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Strawberry Shortcake – Old Crap From My Attic
8bitjeff (Jeff Fulton) This time I do mean CRAP. While other things from my attic have been true gaming or music treasures, this game, while being quite possibly the first interactive gaming experience for the Strawberry Short Cake brand, is awful to play. That doesn’t mean that hard work didn’t…
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Bob Mould’s See A Little Light “CASSINGLE” – Old Crap from My Attic
By 8bitjeff (Jeff Fulton) When Husker Du went “KAPUT” in the late 80’s, both Bob Mould (lead guitar, song writer and vocals) and Grant Hart (drums, song writer and vocals) went their separate ways, each going on to create intriguing new musical projects. Both Hart’s solo effort, Intolerance and…
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International Day Against DRM is Tuesday, May 6th
Here at 8bitrocket, we fully support a DRM-Free world. A place where you control the content you PURCHASE. Yes, I said purchase. There are just pennies on the dollar for the developers of EVERY medium in today’s world of easy stolen streams and file sharing networks. That’s why we fully…
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BASIC 50th Anniversary: Riding An 8-bit Rocket
I was 9 years old when I first touched the keyboard of an Apple II computer. It was 1979, and I was visiting my friend Eric’s house. Eric’s dad was a computer engineer at Hughes Aircraft, and he was the first person I ever knew who owned his own…
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Applesoft BASIC JavaScript Emulator: My First Game (from 1979)
I found this emulator the other day : Applesoft BASIC in JavaScript last week while at GDC, and it got me thinking about the first games I wrote on my friend Eric’s Apple II back in the 70’s . I was 9 years old when I first touched the keyboard…
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Final Mochi Comments and Flash Game License
Jeff Fulton (8bitjeff) In about 2005 I started this blog with help from 8bitsteve purely to experiment with game development and design. Many of the older posts are gone or missing after many transitions between various blogging software, but many still exist. When I first started to make a few…
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!! Play our old Flash Game Mission Leprechaun
Happy St Patrick’s Day!!! In honor of this day (and my Scotch Irish roots) plus the demise of Mochi (where this game was initially published), I present to everyone who is NOT on mobile, a game I created about 7 years ago (with my sister Mari and Steve Fulton helping…
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Goodbye and Thanks Mochi Media
On March 14th Mochiland, the blog that has been the mouthpiece for Machi Media since 2006, announced that the array of Mochi Media services for Flash game developers will go offline on March 31st. Josh Larson wrote a logn detailed message to describe the situtation. Here is the most important part…
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Celebrate the Web’s 25th Anniversary with O’Reilly – 50% off all Web Dev e-books
So you have been waiting to get your hot little hands on a new bo0k to compete in the emerging market for web and HTML5 (for mobile and web). O’Reilly makes it easier today with 50% all e-books related to web development in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the…
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Pennywise – Word From The Wise 33 1/3 7 inch Ep – Old Shit From My Attic
By Jeff Fulton (8bitjeff) Penny Wise – Word From The Wise 33 1/3 7 inch Ep – Old Shit From My Attic. I remember picking this seminal, LA South Bay Suburb Punk Rock disc at the old Go Boy record store on PCH and Ave F. This vinyl, 7 inch…
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To Coin A phrase: “Flappy Birded”
Phrase: Flappy Birded (Verb) Definition: Used when a the internet-at-large destroys an honest and earnest individual because said person had the audacity to become successful. Usually occurs when said person is not already famous or is not deemed to be “legitimate” or “worthy” of success, and or when the product…
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Compile Me Baby! Dedicated to the 2005-2010 Indie Flash Game Underground!
Compile Me Baby! Dedicated to the 2005-2010 Indie Flash Game Underground! To all those that were through through the Mochi and Flash Game License Years. WE salute you.
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Big Drill Car / Chemical People Yellow Vinyl Cheap Trick / Kiss Cover 45 RPM (all the crap in my attic)
By Jeff Fulton Big Drill Car / Chemical People Yellow Vinyl Cheap Trick / Kiss Cover 45 RPM (all the crap in my attic) Back in college (1988 – 1993) we followed the local Los Angeles bands ALL, Big Drill Car, and the Chemical People as they played all over…
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Torrents are killing the technical book industry.
Torrents are killing the technical book industry and making it really difficult for me to provide a decent holiday season for my family. I know times are tough all over, but the number of stolen copies of our three books compared to the numbers sold is almost 1000 to 1.…
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Monday Monday Monday (Cyber that is). – Save 50% on ALL O’Reilly Ebooks & Videos
By Jeff Fulton Monday Monday Monday (Cyber that is). – Save 50% on ALL O’Reilly Ebooks & Videos Today only, all O’Reilly E-Books and Videos are 50% off. This includes our HTML5 Canvas 2nd Edition.
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Outpost 2 is quite simply the best free web game ever created!
By Jeff Fulton (8bitjeff) A couple old buddies of mine from the UK and Germany have created what I consider to be quite simply the best free Web game ever created. It’s a retro-style top-down shooter / adventure game. Think Half Life if viewed from above. And you have an…
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Atari 8-bit Computer Demon Attack (1982) – Full Boxed Edition (all the old crap in my attic)
By Jeff Fulton Today we are going to take a look at one of a small handful of Atari 8-bit computer game cartridges that I have stowed in my attic. This time the game is Demon Attack, one of the most popular Atari 2600 games, but this version is for…
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Minor Threat Salad Days 45 single with poster sleeve (all the stuff in my attic)
Minor Threat “Salad Days” 45 RPM single with poster sleeve (all the stuff in my attic) This is a three song masterpiece of mid-80’s DC punk! Here is the next item I found in my attic. This is the 1985 release of the Minor Threat (one of their final releases…
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Resetting what appears to be a dead Garmin Forerunner 210
Resetting what appears to be a dead Garmin Forerunner 210 (works for 110 also) The Garmin Forerunner 210 is a great little device that allows for both Satellite GPS distance tracking and heart rate monitoring at he same time. As well as a host of other features this is one…
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The Dead Milkmen – Big Lizard in My Backyard Cassette (old crap from my attic)
The Dead Milkmen – Big Lizard in My Backyard Cassette (old crap from my attic) By Jeff Fulton In 1988 – 1989 I worked at one of the worst record / tape / CD and video stores in the South Bay. The Wherehouse on Sepulveda was across the street from…
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1978 Close Encounters Trading Cards Sealed Wax Pack (old stuff from my attic)
By Jeff D. Fulton The old stuff from my attic is a new blog here on 8bitrocket.com where I rummage through all of the various boxes of crap I have in the garage, attic, closets, etc and find things I never knew I had. Today I found a sealed wax…
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RETRO: The Multi-Format, Throw-Back Video Game Magazine : Kickstarter
[iframe frameborder=”0″ height=”380″ scrolling=”no” src=”http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/socalmike/retro-the-multi-format-throw-back-video-game-magaz/widget/card.html” width=”220″][/iframe] We here at 8bitrocket.com are huge fans of the UK based Retro-Gamer Magazine. It is the one bright spot on the physical magazine landscape that is otherwise a dried-up and dust bowl of screaming previews and AAA me-too shouting. We need more…
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Atari 8-bit Computer Games Played with The Syzygy Company’s new Classic 2 USB Stick
I received a review version the the new Syzygy Company’s Classic Atari 2600 stick a couple months ago. It was right as my mom was going in and out of the hospital, so I didn’t get a chance to review it them, but now I have a little extra time, so…
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Gone Home : Is The Fullbright Company The New Infocom?
I just finished ”Gone Home”, a new, indie, PC game developed by the Fullbright Company. At $19.99 (through Steam) it’s the most expensive PC game I have bought in a long time, and clocking in at just about 3 hours, the shortest. In “Gone Home” you play a young adult…
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HTML5 Canvas (2nd Edition) Is Out, Goes Chinese!
Our new edition of HTML5 Canvas is out, and it’s getting some good reviews. We poured a lot of effort into this one to make sure it was updated for 2013. We just heard from O’Reilly that they there will be a Chinese translation of this one too (there…
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My “Lost Age Of The The Pizza Parlour” Gets An Honorable Mention in 43rd Annual Easy Reader Essay Contest
A re-written version of my old 8bitrocket.com Eassy “The Lost Age Of The Pizza Parlour” was chosen as one of several “Honorbale Mentions” in the 43rd Annual Easy Reader Essay contest. Now titled “Pleasures Of The Pizza Parlour“, you can read the new version here : http://www.easyreadernews.com/73558/pleasures-of-the-pizza-parlor-el-porto/ -8bitsteve
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Video: Chris Crawford On the “Good Old Days Of Games” From GDC 2011.
We are finally back with something interesting. Here is a link to a video Gamasutra just posted of a talk by Chris Crawford from GDC 2011 entitled “The Good Old Days Of Games” We will have more updates here soon.
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Happy Mother’s Day
I entered (and won) a local writing contest for Mother’s Day with the following story about my mom. When she saw it today, she had no idea I even remembered what happened in 1975, much less would write about it. I think I blew her mind. -8bitsteve
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Coding By Google – AS3 to PHP with Simple MYSQL DB Query and Data Return Tutorial (Free Code)
By Jeff Fulton (@8bitrocket on twitter) Coding By Google – AS3 to PHP with Simple MYSQL DB Query and Data Return Tutorial (Free Code) Here at Producto Studios, I use Google to look up code all day long. Yes, I have written books on Javascript, Flash, Actionscript, and HTML5, but…
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HTML5 Canvas Book Example Files
HTML5 Canvas Book Example Files Just in case these are not just available yet on the O’Reilly Site http://www.8bitrocket.com/html5canvas/2nd_edition_examples_2_4_8_9_10.zip http://www.8bitrocket.com/html5canvas/2nd_edition_examples_1_3_5_6_7_11.zip
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Random Game Idea : A Twitter Feed To Spark Your Imagination
Over the weekend we were playing with Twitter Bots (why? Because.) and we created a Twitter account named @randomgameidea with a Twitter bot that tweets a randomized game idea every hour. These ideas are completely random. The bot uses an updated set of data that was once housed in our…
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ATASCII Tile Sheets
ATASCII Tile Sheets So, I have been knocking around the idea of making some games that mimic the old Atari computer aesthetic in both graphics and sounds. These games will just be for fun and they will probably be just game starters – single level game to demonstrate or duplicate a game…
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In Celebration of Day Against DRM (Fri, May 3, 2013) 5000+ titles 1/2 off including HTML5 Canvas 2nd Edition
In Celebration of *Day *Against DRM Save 50% on 5000+ Ebooks & Videos (Save 60% on orders over $100) Having the ability to download files at your convenience, store them on all your devices, or share them with a friend or colleague as…
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The HTML5 Canvas Second Edition Has Been Released (Deal of the Day, 50% off)
The Second Edition (so the 3rd book) I have written with my brother Steve, The HTML5 Canvas was released today by O’Reilly. If you are interested in this wildly popular subject (for tech heads), you can get the E-Book edition for 1/2 off by using the code DEAL on…
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The Run Cycle – Boston Thoughts
I was thinking about this while driving in this morning (I just saw that Colbert said something similar last night, but not exactly, so I’ll say it now). I am a runner, and I am constantly injuring myself just because I love the joy and freedom of sport. But, no…
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Micro Tank Maze (From HTML5 Canvas 2nd Edition)
A game designed to teach basic A.I. from HTML5 Canvas 2nd EditionClick image below to try the game.
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Comprehensive List of Lucas Arts Titles Released for Classic Atari Machines
By Jeff Fulton (@8bitrocket on twitter) To the majority of the public, Atari died in 1983 and is relegated to hipster t-shirts and trucker hats with ironic joysticks on them. While 90% of the USA and 70% of the UK gamers were playing with their C-64’s, Nintendo’s, Spectrums, Amigas, and…
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Corona: Updating Mobile Game Content in Runtime
The Corona Labs Site has put up a tutorial I wrote on the basics of updating mobile content at run-time: Updating Mobile Game Content in Runtime Here is a brief summary: We take the green tank tile sheet. And use it to place and animation on the screen: Next we use ad…
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HTML5 Canvas + Web Cam + Chrome = HTML5 Video Puzzle Of You! (Demo)
We are finishing up an update to our HTML5 Canvas book, and I wanted to share one of new examples. This one takes the Video Puzzle app from the first edition of the book, and adds web cam support. It only works in Chrome right now. You also…
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Enthusiasts Plan Kickstarter Campaign To Buy Atari Assets And Run It Like It’s 1977 All Over Again
The current company that holds the Atari brand and assets is filing for bankruptcy and planning to sell everything to the highest bidder That fact is not as much news as an update to the “when will Atari go bankrupt again” section of the Atari entry on Wikipedia. What…
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