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Soon. Trial batch, there will be corrections yet. Please do not look at the pins - I have to automate their insertion, so far I only checked the correctness of the socket and the injection mold.

Hi everyone, Unfortunately not much to report on Arkanoid development ATM as my work has been busy the past month. But with the latest release of 7800basic we now have another controller option - Trakball! So the game will have the following controller options: Joystick Paddles Driving Wheel Trakball Amiga Mouse ST Mouse Phew! Thanks again to @RevEng for his huge work on the controllers the past few months - all are easily configurable and run beautifully! Also special thanks to @sramirez2008 for his extensive library of controllers and for testing!

Great, let's rehash the "other people and their money choices" debate for another 1000 pages. That's not at all the point that we skeptics have been making for what, 3 years now? How do you know it will fit your needs when you don't even know what it does or care what software it has or doesn't have?

I was very open to the concept at first, but to me lots of red flags started popping up quickly as they delayed the launch. Them presenting a prop and not knowing what they were talking about at GDC 2018 was a huge red flag and it snowballed from there. They had nothing more than a concept when they asked for money, while they were portraying it as real hardware that they had in hand. Them not paying people they had contracted for this twice is also not what I'd call something worth ignoring...among other things. There is a lot that Atari has done to themselves that warrant criticism. They haven't boosted the brand either, they've been dragging it through the mud. I guess you backer peeps like sending money to an unethical and incompetent company just because it has a Fuji logo on it?

But wouldn't you want people to talk about your soon to launch major big deal bomb diggity edition wonder console? Maybe Netflix is paying them to keep this thing low profile because they know when this launches it will destroy every server they have trying to keep up with all those Moms signing up to binge watch James Bond films.

We know three people have them...CJ Melendez and Mario Kroll of UberStrategist, and Shelly Murphy, who apparently got one because she's trying to develop the Atari hotels and whose kid posted a pic on Twitter. The two PR flacks couldn't wait to put theirs through their paces that first weekend, and then we never heard about them again.

^ Those do not count as "units in the wild", obviously they do not want a unit to end up anywhere outside the Atari crew, or it will get reviewed into oblivion, they do not want someone to say "I'd rather have a ? take a ? dump in my ?? than play this console. This console is going to be the 2020 update to Action-52, without any launch titles it will be just the pre-loaded Atari Vault games... so $400 for 100 old games? That works out to... $4 a game!

Now I’m really glad I bought these after the end of last season!! Never really used or played paddle games before, but now I have no excuses!!

Pics?

Not worth the $40 shipping from Italy, but... https://www.ebay.it/itm/203107886072

I'm curious at what point of Atari making excuses and not producing the promised product that you would care? What's the line that would make you say "enough is enough?"

And all those "Developers"! ... "They" are probably all working 'round the clock on super top secret "launch titles"....Don't want to spoil the surprise ya know.

I opened a sealed Pitfall II for the HSC several seasons ago.

I just received these and wanted to update the thread. In the winter of 1983, Activision took all of its employees on a weekend ski trip to Lake Tahoe. It was called "Winter Weekend '83." Unfortunately, I don't have any other details. I was, however, able to acquire a couple of items from the trip. As was customary with Activision, the company produced souvenirs to commemorate the event. Everyone received a cap and scarf set, of which I'm attaching pictures.

I watched a little bit of one of the "Friday the 13th" movies the other day. Didn't find it the least bit scary.

Forgot to post this last night, 1st B & B score. 4-5 9950

Pretty sure you are right ... there was even a discussion where FAtari admitted they did not want preview units in the hands of those they couldn’t control.

Weren't those other pics just people reposting the first pic? My memory could be fuzzy, but I thought it was various reposts

I've done most of the work on the picture tool but it's still a long process...

Doggone It!-51,514!!! Methinks this one may go down to the wire, I swear I don't think I'll "give up".

#Atari8bit #FujiNet what would an Atari 8-bit Twitter client look like? You can run it over on ATARI-APPS.IRATA.ONLINE in the Mocks directory:

Out of those 96 units that "shipped" many weeks back, it's odd that there has only been ONE single photo, and that "person" that received it is no longer allowed to say anything about it. This un-console is so utterly amazing, that not a single leak has gotten out. The people must be fully occupied with playing all the amazing launch games. Oh wait - there are no launch games. Well maybe the moms are all Netflix and Chill, and haven't been able to post.

Link to download: https://www.lsdwa.com/projects/fractalus/

Week 20 Paddle Week Circus Atari (Game 6 A/) CLARIFICATION: No use of CHEATS, emulation advantages, bugs, cart frying or other variables that gives you an unfair advantage in this HSC. Please assume you have to follow the game difficulty and mode for the playing week/s. There cannot be any game enhancements or favorite settings to play in the 2600 HSC, unless you are given authorization to do so by your humble yet strict MODERATOR! Vocelli Circus Atari Released By: Left Difficulty: A (Fast Clowns) Right Difficulty: B Game Mode: Game 6 Post your scores right here in this thread, and we will add them to the list. Remember to play the game with the recommended game mode and difficulty settings as shown above so that your scores will be consistent with everyone else. The deadline for posting scores is Midnight (EST) the evening of Sept 27, 2020 Paddle Bonus: Warlords by Atari (Game 14) Play Warlords Game 14. Game 14 is a single Player Game with Ricochet Shields and Lightning Balls. You will be playing against 3 other Computer Controlled Players. Your score will be calculated by the following: Your Wins (Upper Left Player) X 2 …. Minus Wins from the other computer Controlled Players equals your score. (Example You win the max 5 games. And between the other 3 players they have 4 wins. Your score would be 6.) (5 x 2) – 4 = 6 So, the max Points is 10! Get a 10 for 5 Bonus Points! 10 Points = 5 Bonus Points 8 or 9 Points = 4 Bonus Points 6 or 7 Points = 3 Bonus Points 3 - 5 Points = 2 Bonus Points 0 – 4 Points = 1 Bonus Point Yes, it is Possible to score negative points… but you do not get a bonus for that! Circus Atari Scores (Game 6 A/) Rollage at 9900... You can stop playing. ROLLAGE! - AtariSphinx (+50) ROLLAGE! - ZilchSr (+50) ROLLAGE! - CentipedeFan (+50) 8140 - Vocelli (+47) 7617 - McCallister (+46) 4028 - Atarian7 (+45) 3400 - CapitanClassic (+44) 3286 - SkippyBCoyote (+43) 2600 - TheActivisionary (+42) 2548 - Deteacher (+41) 2341 - Cwieland (+40) 2238 - Keilbaca (+39) 2138 - AGB (+38) 2032 - JasonAtari (+37) 2032 - GBAG (+37) 2027 - MisterVCS (+35) 1474 - RedMiller (+34) 1472 - RogerPoco (+33) 1341 - DeMooCowz (+32) 1318 - MoisesTuseto (+31) 1315 - LaurenTyler (+30) 1156 - Mchetzel (+29) 1124 - 5x7 (+28) 949 - OyamaFamily (+27) 916 - PatLarocque (+26) 913 - IsaiahAustin (+25) 847 - TRB_MetroidTeam (+24) 871 - Evandro (+23) 826 - FakeCortex (+22) 732 - Nads (+21) 380 - AtariWarlord (+20) 344 - RGC (+19) 301 - JBlenkle (+18) 278 - ClassicGamer (+17) 245 - Atari_Warlord (+16) 234 - RoadRunner (+15) Warlords Bonus (Game 14) 10 - IsaiahAustin (+5) 10 - JasonAtari (+5) 10 - SkippyBCoyote (+5) 10 - OyamaFamily (+5) 10 - GBAG (+5) 10 - AtariSphinx (+5) 10 - RogerPoco (+5) 10 - MoisesTuseto (+5) 10 - CentipedeFam (+5) 10 - CapitanClassic (+5) 10 - ZilchSr (+5) 10 - McCallister (+5) 10 - TheActivisionary (+5) 9 - Redmiller (+4) 9 - DrMooCowz (+4) 9 - AGB (+4) 9 - AariWarlord (+4) 9 - 5x7 (+4) 9 - Cwieland (+4) 9 - PatLarocque (+4) 9 - Mchetzel (+4) 8 - Vocelli (+4) 8 - Evandro (+4) 7 - ClassicGamer (+3) 7 - Deteacher (+3) 6 - LaurenTyler (+3) 5 - FakeCortex (+2) 3 - Atari_Warlord (+2) Overall Standings Remember the Top 32 will qualify for the Bracket Challenge at the end of the Season! 1088 ZilchSr 926 OyamaFamily 924 Nads 900 GBAG 882 Deteacher 882 McCallister 880 RogerPoco 859 Vocelli 857 PatLarocque 853 SkippyBCoyote 832 Evandro 819 JasonAtari 817 JacobZu7Zu7 786 TheActivisionary 781 Capitain Classic 768 TRB_MetroidTeam 743 Keilbaca 711 MoisesTuseto 658 Dr Moocowz 650 FakeCortex 648 CwieLand 635 AtariWarlord 606 IsaiahAustin 588 LaurenTyler 460 Atarian7 446 AGB 443 ClassicGamer 441 5x7 434 Mchetzel 414 Atari_Warlord 393 RedMiller 392 MisterVCS 377 SBAZ 354 Roadrunner 348 AtariSphinx 334 RGC 320 AtariPacmanFan 315 Gtype 281 Scrabbler 224 RetroBreakout 220 Nester 211 Toiletunes 199 Jaden 194 Lord Innit 164 Jblenkle 132 NovaStar 131 RetroRob 127 Gorfy 115 AlNafuur 113 MangiaBoy 110 AustinBlair 91 AlasdairCampbell 89 Troff 85 BugCatcher 82 Tman03 75 JetSet 61 Magmavision2k 50 Cafeman 47 KianSurfs 44 ClassicGMR 42 AtariPerson23 40 MrBubble 39 KaeruY 34 WickeyColumbus 21 HankReardon 18 PlayerOne 18 Spriggy 18 ZeroPageHomebrewJames 18 TwentySixHundred 15 MikeBloke 12 DarQMassacres 12 ZeroPageHomebrewTanya 11 DarthCloud 5 AsteroidZ 2 AtariUCLA24 2 CaptainKiwi 2 PjeDivision Season 10 will have: ~ Paddle Week ~ Beat the leader week 1 and double points ~ Beat the leader week 2 and double points This Season will last 23 weeks and have 25+ Games The TOP 32 will qualify for the Medal Bracket Challenge which will include a special Paper Medal Bracket Knockout Tourney

Cendejas, I don't care if someone simply lights their money on fire. It's theirs. Tacos and fun aside, the question we've posed from the very initial announcement of the Ataribox was how a company the size of the current Atari planned to design, develop, release, and support a console of any marketplace relevance. We posed it here, we posed it on the Atari and Atari VCS Facebook pages, and we posed it on their Twitter and Reddit feeds. We never got an answer, but we were labeled haters and trolls and generally banned for daring to ask. We're now seeing the obvious answer to that question. I'm glad it's worked out for you, but it's not remotely what was pitched at the beginning. No, I didn't back it, but I'll bet plenty who did are wishing they'd listened to the haters and trolls.

Is this gonna be the hill the most rabid backers have chosen to die on? "Yes, it's looking like the VCS is going to be every bit the marketplace failure everyone predicted, but it fits my needs and I'm still stoked?"

New mechanics: A sloppy player leaves wet footprints after going for a swim... An enemy eventually sees wet footprints (can't see them from afar) and gets alerted... Player uses the last charge of his cloaking suit to evade the enemy... now will have to recharge the suit somehow...

Dang!!! I was on the fence, but if you are willing to unseal paddles for the HSC, I suppose I may open my sealed Warlords, too. Get that on tape, haha, if not too late, I'd like to see it opened!!!

7.1 - 17,900.

Forrest.

I think they were from people who worked from Atari's PR firm. I'd have to go back and try and find the pics.

This was a retro-styled mobile game written by a friend of mine, and the pixel artwork just happened to suit the Amiga's native graphics so it was a good candidate for an Amiga port. I've just finished the port (rewrite is probably more accurate), and it's now available here: https://nivrig.itch.io/dodgy-rocks and on Aminet: http://aminet.net/package/game/actio/DodgyRocks. It's an endless run and dodge, high scores type of game. It should run on any Amiga with 1MB of chip RAM, though it's tight so a little bit more makes it more comfortable since it needs to be run from the OS.

Miracle game !!! 7.0

A new release (v0.6.3) is now available with the following changes: Updated 7800basic to v0.15 (Windows, Linux, macOS) Thanks again to @RevEng for another great update to 7800basic! Also posting this release fixed the stuck validation on the extension in the Visual Studio marketplace so you should receive it in the normal manner ?

Oh, please, God... Noooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!

No more taco memes. Please.

Hey all.. Pretty nifty programs people have posted. You can thank Elmer Clausen (from Buffalo NY) for all of the math functions in FORTRAN 99/9640, he basically developed them all and gave them to me to include in the package, as my original implementation of the same was so poor. I was more focused on the compiler itself rather than the math libraries. Elmer was actually driving a plotter with the FORTRAN and he had a real interest and need for rock solid math libraries. FORTRAN still seems pretty unique in that is supports complex math easily. Interesting as well in that the TI-99 and Geneve both had interesting BCD based floating point arithmetic which was a lot more precise than what we ended up with IEEE floating point becoming the standard. I seem to remember that had something to do with TI being used for accounting type functions before it was migrated to the home market, so we ended up with those slow BCD floating point representations that actually were quite precise and didn't have the binary to decimal round off issues. The original FORTRAN compiler was based on FORTRAN 66, but I added a lot of FORTRAN 77 stuff (like if/then/else/endif, do while, etc.). The compiler is pretty interesting in that it used an interpreted machine to parse the FORTRAN source code, that interpreted machine was loaded into video ram. We were so tight on memory and resources back then, it took some real tricks to do useful things. I managed to pull together most of the FORTRAN 99/9640 and TIC (Full-C) source code. It is pretty massive, most of it was written in assembly (the TIC compiler is written in C). One thing I am missing is the tasm assembler, I have a couple of Amiga floppies labelled a99 (original name for tasm) but I don't have a machine to read them on any longer. The tasm/a99 assembler came from a posting on BIX (Byte Information Exchange, I used to be a moderator there) from a professor from Arizona from memory. I greatly enhanced it, one nice feature it had was macro capability. The TIC compiler was based on some public domain compiler that was pretty buggy at the time. One of the fun things I did for both FORTRAN and TIC was to write peephole optimizers for the code generation. The original FORTRAN was coded entirely with Editor Assembler / floppy disks, etc. Hard to believe I got all that working with those tools at the time. Eventually I got a Geneve which I really liked but it was SO buggy with the operating system MDOS. I ended up getting an Amiga eventually, that became my favorite computer for a long time, I actually ended up owning three of them. I ported the tic + tasm tools over to that environment and did a lot of development there. Professionally I still work for a company called Schneider Electric as a project manager, and work on computer systems primarily to manage the electric power grid in the USA. I also work on a lot of new stuff like Microgrids, and even did a lot of projects in New York City for the transit system. I will retire in the next few years and hopefully will move from New England to South Carolina (I have a second home there). I have had a great career traveling the world to a lot of places that most people would never get to see. I can post this source code for the TI-99 and 9640 compilers/linkers/demo programs/tic compiler, etc. but not sure where to post it. Any ideas? Best Alan Beard LGMA Products (Little Green Men Associates)

Looks like me and Rogerpoco have a Doggone It! duel lol Improvement Doggone It!: 52,237

This game inspires me to no end, it has that same great feeling as some of my childhood faves (like bruce lee and aztec challenge) that almost every room you encounter is something new and fun. I Also love the humourous approach "Knight Guy in Low Res World: Castle Days" best title ever haha! Wow, it looks fantastic on crt too!

I think you're misconstruing FPGA configuration/write cycles, which can be limited depending on the type of FPGA, with lifespan of the device in general use. If you're not frequently re-configuring the device, then FPGA lifespan shouldn't really be a concern. For example, the popular Altera Cyclone V used in MiSTer has been stress tested to the equivalent of over 250 years without failure.

If I order those on top of all my other video game purchases,my Wife will put them in my vehicle and tell me to sleep in my Intellicar.

Yes, I wonder if there might be something else going on, as this console also has issues with some Harmony cart games (particularly, 64k+ games) but worked fine with other games and other carts. I was sent another console from Zeropage (it's Albert's console) that also showed issues with these same games. I was able to confirm the issues. I spent a few days fiddling with the firmware code on Harmony to see if anything made a difference, but nothing did. I also went a step further and created an integrity tester to ensure the data was being loaded correctly and it was. While I found it to be more reliable with a Harmony cart with a different memory chip, I thought the issue might lie with the console itself, so I started to do probing. On my scope, the address lines all looked good, as did the PHI2 and R/W lines. I swapped the TIA, RIOT and 6507 but it made no difference. I scoped many lines and replaced the big filter cap and the fat green cap to no avail. Also, all of the chips tested good in another console so I know they are all fine. That was when I looked at the cart slot and found one of the pins inside was badly damaged, and some of the brass connector on A7 was broken off and resting at the bottom, possibly shorting out other pins. I also saw bits of cotton and what looks like cloth, and cotton fibers all over inside the cart slot, as if this problem existed for a while and the cart slot was cleaned repeatedly to make it work better. I will replace the cart slot once I can find one (Best has them, but I don't need enough stuff to hit the minimum order threshold yet.) From the new Harmony cart I built just to test this console, it is clear that the cart port was broken before I even started. See the markings on the cart fingers show that one side never went as far down as the other, indicating the debris was in the cart slot before I started. Also note the poor contact pattern on A7 (just below the "13" mark). I don't know if this is the problem with Zeropage's console, but it is worth a look to see if any of the pins are making poor contact and are damaged/dirty?

Someone "unofficially" posted a picture of one on Twitter a few months back; it had been sent to a corporate insider. That is as close as anyone as gotten to an unboxing.

I keep seeing folks say this, but what evidence is there for the 96? I only saw a pile of boxes. Sorry if I missed an unboxing somewhere.

Me thinks the already have enough "Donations" to the tune of 3 million tac... Dollars!

Stealth Drop! I will be working all day and night tomorrow.... So The First Paddle Week gets a stealth drop today! Enjoy!

Sunset Bluff. 51 colors. SunsetBluff.xex

Did you just assume it’s gender?