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Xixit

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2023 5:06 am
by The 8-Bit Guy
This is an official port of the MS-DOS game from 1995 known as Xixit. It's essentially a clone of an earlier game known as "Columns." However, Xixit has very nice eye-candy special effects, and an amazing sound track. You're going to love playing this!
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Download Here:
Xixit X16.zip
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(updated 1-23-2023)

Re: Xixit

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 6:00 am
by Cyber
I love just looking at it and listening to it!

Re: Xixit

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2023 6:33 pm
by Soonlar
Well done David!

Re: Xixit

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 6:27 am
by Edmond D
Watch the new video about the game at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq89B-traSA

Re: Xixit

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:54 pm
by trooperklein
I just downloaded a copy of Xixit to play on the X16 emulator. How do I get it to load?
Michael L. Klein

Re: Xixit

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:22 pm
by TomXP411
trooperklein wrote: Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:54 pm I just downloaded a copy of Xixit to play on the X16 emulator. How do I get it to load?
Michael L. Klein
Here's what I'd do:

Create a folder named CX16-Xixit
from your emulator folder, copy the following files into that folder:
  • x16emu.exe
  • sdl2.dll
  • rom.bin
Then open the Xixit.zip file and copy all the files from that into the same folder.
Launch the emulator and
LOAD "XIXIT.PRG"
RUN


For now, this is probably the simplest means we have to make files available to the emulator without cluttering your emulator folder with a bunch of different downloads.

You can also create SD card images with your downloads, but that's a little more complex and something I recommend doing only after you know how to use the system.

Re: Xixit

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:44 pm
by trooperklein
Thank you. I'll give it a try.

Re: Xixit

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2023 7:06 pm
by jorgedo
Hi everyone! Great work, congratulations David, totally awesome, I've been playing it often the last three days on the X16 emulator. I noticed that sometimes a tile that is not connected with the others (and shouldn't disapear) will explode. Is that a bug? Somebody else had this experience?

Game settings:
Control: keyboard
Difficulty: easy
Background: static
Block set: wild
Music: off.
Example:
Level 16, 06 blocks remaining.
Only the red tiles must explode.
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Three orange tiles are selected.
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And explode.
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Re: Xixit

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2023 11:30 am
by aleax804
TomXP411 wrote: Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:22 pm
trooperklein wrote: Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:54 pm I just downloaded a copy of Xixit to play on the X16 emulator. How do I get it to load?
Michael L. Klein
Here's what I'd do:

Create a folder named CX16-Xixit
from your emulator folder, copy the following files into that folder:
  • x16emu.exe
  • sdl2.dll
  • rom.bin
Then open the Xixit.zip file and copy all the files from that into the same folder.
Launch the emulator and
LOAD "XIXIT.PRG"
RUN

Or instead of all of that duplication, you could simply create a one line batch file in the XIXIT folder called launch.bat or whatever with these contents:

..\x16emu -prg XIXIT.PRG -run

...which will launch the emulator directly into the game. Of course, this is assuming your XIXIT folder is directly beneath the emulator folder. Yeah, it reeks of DOS but what can you do?

Re: Xixit

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:58 am
by TomXP411
aleax804 wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 11:30 am ...which will launch the emulator directly into the game. Of course, this is assuming your XIXIT folder is directly beneath the emulator folder. Yeah, it reeks of DOS but what can you do?
That works too. I was trying to avoid batch files or command line scripts, since the kind of people who write command line scripts will have already written that same script. (I actually have 5 or so scripts to launch the emulator, for similar reasons.)