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Shameless self-promotion time! Back in September 2012 (blimey), I uploaded a video to YouTube of a little cover version I'd made of Pinkie's "Smile" song. This was my (necessarily simplified) arrangement of the thing for the BBC Micro, my all-time favourite 8-bit microcomputer. Anyway, I looked back at the video the other day and, to my surprise, realised that it was closing in on 1,000 views. I know that's peanuts to many of you, but to me it's a lot. So, now that the four-figure barrier has been reached, I'm damn well posting it here again!
Also, on a fanficcy note: I had an idea today that might actually become a story. Not only that, but I may have a notion of how to turn my one and only, not-terribly-brilliant, Writeoff minific into something I can publish, too. I may never do the Writeoff again, but if I can manage that then it will have been worth it. :)
I started playing this and my wife immediately started yearning for an 8-bit Nintendo pony platformer of some kind. I love the sound.
ReplyDeleteYou can still find Adventure Ponies online -- that's the retro platformer that The Hub put out a few years ago. It looks more Atari 2600 than NES, admittedly, but it's still fun. Here:
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If only I could go back to school just to waste time playing Adventure Ponies Online in the Library
DeletePretty cool...sounds like it would be on a Sega Pico or Game Gear to me...
ReplyDeleteThanks! Much older than that -- the BBC Micro was released in December 1981. :)
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DeleteBBC Micro? What's that exactly?
It's what I programmed that video on. :) To be a bit more precise, it's an 8-bit computer that was popular in the UK in the early 1980s. This:
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I see...never even knew about a computer like that!
DeleteIt didn't sell too well in the US, partly because its video circuitry was designed for PAL, so you had two lines of screen cut off if you used an NTSC TV! :P
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