Sneakyturtleegg

I'm just curious if you have tried an adapted SNES controller with A2600 Supercharger or Colecovision games? If it works I will consider picking up a few adapters.

I'm not sure about other 3rd party controllers pairing with the retro receiver and if they will function correctly on the Anaglogue NT Mini. Try a few 3rd party controllers out and report back to the community. It would be interesting to know what other controllers might work. Keep in mind, the retro receiver that came with the Mini has custom firmware, so be sure that you are using that. You can get the custom firmware for the retro receiver on Analogue's website under the support page. It may have been updated, but I'm not sure. My point is you need the extra buttons to play A2600 Supercharger games, and also some Colecovision games. The release notes for each core contain relevant details. I have never had any lag issues with the included 8bitdo controller/retro receiver and don't mind using it. The answer to you last question: Load the Supercharger ROM you want to play. "Rewind Tape" and "Press Play" will be displayed on the screen. Press "X" and "A" at the same time and the game will load. This is assuming you have the proper bios files and good ROM dumps.

The 8bitdo controller is required for Supercharger games because you will need the "X" button. Assuming you have the correct bios, you need to press "A" and "X" at the same time to load a Supercharger game. Have a read through the release notes in the A2600 folder. Kevtris put a lot of good info in it.

Berzerk - Game 3

Haha! Vocelli you sandbagger! It doesn't look like there is much hope with the first 2 Berzerk scores posted by the Dragon Slayers. Thats some good work. I probably won't be anywhere near those.

I never put any time into Berzerk. Played it seriously for about 20 minutes and I can already tell this is going to be infuriating. The spawning is so random. I'll spend some more time with it tonight and post a score or 2.

I played another game just after I posted my score 223,300. I wasn't expecting to do better. I edited my previous post and updated the pic. My current score is now 232,800. I wasn't expecting the scores on the front page to be updated so fast. KaeruYojimbo, you are Johnny On The Spot with updates. Thanks!

Some more bird ass!

There is an updated patch at Romhacking. There are 2 patches in the zip file. Use the patch designated for "cartridge". That hack never saved/worked correctly until this recent update.

Some more bird @$$ action

I'll try not to be a late Sunday score poster again. I've never played the 2600 version of Joust before. Here is what I did with it during my first short play session. I like the control and although limited, this 2600 version captures the feel of the arcade. What I really don't like is the eggs. After you kill a bird, the eggs keep floating and picking up momentum. It should be the opposite. The eggs should slow down and land. I'm guessing it is a technical limitation of the 2600. Nonetheless, it is fun and I should be posting a few more scores throughout the week.

There's a few vipers in the viper pit! RKO!!

Here is what I could do. I needed to set some more time aside. I know I could have done better.

I'm assuming you are playing on a widescreen. I use 5x height and 6x width. I make adjustments on a game by game basis. 720p is a perfect integer scale and doesn't require adjustments. You can also set height to 4x; width to 6x and set aspect ratio to 4:3 on your tv or monitor. All 3 of those settings don't have shimmering when the game scrolls. I can't take credit for figuring that out, as My Life in Gaming put that information out during their review of the NT Mini.

There is nothing more infuriating than being a pixel off trying to get in the elevator and getting railed by a cart going a thousand miles per hour!

I've been getting better at Keystone Kapers. Hovering around 35,000. I know its weak sauce around here, but I have some periodic free time this weekend to practice and get better. Gotta take a break now so my eyes don't start bleeding.

Northcoastgamer, That shouldn't count. The Atari isn't on top of the PS4!

I remember playing Keystone Kapers as a kid in the 80's. I never put much time into it. I think it is a lot of fun so far. The control seems pretty good too. When I die, I know it is my fault. Now I just need to get the higher level patterns down!

I just wanted to post about an update to a great NES hack that is now fully functional on the NT Mini. It is the Super Mario All-Stars hack by Infidelity. You need to apply the "crt" or cartridge .ips patch to Super Mario Bros. 3 (U) (PRG1) [!].nes. The hack now contains Super Mario Bros (US), Super Mario Bros 2 (Jap) Super Mario Bros 2 (US), and Super Mario Bros 3. The game save function works now. The patch can be found at romhacking dot net. Check out the readme file for more info. Now if they could just get Zelda The Legend of Link to save on the NT Mini.....

Also, the various special chips on SNES cartridges use proprietary bios files. Those files aren't going to come baked in the Super NT code or with any jailbreak firmware. I know those bios files are necessary to play those games on the SD2SNES flash cart.

Part of my previous point. The NT Mini and the Super NT are open source for anybody to do what they want with them. Right now, there is only one person who knows how to program them.

Fair point, but a hair split. He still had to sign a contract with clauses to work for them.

Wolf, My point is this: Analogue probably has plans to release other retro clone systems (Genesis, TG16, Neo Geo, etc) in the future, like in a year or several years. And for money since they are a business. If they do, there is no way they are going to let their super star employee release certain cores for free if it is a conflict of interest. Straight business 101. Even if Kevtris wanted to make those cores, why would he program them for free considering it takes many months to develop just one of them? Kevtris deserves to and will get paid for core development that takes so much time. From a business perspective with some logic and reason applied, it makes no sense that 16-bit cores are coming for free in a jailbreak firmware for the Super NT. I just don't believe we will see cores for other 16-bit systems on the Super NT. Analogue will be releasing other 16-bit systems as separate and new products in the future. Yes the Super NT is open source, so anyone can hack it and make cores for it. I don't think Analogue would make a system and lock it down. But how many people actually know how to hack and program the FPGAs in the NT Mini and the Super NT? I say one person. The guy who designed and programmed it. He is employed by Analogue and unfortunately I believe he is restricted by contract from releasing certain firmware for free.

This is complete speculation on my part, but here is my 2 cents about jailbreaking and cores. Analogue is a company that is in business to make money. They have a long term business plan, and Kevtris appears to be a part of that now. They have recently released NES clone consoles and are now onto the SNES. So what is next? I would think separate clone systems for the Sega Genesis, TurboGrafx-16, Neo Geo, etc. They just hired Kevtris full time and I don't think they will allow him to release cores for systems that would conflict with future product lines and business plans. As a full time employee, I am sure Kevtris signed a contract containing clauses, and likely a no compete clause if he leaves. If the Super NT is going to get any cores, they will be ones that do not interfere with Analogue's business model (Like the ones released on the NT Mini). I'd even be willing to bet that we don't see a NES core on the Super NT. Analogue is still trying to sell the NT Mini, so there is no reason they would allow or release a NES core. However, that could happen if or when the NT Mini is discontinued. If nothing else, I would be more than happy with Super NT jailbreak firmware that simply allows SNES roms to be played from a SD card. I wouldn't get your hopes up for jailbreak firmware with a bunch of cores that haven't been developed yet and are part of Analogue's future business plans. Especially at the price point for the Super NT.

No worries guys. This isn't gym class. We're here to play some games and have some fun!