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  1. 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 :-)

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  2. 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!


  3. 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


  4. 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).


  5. 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.


  6. 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.


  7. 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!


  8. 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?

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