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Post by hcmffm on Oct 21, 2018 6:24:09 GMT -5
An early version of the Bedlam manual² is available. Logo is missing and fine-tuning is still needed. |
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Post by TrekMD on Oct 21, 2018 11:00:32 GMT -5
Cool!
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Post by hcmffm on Oct 22, 2018 14:32:06 GMT -5
Thank you, TrekMD , for your positive feedback.  Likes and feedback are always welcome and motivate me. Received the Bedlam logo from my local dealer ( 50tbrd , thank you!) and added it to the manual. Bedlam manual² looks much more complete, now. There's still some fine-tuning to do and then I'm done with this one. Suggestions for the next manual are welcome. |
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Post by Computer Nerd Kev on Oct 22, 2018 19:00:15 GMT -5
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Post by hcmffm on Oct 23, 2018 18:19:44 GMT -5
Great work. I made a start at vectorising the Bedlam manual a while ago too but never got near finished (though I was hoping to make a system for doing the conversion automatically from scans, including OCR).... Thank you for your accolade, Computer Nerd Kev. I had a look at your front and backpage of Bedlam. For an automatic conversion it's not bad. Yet, human conversion is still superior and more precise at the moment.  |
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Post by hcmffm on Oct 26, 2018 14:15:15 GMT -5
Bedlam manual² is finished, now. Please note: If you don't see a complete manual with Bedlam logo at front, then please make sure that you delete your browser cache and then click the link, again.  Next Vectrex manual² will be Blitz!.
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Post by TrekMD on Oct 26, 2018 17:14:28 GMT -5
Fantastic! Thank you!
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Post by SiLic0ne t0aD on Nov 3, 2018 14:35:33 GMT -5
Thanks again for publishing these! I recently acquired a 3D imager and needed to read the instructions for a couple 3d games, so these scanned manuals sure came in handy! |
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Post by 50tbrd on Nov 3, 2018 22:36:39 GMT -5
FYI, they're not scanned. They're meticulously recreated. Thanks again for publishing these! I recently acquired a 3D imager and needed to read the instructions for a couple 3d games, so these scanned manuals sure came in handy! |
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Post by hcmffm on Nov 4, 2018 6:37:08 GMT -5
FYI, they're not scanned. They're meticulously recreated. Right, quite some difference. Just scanned the manual of Blitz! and the scans are 45MB. The final Vectrex Manual² of Blitz! will be about 400kb - a nice side effect of the vectorization (which I keep mentioning ;-) ). This week-end I had a "manual attack": Asteroid Cowboys, Floor Is Lava, and Blitz!. Reason might be the burn-down chart that I made for the Vectrex manual² project. According to the trend the estimated end would be end of 2022!  Looks like I have to speed up a things a bit... Just created the first three pages of the Blitz! manual². Should be finished in the next 1-2 weeks. EDIT: A first version of Blitz! is done. Blitz! logo from 50tbrd is included (Thank you, Tony!). I'll do some quality checks, then the manual will be final. |
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Post by hcmffm on Nov 10, 2018 12:27:08 GMT -5
Today, I've completed the Blitz! manual². 17 out of 29 manuals vectorized.  Next Vectrex manual² will be Clean Sweep. |
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Post by TrekMD on Nov 10, 2018 21:38:07 GMT -5
That was pretty quick. Thank you!
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Post by SiLic0ne t0aD on Nov 10, 2018 23:04:17 GMT -5
FYI, they're not scanned. They're meticulously recreated. Thanks again for publishing these! I recently acquired a 3D imager and needed to read the instructions for a couple 3d games, so these scanned manuals sure came in handy! Ah, you know what I meant.. Just saying thanks nonetheless. |
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Post by hcmffm on Feb 8, 2019 19:29:35 GMT -5
After some pause I've started to hand-vectorize Rip Off manual². Right, it's Rip Off and not Clean Sweep. Rip Off logo is still missing and quite some tuning is needed. EDIT 15.02.2018: Almost finished... |
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Post by TrekMD on Feb 9, 2019 0:21:49 GMT -5
Cool, good to see you're continuing to work on these. |
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Likes and feedback are always welcome and motivate me.
Looks like I have to speed up a things a bit...