This month's meeting of the RISC OS User Group Of London will be:
Right On Commander Mark Moxon, ex-editor Acorn User
Monday 21st November 2022, 7.45pm
The Duke of Sussex (upstairs in the Chichester Room from 6.30pm)
23 Baylis Road, London, SE1 7AY
https://www.rougol.jellybaby.net/venue.html
This is an in-person only meeting, no Zoom this month
https://rougol.jellybaby.net/meetings/index.html
Many people round here will remember Mark Moxon as the editor of Acorn User, before he moved on to a very successful career as a web and app developer. However recently he has returned to his first love of playing with the BBC Micro!
Starting during lockdown, Mark has spent the last couple of years pulling apart the code of classic BBC Micro games Elite, Aviator, and Revs, describing in detail how they work, with many deep-dives into the more intricate routines. He has even added enhancements to some of them, such as flicker free drawing in Elite and extra tracks for Revs.
https://www.bbcelite.com/
His latest project is the Elite Universe Editor which enables you to position all the ships, missiles, and asteroids around your ship, configure their speed/direction, and even set their AI model, and then play out the scenario. He has also recently shown a video of Elite running entirely in teletext mode! Come along to the meeting for the chance to be one of the first to try playing it.
Mark will be joining us in the pub to talk about how (and why!) he has achieved these amazing feats, and tell us a bit about his time at Acorn User and his history with Acorn computers.
Note: this meeting is in-person only, no Zoom session this month.
Directions to the venue by car and public transport are on the website:
https://rougol.jellybaby.net/venue.html
Bryan.
Right On Commander at ROUGOL, Mon 21st Nov 2022
Right On Commander at ROUGOL, Mon 21st Nov 2022
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Re: Right On Commander at ROUGOL, Mon 21st Nov 2022
*bump* Reminder this meeting is nearly here!
Don't miss the chance to be one of the first to play teletext Elite, and to chat to Mark over a few drinks about all his deep dives into the Acornsoft classics.
Bryan.
Don't miss the chance to be one of the first to play teletext Elite, and to chat to Mark over a few drinks about all his deep dives into the Acornsoft classics.
Bryan.
RISC OS User Group Of London - https://www.rougol.jellybaby.net/
RISC OS London Show - https://www.riscoslondonshow.co.uk/
RISC OS London Show - https://www.riscoslondonshow.co.uk/