Monthly Archives: May 2009

Press Space To Win Is Pretty Awesome

Posted on May 31, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Press Space To Win is pretty awesome I was trolling message boards and portals this morning because of my inherent need to procrastinate rather than work on the three games I have going at once. On the Mochi boards I … Continue reading →

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Classic Electronic Games Magazine Issue #1 Online Now!

Posted on May 30, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Classic Electronic Games Magazine Issue #1 Online Now! This is the one that started it all! All modern and classic video game magazines  would probably not have been the same without this incredible magazine. The hard workers at RetroMags.com have … Continue reading →

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Issue #1 of Classic Video Gamer Magazine Available Now!

Posted on May 29, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Issue #1 of Classic Video Gamer Magazine Available Now! A new Downloadable and Print Magazine covering the world of Retro Games has been released. Hoping to become the American version of the famed UK Retro Gamer Publication (I just got … Continue reading →

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Flash indie game development interweb-mash-up : May 29, 2009

Posted on May 29, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Flash indie game development interweb-mash-up : May 29, 2009 The more often I write these, the shorter they become, but the longer it takes me to dig up new and interesting stuff. This week I had to cast a net … Continue reading →

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About US: Mission Update : Inform-Instruct-Inspire

Posted on May 28, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Inform. Instruct. Inspire. Yesterday Jeff and I decided we wanted to clarify why we have this web site.    Sometimes I think of  it as a Frankenstein’s monster of a concept.  It’s a blog, but not one.  It’s a community, but … Continue reading →

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Solar Fortress Chronicles: Hours 18 – 20

Posted on May 27, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Solar Fortress Chronicles: Hours 18 – 20 Note – I am rapid (wishful thinking) prototyping a retro game in my spare time and keeping a diary of what I do each hour of the project. In the last couple weeks I … Continue reading →

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ComeToPlay’s non-contest Flash Game Contest

Posted on May 27, 2009 by 8bit_admin

ComeToPlay’s non-contest Flash Game Contest I don’t shill for everyone that writes in asking up to promote their product, contest, game, or site. I usually sift through the requests and add the best ones to a Mash-up. Come2play emailed us … Continue reading →

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The History of 8-bit Computer Games in The USA #1 : CGW Nov/Dec 1981

Posted on May 25, 2009 by 8bit_admin

The History of 8-bit Computer Games in The USA #1 : CGW Nov/Dec 1981 I never read Computer Gaming World Magazine when I should have. When I finally purchased a PC in 1992, I started to read it and kept … Continue reading →

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Programming By Google? A Quick Poll

Posted on May 24, 2009 by 8bit_admin

This week I worked on a project with some “new” CSS/HTML and AS3 concepts that I had never used together in any prior project. I was fairly successful by the end of the week, and most of the time I … Continue reading →

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Diatribe: Writer’s Block and Video Ads

Posted on May 21, 2009 by 8bit_admin

I’ve had writer’s and programmer’s block for about a week now.  I’m sorry there have not been any “interesting” blog entries coming from me since then.   To be honest, I was a bit disappointed by the reception to “…palindromes…”.  While … Continue reading →

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What types of free music clips / sound do you want?

Posted on May 21, 2009 by 8bit_admin

New Music Clips are a-coming and an offer to you. I am planning to sit down and make some new free music clips and some sound fx this weekend, but I don’t know what to create. Normally, anyone can use … Continue reading →

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Flash indie game interweb-mash-up : May 19, 2009

Posted on May 19, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Flash indie game interweb-mash-up : May 19, 2009 It’s been quite a few days  since I last mashed-up the infobaun looking for Flash game development related blogs, scribbles, games, articles, and assorted thing-a-ma-whose-its to entertain myself, and hopefully others, but … Continue reading →

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How can Casual game designers use the list of top selling comsumer items?

Posted on May 17, 2009 by 8bit_admin

How can Casual game designers use this list? In the Sunday newspaper (yes, I still get one of these ancient documents) this morning there was a list of the top 10 selling consumer products (in the USA I presume). I’m … Continue reading →

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Wiiware Support For Flash Met With Fear, Derision:Analysis

Posted on May 15, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Reports came out this week that Nintendo would start supporting Flash as a development platform for Wiiware. While there was some positive support, for the most part, this news was met with derision, fear and hand-wringing from the Wii gaming … Continue reading →

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ST Amiga Format Magazine ONLINE (For real!!!)

Posted on May 14, 2009 by 8bit_admin

ST Amiga Format Magazine ONLINE (For real!!!) On the heels of yesterday’s find of ST Action scanned reviews on Atari Mania, I hopped over to wonderful Amiga Magazine Rack site to find that they have all of copies of the … Continue reading →

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ST Action Magazine Online! (Some at least) on Atarimania.com

Posted on May 14, 2009 by 8bit_admin

ST Action Magazine Online! (Some of at least) on Atarimania.com Back in 1988, one of the few places to get Atari ST or Amiga imported games (or any games for that matter) were in specialty shops such as Computer Games … Continue reading →

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Attack of the Killer Mutant Bingo Wings Added to Retro Arcade

Posted on May 13, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Buzzard Games’ very unique and fun Attack of the Killer Mutant Bingo Wings has been added to the 8bitrocket Retro Arcade.   This game looks as feels like an early Atari ST or Amiga game and features some very compelling game … Continue reading →

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When Golden Age Video Games “Wore The Leather Jacket”

Posted on May 13, 2009 by 8bit_admin

I’ve been reading Benjamin Nugent’s American Nerd lately.  One of the aspects of nerdom that he points out is the need for nerds to “coin phrases”.  Obviously, we at 8bitrocket.com have tried our share of this.  From “Midcore Gamer” (between … Continue reading →

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Hey, They Used Our Kung Fu!: Free Jigsaw , hezekiah.hu

Posted on May 12, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Almost 2 years ago, we published our very first game on Mochiads. It was a Jigsaw puzzle engine I had been toying with since Flash 5. The concept of the program was very simple: Allow users to configure the Jigsaw … Continue reading →

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Solar Fortress Chronicles: Hours 16 – 17

Posted on May 12, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Solar Fortress Chronicles: Hours 16 – 17 Note – I am rapid (wishful thinking) prototyping a retro game in my spare time and keeping a diary of what I do each hour of the project. I have only found a … Continue reading →

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Hey They Used Our Kung Fu! #1: Clint Herron And “Falling With Style”

Posted on May 11, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Hey there 8-bit Rocketeers.  This is the first ever installment of “Hey, They Used Our Kung Fu! Where we highlight developers who have made use of our web site to make cool stuff.  This first email came from Clint Herron … Continue reading →

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8bitrocket.com Will Be Reporting From E3 This Year As An Official Media Outlet

Posted on May 8, 2009 by 8bit_admin

We have been to E3 in Los Angeles many times, but always as “industry professionals”.    This means that, while you can attend, you are seen as a kind of pariah to the exhibitors.  You can look at most everything on … Continue reading →

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Solar Fortress Chronicles: Hours 14 – 15

Posted on May 6, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Solar Fortress Chronicles: Hours 14 – 15 Note – I am rapid prototyping a retro game in my spare time and keeping a diary of what I do each hour of the project. Hours 14 and 15 were all I … Continue reading →

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Atari Nerd Retro Inter-Web Mash up – May 7, 2009

Posted on May 6, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Atari Nerd Retro Inter-Web Mash up – May 7, 2009 What’s new (and old) in the world of Retro Atari consoles, computers, and what not. Atari 2600 – Play 50 Classic Atari 2600 games online, free (in java or emulated … Continue reading →

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Tutorial: Clearing a blit canvas by erasing only the portions that have changed (using damage maps or a dirty rect).

Posted on May 3, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Tutorial: Clearing a blit canvas by erasing only the portions that have changed. This is commonly called damage mapping or  dirty rect processing. (Squize called this a Damage Map. I have heard that before but didn’t know that it was … Continue reading →

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