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CrossBow

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CrossBow last won the day on December 30 2023

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About CrossBow

  • Birthday 10/26/1974

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    Married
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    Ivory Tower (Tulsa, OK)
  • Interests
    Atari, Sega, Vintage electronics and games.
  • First Console
    Atari 2600
  • Favorite Arcade to Visit
    Arkadia Retrocade - Fayetteville Arkansas
  • Favorite Arcade Game
    Sunset Riders / Virtua Racing / Golden Axe: Death Adder's Revenge
  • Favorite TV Show
    Firefly

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  1. Indeed! As long as they make physical carts I can play on my consoles and not keep them in the VCS only realm I'm totally on board.
  2. No..that would be Amazing! And it is one I've wanted to see on the 7800 for a long time. Then again, I'd also liked to have seen Rescue on Fractalus get completed because the demo that is there looks great!
  3. Interesting, I might give this watch later. I got one of these about 10 years ago that worked excellently but was missing most of the decals and the ones that were left were rough. The only decal that looked good was the one around the screen. Similarly, I cleaned it up, repaired a few suss solder points and purchased new decals and had it looking like brand new. Then a few years ago, another one popped up in the AA marketplace that still had all the original labels on it but did have some actiplaque like appearance on them. However, I ended up trading in the one I restored for about $100 and bought the one that had the original decals even though they weren't nearly as bright etc. And I still have that one and even though I know it could look like new, it is more original to me vs the one I did restore. If that makes sense?
  4. The IPL/Monitor label..looks exactly like the labels used on actual Parker Bros proto and WIP games. Same size lable...same looking dot matrix font printer used to print that label. So I'm wondering if that might not be something from PB? I know it looks a lot like my labels on my PB protos of SW:TAG WIP build and Rls1 of Gyruss that I own. Also...IPL usually means Initial Program Load or Loader. So it could essentially be a firmware type chip for something unrelated?
  5. I got in too late to get that but I would have for sure! I was only able to guy the ROM for it from Mr. Moeller directly about 2 years back. There is quite a lot on the Intellivision side of the scene that I don't have or found out about much too late to get physical versions of the games.
  6. Hmm... there are quite a few for me that fit this category. I would say Streets of Rage II and Gunstar heroes on the Genesis are games I always seem to fire up to play often. On PC it would be Doom and the variants of it along with Wing Commander and Darwinia. For Atari that is trickier... as that is all over the place for me. But at least on the 5200 I can say The Last Starfighter, Rescue on Fractalus for sure. For the Intellivision it is Thunder Castle and Diner. (Although I do play my rom of Mystic Castle most these days)
  7. There you go! As I said...same game but they changed the name to keep is under the radar I guess when they released the rom.
  8. The ROM name on my LTO is 'Blue Bastard". But it is Smurfs for sure. I honestly can't remember how I got it or where I found it? It didn't come with my LTO and I'm pretty sure it was just one of the many roms I've got on my PC stored away from the past 20+ years.
  9. I've got the rom for it at least on my LTO cart. Although it has a different title but it is the same game.
  10. I like quite a few others had been waiting for this because our Everdrives weren't working. I own a ver. 2.5 TED cart and none of the other work arounds posted were working for that model. Additionally, info from Krikzz stated that it wasn't likely to ever be possible to make those mid version TurboED carts work. Well, we don't have to mess with any of it anymore as a jailbreak has been posted in a github that replaces the current firmware on the A-DUO and allows the use of .pce and even PCE CD ISO images to work from the SDcard on the back of the A-DUO. Just have to place the files in the right folders on the SD card and then after loading in the new firmware, you will have a new Play Assets option. Selecting this will then show the list of games it finds on the SDcard. CD ISOs have to be in their own separate subfolder for each game while you can have a set of different .PCE files on the SDCard to read normal HuCard images from. And yes, so far the Library still shows the screenshots for each game when you select them just like normal games provided you have that images fileset. Save States still aren't a thing yet and it is unknown if this jail break will be updated once Analogue officially releases new FW to support that. But in the meantime, if you like me, have a TED you can't use on your A-DUO this link solves that issue for the time being. https://github.com/analoguejb/Analogue-Duo-JB
  11. Few things... Changing out the original LCD with one of the newer IPS kits apparently will extend the life of the batteries since the newer LCDs consume much less power than the original screens. Especially since the high voltage is disabled as part of those LCD upgrades. There is a charging kit you can get to install into the Lynx II console that is specifically designed for using NiMH batteries in the lynx. Essentially the system always runs off batteries in this modification and the standard AC port now becomes the charge port. I've not done or offered this as a service due to the fact that the modification kills being able to use AC power by itself on the Lynx afterwards. But, it is an option. One interesting thing to test would be to try finding and installing a LiON pak into the external Lynx battery pack to replace the D cells. With enough watt hours on the cell you might get quite a bit of gameplay from such a setup when combined with an LCD upgrade.
  12. Other than the ladders issue on DD for some odd reason still being a problem. It even happens in the A7800 emulator that is considered to be the best current 7800 emulator out there. So it is just something that I guess was never reported until recently.
  13. Lynda Carter all the way for me!
  14. I've not tested this newer experimental yet. Just haven't had the time. But I did notice that maybe the timer is just fast? I've playing DD through my BBpro on another 7800 I worked on, and was able to climb the ladders without issue. But the timer was still darn fast. I was mainly using the elbow punches to take out the enemies and still lost my first live on the first level due to the timer and I don't remember it being so quick before?
  15. Sometime back I designed a two PCB set to help with installing mini din connectors in my Intellivision service work. I had requests from others to provide these files so that the PCBs can be used by all that might want to use them. Here is a link to the PDF guide that details the assembly process for the PCBs for use in the Intellivision 2609 model consoles. These can also be used on the Super Pro System and INTV III consoles as they are designed for installing in place of the RF modulator to provide a no cut solution for AV upgrades. Link to 2609 mount board assembly PDF guide The advantage of these mount boards is that being a 2 part PCB means I can use the same bottom base PCB for both model 2609 and INTV II consoles. With only the top PCB portion being different. Here is an example install I did very recently showing one of the completely mount board setups in place in a 2609 Intellivision that received an RGB upgrade. Here I used a 9pin mini din for the RGB and audio, but also the 9pin allows for composite to be wired up. This means that any Sega Genesis/MD model 2 AV cable setup can be used. And the mount board has room to allow for aligning the mini din connector to be as centered as much as is possible. I've also attached the PDF to this post to make it easier. Links for the gerber files to have PCBs made up can be found within the PDF. I do plan to make something similar for the INTV II model consoles as those have their own mount board PCB setup but is similar to build and use as the one shown here. I've also released a video on my YT channel going through the assembly process and use of the mount PCBs into an actual 2609 model console I recently finished up for a client. The lighting is horrible on this as I had the exposure set way to high, but didn't really noticed until the very end so I apologize for that. Still, it shows detailed enough on how to use these PCBs.
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