30 teams in RBI

[TempoGL]

nightwulf said that it is possible, but it would take a lot of work.  this is awesome enough that i am eager to help.

he said that you can program for NES on an Apple II.  so now i want to buy one.  only problem is i don't know anything about programming.  after i get an apple II, where do i go from there?  obviously i don't think i could handle this undertaking myself but if i can assist with it, that would be sweet.

[RedBarron]

jeez, the possibilities are fkn endless.

Are you sure nightwulf wasn't fucking with you?

[TempoGL]

he seemed pretty damn serious.

i'm thinking that if he can help divide it up into several smaller, simpler tasks, some of us non-computer guys can help and get it done.

an RBI cart will all 30 teams would equal massive erections around dee-nee nation.

[RedBarron]

i'd be willing to bet that it would be easier for nightwulf to program 30 teams of RBI on an abacus than it would be for him to explain to us how to program it on an apple II.

[TempoGL]

that may be true.

well, i'm just saying i'm offering to help if it's feasible.

[fightonusc]

I think we just have to convince Wumpst to make it so, and then it happens..

[Bonny]

Dont forget stat tracking/standings. Maybe we can just plug in that part of Baseball Stars.

[Big Hath]

this can be like NES Frankenstein!!

[BDawk]

Lets fuck some whores!!!

[TβG]

if you can program through an apple ii, then, can you program it through an apple ii emulator?

[Mr. Blubbo]

I was going to make this thread but I forgot.

Nightwulf was completely serious.  So much so that he started talking binary while explaining the step-by-step process.  Problem is he said it would take a long time.  Personally, it needs to be done.  Nightwulf needs to get the program out to Stock and then Stock needs to get the ROM on the website.

Time frame:

Nightwulf has 90 days to produce program
Stock then has 20 days to produce ROM after he receives program

So by my calculations we should have a 30 team RBI ROM in 110 days.

[Reds]

My mind is blown...the whole idea of this...it would be too perfect.

[Bonny]

Everyone should have their respective teams roster turned just after the July 31 trade deadline.

I got Royals, duh

[Bonny]

This is also going to lead to an expanded editor.

[fathedX]

Maybe we should get the buy-in of a sober nightwulf before we work on the rosters.

I got the Rockies.

[Bonny]

Maybe we should have a " Hey Nightwulf, would you make us a 30 team RBI rom, we'll give you money" paypal account.

[nightwulf]

nightwulf said that it is possible, but it would take a lot of work.  this is awesome enough that i am eager to help.

It's possible in that there is a bunch of unused space in the ROM, which theoretically could be used to contain information for more teams. The problem lies in that the free space is strewn out in several places. The real challenge would be restructuring the entire game so that the free areas were in more manageable chunks, and changing code appropriately. Also the team select screen would obviously need to be modified, which is not something I'm good at, but it couldn't be that difficult.

The biggest hurdle I came up with while running this around in my head is that there simply is no room in the name tables for more tiles. There's room for "team icon" tiles for exactly ten teams, and I don't think any more could be squeezed in. Theoretically I think I could move a page of CHR-RAM to the name table then modify specific tiles based on team selection, but I'm not sure if this is possible.

he said that you can program for NES on an Apple II.  so now i want to buy one.  only problem is i don't know anything about programming.  after i get an apple II, where do i go from there?  obviously i don't think i could handle this undertaking myself but if i can assist with it, that would be sweet.

Now that's not exactly what I said. The Apple II (original, plus, //e, //c) used roughly the same processor as the NES. Thus, if you know assembly on an Apple II (or a C64 for that matter), you're well on your way to understanding NES coding. Obviously it's not exactly the same.

[TempoGL]

ok so how hard is it to figure out assembly?

[nightwulf]

Painful, especially if you have prior programming experience, 'cause it's nothing like anything else.

[Mr. Blubbo]

Getting a 30 team RBI ROM is like knowing where plumbing leads to.  As long as it works, no one cares. 


Therefore, git 'er done!