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Here's a video of my 'little' Silly Venture 2019 entry: I'll release the ROM before Xmas - it needs a JagGD cart to run (I will look into making a cut down 6mb ROM for skunkboard) Enjoy, and get into that Xmas Feeling! The Snowman 16mb JaguarGD.rom

http://www.virtualdub.org/beta/Altirra-3.90-test20.zip http://www.virtualdub.org/beta/Altirra-3.90-test20-src.zip Fixed a bug with high-pass optimization at volume level 0 that was causing some PDM glitches. Fixed an issue with denormals since the split filter changes that was using a bit of CPU time when everything went quiet. This was previously handled, but the mitigation code was bypassed in the new code. Fixed an issue where sometimes UI wouldn't display in full-screen mode in DirectX 11 mode while the emulator was paused. (This doesn't apply to modal UI that forced an exit from full-screen mode.) Fixed enhanced text mode sometimes not drawing its first frame properly. Started on HUD customization, available from View menu -- you can now move and resize HUD elements. Currently this is only supported for a few of the audio graphs. Note that there was some major UI system rework under the hood, so there may be some bugs with indicators. Added audio scope that shows the waveform coming out of POKEY, with all four channels. This is tapped between the two amplifier stages, so it uses a 64KHz source and shows the short time constant high-pass effect. Fixed a bug in the CPU emulation where an NMI was being improperly held off for one instruction if it had been delayed due to RDY cycles from WSYNC. Those RDY cycles now count against the timing check.

All still happening in the background. I'll start shouting loudly once things start moving properly! I've sorted pretty much all the technical details out now and just have the last bit of testing hardware to develop. Shouldn't be too big a job, then I think that's everything needed to allow outsourcing of production. Things taking a while as ever, single person factory an all that.

https://www.benheck.com/project-started-in-2000-finally-finished-atari-2600-junior-single-chip-portable/

Last game of mine, coded with the great guys of OCEO team @marss and glafouk, for this great year of Atari Lynx coding. Game story: The contest for the best lawnmower is open and you want to win the first prize. First train yourself with nine basic lawns then enter the competition trying to mow 23 of the worst lawns of the city. To be a pro mower remember to cut only the grass because flowers and other obstacles will make you lose fuel. Don't hurt the moles if you don't want to be disqualified, but if you close their holes they will stop disturbing you If you are short of fuel find a tank before it is over; some special tanks have less fuel but contain additives that give you bonus powers for a limited time. There are three difficulty levels: it is better to practice with the easy one before trying the others. Good luck! The game ROM will be published by Silly Venture on December 25th, so there is time to make a final fixing and tuningof the games. Here are some pics and a video of the game (it is the backup video sent to Silly Venture in case there was problems running the game). Lawnmower.txt

Wow, just wow.

New 2019 Homebrew Releases Now Available! The new releases from October's Portland Retro Gaming Expo are now available to purchase online! In total we have nine new 2600 games, one new 5200 game, and one new 7800 title! You can click on the images below to jump directly to each game's entry in the store. Here's a list of the new games: Aardvark (2600) Amoeba Jump (2600) A Roach in Space (2600) Dragon's Descent (2600) Evil Magician Returns II (2600) Galagon (2600) Gyvolver (2600) Tyre Trax (2600) Wizard of Wor Arcade (2600) Scramble (5200) Baby Pac-Man (7800) We also have the AtariVox+ back in stock, which is used by four of the above new games for saving high scores, as well as by Wizard of Wor Arcade to replicate speech from the original arcade game! And, finally, we've added boxes as an option for about 50 games, including last year's new 2600, 5200, and 7800 boxed releases (Dungeon II: Solstice, Mappy, Space Game, Froggie, and RealSports Curling).

Baby Pac-Man is now available for purchase in the AtariAge Store! https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1210

all in version

Also: Very nice and clever use of anything. Seems they finally made it to bring ambient to the great features of that machine.

I've had a bad experience operating w/o shielding... ...on some case bottoms there is a steel leaf-spring that helps support the shielding and thus the main-board, near the expansion port. There can be a bit of play on the main-board when connected to that giant, heavy P-BOX connector! This can cause contact between the leaf-spring and the main-board, resulting in a short! So if you do remove the shielding, remove the leaf-spring as well, before reassembling the case, then be careful to check alignment when using the expansion connector.

I bit. 60 seconds of thought eerily similar to what's already in this thread. Still a nice win for Atari... if you believe "There's no such thing as bad publicity."

Seriously, it's putting a damper on the goal of 1000 pages by the end of the year. We need to average 35 posts a day and "no news" doesn't get us there. Now if we move the goal posts (such a popular cliche) and say 1000 pages by the time the "VCS" is released then we're golden.

Wifey and I have been watching classic Bond. @25: "That's his pigeon waiting for him now. Goldfinger has been taking him to the cleaners every day for a week."

Now! https://atariage.com/store/

Just saw a video of their latest update. They finally have a working prototype they can show us.

Improvement I've worked out the "secret" just need to stop dying by my own hands so to speak Bermuda Triangle 1BB : 74,000

And the_atarivcs Instagram:

I guess if everyone who has posted to this thread eats a taco everyday and posts a picture, we will get there (maybe we need a "Post every time you eat a taco" thread too).

Well, we can make predictions about their plans to be at CES. Will they actually be at the show with a playable console and games? Or will they be in the convention center of a hotel down the street with hourly rates, showing off another PC plugged into a monitor for "illustrative purposes?"

Today marks day 10 of "no news is good news"!

Bermuda Triangle 1BB : 38,700

Finally recieved my 4th Odyssey 2 I've paid for. Through a long history of bad sellers and items not working, I finally have a boxed working Odyssey 2.

It’s finally here! Dungeon Hunt II Game of the Year Edition is ready for ordering! The new version of Dungeon Hunt includes the following features: 24 levels – (4 new more than the ABBUC version) Improved pliability and game balancing 15 different monsters Multiple weapons – melee and ranged Magical attacks Ladders that link upper and lower levels – 3D dungeons! New Sneak mode to bypass difficult enemies Up to 80 monsters per level And more! Separate autosave for each level Automatic PAL/NTSC compatibility Cartridge version will save directly to the cart Requirements: An Atari home computer with joystick. The Disk version requires 48K and a compatible disk drive, the Cartridge version requires 64K. Ordering Information: There will be two versions of the package – prices include shipping to Canada, USA and (most of) Europe. Disk version $40.00 USD Cartridge version $62.00 USD I have a dozen copies of the disk version ready to ship now, more disks are on order. The cartridge version will start shipping in approximately 1 week – as soon as my shipment of AtariMax carts arrives. To order, please send me a PM detailing your order and shipping address and I will provide a PayPal address. (Package includes: shrink wrapped box, full colour manual, diskette or cartridge, custom feelie, letter - Disk version shown) Thank you! P.S. I’m looking for the Page Six package from Synapse. If anyone has an extra one, please contact me – perhaps we can make a deal! ?

Well I have finally managed to get BSG and not one of these reproductions/pirates but the real thing in mint condition with the original outer plastic seal still intact except for the top of it where the contents were removed to play the game. Bizarrely I bought this from someone in the UK 60 miles away from my house who lives in the same county as me. I really did think that I would never be able to afford to add this game to my collection, but for £550 ($725) I was really pleased to get one in such great condition. The game had been bought by the seller years ago, and he nearly didn't buy it, but he went the extra price and bought it because the money was going to charity to help fight diabetes. It really was great to get one in the UK, and to not be paying tax/customs fees as I would if this had come from the USA so that was a massive bonus. I know it still seems a crazy price for a single game, but it was missing from my collection, and it is near Christmas after all so it's my Christmas present to myself. I've added some nice photos the seller took of the items. When I went to his house to collect this we had a great chat about video games, and how he was very reluctantly parting with his gaming collection (no more Jaguar games). It really was a strange feeling handing over so much money for a video game, and was something I never thought I would do, but I am delighted I now finally own this game... Would I say it was money well spent? Well actually I would... Some people may think a fool and his money are easily parted, but for me to finally own this game has made today a great day and means to me the money (in my head) was very well spent. For those of you who have been lucky enough to own this game from its first release you might find it hard to understand the price some of us are willing to pay to own BSG. I never imagined I would ever pay this kind of money for a video game, but I actually feel it was money really well spent... My Mrs on the other hand has been slightly less impressed with my purchase!

Amoeba Jump is now available for purchase in the AtariAge Store! https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1211

Aardvark is now available for purchase in the AtariAge Store! https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1212

Bermuda Triangle - 46,200 Another small improvement!

Also in limited wood edition

Bermuda Triangle - 36,400

If someone has a nice skew tool and some rainy-day free time, please feel free to put Yars' Revenge, 2600 Asteroids, or any of the other priceless treasures owned by Atari SA on her screen. "No news is good news!"

Official Compo results: ---Atari Lynx Game Compo--- 01. 996 pt Silas' Adventure.............. KK/Altair 02. 914 pt NGSV2019...................... New Generation (Solo,Laoo,Miker,Tiger) 03. 728 pt Odynexus: Journey to Ithaca... LordKraken, Agradeneu, Courtesy of Drozerix 04. 664 pt Fishing for Atari............. Dr. Ludos 05. 613 pt Scroll of the Time Lords...... Turbo Laser Lynx 06. 583 pt Lawnmower..................... OCEO (Nop90, Marss,Glafouk) 07. 505 pt Silly Blaster................. Fadest, Der Luchs 08. 497 pt SillySis...................... KARRI ---Atari Lynx Demo Compo--- 01. 896 pt The Devil's Show.............. Dentifrice : 02. 845 pt No Time....................... New Generation : 03. 830 pt Bastion....................... PriorArt (enthusi, Jackasser, Jammer, Zooperdan, JonEgg, Dawnbringer) Congratulations to all great productions, sorry for all the shortcomings on Compo. I will write more in a while, now I need a moment to rest and return home

A look:

5200 controller is probably the main one but that's not the system itself. Jaguar CD, perhaps? That thing seems to be dead half the time.

Found a couple of "Scorching Chips", 2 of the RAMs. Was able to replace them with 2 good ones and we are in business! Now I have 2 working 800XL's. Fantastic! My next project is to upgrade one with a ULTIMATE 1MB and a Sophia rev. C (DVI output) Thanks again for every ones input.

I found a box of TI and TI-99/4A documents in my garage. Here is a scan of the Jan 1986 Front Range 99ers newsletter. I didn't see any FR99er newsletters in the cache at whtech. Since it was my users group from 1986-1991, I'd like it if there were some record of its existence in the repo. I enjoyed reading the Amarillo newsletters there. I'll be scanning away now... [UPDATE: Added Welcome Packet with an early history of the Users Group. Added April 1989 issue (My first attempt at editing!) I'll add other issues as I find them.] FrontRange99ers-1986-01.PDF Front Range 99ers Welcome Packet.PDF FrontRange99ers-1989-04.PDF FrontRange99ers-1988-05.PDF FrontRange99ers-1988-07.PDF FrontRange99ers-1989-06.PDF FrontRange99ers-1990-02.PDF FrontRange99ers-1990-03.PDF

I have to wonder, did Jedimatt have some dark help when he was ironing out the kinks on the early versions of Force Command?

If you had all of the files in the same folder (_8, _9, _C), that would explain it working. If you look at the debug log (first place you should ALWAYS look for weird behaviour), you'll see that Classic99 is loading them ALL if you are using User->Open or drag and drop. If the right one loads last, then it works. The reason is the old C/D/G issue. Since User->Open is an automatic mode, Classic99 doesn't assume that it knows what all the files associated with one cartridge are, so it just tries them all, and loads any that it finds (even if they overlap). So, it looks for 3,8,9,C,D, and G versions of the filename passed in. So if you're in there making different versions of the ROM and testing in Classic99, make sure you change the filename as well as the last character, or put them in different folders, OR just use a Classic99.ini entry so the emulator doesn't have to guess.

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I'd also possibly be interested in a cased one. Has anyone modelled an XL or XE case for Sys-Check?

20,130 Bonus: Han Solo's Cantina Shoot Out. Welcome to the hive of scum and villainy. You control Han Solo as he faces off against a wide assortment of enemies from domineering Imperial Storm troopers, arrogant Rodians , inebriated Arcona, treacherous Kubaz, aggressive Dug, marauding Klatooinians and more. Achieve a score of 1,000,000 and take a Polaroid of your score and send it in to receive this awesome T-shirt.

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the release of MEAN SANTA (this homebrew ATARI 2600 game was originally released in December 2009), programmer John K. Harvey and myself (game designer Tim Duarte) have agreed to decide to release the game ROM, instruction manual, and full source code to the general public. The ROM file is for use on the Stella emulator, Harmony cartridge, Atari Flashback 9 on an SD card, Atari Flashback portable on an SD card, etc. The ROM file is not to be used to manufacture and sell physical Atari 2600 game cartridges. If you would like MEAN SANTA in physical cartridge form, please visit my web site: http://www.2600connection.com/features/mean_santa/features_mean_santa.html It has the ordering information. If you have any questions, please let me know. You can scroll all the way down to the bottom of my web site page and you will discover I have posted the ROM files ( NTSC and PAL), a PDF of the manual, and the assembly source code that John found after all of these years! I will also attach the files to this message as well. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season and have some fun playing this game! Enjoy! Tim mean_santa_v75_ntsc.bin mean_santa_v75_pal.bin mean_santa_v75.asm mean_santa.pdf

Finally I am pleased to announce a new game for ATARI XL/XE. This is a space trading game. Star Vagrant will provide many hours of challenging entertainment. Game offers an experience with up to 12 various ships. You can visit up to 25 locations in 10 different systems and trade 24 unique items. I have prepared very limited collector's edition. Pre-orders can be placed from November 3rd. I will be on Silly Venture 2019, so if anyone want to pickup his copy there, it can be arranged. The game has 3 language versions: english, polish and german. I would like to thank everyone who was involved and made that game possible (random order ). - Bocianu - Tebe - XXL - Broniu - Caruso - Kaz and my my aunt for german translation.

Single-chip VCS? That's pretty spiffy.

I suppose that the audio chip installed in your computer is a TMS-9919 (or 447 KHz equivalent). As the sound is distorted at the same time the graphics have problems and GROM cartridges end up to crash, the problem seems to be created by an unstable VDP GROMCLK signal due to a faultly TMS-9918A or an excessive heat. You should replace the thermal paste for a better dissipation and, if the problem persists, replace the TMS-9918A.

Is the problem the same without the speech synth?

With the help of lbaeza and ascrnet we a the dump of The Casebook of Hemlock Soames #3 http://manillismo.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-casebook-of-hemlock-soames-3.html CasebookofHemlockSoames3.atr

Oh, I did NOT create this game...I just typed it in from a magazine. Thanks for the kudos. It had been so long since I typed anything in BASIC. At first, I was like "What does any of this mean" but as I went along, it all started coming back to me. It was fun!

EMporer Palpatine is my Man! Met him 2 years ago at Star Wars Celebration! Great Guy!

This!