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Excellent (eggcellent 😂) timing for me as we recently updated the packaging for the game! The physical release is available here - https://k-retro.com/homebrew-games/14-35-eggsavier-s-cackleberry-rescue-a-homebrew-game-for-atari-lynx-.html#/5-game_release-boxed_with_cartridge

Very cool!

That was a request for the 'dev kit' adapter for ElCheapoSD that BennVenn and us will be working on. The key functionality that would be required here is to reset the Lynx without resetting the flash cart, so the flash cart needs to be powered somehow.

Unfortunately the case for all goods sent to EU now 😭

We've had a new shipment of the replacement screen lenses for Atari Lynx model 2

The JoeyLynx (https://k-retro.com/atari-lynx-cart-dumpers-programmers/65-78-bennvenn-joeylynx-lynx-cart-dumper.html#/28-kit_type-fully_assembled_kit) is able to program Karri's PCBs in about 20 seconds

What you need to do is put FIRMWARE.BEN and BOOT.BIN from the update zip on the SD card. Put batteries in your Lynx, it's not recommended to use USB or a power adapter for this. Put the SD card into the ECSD, put the ECSD into the Lynx. Turn the Lynx on. It should power up and say INSERT GAME, it takes about 10 seconds for the firmware to update, so you will see this message until it's updated. Once updated, it will boot into the menu. You can replace the standard menu with our menu if you like. Now there's a catch here, not all SD cards work for doing the upgrade - you need to use an 8Gb card or smaller, and not all brands work either. I had to go through a bunch of different SD cards before I could get one that worked. Hope that helps!

I'll talk to you about it on Discord, thanks!

I ended up using http://emulatorjs.org because that has a very easy to use "code editor" that generates the embed zip file for you. Have it set up for Chasm Warden now, so that's playable in the web browser (https://atarilynxvault.itch.io/chasm-warden)

Ah I totally missed this one, I wanted to participate but I've got a real bad cold and sinus infection, still not over it and it's been weeks. Great job on the high scores!

Fantastic, glad to see the postal service is working well!

Awesome! That was quick! Hope you like the extra stickers we put in!

You can get a reproduction part here - https://k-retro.com/atari-lynx-replacement-parts/392-replacement-screen-lens-atari-lynx-2-1.html

I've added screenshots for each of the games now 😎

Hi All! We hosted LynxJam 2023 at the end of last year and received 12 mini games for the Lynx. If you haven't had a chance to check them out, you can see the Jam info page here - https://itch.io/jam/lynxjam-2023, from there go to Submissions and you can download ROMs for each of the games separately (they're free of course). For those of you who want to get your hands on a physical cartridge (just the cart or in a box with a cartridge stand), we've made it available here - https://k-retro.com/homebrew-games/382-198-lynxjam-2023-same-but-different.html If you've seen our game releases before, the box itself is a clear PET box, the same as used as protector sleeves for the original Lynx game boxes. The game insert this time around is printed double sided and the cart stand is an improved design with a two-colour 3D print. We've already started to ship some of the pre-orders and the first batch of these is 1/3 gone, but once we run out, we'll make more. Screenshots

We've had a batch of Lynx 2 battery doors injection moulded, they are perfectly colour matched to the Lynx. The only difference is the foam inside the white, not black. https://k-retro.com/atari-lynx-replacement-parts/339-replacement-battery-door-for-atari-lynx-model-2-2.html

Pretty much every single modern homebrew game uses the 128 byte chip, the NVRAM was only used in EOTB as far as I know The ECSD does save the contents of the EEPROM to the SD card when it detects a ROM change, so you could play multiple games that make use of the EEPROM, though I've not really experimented in much detail with this

Ok so the end story is that EOTB can't save on any of the current SD Flash Carts as I understand it...

I've had a look at the Atari Lynx Vault game database and it lists EOTB as a 512K ROM, so what I said about it only playing up to a point isn't correct, for some reason I was thinking it was a much larger ROM. What @karri is talking about is that the "homebrew" release used an NVRAM for the EEPROM, the ECSD uses a 93C46 chip, the NVRAM is 16K vs the 93C46 having just 128 bytes. I don't know if EOTB uses all 16K, but I'd imagine it will be using more than 128 bytes. It would be interesting to see if this works on @SainT's Game Drive...

Oh I see, if it's the cart version, I think it will only play up to a certain point. The cart had some kind of different EEPROM for saves as far as I remember, ECSD only has the 128 byte EEPROM

Doubt it as EOTB has a special ROM, I think it's either 1Mb or 2Mb, ECSD only has enough space for 512Kb ROMs

@SainT do you have the original files on your website?

Wow what a great jam! 12 entries, this even beats the 30th Birthday one we put on! Looking forward to trying them out in the coming days!

Thanks @Nop90 and wow cool score and kill streak! And you are right that I forgot to reset hoff/voff for those screens, that's an easy fix, should be similar for the bomb position. I'll make those changes for the cart release version.

The game is released! You can download the ROM from here - https://atarilynxvault.itch.io/chasm-warden Let's see how high a score you can get, as well as the longest kill streak. I managed to get an 11 kill streak yesterday.