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Pretty funny that even the Amiga got an official commercial release of Quake and the Playstation never did However, that is because someone hacked iD and stole the Quake source code and made a port for PowerPC Amigas (this was years before Quake was opensourced, even before Doom was opensourced). I remember downloading it from a BBS at the time but couldn't play it because I didn't have a PowerPC card. A company called ClickBoom negotiated a deal with iD to take the AmigaQuake port, improve it and release it commercially. It got a proper release with pressed CDs, digipak case and everything, even for 680x0 based Amigas. So, even though there is a funny reason for it, it kind of tickles me that the Amiga got a commercial release of Quake and the Playstation didn't, despite the Amiga being basically commercially dead at the time and the Playstation being mainstream :-)

Oricutron 1.2 has been released! For more information, visit the Oricutron homepage. Downloads for various platforms are in the usual place. Happy emulating!

Oricutron should work with USB joystick; look in "Oricutron.cfg".

Oricutron 1.1 has been released! For more information, visit the Oricutron homepage. Bintray didn't work out so well, so I am now self hosting. Happy emulating!

The computer system that always had the most impact on me was the Amiga, and I still use AmigaOS 4.1 today Windows 7 is also good. I never liked Linux, but since I have to write software for it for work, I've got used to it. I don't mind Fedora or Ubuntu.

Oricutron 1.0 has been released! There are a bunch of bug fixes and optimisations, but the big news is the decent Pravetz 8D and 8Dos support, and working Telestrat emulation. For more information, visit the Oricutron homepage. Note that Google are removing downloads from Google Code, so releases are now hosted on bintray. Builds of 1.0 for Windows and AmigaOS 4.x are available. Hopefully others will follow. Happy emulating!

I have relisted the two games that didn't sell (Xenophobe and Ballblazer), but this time the starting price is just a penny... Xenophobe relisted Ballblazer relisted

Try pretending its a NES and blowing into the cart. That fixed some blank screen issues for me recently on my 7800.

Not long to go Can't believe nobody wanted my Ballblazer! :-(

Here are the two photos from the eBay auction linked in my first post: Picture 1 Picture 2

I only wish to sell by auction, sorry. The system + ram cart + cable is listed separately to the games, btw.

I honestly have no idea. Thats why I just started it at £1 and let the buyers decide.

Hi, I'm selling my Atari 7800 and games. I'm based in the UK, so these are all PAL. The 7800 has DevOS 0.2 ROM installed, and comes with a 144Kb RAM cart and parallel transfer cable to download games from a PC. I also have a bunch of games for sale. All games are just the bare cart, except for Ballblazer which has a box & manual. Atari 7800 with DevOS Ballblazer Basketbrawl Dig Dug Fatal Run Fight Night Mean 18 Motorpsycho Xenophobe

The MacOS X version, which has been stuck at 0.7 for ages, just received an update to 0.9 (the latest version). Unfortunately, this is an Intel only binary, so PPC users will have to stick with the old 0.7 build (tha OSX maintainer is using XCode 4, which doesn't support PPC any more).

Hello, folks. I have just released a new version of my multiplatform Oric emulator "Oricutron". You can grab it here: http://code.google.com/p/oriculator

I recommend reading Brian Bagnall's books on Commodore history. Also fascinating is Electronic Brains: Stories from the Dawn of the Computer Age by Mike Hally.

Just thought I'd mention that I still want one...

Still no news.... ? Bahh!

Any news? I'm still really keen to get one of these lynx flash carts!

Well, on the Robotron 2084 titlescreen it was drawing 240mA. I'm guessing if you really stress the hardware (75Hz refresh, play music, have the volume right up), it might draw a bit more, but probably not much. This sounds about right considering the official power supply was rated at 3 Watts.

If the Lynx is rated at 3W, then at 9V it is only pulling 333mA. Now, the official power supply is rated at 3W, which means that the lynx actually probably pulls less current than that. I power mine with a 500mA universal AC adaptor, and its fine. If anyone is really interested, i'll get my multimeter on it and see exactly how much current it draws.

Well, I got my Lynx today! I didn't have any batteries, but I bought a universal DC adaptor and that works fine. I remember the Lynx being big, but i forgot just how thick they are! Aside from the A & B buttons being a bit high for my liking, its actually very comfortable to use; moreso than my Nintendo DS possibly. Did you have a chance to look for a flash cart yet? I have a friend who wants to develop Lynx stuff with me and he'd be interested in one as well. I have Handy running on my Amiga, but of course I want to use the real thing!

If anyone is interested in the history of the 6502, this book: On The Edge: The Spectacular Rise & Fall of Commodore has a very interesting history of MOS Technologies and the creation of the 6502 chip. Actually the whole book is fascinating and a really good read.

@karri Thanks for the response! I hope I can buy a flash cart from you! As for Amiga tools, have you tried running them under UAE? That might ease your pain

Hmm... I wish I could buy this, but A) I'm guessing you want quite a lot of money, and B) A2000s are built like tanks and i'll bet the postage the the UK would cost a fortune. I already have an A2000, but I don't think it would be a good idea to split the Lynx stuff away from its original 2000... who knows if it'll ever work again?