That's very nice. Worth the effort!

I mean... there are things that look like doors right?

I'd be so in my element if they introduced xenoarchaeology and the ability to explore *inside* the Guardian ruins.

Absolutely nothing wrong with that at all. I spent an evening recently listening to C64 toons... so...

Fully documented source code for The Sentinel on the BBC Micro Fully documented source code disassembly for The Sentinel on the BBC Micro, with lots of deep dive articles explaining how every aspect of the game works.

Warning! That website is a rabbit hole of interesting info... If you like this kind of thing then I'd also recommend checking out the work @markmoxon.bsky.social has done digging into the innards of The Sentinel -> thesentinel.bbcelite.com

Ooh... Elite you say? Better than dusting!

So what's next? Or are there jobs you should have been doing over all these months! ;-)

A stack of boulders with a robot on top

Generating the landscape in The Sentinel

A panorama of landscape 0000 in The Sentinel

A contour map of the landscape in The Sentinel

It's finished! The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond's epic game, is now fully documented.

* 41,902 lines of lovingly annotated source code

* 51 deep dives (116,240 words)

* Buildable repository

* 100% handcrafted AI-free content

* 7 months’ work

thesentinel.bbcelite.com

#retrocomputing #C64 #BBCMicro

Time for my last batch of deep dives into The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond's epic #BBCMicro game.

This one's a mixed bunch of miscellaneous topics, from anti-cracker code to hidden snippets of original source code. Short and sweet!

thesentinel.bbcelite.com/deep_dives

Enjoy…

#retrocomputing #c64

The Sentinel's title screen

The cover of the "Every Breath You Take" single

What links The Sentinel with "Every Breath You Take"?

Why, it’s the minor added 9th chord, of course!

And the fact that they’re both 1980s classics

Find out more in batch #10 of my deep dives:

thesentinel.bbcelite.com/deep_dives

Batch #11 (last one!) soon

Enjoy!

#retrocomputing #c64 #bbcmicro

Look at the size of that thing!

Progress chart for 51 articles

I just wrote word number 100,000 of my deep dives into the epic game The Sentinel.

I know quantity <> quality, but milestones are important in projects this long. I started this project in September! Seems like a lifetime ago.

Here's my progress chart. Nearly there…

#retrocomputing #c64 #bbcmicro

Index of all deep dive articles - The Sentinel on the BBC Micro Index of all deep dive articles about The Sentinel

New release: deep dives #37 to #40 for The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond's epic #BBCMicro game

This batch (#8) is a small release, covering the title screens, energy icons and scanner

thesentinel.bbcelite.com/deep_dives

Batch #9 is still in the oven, coming soon

Enjoy!

#retrocomputing #c64 #8bit

Brings back memories!

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Yeah. Sorry for bringing it up! Just stay away from the demo scene... ;-)

Problems required some innovating solutions back then due to the limitations - as you've been exploring! Self modifying code was always a little high risk!

That's very cool!

Good news!

You tried a reboot previously though right?

Ah... we call all that "The Usual!" Hobbies have never been more important imo!

Well let us know what the problem was once you find out...

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That's just so strange! do you have any virtual audio channels or third party tools installed?

Mark Moxon's Software Archaeology Reverse engineering, code disassemblies and a healthy dose of retrocomputing nostalgia

Documenting The Sentinel is really growing my collection of disassemblies at bbcelite.com

Five projects: Elite, Aviator, Revs, Lander, The Sentinel

1,038,891 words of source code commentary

507,016 words of deep dives

All Shakespeare's plays? 835,997 words

#retrocomputing #bbcmicro #c64 #8bit

But what are you trying to avoid doing? I'm guessing there's something out there that you really, really don't want to do!

Hope you get your motorbike back soon... looking at the C64U and my bank balance...

Index of all deep dive articles - The Sentinel on the BBC Micro Index of all deep dive articles about The Sentinel

Time for some more deep dives into The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond's epic #BBCMicro game!

Batch #6 is now ready: 3 new articles about screen buffers, panning, scrolling and dithering

thesentinel.bbcelite.com/deep_dives

Batch #7 (drawing the landscape) coming soon

Enjoy!

#retrocomputing #c64 #8bit

Disappointed that the ballistic potential of a garden slug wasn't discussed at all...

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