No real reason

[Halcyon]

Just some fun with a pandora on a Sunday Morning.


Figured the game makers never figured on using the dark shield in the hall of zombies and the "Unholy Red close pin" to level up familiars in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

 

[Nintendo]

Haha, good stuff, mate~ I want this to get more exposure.


Moved to Pandora General.

 

[Coldbird]

Sir, you are a god among men.

 

[Mr Rob]

This is how it starts. One closepin to automatically play the Pandora. Then we'll use Arduinos to automate more games. Soon there'll be full robot arms and eye-sensors playing. And then one day, in the near future, the Pandora team'll visit the Pandora Making Facility in Germany and realize no devices are being made because all the robots in the factory are all trying to beat Ninja Gaiden on the Pandora at the same time.


Which of course will be the most interesting chapter in "Why did production take so long?".


Lesson learned? Robots are selfish.

 

[Caine]

While it works, it is also it bit silly that this is required at all (to max the game). Pointless grinding. You might as well go play Progress Quest. Oh well, you've handled it smarter than me, I did all that manually

and realize no devices are being made because all the robots in the factory are all trying to beat Ninja Gaiden on the Pandora at the same time.

As if Ninja Gaiden is unbeatable.

 

[Mr Rob]

While it works, it is also it bit silly that this is required at all (to max the game). Pointless grinding. You might as well go play Progress Quest. Oh well, you've handled it smarter than me, I did all that manually

and realize no devices are being made because all the robots in the factory are all trying to beat Ninja Gaiden on the Pandora at the same time.

As if Ninja Gaiden is unbeatable.

Well if anyone can do it, it'll be the robots.


Also, I wish ProgressQuest was open source, so we could make a port. That's a P-E-R-F-E-C-T game for the Pandora.

 

[Blue Protoman]

Actually, as of this past May, it is.

 

[Mr Rob]

Actually, as of this past May, it is.

No way, really?


Actually, now that I investigate, I'm still skeptical. Do you have a link? I can't find anything about open sourcing it on Progress Quest's homepage.

 

[Blue Protoman]

Can't check as it's blocked at my school, but Wikipedia tells me it is.

 

[Mr Rob]

Can't check as it's blocked at my school, but Wikipedia tells me it is.

I should stop doubting you, Blue Protoman; Progress Quest source code: https://bitbucket.org/grumdrig/pq/overview


I'm not completely sure the licensing here; it was more of a 'here you go, the source!' than a 'I declare this GPL'. But if anyone wants a go at a port, it'd be funny to see this on the Pandora.

 

[Blue Protoman]

ROM Check Fail is now open source, by the way. And that was made in Python!

 

[NoeleyC]

ROM Check Fail is now open source, by the way. And that was made in Python!

Can someone port this if possible? As the Pandora is already a haven for retro gaming, this tribute would be a fantastic addition!

 

[milkshake]

if its made in python why wouldnt it already work?

 

[Mr Rob]

I've never heard of ROM Check Fail before, this game is awesome.

 

[Halcyon]

if its made in python why wouldnt it already work?

I love some Rom Check Fail, but I don't know more then to put the .pnd file on my memory card. I really don't know much about software at all. I totally second the notion to make Rom Check fail a .pnd file!!

 

[Mr Rob]

Tempting, sooooo tempting.


I know I won't be able to get to this by the end of the week, but I could give a port a shot then.

 

[Blue Protoman]

Beware that it's apparently poorly coded. I have no idea how it would run. Might be worth optimizing.

 

[Tempel]

if its made in python why wouldnt it already work?

Not quite. It's not pure Python in that it depends on the PopCap framework, a C++ library if I remember correctly. But the Linux port, TuxCap, is open source, so it's probably doable.

 

[Mr Rob]

Beware that it's apparently poorly coded. I have no idea how it would run. Might be worth optimizing.

Fortunately, I'm an expert on poorly coded software, ha ha.

 

[Halcyon]

Right on Mr. Rob,


If you get the time and take a swing at this let me know I would be stoked to give it a go.