The Ultimate Intellivision Flashback

[The Ultimate Intellivision Flashback]

i forgot that it lr-mess was a libretro. I want to add astrocade but i need to get a controller and adapter and im not sure if advmess supports the paddle properly.

I had no luck when I tried to get lr-mess to run Astrocade or Channel-F but IntvDave's AdvMess from his site works perfect with the paddles. To get them to work I had to change a line in advmess.rc line - the "input_map[p1_paddlex] joystick(JOY,CONTROL,AXE)" line just needed the correct values that I couldn't seem to get at through the mess gui. I used the advj utility to find out how ADVMESS was seeing the Bally Astrodaptor/Controller. Once that was set, the paddle worked fine. I had to use the mess gui to reverse the paddle direction in games though. This is the site that helped crack this for me: http://www.advancemame.it/doc-advmame

[Atgames portable Genesis 2015 edition, white plus 4GB SD $30 shipped in USA]

 

 

Comes with 4GB SD card, blank as I don't want copyright lawyers after me so you will need to download ROMs. Also comes with USB cable for charging. Note, I will send a different USB cable than the one picture, the pictured cable seems to have bad connection or something. I lost the manual and threw out the box long ago.

 

$30 shipped in USA.

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[Coleco Chameleon .... hardware speculations?]

I purchased the molds from Mike. They are now in my control.

 

..Al

Al - will there be a formal annoucement of some kind and/or front page post on the site that you've acquired the Jaguar molds? Perhaps I've overlooked a post/announcement elsewhere? Whatever the case, this sounds like great news and shows that there is indeed a golden lining to every story.

[Rebooteroids - Public Testing Phase (And user created level submission)]

 

 

To be honest, if there is even a chance of this not working on some systems I would rather play it safe and take it out completely.

Though it wont be tonight, to remove the only 'semi-non-standard' variable in my setup, as soon as I am able I will take my Jag to another room and connect it the 'old-fashioned-way' to a CRT with the coax cable output (no switchbox though, just rca cable with F connector). Right now Jag video output is via a homebrew-3rd party cable with s-video+L/R to a Composite/Component Switchbox that is connected to a 27 inch LCD. I'd hate to have my 'issue' not have been '%100 completely seen through troubleshooting' on my part

[Xenon II - Megablast! (Bitmap Brothers) - Jaguar Port]

Looking forward to this!!

[Rebooteroids - Public Testing Phase (And user created level submission)]

The new 'hi-res' test rom does not work on my K series Jaguar (2 splash screens then just a black screen). The other, 4-2 'current test rom' works fine for me

[Lynx Multi Card Preorders]

I've ordered a batch of 100 carts from the PCB fab I've been using. There's just been so much demand, I thought bugger it, and went ahead with the larger order (I had been looking at other fabs for smaller runs). They should be here in about 3 weeks I think, then we can get things moving properly I hope! Exciting and slightly scary at the sums of money forked out...

Will there be any more builds before the arrival of the new batch of carts? Just curious. Thanks again for an awesome offering! :-)

[Skunkboard SV Edition - USB not recognized]

If you are using windows 10 you will need to disable Driver Signature Enforcement before you can install the drivers.

 

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_devices/how-do-i-disable-driver-signature-enforcement-win/a53ec7ca-bdd3-4f39-a3af-3bd92336d248?auth=1

 

Please make sure you understand the implications of this before proceeding.

[Rebooteroids - Public Testing Phase (And user created level submission)]

SV skunkboard works here. I've added a 'no-highres' version to the first post.

The new ROM just posted works for me now as well. Thanks! Just out of curiosity, what would have caused the other version not to work on the SV skunk?

[Rebooteroids - Public Testing Phase (And user created level submission)]

Just curious if anyone has successfully flashed (and run) either ROM to Silly Venture Skunkboard. My flash seems to go ok but when trying to run, I still only get the two Splash screens before it goes to a blank/black screen and nothing else (I never hear music either - not sure at what point that kicks in).

[What makes the Astrocade Unreliable and what are the fixes?]

I wish there was a similar article for the Fairchild!

Here are a couple Channel F links - not quite the same material but still interesting:

 

http://www.racketboy.com/retro/fairchild-channel-f-101-a-beginners-guide

http://veswiki.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

http://www.fndcollectables.com/CHANNEL_F_INFO/channel_f_info.html

[Rebooteroids - Public Testing Phase (And user created level submission)]

Just found out I have two K Jaguars instead of how I remembered one K, one M (so no help on the M front :-/)

 

Anyway at very first I had the same issue as in the quote above, splashscreens and then nothing. That was on my 60HZ modified Pal K Jaguar, then I switched to the unmodified 50HZ Pal K Jaguar and the game run.

Curiously enough after changing back to the modified Jaguar it also ran there without issues...

I was using a Skunk Rev2 board to test the game on both units.

 

Other than that I must say I'm impressed, really dig the artstyle and the music is marvelous.

Will play around some more to see and find if I can find something...

Oh and I am still bad at asteroids...

Thanks for quoting my issue - my Jag is an unmodified near launch model. I've tried a few more times to flash but have had no luck.

[What makes the Astrocade Unreliable and what are the fixes?]

I've posted this link of Boxpressed's article elsewhere, but it should probably be pinned somewhere in this sub-forum:

 

http://retroauction.com/buying-and-selling-an-astrocade/

[Rebooteroids - Public Testing Phase (And user created level submission)]

Thanks for making this available! When you need/want $$ just say the word!

 

For the Rom in the OP on 3/28/2016 , I have tried to run this with my Silly Skunk and Model 'K' Jag and the jcp -f <name> flash appears to work fine, but when the game loads, I get the initial 'splash screen' for a moment before it goes to the 'Rebooteroids - Copyright' screen; pressing B (or waiting) goes to just a black screen and nothing else occurs. I appear to be able to flash other files without issue. Any suggestions on what I shoiuld try next? I have tried both a rotary controller plugged in (rotary on the back of the controller type) and a regular unmodified controller. I have removed the JagCD from the mix and plugged the skunk into the Jag Cart port.

 

I tried flashing it to each of the Skunk banks to no avail and then tested the Joust ROM which worked fine.

 

Any thoughts/ideas what I should try next?

[Lynx Multi Card Preorders]

Awesome! Looking forward to the PM.

[Xevious on Jaguar]

Cant recall if I explicitly asked to be on the list although I have expressed interested since seeing the first pics of it last year. So, just in case - I definitely would like to be on the list. Thanks!

[Intellivision Flashback Controllers]

I did exactly the same and received a shipping tracking very shortly after my order. Unfortunately, there have been no updates to my tracking number since the 'pre-shipping' info posted on 2/27.

I received mine the day after this post.

[WTB: Microvision Phaser Strike]

Took me a little while to get that one and even then I had to settle for no manual. I check every now and again for another copy with a manual but havent seen any copies of it for a while.

[Jaguar HSC Revamped, SEASON 8, ROUND 12]

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[Intellivision Flashback Controllers]

My order of controllers and adapter cables arrived today. I believe I placed it after there was the "Out-of-Stock" er "NOT-Out-Of-Stock!" bounce on Feb. 25.

I did exactly the same and received a shipping tracking very shortly after my order. Unfortunately, there have been no updates to my tracking number since the 'pre-shipping' info posted on 2/27.

[HSC01 Round 1: Astro Battle]

Never played Astrocade before...what's the best emulator for it?

As far as I know, MESS (which is now combined with MAME) is the only one that will do Astrocade emulation.

[Intellivision Flashback Controllers]

Spare pair of controllers ordered! Thanks for making them available!

[Bally Astrocade Multicart]

I've loved my MultiCart and especially War since getting the 2.0 version. Easily one of the best games on the system.

 

For anyone doing the Astrocade under emulation (and you happen to have a set of Bally Controllers and like them), I'd recommend getting the Astrodaptor USB adaptors. They work under windows and under a RetroPie setup on an RPi. I've had to move my Astrocade console upstairs but the RPi setup allows me to continue to enjoy the Astrocade in the living room with a much smaller footprint.

[Astrocade for the Raspberry Pi?]

 

Thanks for that link! I never knew about this setup or the Ultimate PC Interface. Now I have a Raspberry Pi on my wishlist!

 

Just in case you're not aware of this, the Astrocade emulation in MAME supports cartridges, but it has no tape input/output support for either 300 or 2000 BAUD tapes. For most people, this should be fine-- as all of the best games were released on cartridge and very few people have used any of the many hundreds of Astrocade programs available to type-in or load from a tape.

IntvDave here is the real one to thank; he made the files available. One can also run Fairchild Channel F on a Raspberry Pi as well. For me, these were the last two systems I really wanted to get up and running within RetroPie so that I could move my systems out of the living room (making wife happy).

[Lynx Multi Cart]

I posted my initial interest back on post #11 and I am still very much interested ! (I may have even repeated my interest somewhere else in this thread as well.) Looking forward to seeing this come to fruition!