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Programming tutorial: Part 1–Getting Started

Atari Lynx programming tutorial series: Part 1: Getting started So, you want to develop a game or program for the Atari Lynx, right? Well, join me on my journey to learn how to program for this game console. This tutorial series will be expanded and updated...

Posted to Atari Lynx Mania by Alex Thissen on 04-06-2012

Working from Visual Studio 2010 for Vectrex programs

For many years I’ve been working with Visual Studio as my main development IDE. I’ve seen many incarnations, since Visual C++ 2.0, through VC++ 2.1, 2.2, 4.0-4.2 and from there also Visual Basic 5.0, 6.0, and Visual Studio.NET, 2003, Visual Studio 2005...

Posted to Vectrex Diary by Alex Thissen on 02-23-2012

Hello World with 6809 assembler language

The first thing I did after finding the developer information is skim through the Introductionary Tutorial by Christopher L. Tumbler. I want to get a feel for the assembly language, and the way the games for the Vectrex are created. At first glance the...

Posted to Vectrex Diary by Alex Thissen on 02-22-2012

Scavenging the internet for Vectrex information

These are the first interesting links that I found roaming the Internet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vectrex The Wikipedia page for the Vectrex. Has some history and tells about the working of the device and the 3D imager and light pen. http://www.vectrex...

Posted to Vectrex Diary by Alex Thissen on 02-20-2012

A new thing

Time to try something new. I want to see if I can commit to write blog posts and keep some form of diary as I go about creating a blog on building a Vectrex emulator and maybe a game in the process. Usually I try to find out things on some topic and explore...

Posted to Vectrex Diary by Alex Thissen on 02-19-2012

Revelations on Windows 8

Today the //BUILD/Windows conference started with a day full of main sessions. A two and a half hour keynote followed by three “Big Picture” sessions after lunch introduced all present to the new Windows 8 OS and platform. Personally, I am still catching...

Posted to Alex Thissen Weblog Build 1.15.10.1971 by Alex Thissen on 09-14-2011

Filed under: Conferences, Windows OS

Getting ready to unwrap the big picture at BUILD

Tomorrow is the first day of the //BUILD/Windows conference. BUILD is a highly anticipated conference and expectations are equally high. I thought it would be good to put some of my thoughts on my blog before the conference actually started. You see,...

Posted to Alex Thissen Weblog Build 1.15.10.1971 by Alex Thissen on 09-13-2011

Filed under: Conferences, Windows OS

Dracula the Undead walkthrough

Below follows the complete solution to the graphical adventure on your Lynx, Dracula – The Undead. Included are all the possibilities of exploration available in the game. You need not go through the list of commands given below. Stick to the bold...

Posted to Atari Lynx Mania by Alex Thissen on 07-19-2011

Filed under: Games

Completing Chip’s Challenge game

To be honest, I do not remember whether I completed the Atari Lynx game Chip’s Challenge myself back at the time. Anyway, yesterday evening I sat down, looked up the level start code for the final level and gave it a spin. I quickly realized that I either...

Posted to Atari Lynx Mania by Alex Thissen on 07-18-2011

Filed under: Games

Using WCF and WIF to perform WS-Trust active claim requests

The last week I have been working on a claim-based identity scenario that involves two separate instances of a Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) 2.0 as Security Token Service (STS). The first STS is an identity provider STS (IP-STS) and the...

Posted to Alex Thissen Weblog Build 1.15.10.1971 by Alex Thissen on 07-18-2011

Filed under: Security, WCF, ADFS

Maps of “Todd’s Adventures in Slimeworld”

These maps have been in my folder for a very, very long time (around 1992). I thought it would be a shame to see them go to waste. When I was still in university I had too much time and an Atari Lynx with “Todd’s Adventures in Slimeworld” to boot. A great...

Posted to Atari Lynx Mania by Alex Thissen on 07-10-2011

Filed under: Games

Portable Libraries for Visual Studio 2010 SP1

The Microsoft BCL team recently released the RTM version of Portable Libraries (PL). This PowerTool for Visual Studio 2010 SP1 allow you to develop managed assemblies for more than one target .NET framework. It will let you aim your code at both the full...

Posted to Alex Thissen Weblog Build 1.15.10.1971 by Alex Thissen on 07-07-2011

Filed under: Gaming, Visual Studio 2010, Windows Phone, Xbox 360

Running Atari Lynx emulator on a Windows Phone 7

The implementation of the emulator for the Atari Lynx has been progressing steadily. I thought it would be a good time to show a particular point of progress: a working implementation of the emulator running on a Windows Phone 7. Update: here is another...

Posted to Atari Lynx Mania by Alex Thissen on 07-06-2011

Filed under: Development, Emulation

Compiling Handy 0.95 for Windows

Quick runthrough to get the Handy sources to compile for Windows using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (or Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Express, which is a free download). Download these first: Handy source code (Handy-win32src-0.95.zip contains the sources...

Posted to Atari Lynx Mania by Alex Thissen on 06-20-2011

Filed under: Development

SDN Event June 2011: ASP.NET Web Pages Framework for ASP.NET developers

Last Friday saw another edition of a Software Development Network Event . A number of great sessions were on the list. I got to see Marcel de Vries ’s session on combined development for Windows Phone 7, Android and iOS. I must say I was impressed...

Posted to Alex Thissen Weblog Build 1.15.10.1971 by Alex Thissen on 06-20-2011

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