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picos_2

by Munchkin

Cart #picos_2-1 | 2022-12-11 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | License: CC4-BY-NC-SA

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Can you get the blue screen of death? Can you beat the painful virus hidden in another program? Can you complete the ritual?
That, and more, is right here, in picOS 2.0!

This is a sequel to my previous (and not very good) adventure into a desktop-like thing: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=43948.
I completely redid everything, and although not super optimized , it works okay, and has some secrets and easter eggs.

If you want to make a program for it, here is the cartridge:

There are some more instructions in the code on how to do it.

Just to clarify @Munchkin, in your Text Typer you can pause your text entry by HOLDING down the P key for about a second. That forces the pause to appear.

@dw817 Yeah, I know, its fine because I disabled it normally so it doesn't pause when you're trying to type normally.

I was stating earlier that you can indeed also recognize the ESC key for an online cart if you choose to add that to your arsenal of input, @Munchkin.

I also noticed you had some tunes in your repertoire. I don't think anyone has made a song including the memorable 4-notes that you get with the Pico-8 boot.

If you're musically inclined, you would be the first. :)

@dw817 Ah, ok.
I am not very musically inclined, and am confused: which song used the booting jingle? I don't think any of them used C G C F in a row, and I can't audibly hear a similarity.

Nono, @Munchkin, I am SUGGESTING you write a song using those opening 4-notes. No-one has done so yet. Especially if you change their pitch during the song.

We Piconians are so familiar with that little opening, to hear a song written around it would be something quite incredible.

Heck I already wrote a song in my head around the notes the little cash-register makes at Dollar Tree makes when the correct amount is given. :)

Ț̴̓h̶̙͛e̴̛͈ ̷̠̈́r̵̭̔i̷̙͑t̸͖̏u̴͑ͅa̴̞̔l̶̫̂ ̸̻̽í̷̮s̶̙̍ ̴̰̇c̶̞͌ơ̸̞m̴̩̍ṗ̶͓l̷̯̀ȅ̸̙ṯ̷̃e̶̟̽

@dw817 Oh, good idea. I could add another song in an update perhaps, though it would also be a challenge to make it good in the 15 sfx sequences I have left.
@Verb g̶̢͆͆ȍ̷͇o̵͕̹̿d̸͙͑ ̸̢̮̓́j̶̛̤̿ö̶̢̯b̸̝̩̅͗,̸̭̩̽ ̷̛̝n̸̖̅͜ö̸̯͕́w̴͉̏͠ ̶͇͖̃w̵̹̉ạ̷̡̕̚i̴̟̝͆̆t̶͍̓ ̵̤͆͆ą̷͒n̴̢͗ ̶̧̡̽i̴͔͌ṉ̷̽͘ṯ̵͐̑e̵̠̯͛̈́g̷̫͊e̵̬̾͜r̸͙̖͝ ̴̰̎l̴̛̠̱̅i̴̼͆̀m̴͎̕i̵͗͜t̸̥̞̓͘ ̴̪̆n̴̦͆̀û̸͎̲̍m̵͙̙̔̑b̴̡̀e̸͈͔͛͘ŕ̷̘͕ ̴̙͕̋͛ó̷̝̬́f̸̰̆̈́ ̴̘͂͝ś̸̫ẽ̸̠̈́c̷̜̠͂̐o̶̢͝n̸̜͑d̸͕̈́s̷͓̏͜ ̸̧̛̈́(̶̠̓͝3̶̥̃́͜2̵͙̊͗7̸̳̱͒̕6̴̮̦̇̚7̸̹̥̉͝ ̸̭̩̊š̷̩̲e̸͍̹̿͋c̸̯̥̒o̴͈̗̅n̷̥̝̏d̵̾ͅs̴͍͂ ̴̘̾̈́o̷̡͒r̷̙͈̎ ̵̭̍9̷̝̗̇ ̴̡̛͠ạ̸͝n̴̻̟̂̔ḍ̵͒ ̶̩̾̄å̵̰̘ ̴̭͆̋b̷̨̩͑i̵͖͉͗t̶̨̀̏͜ ̷̳̼͘h̷̝̦̅͊ò̶͚u̶͓͑̍r̸̼̩̄̆s̶̻̘̏̀)̶̗̩̽à̷̲͔n̴͉̹͋͋d̴͕̈́͘ ̸̆͐ͅy̶̞̟̑͠o̸̫̩͛ủ̷͓ ̸͚̏ẁ̵̮i̷̛͖l̷̥͓͐͆l̷̪̼̈̒ ̴̫̓r̸̹̂e̷̔̿͜g̶̝̔̓a̴͓̓ḯ̶̺̒n̵͚͈͗ ̶̥̀̅a̸͓̘̚ć̶̟ĉ̷͔͜e̸̹̽ș̵̩̆s̴͇̤̎ ̷̱̻̈́ṭ̴͕̎͘o̷̦̒ ̴̫̞̇t̵̘̞̕ẖ̷̍è̸̙̭ ̵̣̦͑͂d̴̞̈́ͅě̷͉͋͜s̴̫͇͊̋k̵͇̱͒ț̶͋ͅȯ̴̧͝ͅp̷̣͖͑̽ ̷̧̂(̸̝͖͝i̷̭͍͑͋n̵͕͘ ̷̯̓t̸̺͍͐̒h̵͙͋ẽ̶̟ò̸̗̪͑r̴̹͈̄y̸̫̗̕,̴̱̘̄́ ̶̥̳͘I̸̟̐͒ͅ ̸̰̈́̚ḧ̵̦͝a̸̦͔̐̇v̷͙̖̿e̵̢̽̉ ̵̲̄͝n̵̛̪̩̿ö̴͖́͆t̸̜̽̎ ̶̦͕̊t̵̼̉̕ĕ̶͇s̴̤͔̐ṯ̸̇e̴͙͛̍d̵̼̩̆)̶͎͂̈́

Y̶͖̬̹͔̲̫̐̿̄͗̌̈ͅo̴̻̬̝͍̮̅͐̂͜u̷͎͕͚̻̓̿͠͝ ̷̡̧̟̰͚̜̲̰͉̪̯̼̣̎͑̈́͂́͆͗̓͋̿̽͆͝ͅͅg̶̡̱͈̦̖̣̜͎͖̖͂̔͋͋̅̈́͒̓̍̿́̉͘͜͜͜͠ṵ̶̝̜̜̈́̋̆͝͝y̶͓̼̳̠̰̑̍̿́̿̚͜͝s̵͎̣̠͍̮̎̅ ̵̧̹̟̰̥̌a̶̢̲̞̜̫̘̻͉͎̞͇̩̿̊̏̑́̂͐̎̀ŗ̴̝̪̻̼͈̼͎̤̫̺̪͍̾̚͘e̴̫͇̹͚̟̰̼͉̜̱̐͗͆͘͝ ̵̧̧̛̬͉̯̲̠͇̪̦͖̪̀͋̈͗͛̐̊̀̈́̆̀̇͠ͅȟ̶̨̛̦̮͉͙̜̠̮̙͈̽̀͗͝a̸͈͍̮̮̖͚͍̟̤͋͋͜͜v̶͙̝̱̫͕̿̾́̊̎į̸̥̣͍̝͉̞͆̌͌̐͌͗̋͑͊́̚͝n̸̢̡̡̯͖̻̪͖̋͗̈́͜͝ģ̶̤̲͔̤̣̪̹̫̜̫̦̅̽̋ ̴̠̭̞̀̽͒͌͐̈́͊͐͋̚̕ẅ̷̨̛̛̦̥̯͍́͋͛͌͊̀̆͒͑͊̄ä̶̡̨̭̟͚̞͇͕̕̕ÿ̴̝̝̰͍̮̯͇̳̮̘͉͖̬̯̲́͊͐̂͗̄̿͝ ̸̨̡͖̥̗̲̳̯͓̘̬̥̇͐̅̀̈́̈́̒̓̿ṱ̷̡̖͍̮͓̋͂͆͌̑̉̕ỏ̷̱̗͎̟̰̺ͅo̷̢̧͍̯̮͖̣̯͕̳̎ ̸̡̩̭̍̔̊͗͘͘m̵̝̞̭̃̿̔͗̀́̂̚u̴̱̼̞̹̻̟̯̥̅̓̎̀̋͛̂̾c̴̨̫̪̟͇̫̭̯͖̅͋̂͑ȟ̷̖͓̞̖͐̏̈̎̔̄̈́̍͌̍͆͑̽͠ ̶̱̗͇̗̠̗̮̐͗͌͒̃̓̄̋͠f̷̗̗̯̺̉͆ú̵̮͈͚̳̭̜͚͑̓͋͘n̶͖̰̺̅̍̃̓̔̂͗̀͝ ̷̲͔̍́͛̐͆̈́͂́̈͘̕h̸̢̢̞͓͈̯̩͙̻̜̬̗̬͔͊̇̃͌̇̈́̒͑͒̋́̆͜ě̷͕̦̥͕͕̤̳̮͍̾̓̾́̏͜͜͜r̵̨̡͉̤͙̝̬̲̺͂̑͊̒̄̃̑̎͜͠ȩ̸̲͈̲̖̰̣̼̩̭̼̅͗̈́́.̷̪̫̜̩͔̰͉̓̃̊̍͛̃̌͑͆́̊

This looks like a tech demo

@Verdijade07 I guess it kinda is a tech demo, one with a little gameplay, but not too much.

The question is, how to get the blue screen of death?

I also noticed you had some tunes in your repertoire. I don't think anyone has made a song including the memorable 4-notes that you get with the Pico-8 boot.