice ?
Thanks, HH
On Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 10:03:51 AM UTC-7, henh...@gmail.com wrote:
> http://i.imgur.com/n6a04NX.png
>
> When I do Save & Restore (F11, F12)
> in [full screen mode],
> I can't see the file name.
>
>
> Thanks, HH
>
>
> On Friday, June 26, 2015 at 3:10:26 PM UTC-7, TomCh wrote:
>> On Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 11:25:05 PM UTC+1, henh...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>>
>>> _________________
>>>
>>> Now the most annoying thing
>>>
>>> (not really a problem -- a minor annoyance really)
>>>
>>> is that when I do Save & Restore (F11, F12),
>>> because the screen is in [full screen mode]
>>> the (F11, F12) dialogue box is too big and
>>> half of it can't be seen.
>>>
>>> Is there something I can do?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks, HH
>>
>
>> For me, the Save/Restore dialog box is ~95% visible, certainly enough so that I can access all the controls (ie. buttons & inputs etc). I'm using Windows 7.
>>
>> If possible can you take a picture (with a camera) and upload it somewhere so I can see how it appears for you?
>>
>> Tom
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| Re: AppleWin, LR (Lode Runner), Save & Restore (F11, F12) [message #295642 is a reply to message #295128] |
Wed, 15 July 2015 13:41 |
TomCh
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On Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 6:03:51 PM UTC+1, henh...@gmail.com wrote:
> http://i.imgur.com/n6a04NX.png
>
> When I do Save & Restore (F11, F12)
> in [full screen mode],
> I can't see the file name.
>
>
> Thanks, HH
>
>
> On Friday, June 26, 2015 at 3:10:26 PM UTC-7, TomCh wrote:
>> On Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 11:25:05 PM UTC+1, henh...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>>
>>> _________________
>>>
>>> Now the most annoying thing
>>>
>>> (not really a problem -- a minor annoyance really)
>>>
>>> is that when I do Save & Restore (F11, F12),
>>> because the screen is in [full screen mode]
>>> the (F11, F12) dialogue box is too big and
>>> half of it can't be seen.
>>>
>>> Is there something I can do?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks, HH
>>
>
>> For me, the Save/Restore dialog box is ~95% visible, certainly enough so that I can access all the controls (ie. buttons & inputs etc). I'm using Windows 7.
>>
>> If possible can you take a picture (with a camera) and upload it somewhere so I can see how it appears for you?
>>
>> Tom
That's interesting that you get this oversized dialog.
When I tried it (with AppleWin 1.25.0.4 on Win7-64) the "Save State" dialog box gets resized so that it fits within the full-screen (640x400) screen.
Perhaps it's related to the customisations (or theme) that you have made to your Windows UI? (The PNG shows that you are running with a dark theme.)
Tom
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| Re: AppleWin, LR (Lode Runner), Save & Restore (F11, F12) [message #295676 is a reply to message #292560] |
Thu, 16 July 2015 00:09 |
qkumba
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> I wondered if he had an Apple2 emulator
> (or some tool to Save/Restore state,
> change speed, etc.)
> back then (in "1986?")
No, I worked on a real Apple IIe at that time.
> Without [Save/Restore state] feature/function, etc.,
> I think testing (test-playing) of a level can
> take 10 or 20 times as much time.
Yes, I spent many days creating them. I had such time to spare back then.
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| Re: AppleWin, LR (Lode Runner), Save & Restore (F11, F12) [message #296472 is a reply to message #295676] |
Thu, 23 July 2015 19:03 |
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Originally posted by: henhanna
Hello... it's good to hear from the creator.
re: the name "MyLode"(.zip) --- it looks and sounds like M'lord
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/m%27lord
The Level 7 -- seemed impossible for a long time, then suddenly I saw how to solve it.
re: "mylode.zip"
I also wondered -- did he have "monitors"-- friends who would help
testing (test-playing) of a level and give feedback
and encouragement?
I also wondered -- did it get some deserved recognition, such as at
a contest?
Thanks, HH
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lode_Runner
........... It is one of the first games to include a level editor, a feature that allows players to create their own levels for the game. This feature bolstered the game's popularity, as magazines such as Computer Gaming World held contests to see who could build the best level.[1] (in 1984)
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| Re: AppleWin, LR (Lode Runner), Save & Restore (F11, F12) [message #296473 is a reply to message #296472] |
Thu, 23 July 2015 20:14 |
qkumba
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> re: the name "MyLode"(.zip) --- it looks and sounds like M'lord
> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/m%27lord
:-)
> The Level 7 -- seemed impossible for a long time, then suddenly I saw how to solve it.
Yes, most of them require several attempts, in order to understand how the enemies move, where the trapdoors are, etc. That kind of play would annoy me now (much like Rick Dangerous).
> re: "mylode.zip"
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> I also wondered -- did he have "monitors"-- friends who would help
> testing (test-playing) of a level and give feedback
> and encouragement?
No, they were developed entirely in a vacuum. No-one else saw them until I put them on my website.
> I also wondered -- did it get some deserved recognition, such as at
> a contest?
No. I didn't subscribe to any computing magazines that might have announced the option, and I wasn't in the USA where I might have heard about it from friends who did.
I wonder if the competition levels are available somewhere? That would be an interesting comparison, to see what they favoured - difficulty over presentation, for example.
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| Re: AppleWin, LR (Lode Runner), Save & Restore (F11, F12) [message #299508 is a reply to message #295675] |
Tue, 01 September 2015 14:53 |
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Originally posted by: henhanna
On Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 8:56:45 PM UTC-7, Peter Ferrie wrote:
>>> How many levels are there in [mylode.zip] ?
>>>
>>>> Peter Ferrie's famously hard Lode Runner levels - data disk
>>>> pferrie.tripod.com
>>>
>>>
>>> There's (apparently) nothing about his home-made levels at his site.
>
> It never occurred to me to say more about them.
>
>> There are 54 level, from 1 to 54, plus one at 150
>> Here the BMP of all the level:
>>
>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz0ReUsiwYcpS2N2RTF6R0w5RHc /view?usp=sharing
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> Ah, but the bitmaps give away most of the solutions, too. :-/
Thanks again for the BMP pictures.
[giving away of (the locations of) the pitfall blocks]
annoyed me a little at first,
but now I'm glad I have the BMP pictures.
When the creator (Peter Ferrie) said:
>>> Yes, most of them require several attempts, in order to understand how the enemies move, where the trapdoors are, etc. That kind of play would annoy me now (much like Rick Dangerous). <<<
I think he was expressing a similar (or related) sentiment.
HH
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