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Galaga24 - brizza - 22-10-2026

Here's a fun adaptation of Galaga. Tested on the Freemium, Vibedrone and Ubee512. It uses Premium arrow keys and optional Joystick.

RE: Galaga24 - shane.crozier - 22-10-2026

Nice! thankyou!

RE: Galaga24 - ChickenMan - 22-10-2026

What a great little game, working well in ubee512.

RE: Galaga24 - Graham72 - 23-10-2026

Awesome, excellent challenging play in VibeDrone_Queen. Seems a little fast, but maybe just my age Big Grin

RE: Galaga24 - fathertedcrilly - 23-10-2026

Tried running it under Novato.

Unfortunately it seems to make BDOS calls so until I have a disk emulation and/or stub code in place, I can't really test it
Likewise heavy use of alpha+ PCG bank switching is also a blocker

Out of interest, what kind of token burn does this entail ?

Or is it all via local LLM ?

Thanks
Tony

RE: Galaga24 - brizza - 23-10-2026

(23-10-2026, 11:42 AM)fathertedcrilly Wrote: Tried running it under Novato.

Unfortunately it seems to make BDOS calls so until I have a disk emulation and/or stub code in place, I can't really test it
Likewise heavy use of alpha+ PCG bank switching is also a blocker

Out of interest, what kind of token burn does this entail ?

Or is it all via local LLM ?

Thanks
Tony
If you mean ChatGPT token usage, not sure, took 24 revisions to get the game working as it is now.That would equate to one night in front of the tv in regards to real time :-) Graham's Vibedrone is a very neat time saving tool also.

RE: Galaga24 - fathertedcrilly - 23-10-2026

(23-10-2026, 05:01 PM)brizza Wrote:
(23-10-2026, 11:42 AM)fathertedcrilly Wrote: Tried running it under Novato.

Unfortunately it seems to make BDOS calls so until I have a disk emulation and/or stub code in place, I can't really test it
Likewise heavy use of alpha+ PCG bank switching is also a blocker

Out of interest, what kind of token burn does this entail ?

Or is it all via local LLM ?

Thanks
Tony
If you mean ChatGPT token usage, not sure, took 24 revisions to get the game working as it is now.That would equate to one night in front of the tv in regards to real time :-) Graham's Vibedrone is a very neat time saving tool also.

Pretty much.   Are you prompting it on a free or paid plan ?

Thanks
Tony

RE: Galaga24 - brizza - 23-10-2026

(23-10-2026, 05:20 PM)fathertedcrilly Wrote:
(23-10-2026, 05:01 PM)brizza Wrote:
(23-10-2026, 11:42 AM)fathertedcrilly Wrote: Tried running it under Novato.

Unfortunately it seems to make BDOS calls so until I have a disk emulation and/or stub code in place, I can't really test it
Likewise heavy use of alpha+ PCG bank switching is also a blocker

Out of interest, what kind of token burn does this entail ?

Or is it all via local LLM ?

Thanks
Tony
If you mean ChatGPT token usage, not sure, took 24 revisions to get the game working as it is now.That would equate to one night in front of the tv in regards to real time :-) Graham's Vibedrone is a very neat time saving tool also.

Pretty much.   Are you prompting it on a free or paid plan ?

Thanks
Tony
it's a paid plan. $30 a month. It does lock me out occasionally if im using it too much. i asked it about running Galaga24 on Novato and here's the response, pretty much as you said.
A Novato version looks feasible, but it needs a separate conversion. The main blockers are:
  • Novato provides 32K RAM; GALAGA24 uses working memory above that.
  • Novato supports 128 PCG characters; GALAGA24 uses 502 sprite glyphs plus its font.
  • The game needs standalone loading and keyboard handling instead of CP/M.
I’ve prepared a small compatibility test:
NOVATO_GALAGA24_COMPATIBILITY.zip
In Novato, set both quick-load and execution addresses to
Code:
0900
, then load NOVPROBE.BIN. Hold comma/period to move the alien and Space to change its pose.
The test passes a source-based Z80 model. It still needs testing in Novato itself; this package is a diagnostic, not the full Galaga conversion.

let me know if you wanted to test it and i'll send you the zip file.

RE: Galaga24 - Graham72 - 23-10-2026

Brizza over the past 36 hours has Claude taken over more of the testing routines in your experience? I am given my updates now with them already tested, which is not so interesting to me. I enjoyed describing problems and Claude solving them. Now Claude seems to be doing it all.

RE: Galaga24 - brizza - 23-10-2026

(23-10-2026, 06:20 PM)Graham72 Wrote: Brizza over the past 36 hours has Claude taken over more of the testing routines in your experience? I am given my updates now with them already tested, which is not so interesting to me. I enjoyed describing problems and Claude solving them. Now Claude seems to be doing it all.

I'm using Codex (ChatGPT). Funny you should mention Claude. The app has been sitting in my computer unused for the last few weeks and in the last few days has been prompting me to setup to the point were it's a become a nuisance so i uninstalled it from my pc.