[Upcoming Jaguar Game Drive Cartridge]

On 4/26/2020 at 2:13 PM, karttu said:

While having proper distribution and support channels is great, it also means that price will go up. Original RetroHQ price was £140 which in today's rate is 160€. Dragonbox lists JagGD for 190€ which is 19% increase and again that's fine,

 

It's because Dragonbox has to add the local sales tax (VAT), which in Germany is 19%.

[Upcoming Jaguar Game Drive Cartridge]

20 hours ago, SainT said:

It will be available through DragonBox in the EU as well.

Thanks a lot. I think that's good news.

 

[Upcoming Jaguar Game Drive Cartridge]

1 hour ago, Guitari said:

As much as I love the AA store, for me, I would prefer in this case to obtain the item from SainT - UK to UK. I am always stung with customs from the US. 

Me too. I hope there will be at least one source in the EU.

[Upcoming Jaguar Game Drive Cartridge]

4 hours ago, Paranoia Dragon said:

How do I pre-order? I was thinking it would be at the beginning of this thread, but I didn't see a link or anything.

Simply wait until the Jaguar Game Drive Cartridge comes up here again:

https://retrohq.co.uk/shop/

[Upcoming Jaguar Game Drive Cartridge]

@SainT, do you plan to set up a reseller located in the EU?

[How many of you own an Atari Hotz Box?]

Thanks for sharing. You provide a ton of information about HotzBox which I have never seen before. Great job!

[SoulStar, interest and pricing poll.]

I am willing to pay 40.

 

Thank you for making this happen.

[Lynx Multi Card Preorders]

It's any cart, not the Lynx SD in particular. There is a physical connection on every cart which powers a part of the Lynx's power circuitry and hence will slowly drain the batteries if a cart is left plugged in.

 

Thanks a lot for this useful clarification. So I will keep my Lynx SD and all other carts separate when not in use.

 

Although it's quite tempting to leave the Lynx SD card permanently in the Lynx

[Lynx Multi Card Preorders]

I am a happy owner of the Lynx SD card.

 

Somewhere in here I saw someone mentioning one should not leave the Lynx SD card in the Lynx when not in use.

 

What is the background of this hint?

What happens if I leave the Lynx SD card permanently in the Lynx?

 

Thanks for explaining.

[Retro HQ Lynx Cart Menu 1.4]

I've found a link:- https://www.dropbox.com/s/ksnht8ehhiezsff/LSD%20Creator.zip?dl=0

 

Apparently the sprite packer doesn't work on newer versions of windows, so you might need to run it on XP or Vista. When I get more time I plan to port the packer to C# so then it should run in Windows 7 / 10 etc.

 

Windows XP is not a problem, I have a running system and will try to work with the sprite packer.

 

Thanks.

[Retro HQ Lynx Cart Menu 1.4]

The preview image file format is the raw pixel data produced by the Lynx sprite packer (I did include the packer with a utility to feed it with 4 bit bitmaps), it's knocking around on a thread somewhere. The resolution is 160 x 102. You would need to create 4 bpp (16 colour) 160 x 102 images and then feed them through my utility to produce the .lsd file.

 

OK, I see. So it is not a "straight forward" thing to do on a regular Windows PC.

 

I wonder where the utility to feed it with 4 bit bitmaps is located in this forum....

[Retro HQ Lynx Cart Menu 1.4]

Currently I am using version 1.8 of the SD Card Menu.

 

If I wanted to create preview images on my own, what are the requirements in size, graphics format an color depth?

[Lynx Multi Card Preorders]

 

Do I have to register on mega.nz? Or should the download work without account over there?

 

Problem fixed!

 

I had to use a different ZIP extractor to make the download work.

 

Thanks everybody.

[Lynx Multi Card Preorders]

I just tested again and it's working fine. Maybe try another browser?

 

Do I have to register on mega.nz? Or should the download work without account over there?

[Lynx Multi Card Preorders]

 

Thanks for this very useful video.

 

So I registered at EPForums and followed the given link over there to download your Lynx package v 1.0.

Then I downloaded the 7z file, 10 MB in size. But when I unpack, it contains all your rom and preview files with 0kB each.

 

I downloaded several times with the same emtpy files after unpacking.

Why is this?

[Skunkboard Update]

My Skunkboard is a Rev. 2, unmodified, boot version 02.00.05.

 

 

 

 

Just two questions:

 

Is boot version 02.00.05 the latest version for Skunkboard 2?

 

If not, where do I find the most recent version?

 

Thanks!

[Skunkboard Update]

I can corfirm omf´s issues with the previous JCP.exe on a Windows XP Home netbook, see screenshot #1.

 

 

Then I tried the new JCP.exe dated July 10 (V02.04.02) and it cured the issue, see screenshot #2.

 

 

 

My Skunkboard is a Rev. 2, unmodified, boot version 02.00.05.

 

 

[Lynx Multi Card Preorders]

could someone advise how i order one of these, id like one

 

Simply post here and SainT will probably put you on the wait list.

 

All details are in the very first post of this thread.

[Lynx Multi Card Preorders]

Had this photo back from the PCB fab house a couple of days ago showing an assembled board. From the photo I'm very pleased with the quality of the work. Should be getting this first big batch before long...

 

Indeed, that looks like a perfect production!

[Lynx Multi Card Preorders]

@SainT, which SD card sizes are supported?

 

I have seen you were mentioning 4 GB SD cards you have tested. Will SD cards of larger capacity also work?

 

I am asking since e.g. 2 or 4 GB SD cards are getting more and more difficult to find, and if they often are more expensive than larger ones.

 

You may want to add your answer to your FAQ, if you think this makes sense.

 

Thanks!

[Lynx Multi Card Preorders]

SainT, please add me to the list.

 

Thanks!

[Elansar, Philia, Yopaz for Jaguar CD (downloadable version)]

Orion, thank you very much!

 

I purchased all three yesterday.

 

Will try to burn the CDs over the weekend.

[Alpine Games final run]

This great!

 

I ordered one.

 

 

Hopefully Alpine Games final run will make to a release.

[Lots of updates in the Songbird store]

Sorry, no plans to get those back in stock. I could pursue Ocean Deaths, but would need a certain amount of interest before I import a bunch of games from Europe.

 

Carl, why do you list so many games which are not available any longer or which you do not intend to get back in stock anyway? I find it quite confusing...

[Jaguar Hybrid CD, also compatible PC CD-ROM and TurboGraphX !]

Jaguar Hybrid CD - that sounds great to me.

 

If it allows you to keep CD cost down by sharing the same CD between different systems, that makes a lot of sense to me.

 

Provided the price for it does not go up too much just becuase there are several games for other platforms (which I do not have) on the CD.