[Ultima - Exodus, Being Ignored]

Well, one bit of starter advice is that you always have to talk to Lord British whenever someone hits an EXP multiple of 100 to level up. This has pros and cons. You can attain increased health, but once someone is at Level 05, far more powerful monsters appear in the overworld. Another thing to keep in mind is that some classes are useful, and some you should stay away from. Race also plays a major part. Here's my breakdown of the races:

 

Human: All around good, stats cap out at 75, great for any class, but preferably rangers

Dwarf: Excellent strength (max 99), very good wisdom (max 75). Good dexterity (max 75) and decent intellect (max 50). Preferred classes: fighter, barbarian, cleric.paladin

Elf: Very good strength (max 75), fantastic dexterity (max 99), very good intellect (max 75), ok wisdom (max 50). Preferred classes: thief, barbarian, lark

Fuzzy: Horrible strength (max 25), fantastic dexterity (max 99), equally-fantastic intellect (max 99), very good wisdom (max 75). Preferred classes: wizard, alchemist.

Bobbit: Very good strength (max 75), ok dexterity (max 50, very good intellect (max 75), fantastic wisdom (max 99). Preferred classes: cleric, illusionist, paladin

 

Now, with that in mind, only wizards and clerics have MP based on the full amount of their primary stat (INT/WIS, respectively). Some may have MP based off half of one or the other (Rangers go off the lowest of both, druids get faster MP recovery but is based off the higher of the two). So try to factor this in for the party you want.

 

Tedious as it might be, you might want to create throwaway characters just to pool their money into your party leader to try and purchase the best standard weapons/armor from the start and delete the throwaways.

 

I have a copy of the game myself, so if you need further help, let me know and during my off time from work I'll throw it in and try to help you further.

[Xybots]

I have to agree, Xybots is a fantastic game and the Lynx version could be possibly the best port of it out there. Definitely should be on a "must have" list.

[Playing Shadowgate (NES)]

Ooh, from that screenshot you made a fatal mistake. You can't progres past that room with the slime coffin open. In fact, attempting to go past it is "Game Over".

[Atari Jaguar homebrew mascott]

Looks good so far, Draconland. Only possible issue I could see is t hat it looks a bit more geared towards the Lynx than the Jaguar. Other than that, definitely has the attitude for the system's time.

[Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin]

Portrait of Ruin is a pretty good game. If you're wanting help in unlocking everything, I'd suggest completing the hard mode at a level cap of 1 (you get the bonuses of the 50 and 25 caps as well as a third bonus that increases some pretty important stats). My biggest suggestion if you're going to play hard mode at Lv1: make sure you have the Scout Armor and the Berserker Armor before using your clear game data. Given that one save file has 999.8% cleared, the Scout Armor will greatly reduce the damage you take (as with normal equipment, it's very easy to get killed in one hit on hard mode). Now, for the Berserker Armor, I can PM the use for it if you want (so not to spoil it for others), or post here if you want.

[812 asm lines = 471 C++ lines]

Damn, that's rather surprising that C++ actually takes up fewer lines of code than ASM could. Question is, though, how tightly-optimized can it get compared to ASM for a specific processor?

[ATARI SYSTEMS ULTIMATE PALETTE]

Understood, even so it's still a marked improvement. I applaud you for your hard work.

[Next-Generation Atari]

Hmm, have you tried holding down the fire button on the paddles? I know from the games of Pong that I played with a local friend of mine that the ball WILL go faster in the VO version when using the button as you hit the ball.

[ATARI SYSTEMS ULTIMATE PALETTE]

It's pretty good, Nabuko. For the 8-bits the palette works great. However, I have to digress that it's not as optimal on the 7800. In games like DK, you still have a purplish skin tone (where as it's more of a flesh color when I play it on my TV), and Ms. Pac-Man (the official version, not PMP's collection update) still has a very purplish color (where as the maze and Blinky should be more of a red color, like how the box for the game shows). I'd say for that, leave it as it is. However, you might want to re-adjust it as something seperate for the 7800.

[Mega Busy & Hurricane season kicks off!]

I know how you feel. I also live in FL, and dread hurricane season as well. Hopefully this time it "won't" be as active as the last two years.