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Yes, did not enter the compo for a while so I was extra motivated and focused during the convention. Hope to see you soon at an AC or eJagfest.

Aha, so there is a difference between MyDOS and DOS 2.5 regarding binary load from Basic (therefore a different machinecode required). Since I am no programmer, I did not know this. Evil me, I wanted to have all Tenliner games on a 130k disk. So I simply packed the two longest programs (Acme Inc and Fall Ball, both ug-Basic programs) and then they did all fit on a 130k disk. But with DOS 2.5 and your menu on this 130k diskette all XEX files did not run anymore. With MyDOS and your menu on this 130k disk I also had some problems (think the XEX files still did not load, but maybe it was something else that did not work). So I loaded your menu from the Tenliners 2023 (130k DOS 2.5 disk image) and listed lines 65 and 66 to diskette and then entered it to the menu of the Tenliners 2024 on my 130k DOS 2.5 disk - and that worked. The packed programs show some garbage when depacking, but otherwise they work fine (and all XEX files load fine from DOS 2.5 now).

I haven't played Hera Primera but I tried to run it. Result is that Hera Primara runs on buzz-Vectrex consoles but does not run on non-buzz Vectrex consoles (Serial numbers 31xxxxx and 4xxxxxx). Poly.play is currently ellaborating this and is looking for a solution.

Makes you feel like you’re in the game! “I wanna be a COWBOY”

I recently came across this digital archive of Compute! magazine issues from the 80s. It's a lot of fun flipping through them to read the articles, look at the ads, check out the reviews and even the type-in programs! Link to the archive: https://archive.org/details/compute-magazine Here's an issue from October 1983 if you want to get an idea of what it's like: https://archive.org/details/1983-10-compute-magazine/mode/2up?view=theater

Your tablet works absolutely correct. Contrary to the Koala Pad the Y-Axis is inverted (I even guess to avoid to being sued for plagiarism). In RAMBrandt you should just select the correct input device here: If you like to try some games with the pad, here are some:

I mentioned you in the Geneve development thread. See if the version there works. If not, a fix is relatively easy though @9640News and I might not have time to get to it right away.

I thought the label was blue. Didn’t realize there’s a red version also. 👍

Oh that makes so much more sense. Is there a Rom file version of this game?

I have a USB-connected SteelSeries Apex 3 gaming keyboard connected. Works great. The LED backlight is adjustable so I have mine set to a nice steady blue colour.

@Shaggy the Atarian First week of Asteroids is in the books. Understanding it's basically been on free-play 😀, did people seem to enjoy it?

Not owning a PokeyMax yet in any form, only interpreting the discussions here and in the other thread, there are no new functional features to speak of (well, there is this DAC that @foft just mentioned, and better keyboard compatibility). The main novelty is that the new design is (a) fully open, (b) DIY-able-ish, (c) hw simplified to reduce costs. The different FPGA options are to further allow cutting costs if not all extensions are needed (myself I will most likely go for M08), but you can still have a M16 based build with all-in.

Happy to hear you are doing well. Wishing you all of the best

I let Chris know

Looks fantastic. Nice work!

Nice. I go up to the Pasco County Fair, which I'm pretty sure is right by you. Yeah, you could make a day of it, if you ever felt like swinging over that way. The arcade is $14 for the day, and all the games are on free-play. We head over in the morning, play for a little while, grab some lunch and a beer, play a little more, and if we're still in town by dinner time, there's an insanely good Creole restaurant called Hour's Creole Smokehouse across the street.

Not me. I'm looking for someone who's offering it. My hands are never good with small, fiddly things.

Changes in v4 (dug out from other thread): i) Somewhat thinner (headers move inwards) ii) 2 layer single sided while having v3 like features iii) Digital ADC iv) No io expander, so keyboard timing can be perfect v) No LM339s needed (uses the fpga lvds) ie small form factor changes, cost reduction, keyboard compatibility improvement and digital system audio mixing u1mb has a plugin. I do have a spare io pin that I could dedicate to switch back to mono mode for those who don’t want to use it.

According to the video description, it was played on a Phoenix. Which emulates the F18a hardware mod. And the F18a eliminates flicker.

I will have to check it out for sure. Looks like they have a lot of options to play there. I'm in east Pasco near Saint Leo, so Tarpon Springs is a bit out of the way, but definitely looks like it would be worth the drive.

One should add Atari 5200 carts absolutely never ever rattle. If that's not a clear sign of how superior Big Sexy is, I don't know what is!

Cool, yeah Lowry Parcade is one of the arcades I was referring to that I've been to. It's a fun spot. Worth stopping in if you pass by or are in the area. Not sure where you are in Tampa Bay, but Replay arcade is also worth a visit, and worth the drive if it's not crazy far from you. You may have already seen my post on it, if not, the link is below. Replay is in downtown Tarpon Springs (not the Sponge Docks area) and it's awesome. It's a regular arcade, no bar or food, but you can leave and come back as much as you want, and there's a bunch of bars and restaurants right around it within a couple of blocks. I'm in Northwest Tampa Bay, so it's not too far from me. I go all the time.

Are there any alternatives to WATA? Are they the only organization that does game grading? As I see it, a WATA-graded game will get the biggest boost in price, but a game graded by a lesser-known entity should still be worth more than an ungraded game. Just as a three-star hotel is not as nice (or expensive) as a five-star hotel, but it is better than a completely unrated establishment.