MeMO

Devlog

• A.I.
  October 21, 2018 by RETREAM

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  As documented in the other devlog posts, over the years MeMO has been reworked/updated several times and released in three very different shapes. However, one feature always remained unimplemented: an AI to play against. The funny (sad?) thing is that such AI has already been fully designed... about 13 years ago! It's a low priority, but hopefully one day the notes shown in the picture will turn i... Continue reading

  
• History
  June 15, 2018 by RETREAM

  v3.7 (20180614) Fixed graphical glitches when entering the player's name (the background might be restored wrongly due to a missing Blitter wait and the cursor sprite was not visible due to a .l in place of a .w). Printed some texts in yellow or orange instead of red, as that gives a much better result with RF/composite video out. Changed style of name/logo ("MeMO" instead of "MEMO") to recall the... Continue reading
• The whole story
  November 23, 2017 by RETREAM

  MeMO was born in 1996 as a programming exercise. The inspiration came from the Memory Station sub-game of the game Deluxe Galaga . The first playable version was made in quite a short time. Regrettably, at that time, the focus was not on the gameplay, but rather on fancy effects (multiple resolutions, dynamic color changing, screens/cards flipping, scrolling texts, etc.) that would let the author... Continue reading