Gemintronic

It has compartments for storing condiments. So, you can use it as a lunch tray without worrying about spilling the catsup.

I suspect fans will find a way to transplant the OS to new hardware before Atari gambles on an actual VCS 2.

Maybe we could set up a disposable list of temporary customers. When one gets banned we'll cross it off our list. I'll start: Joe Mumma Dee B Nyne Wong Parte Lee Furbbed Bradley Paked Lemmy Oardar Al A Cartman Noah Refrunds Dustin Kover Cy Heer Wendy Livered Bobbie Rapp Newman Oldstoc

It seems like people have a vested interest in his wares. It's too bad he couldn't designate someone to be his volunteer liason. Maybe give them some discounts or in store credit. He seems to have enough fans that it can happen. But, if he would it, er, would already be a thing.

When I think "higher end" emulation the PS3 comes to mind. I've found the no stutter specs are 32gb RAM, 16 threads and an nVidia 3070. If PS2 is your limit then there are $500 dolla systems that can fit the bill.

On a similar track I'm very interested in.. I don't know the correct terminology.. code abuse? Self modifying code. Using code as data. Anything that causes higher level language developers skin to crawl.

Is there any chance a Genesis to HDMI adapter would work with this? https://www.amazon.com/Hyperkin-HDTV-Cable-Genesis-Sega/dp/B07RW8R3QF/

If someone wanted to pass the torch batari BASIC could come close. I would bet DPC+ could do the vertical scrolling and colorful playfields. Otherwise I could see the hack allowing pfheights and pfcolors in RAM working (although now you're trading ARM assist for extra RAM).

Retro Dad just made a very, VERY insightful review of Dragon Chalice!

Yeah. Almost pulled the trigger on the UK store but the exchange rate and shipping was too painful.

Thought that they stopped making more but that link appears to have stock. Forgot which YouTuber but someone used a hacked BIOs to get an ISA VGA card going. Pretty neat!

Both are FPGA based so the cores reconfigure the gate arrays to any digital circuit needed to be an 8086 or 6502 or ARM or banana. If he was willing to go emulation I'd definitely recommend tracking down a Raspberry Pi 4 and running DOSBOX with Box64 for Windows gaming on top of that.

I'll read the manual. ..even though I also brag pre-Nuntendo games were designed for pick up and play.

Probably have to have that feature added to an AtariAge flashcart. Each flashcart has a unique ID attached to your store account. When downloading your purchased ROM it appends your ID to the ROM. Before loading a ROM the flashcart checks its own info with the ROMs info then continues. Either the flashcart+store ID would have to be stored in an off limits portion of flash or BIOs updates would have to be personalized like the ROM downloads on your account. Or, some combination of both to prevent cloning your store ID.

Pretty much. Each "core" tells the hardware to behave like an XT, NES, Coleco or whatever clone. So, some l thing lower level than emulation but higher level than an Asian el cheapo knock off.

On the unreleased self made version of Dragon Chalice I "solved" this by creating a user facing label that had a gameplay cheat sheet. May as well use the space to reinforce critical user interface features

The thing that meets the smaller form factor criteria is a ZX Uno with an XT core. But, that has a VGA connector.

I don't remember the particular game I made, BUT I do remember seeing a listing on eBay for it being $250 dollars. What struck me was that could have easily paid for another run. So, the game became flippable because I couldn't pay for a second run upfront and earned someone enough for that 2nd run I couldn't afford.

Looking forward to using this with 7800basic. Any info on how ROM uploading + launching said ROM works? Does it also work with 2600 ROMs?

Sounds like a MiSTer. DOS games work great. Anything beyond 95 gets breaky breaky hacky hacky. In all the ways that count it feels like a late 386 - early 486. But, you get HDMI and hard drive images. They have a core that's more Tandy 1000 and similar but haven't tried it.

I wouldn't trust his opinion either. He says Wen Hop but never WHY.

I know I was still buying DOS games until it was too much effort to reboot into DOS mode. Around the Win ME to XP is when I stopped seeing DOS games on the store shelves.

DOS gaming was still a thing until Win ME really, really hid access to the command line.

I think feedback is gold. Sometimes developers take the lack of constructive feedback as a form of ostracization. I'd rather have your critique than living expense money. Try some work in progress homebrews and share your experience.

I don't. After a foot injury it takes great effort to spend even a few moments in a hobby shop. I instead make games and enjoy the online community that supports such fare. Is it worth doubling down on rude behavior for the sport of argument?