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I just paid for #162. Can't wait to get my hands on it. Could this be the tool that breathes life into smaller and/or cheaper homebrew games for the Jaguar?

Wow, can't wait for the 2nd revision of these boards.

Can anyone explain exactly how the Lynx encryption works? I'm interested to see if some of the same techniques were applied to the 3DO.

I do detect a Jeff Minter style there!

No. Frog Feast has been sold (and re-sold) on Ebay, without any problems.

Do you know where I could find the templates for the Megadrive boxes? A translated version of the webpage seems to suggest that the templates have already been designed. Thank you.

That's pretty impressive. What did you change to make the AI frog more aggressive?

I did about 6 months ago!

I think you missed one be negative about the Atari ST (and Amiga) versions is the loading time from disk. It takes awhile to load each new level. Fortunately the Jaguar has none, that is why I think the Jaguar is the probably the best version. I like the music from the 3DO or CD32 versions, but they also suffer from load times.

It is interesting looking back at these old systems, there were many systems better than the Atari 2600, but none did as well.

The CDi was never designed to be a game system (or at least to compete with them): http://cdii.blogspot.com/2008/02/philips-n...mpete-with.html It was more of an edu..(blaaach!) edu...(blaargh!) edutainment system. That would be similar to comparing a vtech v.smile to a PS2.

Here's the webpage that features the CD+G discs: http://www.rastersoft.net/demoworld/ Creating a slide show isn't too hard. I initially used a tool that would convert the pictures into CD+G format. But, the data had a lot of extra data in it. I eventually wrote my own tools to convert a picture to CD+G. I still have the build files, if you're interested. It's a bat file that uses the tools to build up each frame.

I did a CD+G scrolling text demo, with music, awhile back, and a picture slideshow. I'll have to dig them out.

Could the earlier jaguar carts have used a thicker PCB? I guess that could bend the pins so that they wouldn't make contact with a newer cartridge.

It supports CD+G discs? I didn't know that, I'll have to try one. Santa must really love you!

That was my exact though when reading the topic. Tag Team Wresting, City Connection, Track and Field, Roc n Rope, Donkey Kong, and Dig Dug. Later in life NBA Jam, TNMT, Simpsons, and Street Fighter II.

I sold my AES because it wasn't getting used, compared to my MVS. And the price of AES games (even the cheap ones) was way more expensive. It's a nice collection piece, not much more. I also bought the hardware to connect the Neo Geo MVS (or any Jamma board) to the TV.

The X68000 is probably the best 16 bit computer, but very few people outside Japan (or inside Japan from the sounds of it) had one. The Amiga would be my pick of the more commonly available computers. The Acorn Risc (Archimedes, etc) machines were quite impressive, but lacked the dedicated hardware of the X68000/Amiga. Learning to program on a Risc chip would help now, as the ARM chip is taking over. The Mac has to get an honorable mention because of the upgrade path from a 68000 to PowerPC (and beyond). The Amiga can 'now' do something similar, but it isn't as smooth an integration as the Mac.

The only problem is that the TI was so crippled that comparisons with 16 bit computers is unfair. In fact it used a graphics chip similar (or possibly the same?) as the MSX series.

I grew up on the C-64, and it was probably the most popular computer. The Amstrad CPC was probably the most advanced. The CPC did suffer a lot from direct Spectrum ports, but games that directly took advantage of the CPC were very impressive. The MSX was probably the best supported, and possibly most global computer. The C-64 is probably a close 2nd in global presence. The MSX also saw to most true upgrades. (MSX, MSX2, MSX2+, TurboR). Granted there was the C-128, but it was never truely pushed to it's limits. And, the Atari 130XE didn't really add anything new to the Atari line of computers.

I lean more towards NHL '93, because that was first one I played. But, both are very good. NHL '94 tried to add too much. I prefer the Genesis versions to the SNES ones, because they seem to play a little faster.

Kinda like an easter egg!

My son and I went Sat. night, instead of Friday. It was another excellent expo.

The CD would be my choice to open and player, since it has an additional music track to listen to (in an Audio CD player).

The reason you are getting a sold out message is that we do not directly sale the CD version. It's available from either Songbird or OlderGames. The cartridge version is handled directly through our store. It's a logistics nightmare. Sorry about the inconveneince.