I can't tell if that's a troll or serious post.

Not sure about that last part, but it makes sense that Elon Musk would be the first to be tossed into the sun. Too bad he'll burn up well before he gets there though. Humankind may never truly step foot on the sun.

That settles it: we need to turn the sun into a solid by freezing it.

That's a nice-looking post!

This is a long thread...

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Now that you have said that I am stuck for new ideas.

But I did find a great image of a real life end boss fight that made me laugh out loud!

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Nope! Edgar Vigdal (may he Rest in peace ) had no problems. And I had no problems since I started with the PC versions in the 1990s.

I'm actually a little surprised Edgar didn't get any legal problems as the name of his game was a little sketchy... his was "Deluxe Pac-Man" for the Amiga, mine has always been "Deluxe Pacman". There is a difference. Namco registered "Pac-Man" with the dash. They never registered "Pacman", in fact, there is a hat maker in South Korea named "Pacman". So, yeah, I checked. I don't use anything of theirs. My Pacman character looks different than theirs if you look closely (mine has eyes, their original one did not). My ghosts are different, they have noses and the animation is different. My level layout is totally different than theirs and I have multiple levels, the original only ever had one. Moving a man through a maze is not exactly an original idea. But... if push came to shove, I would just rename it or stop making it all together (not that I work on it much anymore anyhow)... or I would fight them over it as I am not exactly a pushover, I am known for putting up a fight and pushing back when it comes to my rights.

I also feel all the clones is what has kept the game alive. Probably helps with sales on console versions I would imagine <shrug>.

I do have a huge number of downloads of my Deluxe Pacman 1 game. It even surprised me. We're talking in the millions worldwide... if only I had $1 for each download <sigh>. Mainly Spanish speaking nations it seems and a lot of the nations in South America, so there's a market for games like that there. If I knew their language I would be tempted to add it to the game.

I even had a download of it in Saudi Arabia and in some nation next to Libya (I forget the name) which surprised me.

Okay, you're no longer allowed to play it.

I never play in that mode as it was requested by someone so that would explain how I never caught it. I'll check that, then curse you for making me work on it again!

As for the age difference... I started DP1 in the 1990s, I think around 1996 for DOS and upgraded it as time went by. Originally it was 320x200 I think, something like that with VGA graphics and I think Allegro 2? Been a while. Eventually I moved it to Windows and 800x600. Around 2009 I started to think about a new version with new features, new graphics, new resolution and slightly larger level layout with custom start positions etc... etc... I thought about it a while, made some designs and then shelved it until around 2012 when I started work on it again with Allegro 5. I basically was learning Allegro 5 while I programmed it, so that was a task. I think it was 2015 when I finally released a demo of it and then the full version.

There's a programming journal that comes with it. There's one with both games where I have log entries when I worked on it, some of my frustrations etc... it's actually VERY lengthy, if you're curious. Both games have one installed and can be accessed from the start menu folder (or in the game install folder itself). Both also have a level editor with them.

Oh, what DP2 has that DP1 does not, DP2 has an energy bar you can use for temporary speed, you gain energy as you eat (see HELP menu), press CTRL to use it. DP2 can change from fullscreen to window on the fly thanks to Allegro 5, DP1 you have to restart. DP2 you can set the ghost start positions, it has teleports, the levels are slightly larger, has new graphics etc...

As a side note, I just tried DP2 in Wine on Ubuntu and it worked pretty much flawlessly. I think there might have been a bit of a skew to some of the fonts/text on the score board, but that was about it. I only played one level, mind you. You may want to test this for yourself and document it on your Web site.

I'm also playing it on Linux (Ubuntu) using Wine, and it runs flawlessly as far as I can tell.

I tested it just now and sure enough, the bug's no more! I don't know if it's gone through yet, but I sent a few bucks your way for your efforts. Thanks for fixing it!

Necessary or not, you're good for it. I got my high score up to 1.5 million today. Is there an all-time high score that you know of?

So I just spent 53 minutes recording my play session only to discover that I had my recording software configured incorrectly. Oh well, I got a new high score either way: 3,393,200!

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That's pretty high. I'll try to beat that.

Edit
Anyone want some more Steam keys?
7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat -> 0EQ0Q-6MXZR-JIJMQ
AI War: Fleet Command -> 6BNPT-9J2GF-80LZ7
Ellipsis -> R8RWF-JYI93-WJT3Q