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Well, the time has come, I am ready to start the pre-order process for EA 70's Arcade Classics with versions for Colecovision, MSX and Spectravideo. I have stock of PCBS, EPROM chips, and cartridge shells to get started (and can get/make more). The final box art has come through, and I am ready to order boxes, but need to have some idea of the level of interest for each system. Pre-orders will come with a numbered signed certificate in the order orders are placed for each system. Prices are in Australian dollars, which gives most of the world a 30-40% discount depending on currency due to the exchange rate at the moment. Copies can be ordered on my website here: https://www.electricadventures.net/pages/shop Pre-orders will run through May, with shipping to start in the 1st weeks of June 2024.

https://ftp.whtech.com/ works for me right now.

However, it seems to be met with a lock of mocking on the social networks, especially from France. Engagement doesn't necessarily mean validation, even though bad publicity can be positive. I agree it's unfair, but most people remember Infogrames as a bad publisher here, maybe not in the league of LJN but not that far off. I can name a lot of great games published by Infogrames, sure, even before the Atari era, but they don't necessarily own the licenses anymore though (Alone in the Dark in particular).

This is awesome! The tweet already has over half a million views, so I think you're right. Yes, if Sierra came back that would be amazing!!

The fcc database search shown above covers fcc intentional radiator certification. Their engineers were clear they hadn't submitted for that certification. The two employees that spoke on video were the engineers responsible for the hardware prototypes, the other engineer commenting on reddit was one of the two people responsible for firmware. You don't have to believe them but what they said about achieving fcc unintentional radiator compliance and not submitting for the fcc intentional radiator part is consistent with what the fcc database above shows.

I'm not too familiar with them but I scrolled through a lot of their games and I really like the company's "style" in the games they're putting out. I hope they continue to do well!

Interesting, the longer the console is powered up, the faster the shadows move and they become a fair bit less noticeable. This was my number one concern, so it's a win. Might be heat related, just needs to warm up a bit?

The randomness is a bit of a problem yes, especially at that jump for the pond. It took me probably 10 tries before I could get a run where ghosts weren't spawned in the middle of it.

Yes. Kingmakers looks incredible and got plenty of attention, I think top 50 wishlisted on Steam. Streets of Rogue II is another upcoming project that's highly anticipated. These games are crucial for Tinybuild's survival.

Who can tell if this is normal behaviour? If so I can finally finish my sdrive max. By the way on my other arduino print the text next to the hole I should use for 5v says something different than 5v. If I use it it works and makes no difference to the other 5v hole.

It's definitely big news! What a great way to embrace history. I also love the redesign of the logo.

That's pretty cool. That game looks really fun. I'm definitely going to grab it today for Nintendo Switch. Unrelated to Atari, their upcoming Kingmakers game looks awesome. I don't normally play first person shooter type games, but that one looks incredible.

No game update this time, but here is a very early draft of possible cartridge cover

My quick start actions are meant to get your feet wet, and then you can learn what's happening and configure it as you like. You can move it all under data if you want and edit the records accordingly. You can place the triggers and games where you want, however, I prefer visibility to also exist via folder navigation (/sdcard/games) and not limit them to the GUI alone. Plus if I don't have image files at first I can get back to that later, or I can leave it as is. If you put files under data, they aren't exposed in folder nav. They don't have to be under data to show in the gui. So I see using the data folder as more limiting from the actual game/trigger perspective. If the actual game roms can't be natively selected in folder nav, I prefer to keep them separate and not expose them either way. The trigger needs to be exposed by a recognized extension though. The folder based trigger solution will not target specific cores based on the folder. The core info and other parms will be defined in the trigger file itself. This allows for more flexibility, plus there's less coding changes required. I can add more core types without growing the script this way. Originally I did use core specific folders (months ago), but I transitioned over time so that I could use game specific configurations or configure two game triggers for the same game depending on what controller type I wanted to use, or test other cores. I instead look for the existence of a single subfolder anywhere in the trigger path. More on that later..

Infogrames is one of the most iconic video game publishers of the 80s and 90s so it makes sense that that tweet would get so much engagement, it will probably reach a million views by the end of the day, if one day Sierra or Bullfrog comeback from the dead the levels of hype would be similar or even higher than this.

Well, I am also watching this space carefully, and getting all lubed up for this, my USB blaster arrived, seems that my Quartus installation recognizes it, I ordered parts and PCBs to make my own Ultimate Cart as a practice for this, I will work on my 130XE to get the A5+ lines out on cables, I have my custom shopping list ready at DigiKey, read up on BGA soldering, the only two things that are still in the way is to get a confirmation that there are no fatal mistakes in the design, and figuring out why I can't synthesize the PokeyMax4 core (see above).

More VBXE artwork samples. Gremlins-VBXE-PLANSZA.xex HERO-VBXE-PLANSZA.xex International-karate-VBXE-PLANSZA.xex Montezumas-Revenge-VBXE-PLANSZA.xex MoonPatrol_-VBXE-PLANSZA.xex Pitfall-II-VBXE-PLANSZA.xex Pitfall-VBXE-PLANSZA.xex RiverRaid-VBXE-PLANSZA.xex SilentService-VBXE-PLANSZA.xex

Check PIA then. I once had such an XEGS on the bench, which refused to tur off Basic (so it was the opposite but who knows) due to a faulty PIA chip.

Interesting: "Infogrames' purpose is to acquire IP and publish games, across multiple genres, that fall outside the core portfolio of IP associated with the Atari brand." ...and btw damn, within a few hours this tweet got probably more views than Atari's last 10 game announcements.

Here are some screenshots from Altirra of the VBXE executable artwork images for a few games (there are many more on the website). AlleyCat-VBXE-PLANSZA.xex commando-VBXE-PLANSZA.xex DonkeyKongJunior-VBXE-PLANSZA.xex

Ok, there is an official announcement: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/04/23/2867337/0/en/Atari-Revives-Infogrames-as-a-Publishing-Label.html

This is a cause for celebration and I think I have the perfect song to celebrate the occasion.

Another totally unexpected announcement by Wade Rosen's Atari, this was a welcome surprise for me since I've always had a fondness for the great armadillo and it's contributions to gaming culture and history. https://twitter.com/atari/status/1782653150119252477?t=TaHk1wZ-N92Sd4rpPMhxwQ&s=19

I wasn't saying your judgement about it not being tinkered with was wrong. I was just asking why you thought it hadn't been tinkered with. Contrary to thinking you were wrong, I presumed you were correct, given the preponderance of evidence that I dug up before I gave my response. Yes, I corrected the error and reposted the image and spreadsheet.