MikeA

Uh I just played AvP and I noticed the same thing - after going in and out of air ducts, I lost all previous map information.

Third for me - I cannot get Brutal Sports Football to work either.

I wish it had music too, especially in light of how awesome the soundtrack was on Battlemorph.

Playing Alien vs. Predator in BigPEmu is like playing an entirely new game! I can finally map the strafe buttons to the L and R buttons on my controller, I'm getting higher framerates, and I have save states. The controller mapping is a big deal for me as I really can't play 90s FPS games without proper strafe buttons. I've a Patron of Rich Whitehouse, the creator of BigPEmu, and I recommend all do the same. This is a historic product for us Jaguar fans developed by a true lover of our console as his life's work. He is very sick with cancer which makes this effort even more extraordinary. I will forever be thankful to this man for helping me rediscover my childhood with this beautiful emulator. Maybe I can finally finish AvP game after 28 years! Save states are cheating in some people's eyes, but I'm ok with it on really old games that I could never finish.

I think it all depends on how well your TV scales 1080p content to 4K, because the collection is outputting in 1080p and is upscaling the original assets to 1080p. Have you tried using the TV filter and selecting Fullscreen in the options? This will get rid of the black bars on the top and bottom, but obviously there will be black bars on the sides because the original ratio was 4:3; the TV filter smooths out the jaggies and gives it more of a CRT look. To me, the graphics look nearly identical on Atari 50 Anniversary collection to how they look on my Jaguar via Retrotink 5x; the only difference is the Retrotink 5x's superior scanlines.

Each game maps the controls differently; each game has a unique pause screen with the controls and instruction manual; Digital Eclipse clearly have put game specific stuff into each game. Since the stated goal was to make Tempest 2000 play correctly, they need to fix the Game Over screen. I'm sure some programmer can do it so the question is will they or won't they.

Interesting to know. Well, whatever the cause, the Game Over screen doesn't look right. The effect is just going way too fast and I can't imagine this look was Minter's original intent. On the other hand, after further play I do think the frame rate is sped up considerably over the Jaguar version of Tempest 2000; it looks more silky smooth like Tempest 2000 on the Saturn, but I don't think it's getting all the way to 60 fps. Probably the frame rate increase is worth ruining the look of the Game Over screen, but I wish there was a way to have it all. Edit: I also realize that the Title screen features the "Tempest" logo rotating and melting using a very similar effect to the Game Over screen, but the timing is identical on the Switch as on the Jaguar. So, if they could make the Tempest logo look accurately on the title screen, why can't they make the Game Over logo look accurately on the Game Over screen? Nor is there any other unnecessary speed ups anywhere else in the game that I can find other than the Game Over Screen - the level select screen does not go too fast, the level end screen does not go too fast, etc. Maybe I'm asking too much, but I want Digital Eclipse to fix the Game Over screen!

Just received my copy for Switch. The Jaguar emulation is near perfect. I tested Tempest 2000, Atari Karts, Cybermorph, Trevor McFur, and Dino Dudes. I then loaded each of those games up on my Jaguar to compare. Everything appears to be identical in graphics and sounds, except for one minor (but meaningful) flaw in Tempest 2000 - the "Game Over" graphic goes crazy fast instead of the slow trippy visuals of the Jaguar original. It's kind of a big deal for me because that image was so iconic. Strangely, this is the same bug I've seen running Tempest 2000 in the Virtual Jaguar emulator before, but the Digital Eclipse software here runs Tempest 2000 so much better than Virtual Jaguar. Hopefully Digital Eclipse can fix this glitch in a future update, because the visuals are critical to Tempest 2000's recreation. On the other hand, playing these games on a modern console had some huge advantages over playing them on the Jaguar. The controller is better; the analog stick replicates the Dpad and the DPad can also be used as the DPad. You can remap any button at any time, which is a nice feature. When you pause, you can bring up the original Jaguar instruction manual, which really helps both play the game and understand the controls, although there is a separate controls screen as well. The emulator includes a TV filter which is a very good CRT scanline filter, although not as good looking as the filters on the Retrotink 5x which my Jaguar runs through. You can turn it off if you like. You can also get rid of the borders on the side of the screen and opt for black bars, which I prefer. You can run the image in Original, Full Screen, or Widescreen. Full Screen appears to be a zoomed in Original output, so I opted for that one. The emulator contained within the Atari 50: Anniversary Celebration is everything I hoped it would be, except for the Tempest 2000 "Game Over" graphic bug. I really hope that gets fixed in a patch. Now, if only we could get Defender 2000 and Super Burnout somehow working on this emulator...please release another Jaguar collection Digital Eclipse!

I'm not having this issue - I am running Batocera 35 on my VCS with no issues at all. I updated from 34 to 35 about a week ago. You might want to try a clean install from a USB stick flashed with Batocera 35. (Edit: I have Batocera installed to the SSD, but I just remembered I did a clean install with a USB stick flashed with Batocera 35 rather than update 34 over the internet.) I'm using my Sinden Lightguns on it to play Area 51 - it trips me out to see the "Atari Games" logo at the start of Area 51 on my VCS!

Digital Eclipse is working on the 50th Anniversary Atari collection coming this fall. I listened to the Stone Age Gamer Podcast [https://stoneagegamer.com/blog/sag-podcast-421-talking-with-digital-eclipses-stephen-frost/ ] where they interview Stephen Frost and there were some interesting reveals from around the 50 minute to 60 minute mark regarding the Jaguar: 1. The Jaguar emulator was a dream of one the programmers 2. A stable Jaguar emulator has been developed 3. The emulator was originally designed to play Tempest 2K only 4. Digital Eclipse wants to release more Jaguar games in future collections, perhaps even a Jaguar only collection 5. Digital Eclipse has had talks with Atari about possibly releasing a Jaguar mini. So Atari has at least had conversations about a Jaguar mini.

I have the same memory of the CD version coming out first and specifically being disappointed because I couldn't play the game as I didn't have a CD player at the time. Since the cartridge is a paired down version of the CD missing assets like FMV, that's further evidence that the CD came out first.

I have the same issue and this seems to be a bug in the game. When I stop moving, my craft still moves 1 or 2 spots to the left or right, depending on which direction I was pointing. Is this how Tempest 4K plays in other console/PC versions? I guess this could be a "feature not a bug" as the argument could be made your ship has momentum that keeps you going after you are doing pressing the direction, but that's a weird way to control and not at all how Tempest 2000 controlled. Until this gets fixed, I am very disappointed.

Thank you! Just passed this part with your help. How did I miss this? Kinda laughing at myself a bit.

I'm stuck in this game. Password is CJEA, right after the escape, about 5-8 minutes in. I go to the right, take the elevator to the top and look out at the view, which gives me a cutscene. I take the elevator down two levels and go to the left. I am in a room where I need to charge up my gun to destroy the wall. The problem is that as soon as I charge destroy the wall, the guard below INSTANTLY reacts, destroys all 3 walls blocking him instantly, and begins firing nonstop. I have no time to get downstairs before he begins firing, so that means I instantly die when I fall down to the level below. In all the Youtube walkthroughs I've seen of this part, the guard reacts slowly and gives you plenty of time to escape. Is the Jaguar version broken or am I just missing something?

Yes, Mint allows you to resize the Batocera partition and Batocera still works after. Batocera is the first partition and Mint is the second partition. I decided to leave the Mint portion small (100GB is minimum recommended for Mint so I went with 150GB) and the Batocera partition large (about 800 GB) I agree, I really wanted to just install Batocera directly to the partition, but perhaps that might come one day in a Batocera update.

I received my copy of Another World today! Thank you Albert. I put game on for a few minutes and it really looks amazing. This is a high quality product, start to finish, with excellent packaging and a beautiful detailed manual. It's honestly unbelievable that the Jaguar continued to get such top shelf releases like this long after its' "death" in 1996. Thank you to RGC and to Albert!

Install rEFInd boot manager permanently on SSD (and also dual boot Atari OS and Batocera) I successfully installed rEFInd permanently on SSD. I also dual boot Atari OS and Batocera as well as Linux Mint on the SSD. All of this works without permanently plugging in a USB flash stick and without installing anything on the eMMC. The guide in OP’s post does not contemplate installing rEFInd to the SSD, perhaps because Atari only recently updated the bios to allow you to boot from SSD before the eMMC. Also the guide to dual booting Batocera and Linux on the Batocera wiki did not work for me on the VCS. So, I made this guide. Final setup: Atari OS on eMMC, Batocera and Linux Mint on SSD, with rEFInd boot manager installed on SSD to boot into the OS of your choice. 1. Disable Secure Boot if not already done and make sure your Atari OS firmware is up to date. If you cannot access bios to disable secure boot, you must do so as follows: a. Downgrade VCS firmware using the Atari recovery image that’s floating around here. Image it to USB flash drive using a tool like Balena Etcher on Windows 10. Insert Atari USB stick in rear Atari VCS USB port and turn on VCS. Select the 2nd option to flash bios. Allow it to flash BIOS and reboot. After reboot, select option 1 to flash Atari OS. After this process is complete, remove Atari USB stick and turn on VCS while holding down Escape. Enter the bios and go to Secure Boot Options. Password for bios is now Atar!C3l3br8te$50Ye4r$ . Disable secure boot. Exit bios and boot into Atari OS. Connect to internet and allow Atari OS to update to most current version. Restart Atari VCS while holding Escape to enter the bios. 2. Change Atari VCS bios to allow booting from SSD before eMMC as follows: a. Enter Bios by holding down Escape as turning on VCS. Go to Setup Utility, choose “Boot” section at top of screen, and then go to option “Set Boot Order” and change to option (b) USB à SSD à eMMC. Press F10 to Exit and Save Changes, and click yes when it asks if you want to save changes. Exit bios and turn off Atari VCS. 3. Flash Batocera to USB stick. 4. Insert USB stick to VCS and boot. Batocera will launch automatically. 5. Install Batocera as follows: a. Press Space Bar on Keyboard or Start on Controller to enter Main Menu. b. Go to System Settings, then scroll down until you get to “Install Batocera on a New Disk.” Select “Target Device” as your SSD. This will wipe the entire SSD. Batocera does not give you the option to install to a partition. Be careful to select the right target device. Select “Target Architecture” as x86_64. Select “Are you Sure” as Yes. Select the Install button and press enter. c. Remove Batocera USB stick. 6. Flash Linux Mint to USB stick. 7. Insert USB stick to VCS and boot. Linux Mint will launch automatically. 8. Install Linux Mint as follows: a. Click on “Install Linux Mint.” Select SSD as target device. When installing Linux Mint on SSD, Mint will tell you that there are other operating systems already installed, and will ask if you want to leave those operating systems in place or wipe the whole drive. Select the option to leave those operating systems in place. The next screen will allow you to select the size of the partition you want for Batocera and the size you want for Linux Mint. Finish install process and VCS will reboot into Linux Mint. 9. Install rEFInd boot manager as follows: a. Make sure you are connected to the internet. If you use WiFi, you will need to connect to Wifi network from within Linux Mint by clicking on wireless icon, even if Atari OS has your wireless credentials you need to reenter them in Linux Mint. b. In Linux Mint, open the “Terminal” app that is visible on the bottom bar of the Mint OS. Type “sudo apt install refind”. As long as you are connected to the internet, rEFInd will automatically download and install. c. Remove Linux Mint USB stick. 10. Reboot VCS. Finished! The VCS now boots directly into rEFInd and will give you the option to boot into Atari OS, Batocera, and Linux Mint. a. You will need a keyboard to select which boot option, however it will automatically boot into the last used OS after 20 seconds, so if you normally play with a controller and don’t have a keyboard connected, you only need to have a keyboard connected when you feel like changing the OS. Obviously I’d love a controller enabled boot manager but rEFInd can’t do that to my knowledge. b. Optional: There will likely be too many boot options that appear, so you can clean up the U/I by deleting unnecessary options until you just have the 3 boot options for Atari OS, Batocera, and Linux Mint.

From what I gather, the Classic Joystick and Controller only work in non-Atari OSes if you use USB, not Bluetooth. I have no interest in wired controllers, so if I can't use my Classic Joystick or Controller via Bluetooth, I'll just use my 8bitdo SN30 + Bluetooth which works for me in Batocera. I've tried and failed to connect both the Atari Joystick and Controller via Bluetooth in Batocera and Lakka. Has anyone been able to get wireless Bluetooth capability from the Classic Joystick or Modern Controller in another OS? If so, which OS? I'm really hoping to use Batocera for my emulators on the VCS with a wireless Atari Modern Controller.

Seems like people are saying that the Onyx VCS ships with the bios password locked. I'm still going to try to get into the BIOS without downgrading it, but I'm assuming that will fail.

Ok based upon zzip's suggestion, I am going to go with rEFInd. I've decided to install rEFInd on a USB stick just to make things simpler, so my setup would be (1) eMMC for Atari VCS ; (2) M2 for Lakka; (3) usb stick for rEFInd. Having never powered on my Onyx VCS yet for the first time, here is the order I want to tackle the tasks in to get setup: 1. Enter bios, disable secure boot – downgrade bios if necessary 2. Physically install M2 and RAM upgrades 3. Install lakka on M2 drive 4. Create rEFInd usb stick 5. Test dual booting through reFInd stick until it works 6. Connect to internet and go to Atari VCS, download all VCS games, disable internet 7. Test dual booting again – if does not work, downgrade bios and test dual boot

I'm a new VCS owner and I want to use this machine 95% for emulators via Lakka and 5% for VCS use. I am going to install an M.2 SSD. I've read this entire thread twice and I still have a few questions: 1. I assume my best bet is to install a boot loader like rEFInd or Grub 2. Seems like Grub 2 doesn't require Secure Boot, so wouldn't it be better to choose Grub 2? Is there an advantage to rEFInd? 2. Should I use a USB stick for the boot loader, or install boot loader to eMMC, in your opinion? I know that Atari could reset the eMMC with an update, so it's safer to use a USB from that perspective, even though I could always downgrade the Bios after an unexpected Atari update. It also seems easier to install on USB stick instead of eMMC based on others' experiences. I personally fear that putting multiple partitions on the eMMC might cause unexpected problems in the future, but I don't have any factual basis to explain that fear. On the other hand, the only factor weighing against using the USB stick would be my concern that there is a downside to leaving a USB stick permanently plugged into my VCS. My gut says that might draw more power from the unit, but I have no real idea if there's a problem with leaving a USB stick permanently plugged in or not. 3. Is the internal eMMC enough space for Atari OS? Seems like 32GB would be enough but I'm not sure. I'd prefer to just install Lakka on the M.2. with no partitions and leave Atari OS for the eMMC. All I want from the Atari OS is the Recharged games and the Atari vault. Thanks in advance for everything. This thread is super useful. I wouldn't possibly be able to do this on my own.

Final followup from me - my VCS arrived today from Gamestop! Only two days after I got the "Shipped" notification. Looking forward to testing this thing out in the days to come.

My order has changed to SHIPPED and I have a tracking number. Delivery date shows tomorrow. I missed out on the initial sales of these and bought mine late night on April 20. It looks like I'm getting my VCS!

I think the only way I'll ever get to play JagDoom with the link cable is to literally pay someone to be the second player and deal with the glitches in the game. I still like my Jaguar and like playing on it, but I understand that this a very acquired taste. If I didn't grow up with it, I'm not sure I'd still be playing it. That said, Tempest 2000 rocks and how dare you sir.

I've two Jaguars hooked up to my TV and ready to go - one with the CD drive and one with the Gamedrive. The Gamedrive unit has, obviously the Gamedrive in it. The Jaguar CD has Battlemorph inside. I play Battlemorph at least once a week; loving that game. Had to start over after dying too much during my first playthrough.