NightSprinter

January 10, 2022

No, the joysticks on the Flashback 1 are basically Famiclone controllers. DO NOT PLUG THEM INTO ANY OTHER SYSTEM, YOU "WILL" FRY SOMETHING.

August 31, 2020

Damn, this sucks big time. My most heartfelt condolences to the Vendels for their loss, and to this wonderful community as well.

May 15, 2020

48 minutes ago, Cebus Capucinis said:

Resubmitted what I have. Due to my not being on here in....forever....I don't have my email or receipt or order number. Hopefully Curt still has something on his end but I pre-ordered in 2010 so.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Hopefully it works out, should have kept the emails!

Have you done a search amongst your emails for "Legacy Engineering"? Was what I had to do, back when Curt still had that site

May 15, 2020

I went and re-submitted my old Legacy Engineering receipt e-mail as a screenshot, and submitted the order number along with updated address and everything. Congrats on managing to get it out, Curt! After all the hell you've gone through with your health, consider this a job well done sir!

February 1, 2019

If I ever meet you at a retro expo, Curt, I do want to shake your hand in thanks for persevering through all this. You're a hell of a physically-resilient guy, and the fact you stuck through all of that to finish this project, that's some outright HARDCORE dedication sir. I tip my 35th Anniversary EPCOT Center cap to ya.

January 23, 2019

Hey, Curt, just sent all the info (including a saved e-mail of the old Legacy Engineering order number) along with an updated address. Look forward to it arriving!

Also, for anyone else still trying to find the e-mail with their old order number, search for "Legacy Engineering" for the sender.

January 6, 2019

I have the grey cart version. Was given to me when a long-time friend of mine gave me literally a few hundred's worth in older games (including MegaMan 5, and a CIB "Dragon Edition" copy of Ultima IX). I might not have an N64 any longer for now, but the hell if I'm giving away or selling something a close friend gave me.

June 21, 2018

Another one on the bench being assembled...

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We have Milo, but where's Otis at?

..I'm going to sit in a corner for even referencing that movie..

June 5, 2018

Surprisingly good news today...

While doing some testing of one of the XM test boards, I was able to successful get it to boot up from the BIOS chip onboard: I had several pre-flashed BIOS chips, one has Mark's Worms game on it which booted first, then another with a repeated image of Centipede in the 128K which also booted... I had another with an older rev of the XMBIOS on it and it did boot but then stopped, so I need to re-flash a fresh BIOS chip with the latest Rev of the BIOS: 1.32f - it will be a few days, I damaged my PLCC32 adapter for my programmer and I have another on its way in.

So this is some VERY positive news, because now we can get the BIOS booting up and move to test the High Score and POKEY next.

Also - a HUGE thank you to an old friend: Michael St. Pierre who kindly sent me his VERY cool XEGS to PC keyboard interface which I am looking VERY forward to trying out on the XM once I finish with the HSC and POKEY testing. I recommend to EVERYONE who is on the Pre-order list and those who will order when the XM is available in the AtariAge store - this is a MUST buy item which will make using the keyboard function on the XM a world better, of course - the caveat is, some still needs to write a game (or Application - like a Wordprocessor or Text adventure or Star Raiders) to the XM to really make full use the keyboard interface.

Will check back in a few days with another update.

Would I need to search my e-mails again for my order number?

June 5, 2018

Hal also did a superior version of Pac-Man on the Vic-20 in comparison to AtariSoft's attempt. It was called "Jelly Monsters". Also, for the GB, GBC, and GG ports of the game, there is a Full-Screen option like the NGPC had. You just had to press left or right. They also had a sort of battle mode via link cable, where it was either first to lose all their lives lost, or whoever beat the set number of stages first won. Also, if one player eats a ghost, it gets sent to the other's playfield.

If you ever get have a chance, Mark, you should give Opcode's "Pac-Man Collection" a shot on the ColecoVision. For the hardware it was made for, it's pretty much arcade-perfect.

December 1, 2017

Basically, that stick will work on any Apple 2 series computer with the paddle controller port in the back. It was just an easier connection as compared to before the //e to connect a joystick or paddles (or tablets like the KoalaPad). The original 2 and the 2 Plus mainly used a socket inside that had a lot of pins on the controller's connector that could easily bend or break.

That stick just needs the DE-9 female in the back. So basically the //e, //c, IIGS, and any compatible clone with the DE-9 female joystick port will work.

November 1, 2017

The biggest issue overall is the emulation quality (or lack thereof) in it. AtGames still can't learn how to do system emulation properly, whereas Nintendo seems to somewhat improve on the accuracy of theirs (the FDS audio from that version of Zelda II is night and day between the Wii VC and 3DS VC). That, plus the compatibility with physical carts is horrific. Even with the A/V issues, the GamerzTek SNES clone actually does a better job (though it also has a few bits of reverse-engineered SNES hardware in it).

July 3, 2017

And to think, Reika's a playable character in Castle of Shikigami III/Shikigami no Shiro 3.

May 27, 2017

That's really weird you have so many issues with DOS ports and audio. Not sure what's up there?

May 26, 2017

While not the little in-game catalog flyers that came with the Sears-branded games, check out some of the late-70s and early-80s Sears Christmas Catalogs on the WishBook Web site.

May 26, 2017

Hey, my desktop graphics card started having fan issues, and a friend bought me a new card off Amazon. I also found a little extra info on the two versions of Super SF2 for the Amiga, and was unfortunately able to get audio to work on the DOS version. Once I have footage recorded from those, I'll go and start getting that followup.

I've also managed (before one of the old card's fans started seizing up) to finally get some acceptable footage of the 128k version of Zaxxon for the Apple ][ series. I just gotta record some audio narration for that and it'll be ready to upload.

April 23, 2017

When you mentioned Digital Eclipse, surprisingly the quality of the GBC port of Marble Madness is night-and-day in comparison to Makaimura. The latter plays like the arcade with NES graphics and C64-ish music/sound (as I noticed the Red Arremers actually use the same patterns in the arcade). Tis odd.

April 5, 2017

Yeah, I made a comment on hi video about the Saturn port of Thunder Force AC. The fact the Saturn version gives you built-in autofire like on the MegaDrive original is a GODSEND.

March 15, 2017

Aside from me having hounded both companies when I worked for Disney about this for years, honestly the price is a STEAL. RR2 by ITSELF costs over $230US. This compilation's got over $600 worth in games. Some people these days..

March 13, 2017

I'll have to reecord footage of the 128k Apple ][ version of Zaxxon with the Mockingboard enabled. Also, I gotta compile some additional info on the Amiga versions (yup, one for OCS/ECS and one for AGA) and show that Mark should be thankful he had no audio in the DOS port.. thank you, Rozner Labs.. >.<

March 12, 2017

It is a color limitation. If you look at other ports like the Amstrad CPC, the same limitations happen due to only displaying so many colors.

February 3, 2017

Oh man, I kinda feel bad for when you eventually get to doing Makaimura. All of the home computer ports are lacking (some moreso than the others), and even the "most accurate" computer port, the Amiga, is lacking things like a second loop.

June 25, 2016

I enjoy the occasional round of Pinball Construction Set. Someday I'll look into getting a mockingboard clone and a replacement for the floppy drives so I can maybe stream games for the system.

April 21, 2016

I'd have to go with the Coleco ADAM version, as it even adds a new fifth stage not in any other version. It also has the intro sequence as well, and I believe the stage clear animations. The Atari 8-bit conversion comes as a close second to me.