Starting a new Campaign - Start of Character creation

Lets roll some dice

STR 6 4 1 6 = 16
DEX 2 3 3 1 scrap 6 4 3 2 = 13
CON 4 1 3 6 = 13
INT 6 2 4 4 = 14
WIS 6 2 1 2 = 10
CHR 2 2 1 3 scrap 3 4 5 4

Choose Race and Class Eladrin Elf Sorcerers

Dark Vision 60’

•Fey Step: Eladrin can use a bonus action to magically teleport up to 30 feet, a signature ability that often carries additional effects based on their current season 

•Seasonal Changes: Their emotional state is linked to the seasons, influencing their appearance (skin/hair color) and mood, with the ability to change seasons after a long rest.

•Fey Ancestry: Like other elves, they have advantage on saving throws against being charmed and cannot be put to sleep by magic.

Key Aspects of Eladrin Elf Classes:

• Racial Features: They possess Darkvision, Fey Ancestry (advantage against charm), and Fey Step, which allows them to teleport up to 30 feet as a bonus action.

• Seasonal Abilities (Level 3): Upon finishing a long rest, an Eladrin can change their season, altering their Fey Step effect.

o Autumn: Charm creatures after teleporting.

o Winter: Frighten creatures after teleporting.

o Spring: Teleport a willing creature instead of themselves.

o Summer: Deal fire damage to surrounding creatures after teleporting.

•Appearance: They are slender, typically standing 5 to 6 feet tall, with eyes that often sparkle, reflecting their intense fey magic. 

• Emotional Nature: Eladrin are often described as more "alien" or emotional than other elves. Their personalities can be as volatile as the Feywild itself, frequently changing alongside their seasonal state.
• Lifespan: Like most elves, they can live for over 750 years.

Seasonal Skin Colors

• Spring: Typically verdant green, pale green, or rosy pink, often described as "fresh" or "blossoming".
• Summer: Vibrant gold, yellow, or a deep "sun-kissed" bronze. Their skin may even appear to have a "fiery" glow.
• Autumn: Burnt orange, red, or russet brown, mimicking the colors of falling leaves.
• Winter: Pale blue, icy white, or even a somber charcoal/deep purple, reflecting a frozen landscape.

Seven-Eleven for TI-99

My version of Seven-Eleven for TI-99:  UPDATE: Please note that I now have better versions of this program on my web site: http://mrgibson.com


10 REM Seven Eleven
15 REM by Michael R Gibson
20 GAME=0
25 WIN=0
30 LOSS=0
32 PNTS=105
34 A=0
36 GOSUB 400
40 CALL CLEAR
45 PRINT " Seven / Eleven"
50 PRINT " *$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$+"
52 PRINT "! The Win Tally ~"
54 PRINT "! ~"
60 PRINT "! Wins:", WIN
65 PRINT "! Losses:", LOSS
70 GAME=GAME+1
80 PNTS=PNTS-5
90 PRINT "! Points:",PNTS
100 PRINT "!"
105 PRINT "! Game:", GAME
108 CALL VCHAR(19,22,126,5)
110 GOSUB 200
120 IF A = 7 THEN 300
125 IF A = 11 THEN 300
130 IF A = 2 THEN 600
135 IF A = 12 THEN 600
145 GOTO 310
200 N=0
210 PRINT
215 PRINT "Press any key to roll"
220 N=N+WIN
225 CALL KEY(0,K,S)
227 IF S = 0 THEN 220
230 CALL CLEAR
240 C=INT(RND*6)+1
250 B=INT(RND*6)+1
260 A = B + C
270 PRINT " "
275 PRINT "Total rolled", A
278 PRINT " "
280 GOSUB 500
290 RETURN
300 PRINT "Great, You won"
301 PRINT " "
302 WIN = WIN + 1
303 PNTS = PNTS + 20
304 PRINT "Press R and Enter to roll"
305 PRINT "Press Q and Enter to quit"
306 INPUT KEY$
307 IF KEY$ = "Q" THEN 700
308 GOTO 40
310 PRINT "Sorry, you lose"
312 PRINT " "
320 LOSS = LOSS + 1
322 PRINT "Press R and Enter to roll"
324 PRINT "Press Q and Enter to quit"
326 INPUT KEY$
328 IF KEY$ = "Q" THEN 700
330 GOTO 40
400 REM define graphics
410 CALL CHAR(33,"0101010101010101")
415 CALL CHAR(42,"00000708102040FF")
420 CALL CHAR(43,"0000FC0C14244484")
424 REM 64=@
425 CALL CHAR(64,"8585858991A1C181")
426 CALL CHAR(95,"8585858990A0C080")
429 REM 94 = ^
430 CALL CHAR(94,"FF")
435 CALL CHAR(36, "0000FF00000000FF")
440 REM 45 = -
445 CALL CHAR(45, "8585858585858585")
450 REM 126 = ~
455 CALL CHAR(126,"8484848484848484")
490 RETURN
500 REM print graphics
505 PRINT " "
510 PRINT "YOU ROLLED A "
515 PRINT " *$$+*$$+"
518 PRINT "! - ~ "
520 PRINT "!";C;"-";B;"~ "
522 PRINT "! @ _"
525 PRINT " ^^^ ^^^ "
530 PRINT "With two D6"
540 RETURN
600 PRINT "Rolled 2 ones or 2 sixes"
610 PRINT "End of the game"
620 PNTS = PNTS-5
630 PRINT " Extra Points lost"
650 GOTO 145
700 END

New Dice roller code

Along side of the many platforms I have written my Dice Roller software for, I'm now adding the TI-92 series to the list. These very portable handheld devices make perfect sense to have this code to bring to a game. I should have code and screenshots soon.




I may make a few D&D tools for this device being that it is so powerful, yet compact.

Dice pickups in Oct 12 at FlatCon 2025

I have not posted many dice pickups in recent months (years?). I'm now at four boxes of dice. These dice are unusual enough to post about though.

First are these two cursed and blessed 20 sided dice. Cursed has two 1s and no twenty. Blessed has two twenties and no one.



Next are these two twelve sided dice. One is character class, and the other monster.

These two are magic adjustment dice.

These two are the 2025 FlatCon 6 sided dice


I own dice like the last two, but these are different enough for me to purchase.

I probably need to start cataloging and categorize all of mine like I used to do.

Card shopping at Pokémon Fest in Normal Il with my kids

Cody and Ernie

Kerry Wood

Mark Grace


Gangar, V, and I

V and Phyduck


M and I
 

Yearly Illinois Game Con - my haul!

Darth Duck.  Hey, it's funny.

This is the complete Quest for the Rings (overlay, tokens, game board/map, cartridge) for Odyssey 2. Had it before, loved the game, but sold my childhood copy. They wanted $15. I purchased this for just $10.  I can't believe I found it.  I can't believe I purchased for that price.

Four NES carts for $32. I didn't actually have an original Mario/Duck Hunt Cart. I am hoping that the Defender II is actually Stargate. Also curious about about the Super Pitfall since I love Pitfall and Pitfall II for Atari 2600.

Six Calcite and Quarts geoids for just $5.  Trust me that is a good deal.

New copy of Five Nights at Freddie's for $15 for the Switch.  Felt like that was a pretty good deal. 

Just showing the progress on the slot machine game.

I'm continuing to try to make all the versions of my slot machine game better and as much alike between the computers.  I have a "working" version for Atari 8-bit, but still defining the graphics.

Here is what the C64 Version currently looks like:



Here is what the TI-99/4A version looks like:

Started on C64 slots

I know between Sept 2024 and Oct 2024 I would start programming a slot machine game for the C64.

Well, I have officially started. Just wanted to share the start of the design and code.

 .
 Number 7 -  

1234|1234|1234|1234
    |    |    |      1  00 00
 xxx|xxxx|xxxx|xxxx  2  7F FF
 xxx|xxxx|xxxx|xxxx  3  7F FF
 xxx|    |    |xxx   4  70 0E
 xxx|    |    |xxx   5  70 0E
    |    |   x|xx    6  00 1C
    |    |  xx|x     7  00 38
    |    |  xx|x     8  00 38
______________________
    |    | xxx|      1  00 70
    |    | xxx|      2  00 70
    |    |xxx |      3  00 E0
    |   x|xx  |      4  01 C0
    |   x|xx  |      5  01 C0
    |  xx|xx  |      6  03 C0
    | xxx|xx  |      7  07 C0
    |    |    |      8  00 00

===============================================

Heart 

1234|1234|1234|1234
    |    |    |      1  00 00
    |    |    |      2  00 00
   x|xx  |  xx|x     3  1C 38
  xx|xxx | xxx|xx    4  3E 7C
 xxx|xxxx|xxxx|xxx   5  7F FE 
 xxx|xxxx|xxxx|xxx   6  7F FE 
 xxx|xxxx|xxxx|xxx   7  7F FE 
 xxx|xxxx|xxxx|xxx   8  7F FE 
____________________
  xx|xxxx|xxxx|xx    1  3F FC
   x|xxxx|xxxx|x     2  1F F8 
    |xxxx|xxxx|      3  0F F0
    | xxx|xxx |      4  07 E0
    |  xx|xx  |      5
    |   x|x   |      6
    |    |    |      7  00 00
    |    |    |      8  00 00



ROM 58(:), 59(;), 60(<), 61(=)   = number7 four colors - green, blue, black, red
ROM 26(z), 27([), 28(^), 29(])   = heart   red or black
ROM 35(#), 37(%), 38(&), 39(')   = lemon   yellow
ROM 40((), 41()), 42(*), 43(+)   - diamond red or black

71 rem number7

74 data 00,127,127,112,112,00,00,00
75 rem "00  7F  7F  70  70" - rom 58

79 data 00,255,255,14,14,28,56,56
80 rem "00  FF  FF 0E 0E 1C 38 38" - rom 59

84 data 00,00,00,01,01,03,07,00
85 rem "00 00 00 01 01 03 07" - rom 60

89 data 112,112,224,192,192,192,192,00
90 rem " 70  70  E0  C0  C0  C0  C0" - rom 61

91 rem heart
94 data  00,00,
95 rem  "00 00 1C 3E 7F 7F 7F 7F"

99  data 00,00,
100 rem "00 00 38 7C FE FE FE FE"

109 data
110 rem "3F 1F 0F 07 03 01"

119 data
120 rem "FC F8 F0 E0 C0 80"

207 rem Lemon
209 data 00,00,00,03,15,31,63,255
210 rem "00 00 00 03 0F 1F 3F FF"

219 data 00,00,00,192,
220 rem "00 00 00  C0 F0 F8 FC FF"

229 data 255
230 rem " FF 3F 1F 0F 03"

239 data 255
240 rem " FF FC F8 F0 C0"

380u rem Diamond
392 rem "00 01 03 07 0F 1F 3F 7F"
393 rem "00 80 C0 E0 50 A8 FC FE"
394 rem "7F 3F 1F 0F 07 03 01"
395 rem "FE FC F8 F0 E0 C0 80"
 
 .

I finally have something to show for the C64

I finally have something to show for the C64 version of Dragon, Druids, & Dice 1.2! I have the C64 version of DDD 1.2 done and with the same graphics as the TI-99/4A. This took way more work than I could have imagined.  Maybe if I had grown up with the C64, it would have been easier.

Above is what the C64 version looks like and here is what the TI-99/4A looks like:

Font looks different and I kept the C64's default blue font color.

During this whole programming ordeal, I have used and updated the following documentation:

C64 character manipulation:

https://mrgibson.com/c64basic2.php

TI-99/4A general character documentation (bottom):

https://mrgibson.com//TI/TIBASIC2.php

and lastly my general C64 BASIC document:

https://mrgibson.com/c64basic.php

I did have to shift a few things around, but most of the code is pretty close to each platform.

Here is an example of shifting from character to another between the two platforms.

119 for a=12656 to 12663: read ze: poke a,ze: poke a+1024,255-ze: next a

120 data 0,0,0,0,192,48,12,03

121 rem call char(97,"00 00 00 00 c0 30 0c 03")  swap 97 for c64 46 '.'

Preview screenshots of Dragons, Druids, and Dice 1.1

Just posting some progress screen shots of Dragons, Druids, and Dice 1.1 shown on TI-99/4A 

Screen shot of Atari 800XL

Simple D&D dice roller for C64, Atari XL, and TI-99/4A (Ver 1.0)

I only tested this code with the C64, Atari XL and TI-99/4a (standard basic).
This will likely work on more platforms with little or no modifications
See the note on the bottom for the TI-99/4A.

Atari 800XL output

TI-99/4A output

Code for C64 AND ATARI

10 PRINT "DRAGON AND DICE"
20 PRINT "A) ROLL 4D"
30 PRINT "B) ROLL 6D"
40 PRINT "C) ROLL 8D"
50 PRINT "D) ROLL 10D"
60 PRINT "E) ROLL 12D"
70 PRINT "F) ROLL 20D"
80 PRINT "G) ROLL FOUR 6D"
85 PRINT "Z) QUIT"
90 INPUT A$
100 IF A$="A" THEN 200
110 IF A$="B" THEN 300
120 IF A$="C" THEN 400
130 IF A$="D" THEN 500
140 IF A$="E" THEN 600
150 IF A$="F" THEN 700
160 IF A$="G" THEN 800
170 IF A$="Z" THEN 1000
180 PRINT "----"
190 GOTO 10
200 D=INT(1+4*RND(1))
210 PRINT "YOU ROLLED A "
220 PRINT D
230 PRINT "WITH 4D"
240 PRINT "--"
250 GOTO 10
300 D=INT(1+6*RND(1))
310 PRINT "YOU ROLLED A "
320 PRINT D
330 PRINT "WITH 6D"
340 PRINT "--"
350 GOTO 10
400 D=INT(1+8*RND(1))
410 PRINT "YOU ROLLED A "
420 PRINT D
430 PRINT "WITH 8D"
440 PRINT "--"
450 GOTO 10
500 D=INT(1+10*RND(1))
510 PRINT "YOU ROLLED A "
520 PRINT D
530 PRINT "WITH 10D"
540 PRINT "--"
550 GOTO 10
600 D=INT(1+12*RND(1))
610 PRINT "YOU ROLLED A "
620 PRINT D
630 PRINT "WITH 12D"
640 PRINT "--"
650 GOTO 10
700 D=INT(1+20*RND(1))
710 PRINT "YOU ROLLED A "
720 PRINT D
730 PRINT "WITH 20D"
740 PRINT "--"
750 GOTO 10
800 D1=INT(1+6*RND(1))
802 D2=INT(1+6*RND(1))
804 D3=INT(1+6*RND(1))
806 D4=INT(1+6*RND(1))
810 PRINT "YOU ROLLED A "
820 PRINT D1;" ";D2;" ";D3;" ";D4
830 PRINT "WITH FOUR 6D"
840 PRINT "--  --  --  --"
850 GOTO 10
1000 END

For the TI-99/4A computer, change the randomize calls with this format: 

D=INT(1+4*RND)
D=INT(1+6*RND)

TI-99 Football!

Finally purchased this game. Wanted it when I was a very young teen in the 80s, now I pick it up for just $5
I had to download the manual. Going to post some of the more important parts:

Dungeon Crawler : Hell's Halls

From the software packaging:

A Perilous Quest
In search of gold and glory, you travel to a dungeon.
It's said incredible wealth hides within the crypts
men call Hell's Hall.

But evil touches all who enter.

Hell's Halls

The Dungeon Awaits

A TI BASIC dungeon adventure for the TI-99/4 and
TI-99/4A home computers. Explore a dangerous
catacomb, collect treasure, and find its evil master.

I found a newer dungeon crawler called Hell's Halls that was released in 2022 by PixelPedant.  The game is only released for the TI-99/4A and for TI-BASIC (standard).  The game cost $10 for the full digital version or free for the first half of the game.

The way the game was created was quite creative, putting as much punch out of the system that a base unmodified TI-99 with only BASIC can muster.

This adventure type game is full of rewards, traps, and obstacles - all making your points go up and down as you play.  Each level/Floor is identified by a color, starting with white stone blocks.  There are four levels/floors and you race against the clock to get to the final exit before time runs out and you're trapped there forever.

 The game is mostly about efficiency and survival and the dungeon master makes sure you know time is your enemy.

The floors are randomized every game, so no two games are the same.

The free WAV file can be downloaded here: https://pixelpedant.com/hh/HALLS-MAIN.wav

The full digital download ($10) and the physical media ($25) can be purchased here:

https://www.arcadeshopper.com/wp/store/#!/Pixelpedant-Software/c/143941511
 

List of supported the Atari Gamestation Pro consoles

People on Facebook and Forums keep asking for a compatibility list for the AGSP, so I made one.
Default Firmware 1.10 and updated 1.20

Game Platform	file extension
Atari 2600	.a26
Atari 5200	.a52
Atari 7800	.a72
--
Nintendo Gameboy	.gb
Nintendo Gameboy Advance	.gba
Nintendo Gameboy Color	.gbc
Nintendo NES	.nes
--
Sega genesis	.bin
Sega cd	.bin/cue
--
TurboGrafx-16	.pce
--
Mame/arcade	.zip

Updated Firmware 1.30 adds

Game Platform	file extension
Nintendo Super NES	.sfc
--
Sega Master System	.sms

Updated Firmware 1.30c adds

Game Platform	file extension
Atari 400/800	.atr or .com
Atari ST games	zip, .st, .stx, .m3u
Atari Lynx
Atari Jaguar
CBM
PET
C64
Intellivsion
Oddyssey 2
ColecoVision

I have tested Atari 2600, 7800, NES, SNES, and Sega Genesis. I have tried over a hundred ROMs without a failure yet.

The Atari Gamestation pro

The Atari/MyArcade Gamestation pro has become my primary console. So much so, I'm thinking about shelving many of my other game consoles. I'm beginning to see this is an underrated console. The system plays Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Genesis, NES, SNES, Game Boy, MAME Arcade, as well as several other game systems. With Firmware "1.30c", there are ways of making Odyssey2 and Intellivision games run on the console. Really almost any 8-bit or 16-bit game console. Plus the amount of controllers that people have made run on the console is impressive too. If some could get PS1 and PS2 to run this would be my one console, but I'm not holding my breath as I really don't know the amount of horse power under the hood of this console.

As long as you put the games in the "Games" folder of the root of the micro SD card and use the correct extensions for the BIN/ROM file, the system plays thousands of different games across all these systems.

For example (not a complete list): .a26 for Atari 2600 .a52 for Atari 5200 .a78 for Atari 7800 .gb for Game Boy .gba for Game Boy Advanced .gbc for Game Boy Color .nes for NES .bin for Sega Genesis .gg for Sega Game Gear for updated firmware 1.30 [vendor] .sfc for Super Nintendo .sms for Sega Master System

Star Trek stuff...

Today's game pickup! 

 

This got me thinking, a Star Trek program from scratch would be a great coding project.

Birthday Game Pickups!

I now have PS4 Spider Man and Genesis The Lost Vikings. Everything is pretty much checked off my lists now to be honest. I'm very fortunate. I was sooo stupid selling my original copy of The Lost Vikings in the first place and fortunate to finally find (via the hard work of my son) a version of this game

I also recieved a mini space invaders table top from my oldest daughter.

On my little spare time, I have been trying to update my game catalog that has grown significantly this year.

Huge surprise today.

 I had a huge surprise today.  I picked up a light-6er with 39 cartridges and a original CX joystick.  Nine games came with boxes and all with manuals!  Big thank you to Dan H!

My game room catalog has not been updated in a LONG time.  With this acquisition, it is really out of date.

My game pickup today:

1 Stampede	2 Cosmic Ark	3 Venture	4 Dragster
5 Outlaw	6 Enduro	7 Pele's Socker	8 Street Racer
9 Night Driver	10 Carnival	11 Pitfall!	12 Tennis (Activison)
13 Atlantis	14 Breakout	15 Defender	16 Vanguard
17 Space War	18 Yars' Revenge	19 Missle Command	20 Air Sea Battle
21 Adventure	22 Battlezone	23 PAC-MAN	24 Casino
25 Galaxian	26 Video Olympics	27 Jungle Hunt	28 Home Run
29 Combat	30 Laser Blast	31 Star Voyager	32 Grand Prix
33 Donkey Kong	34 Blackjack	35 Dragon Fire	36 Haunted House
37 Super Breakout	38 Berzerk	39 Riddle of the Spinx

Another Pickup and more about last weeks Illinois Game Conference 2024

 I finally picked up KC munchkin for the Odyssey 2 this weekend.  My find list is now complete. I never owned that game, but it is the first game I played on that system.  Picked it up for $8 .

I have my TI-99/4A hooked up.  Let's face it -  How cool is it that in 1981 the TI had made a  computer with a16 bit processor and S-Video out!  Unlike everything else of that era, I don't need an RF demodulation.  Here is a photo of it hooked to a 60 inch monitor via HDMI. Better than that CRT TV I had when I was a kid.  But hey I guess it did me fine back then.

Here are some photos of my last week pickups. Yes there are duplicates of stuff I already owned, BUT, some of these are for display and not playing. The TI I had been wanting for some time.  Someone sold it to my for $60 and I could not turn that down.  Tore the TI down and apart - and it was amazingly clean on the inside.

And here are some pics of the Illinois Game Conference in Bloomington IL.  This conference was the best one yet! It has grown every year, so I'm curious about next years.