Ultima V World Explorer (in ANTIC mode E)

[Ultima V World Explorer (in ANTIC mode E)]

This would be very cool.  Just curious wouldnt it be easier to convert the graphics to Mode 8 using artifacting from the Apple version?  The boat/dock/player look a bit squished in the image above.

 

Regardless any U5 release on the 8 bit would be welcome.

[Newbie issues]

1 hour ago, SainT said:

I will sometimes use a fine sandpaper (I'm sure I'll get flamed for this 😆), but just some card or something reasonably thick with IPA should do the job.

Goose Island IPA is pretty popular around here though I like Thunderpeel IPA.  Any alcohol content suggestion for the IPA - maybe a Double IPA? 

 

[Catalog of software leveraging Artifacting]

Pinball Construction Set

Conan

[Mad Bodies working?]

21 hours ago, madperry said:

Now that I finally have a Gamedrive being shipped to me, I'm working on the sd card.  Has anyone got Mad Bodies working on it?  

If you're unable to play the game then it is working correctly.

[Timeworks Software]

Timeworks created some pretty decent packages for the ST back in the day - Their WP was the first I used with spell check as you typed.

[AtGames Officially Unveils Legends Ultimate Home Arcade (full-size machine)]

On 5/13/2021 at 10:41 PM, 1980gamer said:

Anyone here using coinopsx?

I was able to find and use v4 of the sauce.  But have not been able to go to 4.5 or find any info on v5.

 

I have a 1.0 cab.  I am mostly happy with the included games.  But want about a dozen not built in. 

Got a few to work with BYOG.  But the artwork etc. others do are so much better than what I fumbled through.

 

https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A"Chefs+of+reddit+saUCE"&and[]=subject%3A"CoinopsX" 

[Atari 800: BIT3 FullView vs XEP80 showdown....]

Can someone point me to where I can download the Avery drivers?  All this XEP80 talk is making me want to fire up the old girl on my original 14" monochrome monitor I bought BITD

[GoldenTee Trackball help]

User error here - didnt realize mouse support wasnt ticked on the options menu.  Once that was done it worked flawlessly

[Converting Jag CD's to ISO image]

1 hour ago, Fredifredo said:

Is Someone tested Brett Hull Hockey CD ? I want to know if it works or not ... And may be a video to see loading time ...

Thanks

I have it in CCD format but the converter doesnt work with those yet.  

[GoldenTee Trackball help]

Thanks to CoinOpsX on my Legends Gamer Pro I finally played Golden Tee and enjoy it.  I wanted to run it on my MAME Cab where the Trackball is connected as a Mouse, however when I start GoldenTee in MAME224 it defaults to "keyboard" - even though it shows "analog" controls in the control window.  When I tried to change the input I could not get it to register the mouse at all.

 

Any help on what Im missing here?

[Which Infocom text adventures have you actually finished?]

I believe I finished Zork I with my neighbors help - it was a PIA so no interest in the rest.  I think my neighbor and a few other friends finished Zork II with help from a magazine BITD.  Zork III no one finished.

 

I got a walkthrough so I can finish all 3 - there is 0% chance anyone finished Zork II or III without some sort of hint/help.  Some puzzles were so obscure, esp when you just had text to figure out what was going on.

[Any mod suggestions for AtGames Legends Gamer Pro?]

I dont think its the stick itself which introduces lag but the wireless connection.  Lag on the Pinball games made them unplayable but once I directly connected the LGP to the Puck via USB it works alot better.  If you want to replace the stick with one of the higher quality arcade sticks online it shouldnt be too much effort.  The LGP uses for the most part off the shelf parts for sticks/buttons so it should be plug and play.  Just remove the back cover, detach the wires from the existing stick(note where they came from), unscrew existing stick, reverse with new stick and it should work.

 

I put in a bunch of colored LED buttons on my LGP which was pretty easy.

[Using your Atari computers for real work?]

Had a buddy whose Dad used an 800 and 400 to capture seismic data and also radio signals from space.  Had the appropriate equipment connected through the joystick ports to send real time data.  We live on the East Coast and he was able to capture the seismic wave Mt. St. Helens sent through across the NA mantle when it blew.  The 400/800 were perfect for these type operations as they ran 24x7 with barely a problem.

[Between the Sega 32X and Atari Jaguar, which do you feel had the better game library and why?]

It so sad the Jag didnt get anything like VF or VR - those look great on the 32X and the Jag's efforts were not great.  World Tour Racing was decent but crippled by lower frame rates.

[If you could only have ONE, the 5200, or the XEGS?]

This is a no brainer if you could only have 1 - XEGS. 10x more titles and opportunity to do things on your own.

[Why Atari 5200 was considerate a fail?]

Not sure if you were around when Atari Pac Man was coming out, but it was  MONTHS of anticipation.  No other game from that period had so much run up and hype as Pac Man and when it got delivered it was an unpolished turd to the majority of folks who bought it day 1.  Next up came ET which was highly anticipated but didnt have the run up like Pac Man did.

[CD Game Support]

Ok I must be really slow but Im still not clear on what file I need to update my original JagSD - From RetroHQ I downloaded the "Firmware" file for original owners titled:

firmware-210414.zip

 

Inside that is a firmware.upd file.

 

Since I did not try the original update file, I should rename this file to:

firmware.ovr

 

and place in the root directory of my SD card for the JagSD

 

Is this correct?

[CD Game Support]

10 minutes ago, doctorclu said:

There was an update to run the Jag CD games available this morning.

 

This is the last message I saw on that:

"** There are definitely still issues with the older carts, this has been removed for the moment **"

[CD Game Support]

Just to confirm I should not try to update the firmware of my JagSD cart, correct?

[CD Game Support]

Saint - for those with the original JagSD cart is the firmware update the same process?

[Heretic - still one of the best FPS games ever made IMO]

4 hours ago, zzip said:

It was definitely cool, but I wonder how many people took advantage?   The WAD editors weren't terribly user friendly

Alot - you could buy "addon packs" of user created maps on CD.  I bought one for like $10 that had over 200 new levels.  It was a PIA, but I was able to create a few maps.  I could never get floor triggers and doors to operate smoothly

[Heretic - still one of the best FPS games ever made IMO]

IMHO the biggest game changer with Doom was you could create your own levels!  The map community went crazy and continues 20+ years later!

[Why was 7800 discontinued]

I think also one needs to remember Missile Command was an '80 Arcade release.  There was even less buzz around that title vs the other ones they dragged out.

[Upcoming Jaguar Game Drive Cartridge]

15 hours ago, samson7point1 said:

I'm sincerely not sure what point you're trying to make.  Are you suggesting that you don't think it's reasonable for me to be able to re-download the same piece of digitally delivered software without having to pay for it a second time?

The software industry has already addressed this issue.  When you purchase a digital copy of something you have a "timeframe" to download that title(30 - 90 days).  Once the timeframe expires you need to purchase another copy should you lose your digital copy.  Of course they offer "insurance" which allows you to download a replacement copy forever, but its not included in the base price these days.

[Star Raiders - McDonald's scratch off game]

That was a fun summer they ran that promotion