[Wolves] New toy

[Adam Sweet]

On 18/07/2019 21:04, Stephen Parkes via Wolves wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Jul 2019 at 20:25, Adam Sweet via Wolves <
> wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> 
>> On 18/07/2019 17:47, Stephen Parkes via Wolves wrote:
>>> On Thu, 18 Jul 2019 at 17:35, Adam Sweet via Wolves <
>>> wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>
>>
>> Wow. No wonder she tells you you can't buy any more until you finish
>> some of them off (to paraphrase).
>>
> 
> it's a sickness

Or the sign of an active, interested mind :)

> If I'm not thinking about a couple of projects at once I start thinking
> about everything else and end up depressed but I can't finish anything
> because I hate endings.

This made me feel sad :( Reminded me of never wanting to go to bed when
I was a kid because it meant the fun had ended.

>> If you don't mind saying while it's in development, what's the premise
>> of your game?
>>
> 
> It's a port of the arcade machine Nibbler.  The Speccy never had one so
> it's long over due.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77Y_WRsaXpY

Oh cool :) Funny seeing new speccy games today.

>> I'm expecting to move house soon and it means I'll have to no excuse not
>> to move all of my remaining stuff out of my parents loft. Amongst it is
>> a ZX81 and Spectrum +2 with a sackful of games on cassette. They were
>> both working last time I touched them, but we're talking about 15 years
>> ago.
>>
>> probably best to replace the capacitors before plugging them in :)

Ohhhh. That'll be fun :/

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