[done back in the day...]

That's really interesting!

[done back in the day...]

On 4/28/2023 at 5:40 PM, tschak909 said:

For Solaris, Doug Neubauer built a custom ISA card for his PC that provided a shared memory area for the assembled binaries that was connected via a cable and cart board to the VCS. It provided a simple debugging environment.

 

-Thom

Interesting; thanks!  I'm assuming that Doug (and others who were programming games for the 2600 in the late 1980s) was using assembly language?

[done back in the day...]

What software and hardware was used to develop games for the Atari 2600 in the late 1980s?  Games like Solaris and Ikari Warriors.

[Anyone have the JVC JX-S777 switcher? Question about component with it]

I don't know, but this is the first time I've heard about it, and I'm wondering if it can convert PAL-NTSC.  JVC's webpage on it doesn't say.

[What computers were 2600 games programmed on in the late 1980s?]

6 hours ago, frankodragon said:

 

Hard to tell by the quality of this video but one of them could be an Atari computer for graphics.

I'll look, but even if I don't find anything, thank you so much for posting this video!  I LOVE learning about the history of the gaming industry!  I think this video was made in 1982.  Good grief, I was 5 years old!  My older brother and I got a 2600 for Christmas that year.

[What computers were 2600 games programmed on in the late 1980s?]

OK, thanks for the replies!  Sorry I didn't search before asking.

[What computers were 2600 games programmed on in the late 1980s?]

I know that PDP-11s were used in the late 1970s, but by the late 1980s, I'm really curious as to what computers Atari 2600 game programmers were using?  PCs, Macs, or something else?

[I would love to see more cartridge conversions of Jag CD games!]

It's a homebrew cartridge that takes a micro SD card.

A ROM loader, basically. Designed to be used with real Jag hardware.

SainT is workng on it at the moment. Apparently cartridge games work fine and he's thinks he should be able to make it run CD images as well (without the Jag CD add on) http://atariage.com/forums/topic/254003-upcoming-jaguar-sd-cartridge/page-57?do=findComment&comment=4076216

Nice! I hope he’s able to!

[I would love to see more cartridge conversions of Jag CD games!]

Just wait for SainT's SD cart

What is that?

[I would love to see more cartridge conversions of Jag CD games!]

In particular, Battlemorph and Hover Strike: Unconquered Lands. Although Iron Soldier 2 got a cartridge port, I don't know if Battlemorph or Hover Strike would fit on a cartridge. Still, as someone who will probably never own a Jaguar CD unit, these are two games that I'd love to see on cartridges!

[Amstrad GX4000 on an NTSC TV - Need Help]

No I use this one and have had no issues yet

I use it with my Videopac 7200, VG 5000 and CoCo3

OK, thanks!

[Amstrad GX4000 on an NTSC TV - Need Help]

I use a Scart to HDMI converter for my foreign systems

Is it a Framemeister? I’ve heard that other SCART to HDMI converters are pretty bad, and will eventually break.

[Amstrad GX4000 on an NTSC TV - Need Help]

Is the video signal in a 6128plis easier to convert to NTSC? I don’t want to spend the money for a Framemeister.

[Amstrad GX4000 on an NTSC TV - Need Help]

I dont own a Framemeister, but Im interested in the GX4000. For video, could I use a SCART to composite adapter to convert the signal from PAL to NTSC?

[Question about the PCSX2 emulator...]

 

I'm pretty sure you could find the BIOS online.

 

True. I'll just stick to playing on my CRT TV. I'll always love the PS2, though, and the other 6th gen consoles.

[Question about the PCSX2 emulator...]

Well I don’t think I’ll ever be using this emulator. You have to dump the BIOS from whatever model of PS2 you have, and I’m just not comfortable doing that. Plus, doing so evidently requires you to use FreeMcBoot, which I find to be to confusing. At any rate, I have a slim PS2, so it doesn’t have a hard drive.

[Question about the PCSX2 emulator...]

Im impressed with what Ive seen of this emulator on YouTube. But, assuming you have a DVD-ROM drive in your PC, can you use original PS1 and PS2 game discs with PCSX2?

[Will Amiga Forever ever come to Mac OS?...]

No one will prosecute you for emulating this old stuff.

 

According to this little poll at Lemon Amiga, a significant portion of the 48 people who responded use an emulator as their primary Amiga.

from lemon amiga.png

 

Or you could do what I sometimes do, and just fart around in the Internet Archive. It's like borrowing someone else's Amiga. Much cheaper and no clutter at all.

I know that I won't be prosecuted; I just like to do emulation legally when I can.

[Will Amiga Forever ever come to Mac OS?...]

When you buy software for one platform it doesn't typically give you permission to run it on other platforms. But in the case of Amiga Forever, according to their website, they are. Regardless, legal or not, we all do what we think is right.

Good points. I just really wish that whatever copyright (and/or other?) laws that exist, with regards to emulation, would be changed. I've heard that a lot of it has to do with the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, although I don't know how much. Regardless, I really think it's absurd to have laws that hold that emulating computer and console games from the 80's, and even 90's, is illegal.

 

I'd love to get an Amiga, but living in the USA, even getting an NTSC Amiga 500 would be pretty difficult, and expensive. I love the design of the CD32, but CD32s are now listed for at least $500.00 on eBay. And that's minus shipping and handling charges from European countries.

[Will Amiga Forever ever come to Mac OS?...]

You don't need Windows. We are just suggesting that you give the money to Cloanto for Amiga Forever then download the "illegal" kickstart ROMs with a clear conscience.

Gotcha.

[Will Amiga Forever ever come to Mac OS?...]

My MacBook has a 256GB SSD for storage and I could use Boot Camp to run Windows 10, but I don't know how much space Windows 10 needs. All I would use it for is emulation.

[Will Amiga Forever ever come to Mac OS?...]

I have a MacBook Pro, and I would love to get Amiga Forever, but it's not available for Mac OS. I know that there's FS-UAE, but I don't think it's legal (you're not paying for the copyrighted Kickstart ROMs) like Amiga Forever is.

[Seedi - yet another emulation box, perhaps good enough?]

MetalJesusRocks had the Seedi in a YouTube video today. It looks cool, but whoever’s making it decided not to get the copyrighted BIOS files, and that’s annoying. How the heck is an average Joe Schmo like me supposed to legally get a hold of those files? Email people at Sega and Sony Computer Entertainment, assuming I even know (I don’t) who to contact??

 

 

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[AtGames Fall 2017 Flashback and Portable Lineup]

I hope they get the sound right on this new Genesis console. Is it just really difficult to emulate the Yamaha sound chip that was in the Sega Genesis?

[What hardware problems are common with the Jaguar CD?]

Lately, I've been hearing that the Atari Jaguar CD is not a very durable unit. So what typically goes wrong with these? Is it bad capacitors, or problems with the laser reading discs, or something else?