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Standardized Title Screen

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:44 am
by Yazwho

If you don't like cracktros, you can of course buy the game.

 


Standardized Title Screen

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 11:13 am
by AndyMt

Of course... these days I do that.


Standardized Title Screen

Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 12:52 pm
by SlithyMatt


On 9/14/2022 at 4:44 AM, Yazwho said:




If you don't like cracktros, you can of course buy the game.



 



Unfortunately, that's no longer an option for old games published by defunct companies! Now I have no choice but to sit through cracktros to play many old home computer games.


Standardized Title Screen

Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 2:19 pm
by ZeroByte

Having installed some stuff I found on CSDB (if I remember the right acronym), I don't mind the cracktros themselves so much as I mind the fact that most stuff on there also pulls up a trainer menu before starting the game. I really really really don't like cheat codes like this - and having it drop into a menu first before even bringing up the main screen is annoying.


Standardized Title Screen

Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 2:37 pm
by Ed Minchau


On 9/15/2022 at 6:52 AM, SlithyMatt said:




Unfortunately, that's no longer an option for old games published by defunct companies! Now I have no choice but to sit through cracktros to play many old home computer games.



Well, you could rewrite them yourself....


Standardized Title Screen

Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 6:41 pm
by kelli217

Archive.org has a lot of abandonware, available for download or for playing on their online emulators.


Standardized Title Screen

Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:34 pm
by Yazwho

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Standardized Title Screen

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 12:46 am
by BruceMcF

I would be fine with a house style on "official project CX16" software, but for the general range of niche and hobbyist stuff, I am happy if it has a bit of a funky, pell mell feel.


Standardized Title Screen

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 2:47 am
by rje

Oooh I like an "Official X16" style... A sprite that looks like a sticker??


Standardized Title Screen

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 9:23 am
by Johan Kårlin

An idea is to have some official quality mark that can be given to software that meet certain demands. Those games/programs that are acknowledged can then have a certain title screen or badge in common. Compare for example how all Apple Arcade games start with a very short animated logotype intro. After that they all look very different. This could also be very motivating for developers in our community to make finished and stable products. ?