Songbird

We're getting one last shipment of each; should be here in a week or two. Orders open now. https://songbird-productions.com

My son and I did some research over the past few days, and discovered there is a Python tool called vamos which allows you to execute Amiga programs from a Windows command line / PowerShell. I finally installed it tonight, and it works! Very cool to not have to boot WinUAE if I don't want to. You can find vamos as part of the amitools distribution, which can be installed using pip3. Just follow the README. I noticed that I have a zip file containing all the Handy Amiga tools dating back from 2001. asm is the most common tool I run, but I did just notice asmstrip would have come in handy (no pun intended) to remove the 6 leading and 4 trailing bytes on every asm output file. So here it is. Enjoy! HANDYUTL.ZIP

Thanks for all the interest! Pre-orders are open in case you haven't heard. Bundle deals available if you pick up IS3 or Freefall 3050 at the same time! See the T3K page for details. https://songbird-productions.com/product/tempest-3000-limited-edition-nuon/

Sorry @MichelS and everyone, looks like I am 3 years late to the party. I still run a subset of the Handy toolset as it's the easiest way for me to get asm code from former Lynx devs to build. Working on Microvaders this weekend, in fact, as you can see from the micro_patch.src referenced below... Looks like I have HandyAsm 1.12 even though I've seen references to newer versions. I would certainly like to have a newer toolset if anyone finds one. There are some minor issues I've run into with listings generated by HandyAsm, but the code output itself is fine. I didn't realize anyone cared about the tools, as no one has ever really asked me about them before. HandyAsm is by far the tool I use the most, and only once every few years do I run HandyROM or other tools. I used to own an Amiga and Howard board which I bought from Beyond Games. That's when I acquired the rights to CyberVirus, Ultra Vortek, and Mechtiles. But once I got the code moved over from the Amiga to a Windows PC (what a pain that was ~20 years ago!), I sold the HW. Now I use WinUAE to run it. I'm not an expert on all of the Handy tools, but feel free to ask questions.

It is time! https://songbird-productions.com/product/tempest-3000-limited-edition-nuon/ As a thank you to NUON fans, we’re offering some major discounts when you buy Iron Soldier 3 or Freefall 3050 at the same time with these codes: $10 off T3K + IS3 combo: T3KPLUSIS3 $20 off T3K + Freefall combo: T3KPLUSFREEFALL $50 off T3K + IS3 + Freefall combo: T3KTRIPLEPLAY Codes are valid through April 18.

I hope so too, since this is the 25th anniversary of Songbird. We'll have Jaguar, Lynx, Nuon, and Evercade set up on free play. Plus lots of goodies from my personal collection spanning 4+ decades. We are arranging some special treats including select video recordings and/or live streams for anyone who becomes a virtual supporter. Also T-shirts are available via mail-order if you place the order before the end of April. We'll keep updating the above event page with details as they become available. Game on!

Pre-orders open this Thursday for the limited edition run of Tempest 3000! Retail price is $79.95. JagFest attendees/superfans can save $10 when you make a purchase by today. https://mailchi.mp/songbird-productions/20240322

We have to lock in our Evercade distributor order in about two weeks, so pre-order the new carts now if you want to be part of that first wave! Sunsoft #2: https://songbird-productions.com/product/evercade-sunsoft-collection-2/ Piko #4: https://songbird-productions.com/product/evercade-piko-collection-4/ Thank you for your continued support, and have a Happy Easter!

I checked and no discounts are available. However I am seeing interest from a few attendees in booking the Hampton, in case you're curious. Hope to see you this June at JAGFEST!

I updated the event page with the location and some suggested hotels. I'll try calling the Hampton this week to see if we can get a discount on a block of rooms. https://songbird-productions.com/2024/02/13/announcing-jagfest-2024/

Good catch! Didn't think about changing the ROM header; I always seem to forget that... and for the EEPROM support too.

I've got a few more I need to dig out of storage and test. We're talking maybe 10-15 good controllers plus another 30-40 nonworking controllers which I have not diagnosed. But that's it; there is no more supply after that.

Right, makes sense. Impressive accomplishment!

The next issue I found with AG is that once I reach the main menu and try Practice mode, the wrong mini-game is loaded. Probably an AUDIN bankswitching issue but I have not debugged that.

Hey @laoo have you tried booting Alpine Games in Felix? It has a similar behavior to Handy, where the game won't boot past the initial screen; it just fades to black and the CPU loops endlessly. I know where it is getting stuck, but am not sure why it fails on emus. I'm guessing some of the hardware sprite types are not commonly used in games, and are not being emulated properly. If you want more details, let me know and I can provide disassembly where it's failing. Or you can disassemble too if preferred. A related issue, beyond the scope of Felix: I can manually patch Alpine Games in the Handy debugger to make it boot properly (but of course hi-color mode does not work well). But I don't know how to re-encrypt the cart. I am guessing the code is using some kind of checksum on individual overlays, and thus it fails to execute if I patch the ROM instead of patching it live in RAM.