mellis Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Oooo - the 5200 expansion connector pinout. Intriguing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Oooo - the 5200 expansion connector pinout. Intriguing! Don't get your hopes up. CPUWiz, and others, have said the bandwidth is extremely limited. Any serious upgrade would have to be internal* and would require a BIOS upgrade too. *Like with the Atari 8-bits, you can do Dual POKEY, VBXE, or Sophia upgrades on the 5200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmutzpuppe Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Official world from Al, for those that do not have access to the subscriber forum: the author is making some tweaks to the TIA version, which is why Froggie is not yet available for sale. There will be both a TIA and Pokey version available in early 2018 but youll have to supply your own Pokey if you want that version. Sixersfan105 is right, I was working on a TIA improvement (thanks to iesposta at this point). Actually I finished it it but personal business keep me back to do the final steps. I hope we will manage to release Froggie this year (finally). 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Sixersfan105 is right, I was working on a TIA improvement (thanks to iesposta at this point). Actually I finished it it but personal business keep me back to do the final steps. I hope we will manage to release Froggie this year (finally). If we buy the tia version, will it be xm enhanced for pokey sound if connected to xm? enjoy tia sound sound now, pokey later? Like beef drop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 If we buy the tia version, will it be xm enhanced for pokey sound if connected to xm? enjoy tia sound sound now, pokey later? Like beef drop? Yes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) Yes. Well thats cool. Will it make the froggie ribbit at the titlescreen? That is all that is bothering me. Edited January 6, 2018 by Jinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Well thats cool. Will it make the froggie ribbit at the titlescreen? That is all that is bothering me. Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 YesWicked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Any Froggie update? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Have a Ballblazer donor cart ready, willing and able to give up its Pokey chip for this... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 A few weeks back I rummaged through a bin of old Atari carts labled $1 each. Among my haul were Pitfall II, Smurfs, Ballblazer and seven other games which typically sell for more than a buck. So I'm down for a Pokey trade in as well... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 I have a stand-alone POKEY chip that I've been holding onto just for Froggie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 I just purchased a BB off ebay, so I'll be ready when this gem becomes available. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Is it going to have a non pokey option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 I believe it will indeed have a non-POKEY option. The non-POKEY ROM plays just as well, and the sound is surprisingly good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Sixersfan105 is right, I was working on a TIA improvement (thanks to iesposta at this point). Actually I finished it it but personal business keep me back to do the final steps. I hope we will manage to release Froggie this year (finally). How are the final steps going on the TIA version? If the POKEY version is finished, any idea if we could purchase that from Al now (if we supply our own POKEY)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 I just purchased a BB off ebay, so I'll be ready when this gem becomes available. LOL! My first thought was BB was for Bentley Bear, not Ballblazer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 LOL! My first thought was BB was for Bentley Bear, not Ballblazer. I have one of those, but I'm not sacrificing it for anything. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+groundtrooper Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 LOL! My first thought was BB was for Bentley Bear, not Ballblazer. I have one of those, but I'm not sacrificing it for anything. Would that be like a Pokey Partial Circle of life? Ballblazer Pokey sacrificed for a Crystal Quest with Bentley Bear cart. Crystal Quest with Bentley Bear Pokey sacrificed for a Froggie Cart. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Would that be like a Pokey Partial Circle of life? Ballblazer Pokey sacrificed for a Crystal Quest with Bentley Bear cart. Crystal Quest with Bentley Bear Pokey sacrificed for a Froggie Cart. Not a good trade imo. I'm still on the fence with regards to utilizing a pokey for froggie. The tia audio in Beef drop was very good. If the sound is comparable in froggie, I may just wait for that version and save the pokey(s) for future use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Not a good trade imo. I'm still on the fence with regards to utilizing a pokey for froggie. The tia audio in Beef drop was very good. If the sound is comparable in froggie, I may just wait for that version and save the pokey(s) for future use. I would keep it in BBCQ. Circus Atariage is one I think could have doe fine with tia. Im interested in non pokey Froggie too and I like my non pokey Beef Drop just fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Dont you guys want best possible audio from your games? Im surprised anyone would voluntarily choose a non-pokey version of anything! Were only talking a $20 difference (if you dont have pokeys lying around and need to source your own ballblazer)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Dont you guys want best possible audio from your games? Im surprised anyone would voluntarily choose a non-pokey version of anything! Were only talking a $20 difference (if you dont have pokeys lying around and need to source your own ballblazer)!Sorry but I didn't feel like the music in Circus AA was worth the upcharge for Pokey. BBCQ was different and had a lot more variation in music. Also I have played Frogger in various varieties. I also don't play Beef Drop for the music. So I appreciate the 7800 library being grown but its not a game I want to pay $70 for especially when its on so many platforms. I could buy a rare SNES game for that same price. I feel the same way about the boxes. Remove the Pokey and box and I go from having one good homebrew to three for the same price. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 I have a Ballblazer cart ready. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 LOL! My first thought was BB was for Bentley Bear, not Ballblazer. This is why acronym use sucks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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