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  3. Posted

    Atari Sunday Chat

    Sunday October 24, 2004

    10:00 am - 1:00 pm

    This event repeats every week.

     

    Notes:

    This is a chat room based on a web based client set around a good evening time for European Atari users. Join us at

     

    http://www.chat.playandview.com

     

    Please use the Input-box in the left upper corner of the

    PlayAndView-Chat-website enter your nickname and then use

    the "Sign On"-button to enter the chatroom, there is no

    registration necessary!

    This starts at 10:00 am CST/16:00 UTC.

  4. Posted

    Atari Sunday Chat

    Sunday October 24, 2004

    10:00 am - 1:00 pm

    This event repeats every week.

    Notes:

    This is a chat room based on a web based client set around a good evening time for European Atari users. Join us at

     

    http://www.chat.playandview.com

     

    Please use the Input-box in the left upper corner of the

    PlayAndView-Chat-website enter your nickname and then use

    the "Sign On"-button to enter the chatroom, there is no

    registration necessary!

    This starts at 10:00 am CST/16:00 UTC.

  5. Posted

    Ok, I need help with my copy of Soul Star...

     

    I have a good working base and CD unit. I use Battlesphere Gold to use as the CD Bypass. Other CD bypass games work. This copy of Soul Star worked on the machine of the person I got it from.

     

    However, when I try loading this game on my setup, all it does is load for several seconds (close to ten) and then I get a black screen. I'll sometimes see some static horizontal lines for a flicker, but a black screen.

     

    Is it possible that certain Jaguar models don't work with Soul Star?

     

    Can someone with Battlesphere Gold try that bypass and see if they can get their copy of Soul Star to work.

     

    Thanks!

     

    Doctor Clu

  7. Posted

    I believe someone said once that Double Dragon 5 was a port from the Sega 32 or Genesis? Am I correct in that?

     

    I also hear of ports from the Amiga, and a few others. To matter the fact, I would love to learn what it took to "port" these from various systems, and what systems have been ported from.

     

    Emulation is nice, but the Jag "Dunna have the power cap'tain!" So we need programs changed to work in the Jag.

     

    I hear of a lot of games that were pulled from other 68k systems for example. Were these simply ported over, using primarily the 68K, and then told how to display visdeo and changed so the Jag controller would work?

     

    Been wondering this for the early Arcade games that used the 68K progrocessor, and there were a few. Wondering what it would take for a little mini-mame that would run those that were run on the 68K.

     

    (I think Joust sadly was run on a 68030.) :(

     

    Anyway, thoughts?

  8. Posted

    Well, I will have to check out this games magazine. Last issue I picked up that talked about the Jag was GameFan magazine when they talked about Battlesphere and Hyperforce.

     

    Honestly, when you consider the gaming power of current systems, the fact that the Jag is still mentioned at all is remarkable. I wonder honestly why that is? I mean the Jag is a awesome system and all, but even the SNES and Sega Genesis are unfindable at GameStops these days (I know since I was trying to collect and play the other Bubsy titles).

     

    What would possess a magazine to feature the "ill fated" Jaguar in this day and age?

  9. Posted

    For those few that have Soulstar, have you been able to load it with the Battlesphere Gold CD bypass?

     

    Basically BS Gold is the only bypass I have to try, so I would love to know if anyone else has gotten it to work.

     

    Thanks!

     

    Doctor Clu

  11. Posted

    Finally got to view it. It was in some funky Divx format. After much downloading got it to work.

     

    Yeh, looks like it would have been cool. Though granted, Panzier Dragon and Spyro along with a multitude of others would have been pre-emted by this one.

     

    Me personally, there was a commercial that had 3D animation advertising Joust for the 2600. It would be awesome if THAT style could be used. It was really awesome.

     

    Doctor Clu

  14. Posted

    10:49 pm October 12th, 2004

     

     

    Add to Memories

     

     

     

    Steph moved to regular room.

     

     

    I spoke with Steph a while ago and she is very tired. Some of our conversation rambled, as they can when Steph is exhausted and low energy.

     

    The good news is that she's out of the Special Unit and in a regular room. The good news is that she's awake, talking, and able to get out of bed.

     

    The not-so good news is that her kidneys are not in great shape and she's discussing dialysis options with the specialist. There is one at-home method where she could lie down and undergo dialysis while asleep and they are considering that. And in the future, looking into a transplant for her. Her mother has volunteered and will be tested for compatibility/suitability. I have volunteered too, though I've already been told I'm an unlikely candidate because of my blood type and my owm immune system issues.

     

    She is still shaken up by the experience of having to go through all that she's gone through and quite rightly paranoid about the medical establishment. To have to stop breathing three times and have to get compression on your heart the third time would make anyone nervous about being in the hospital.

     

    I've made it very clear to her how many people are thinking about her and that I don't want her to die. She made it clear to me she doesn't want to die either, even as depressed as she's gotten. She wants to create. She wants to work and her mind has been clear but her health has been so poor it's prevented her from doing anything but exist.

     

    We're both rather angry at how things have been going and how long it has taken for her to directly talk to a nephrologist. Her parents, Steph, and me are all looking at the medical system with a bit of loss of faith, even though there are some outstanding individuals in the field who are doing their best... being hospitalised isn't an experience that should leave one breathless.

     

    I don't have anything to add here except that if you wish to call her tomorrow, you can now that she's in a regular room.

     

    This is a message from the journal today. Apparently she would be good for calls around the afternoon sometime.

     

    Doc Clu

     

    Please CALL ONLY BETWEEN THESE HOURS: 12:00 pm Eastern Time to 10:00 pm Eastern Time (1200-2200) as Steph will either be asleep or getting tests in the morning:

     

    +1 570 271-8743

     

    She may be getting tests later in the day, but most doctors do their rounds in the morning.

     

    If you decide to visit, she's in room 743. I did not find out if that's in Bush Pavillion 7 or if it's another building though; you may need to call the Geisinger Medical Center operator or directory services.

     

    That's all for now. I'm getting ready for bed and going to sleep.

     

    -- [info]hopeforyou

  15. Posted

    Posted by Monkey (ky-24-159-151-176.midtn.chartertn.net) 21:14 11/Oct/04

     

    I'd hope that everyone here knows sebab/Steph as one of the founding members of 4Play/Scatologic that developed BattleSphere.

     

    She composed all the music within BattleSphere, and is the ex-wife of fellow BS alum and coder-wizard Scott LeGrand.

     

    Her LiveJournal gives the details, but needless to say, things look rather bleak for her.

     

    This BS player and Jaguar owner is praying for you,

    Stephanie.

     

    And I hope other so inclined will do so too.

     

    Sebab's Journal...

    http://sebab.livejournal.com/

  19. Posted

    "But BUBSY!? AVP and Temptest where the only reason ppl bought the jag. AVP's frame rate is sluggish and Tempest is good with a roto controller yes I understand but Bubsy!?"

     

    Oh yeh.. now that was a fun game. Perhaps it was the color, the humor, and for me, the way my friend's kids loved it. I must have played that game for years with them watching. It was awesome seeing them laugh when Bubsy tapped on the screen. :) It was great having them help me with sound effects as he would go through the doors and be transported to another part of the level. Sigh... Sometimes we still play Battlesphere together.

    They tried Bubsy, but they said it was too hard. The first video game they ever played was Tempest 2000 BTW. :)

     

    Yeh the Jag is a blast.

     

    That bit about Wolfenstein... I have to agree about the PC or Mac version being better. What is up with not being able to just use a knife on your opponents!!!? I hated that part.

     

    Doctor Clu

  20. Posted

    Anyone thought of asking these older companies to make these game available online, or even a partial game, and then if you wanted a more completed version, send in shareware fee?

     

    Like Soulstar. Get them to host a part of the game, or even the whole game online. We get to try it. We send in a shareware fee.

     

    True many will probably not pay it, but the important thing here is FEEDBACK. They see how many are interested, and even fill out the registration for it maybe.

     

    Though it is unlikely they will do further development on the game, they could incur some shareware fees from what was made.

     

    Look at what a sensation Doom (on the PC) was in the early days... distributed only as shareware at first.

  22. Posted

    I'm trying to remember why I bought the Jaguar to begin with. It was 1999, I was trying out all things Atari.

     

    I had already worked with the Atari 400/800 and was ready to get back into that, but I was told about other Atari items.

     

    I was given a Atari ST from the local Atari club on borrow and worked with the desktop publishing software. That was fun.

     

    Then I picked up a Lynx. Not bad.

     

    And then on a fly I searched the Dallas area and found a Jaguar at a Kaybee toy store for $30. I went and bought it, and played Cybermorph... and hated it!! :) "Avoid the ground!" , "Where did you learn to fly" AArrrggg!!

     

    Picked up Bubsy, and had a blast. Then I got a copy of Aliens vs Predator, and was disappointed at first, and then it grew on me. Tempest 2000 was the next game I believe, and that took a while to grow on me.

     

    I think the Jaguar was one of those systems that I enjoyed but always said "And what else?" Then one day I looked back and realized there were some fun games for the Jag.

     

    I guess when I got the Jag, I wanted to relive the fun I had of playing and collecting the 2600, only with improved graphics. And I think it turned out much like that. It is my current 2600. ;)

     

    Doc Clu

  23. Posted

    Now that I have stated my stance of it all, how about a suggestion.

     

    The experience is nice. I like shareware. I played the first dungeon level of Dark Castle for the Mac, and bought the game when I wanted the full version. I played Wolfenstein to death on the Mac, and cried when ID would not sell me expansion packs (Too old a game they said... geezz... the nerve of some people).

     

    An idea though... it would be nice if we could get Core to authorize the free distribution of a crippled version of Soul Star. That way people could try the first level, see what it was like, and later get the fullest version possible later. I imagine with a CD game it would be a matter of only copying certain tracks and leaving others out.

     

    Or just make it where there is a glitch in the game, so that it errors out at a given point in the game.

     

    I would go for this version of shareware or cripple ware. :D

     

    Doctor Clu

  24. Posted

    "Reminder to self: cancel planned thread about availability of pirated copies of "Arena Football". "

     

    LOL!!

     

    Since I believe honesty is the best policy, I'll say that I was a pirate in the Atari 400 days, and I'm a pirate now. Pirate is the fun term. I am more of a "long term borrower" actually.

     

    Well, that is to say, I like to get copies of games, play them, and more than likely, if I don't like the game, I will probably misplace the game along the way anyway. If I like it, I buy a real copy. This has recently been called "shareware".

     

    If I liked the game, I have and do pick up a copy when one comes available at the right price. (Played Archon for 20 years... but it was sweet finally getting both the cartridge AND the disk, the album cover, ect ect ect.) Played Joust for years, now I own like three original cartridges. I own every variant of Star Raiders that has come out. And I have at least two copies of Return of Heracules. I am currently collecting every infocom package I can get ahold of. And the list goes on.

     

    Truth is, you give me a game, I will try it. Even play it. A *LOT*. I like it, I will WANT the real thing (when one comes along). I don't, it will get lost by natural selection.

     

    In the meantime, thanks to everyone that gives me a chance to try these games out. To matter the fact, let me say blantantly, if you have a prototype game, E-mail me. Your secret will be safe with me. I would entertain the idea of sending a blank CD and postage. FOR THE OVERAL JAGUAR EXPERIENCE I would love to play the game, and return the borrowed copy to you at whatever time you set. In truth, I only play most games only a few times anyway.

     

    Arena Football, for example, I would probably play... once. Not much for sports games. I would fire it up, play it a bit, and then probably never play it again. But I would be willing to write reviews for what I borrow (Not saying who I borrowed it from) and write it in such a way that people will drool over the rare game that you will announce you have... some time in the future when you are good and ready.

     

    To me the fun is saying "Oh yeh, played that, and I liked this this and this about it." Kinda like when I got to see the JagDuo and WEAR the Jag VR at a JagFest (2003) once. It's all part of the experience.

     

    So again, thanks to all who have made the games possible. Thanks to those people that snuck those games out of the companies that were developing them and would have been thrown away forever. Thank you to the developers that took alpha and beta copies and made the proper arrangements to see a copy to me. And thank all the other people that made games possible in other ways.

     

    Yep I'm a pirate... aaaaarrrr!!! I keep what games I like, and I hunt down the real thing. Nothing is are good or as prestigious (for a collector) as the real thing. And those games that I don't like find their way to Davy Jones' locker!!!

     

    Keep or toss, it is all part of me memory you see?! :D

     

    Doctor Clu

  25. Posted

    I have to admit, the collections here have been inspiring.

     

    Looking it over, I believe the only two things I would like to get for the Jaguar in the future would be a 4 meg Alpine cart, since I am starting to get the bug to start coding, and a rotary controller.

     

    Aside from that, I'm fine with what I have. I would like to stumble across the carts and games I am currently missing, but I think I have all the good titles currently. Thus the reason why I want to get a Alpine... time to make more good titles. :)

     

    That, and I really wouldn't mind getting one of Matthias' ethernet cartridges when they come out.

     

    Doctor Clu

     

    (PS: I have a birthday coming up... hehehe...)

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