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FANSI had its own file format -- .FAN -- which I'm hoping to write a parser for.
I learned something new today from Eric March about the .FAN format.
The first ~6K is character data -- every character, along with its FG and BG color, for the 80 columns and 24 lines.
But the final 30K is bitmap data -- a full screen dump of the image as it is displayed in the editor.
Why?
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Recently I've been working on a fork of libansilove and ansilove-c that adds support for using fonts and color palettes derived from the Atari ST programs ANSIterm and FANSI.
FANSI was a really slick ANSI editor for the ST from Eric March.
It was a godsend to me as a teen when it was released in 1994. Finally I had a way to draw my own ANSI art in the full 16 colors.
If only it had come out a few years earlier!
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« nanoCave »
A Rogue-like game for your Atari ST.
Code : @Shaoth
Music: Dma-Sc
Gfx : pépé
- Explore an infinite number of randomly generated levels.
- 26 different powerful enemies
- 60+ weapons, armour, scrolls, rings, potions
- 50+ achievements and trophies
A true #retrogaming experience with many retro graphic environments like #textmode #atari2600 #zx81 #zxspectrum #cga #amstrad #apple2 #c64 #gameboy #macintosh
More info : https://electric-dreams.itch.io/nano-cave
#AtariST picks of the day:
@Seg - Retro coder, especially Atari ST
@inverseatascii - Atari fan including ST, 8 bits, former podcaster on Atari productivity
@zerkman - Author of zeST, free/open source Atari ST clone
@kirkman - Atari ST & BBS fan, retro tech
@lukaszjokiel - Atari ST & Amiga fan and fixer
@rees (videos) & @ctrlaltrees (general) - Retro computing/gaming videos, lifelong Atari fan
@STMusicBot - Bot posting Atari ST chiptunes
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Or, if you don't want the hassle of extracting ZIP files, copying to floppies, or firing up an emulator, NO WORRIES. We made a nine-minute video with all the pack's content.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS_riObN32o
One of the cool things about IGS is that — just like RIPscrip — the files contain their own drawing history. So even "static" images can be a sort of animation as you watch them draw/render. This video will let you see that process for each image.
Celebrate the new year with a fun new artpack: IGNITE 01!
This pack celebrates "Instant Graphics and Sound," a unique Atari ST-specific corner of BBS history, with 18 new images and animations for your viewing pleasure.
Download the pack from @mistfunk:
https://mistigris.org/packs/IGNITE01.ZIP
Learn more about it at Break Into Chat:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2024/12/31/ignite-the-first-all-igs-artpack/
Stressful holiday? How about relaxing with some quality #retrocomputing #longreads?
Discover the community that made cool art and games in the 80s/90s using a little-known protocol for Atari ST bulletin boards, called "Instant Graphics and Sound."
https://breakintochat.com/blog/category/instant-graphics-and-sound/?order=asc
EstyJs is an #Atari ST emulator written in #javascript that runs in your browser.
kaiec.github.ioEstyJsJavascript based Atari ST Emulator
I've been working on a new IGS animation involving this guy, who was pretty popular back during IGS heyday in the early 1990s.
Animation is pretty tough, but some of the constraints imposed by the IGS format (plus my own personal constraints) are making really hard. It's also challenging to draw these sprites!
But I think I've finally landed on a sequence of events I can draw -- and make fit in the available space.
Megaroids is one of my favorite games for the Atari ST. Always was.
Am I alone, in this?
I'm still seeking pixel art-y folks to draw in IGS format. I want to release the world's first all-IGS artpack!
What's IGS?
A graphics protocol for 80s/90s BBSes. Overview here:
https://breakintochat.com/wiki/Instant_Graphics_and_Sound_(IGS)
Who used it?
Check out my in-depth history:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/category/instant-graphics-and-sound/?order=asc
How can I draw it today?
Try my experimental browser-based tool:
https://breakintochat.com/atari/igs.js/
Where do I send the art when I'm done?
To me! josh (at) joshrenaud (dot) com
Excited to see Kai Eckert take over the old “EstyJS” in-browser Atari ST emulator.
Looks like some of the issues I first reported 10 years ago may get addressed! I look forward to being able to use this on the Break Into Chat blog down the road.
GitHubGitHub - kaiec/EstyJS: EstyJS - Javascript based Atari ST 520/1040 emulatorEstyJS - Javascript based Atari ST 520/1040 emulator - kaiec/EstyJS
Sometimes I program weird designs in #AtariST GFA BASIC and when I look back on my creations I wonder what I was thinking. One of those looks moderately obscene.
A new release of #zeST is available! On the menu: support for a new FPGA board, improved floppy management, and bug fix.
Enjoy!
zest.sector1.fr · Release: New board support, improved floppy management, and bug fixA new release of zeST is available! On the menu: support for a new board, improved floppy management, and bug fix.
New board support zeST now fully supports the TE0726 “ZynqBerry” board from Trenz Electronic.
This is a Raspberry Pi 3-shaped board that features the same interfaces as the Pi, including 4 USB ports and an audio output jack connector.
Porting zeST to this board was rather challenging because I had to deal with various issues that I never encountered on other boards before:
I'll drop a post and some snaps later today outlining my #beltandbraces methods for recovering data on old #AtariST #floppydisks using a #USB #floppydrive, #GNU #ddrescue, #Hatari and the #SidecarTridge hard disk emulation.
Future Wars celebrates its 35th anniversary this month! 
I loved this game so much 
One of the greatest adventure games ever made. Both beautiful and innovative.
Happiness comes from blinking lights. #AtariST
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A pyramid piece by Steve Turnbull, called "XNET_LST.IG", is a trippy tour-de-force — the most amazing IGS animation ever created, in my opinion. Full of details, it showcases every trick Turnbull had learned over the last two years.
Read more and see the animations:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2024/10/24/instant-graphics-and-sound-part-6-legacy/