VB.NET Book

[tenaja]

I've got a guy who does my .net coding, and I'm 99% sure you can make an installation disc with or without the .net included. It just makes you download it if you don't have it already, and it's not on the disc.

[T.Jackson]

I'd say you're 100% right, I have read about it on Microsoft's site.

Incidentally, I have a beta version of Pacman ready for download. Written entirely with GDI+ and a handful of APIs. www.trentjackson.bigpondhosting.com/pac.zip

Hope it brings back memories, it is near identical to the arcade version. Thanks to .NET's object orientated nature -- this project was a snack

Happy chomp'n

Trent Jackson

[T.Jackson]

Atari made 5 MILLION dollars from their 2600 console port of Pacman -- awe inspiring

Trent Jackson

[tenaja]

If only things were so simple now! It takes a revolutionary game like Halo or Guitar Hero to win the video game lottery these days... there are so many people vying for the spot.

Thanks for sharing pacman, by the way. Have you posted the code for tetris?

[T.Jackson]

If only things were so simple now! It takes a revolutionary game like Halo or Guitar Hero to win the video game lottery these days... there are so many people vying for the spot.

I could not agree more. Personally, I feel, you would stand a better chance at winning the lottery than making it big time from a video game these days, which is probably why I turned down the offer to spend years of my life learning C# for the Xbox. Ugh, you practically need an absolute breakthrough to get a game published for the Xbox.

The code for Tetris was posted many moons ago: http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb...6803&lngWId=10

Trent Jackson

[Ioannis]

Maybe the next big thing in games (although I have no idea of games as I don't play...) might be the 3D systems with gloves full of sensors, 3D screens or 3D glasses or better a suit to wear and "live" the game. I fear that this will soon be a reality and player will escape his environment to live his virtual reality. I wonder if he could escape then back...

Ioannis

[T.Jackson]

Maybe the next big thing in games (although I have no idea of games as I don't play...) might be the 3D systems with gloves full of sensors, 3D screens or 3D glasses or better a suit to wear and "live" the game. I fear that this will soon be a reality and player will escape his environment to live his virtual reality. I wonder if he could escape then back...

Ioannis

The SMS (Sega Master System) -- was the first console to bring out 3D glasses, but they sold poorly due to the supporting games, or rather lack of. The Nintendo Wii has controllers with built-in sensors that allow the player to play a game of tennis by swinging the controller as apposed to pushing buttons. Where it is all headed is anyone's guess. The next 20-years will be very interesting.

Trent Jackson