hey, slightly offtopic, but it does have to do with the original statement.
TIcalc said "Sam has also released an Usgard port" How do oyu pronounce Usgard, I always thought it was U.S.gard, say it as 2 seperate letters, but their grammar would suggest it is Usgard, like the pronoun. Someone please clarify this. Am I amazingly wrong, and everything I ever thought about TI-85 Asm is wrong, or is this a typo on TIcalc's part?

It is certainly spelled "Usgard" in all of the documentation - I have never before seen it spelled "U.S.gard". So no, it's not a typo on our part. Personally, I always thought it was either pronounced "UZ-guard" or "US-guard". Why don't you write an email to Icarus Productions and ask how it is pronounced? :)

And while you're at it, ask how you pronounce "Sqrxz." ;)

According to Jimmy Mardell, programmer extroadinaire, who converted his friend's pc game to the 85 and then 86 (SQRXZ) it's pronounced Skerkz. Don't ask me how his friend came up with that name tho :p

heh... he probably got so sick and tired of trying to find a suitable name for it he smashed his head on the keyboard. :)

Although I've seen it written as "skeerz", the readme of the Gameboy version of Sqrxz pronounces it as "skwerks".

I like saying it as "Skwirks."

I've seen everyone pronounce it "UZ-gard," although the Icarus FAQ says it's pronounced "Asgard," like the Norse mythology home of the Gods (Thor, Odin, Loki, etc.)

Are you sure? I was told that it was pronounced us-gard. The Heavens in Norse mythology is spelled "Asgard", but pronounced us-gard. I heard they spelled it "Usgard" so no one would pronounce it ass-guard. That's what I heard, anyways.

I thought it was "Use-gard"

who cares? we're all to lame to actually have real friends in real life where we'll actually have to pronounce it instead of typing it. :)

speak for yourself! I happen to have several friends, who actually have TI-85s and all have USgard on it, I have said it on numerous occasions, more times than I have typed it by far!

I had a friend once, but I lost him over the pronounciation of "usgard"

lol

You mean to tell me I've been protecting my rear with an assembly shell?!

I would just like to say congratulations to Sam Heald, on porting all those games to the 85. I've been waiting forever for someone to port all those games to the 85. Thanks!

I would just like to know when the next version or full version of Zelda will be coming out. I mean, the demo lasts for 15 minutes and leaves you wanting more.

I remember reading on the group's webpage that the Zelda game (at least the original version, for '83) would not be updated any more until the final version. It stands to reason that except for bug fixes, the ports ('82, '85, '86) won't be either.

However, as far as release dates on a program, this is one of the NO-NO questions to ask a programmer. Many programmers are annoyed by this question, and oftentimes, a programmer really cannot judge when he/she will finish a project. It will come out when it comes out. The project I really have my on right now, however, is Macross Software's Neontech II engine.

Staying on the topic of Zelda don't forget about their Zelda that looks great!!!!

Hehehe, it's kinda like releasing the first third of a movie before the rest is done and, hey, while you're at it, putting it on DVD too. :)
I don't mean any offense by this, it just struck me as amusing, especially because I'm making a movie right now and showing it to people after I get done every 30 seconds of it :)

heh