Clint Thompson
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For those who may not have already seen this elsewhere, I received some really nice frosted and clear Lynx stands today and can't express just how nice they are. Especially considering the price for two of them shipped to me was right at $20. Look up RoseColoredGaming if you're interested. 7.99 once you add it to the cart otherwise they're $9.99 normally.
and by itself:
Both clear and frosted:
- dgrubb, Atari 5200 Guy, Justin and 1 other
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Thanks for the correction, I eventually plan on updating it later this year and will correct it then along with whatever else I change. It has been suggested to make the Jukebox place randomly on-screen as not to create burn-in for those using CRT and I may implement a play all feature and/or randomize song play if I can get the amount of music to about 20 tracks in a 4MB space.
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Finally some time later and I have goodies that have arrived in the mail. Fault continues to lie upon BTB and AtariGamer for teasing me with Lynx goodness and mentally persuading me into this path of Lynx rightousness: *(nevermind the 1986 2600 E.T. in the beginning, totally forgot I was getting that)
- TrekMD, Justin and btbfilms76
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Guess it depends on which one you love and/or play more. I think both are expensive to mod but equally worth it since it breathes new life into the machine entirely. Seeing some pictures online, I can't help but feel the Lynx I has a better LCD screen, though I can't say for sure since I've never owned one personally.
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Beautiful color on that Fender! Always loved red or in particular, metallic crimson red but over the last decade or so, this color specifically always leaves me lusting.
@Atarileaf - when I was a kid, my cousin would come over could play The Entertainer and the Beverly Hills Cop (Axel F) theme song like it was no big deal. He grew up with a piano in the house from an early age and we had just picked one up from a local Church for my birthday that was shutting down. I could barely play chopsticks.
Fast forward a few years later and I was fortunate enough to receive an Atari 800 for Christmas which included some music creator program that had a lot of different music files already and when played back, would show the piano on-screen and all the keys depressed when the notes played. Using the 2600 joystick you could speed it up or slow it down and that's how I learned how to play Halloween on the piano and a lot of other songs.
So just pick up an Atari 800! =)
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Thanks for the confirmation Rick.
I'll add my two cents in regards to Lynx games but feel like Justin@IO hit it on the head with solid ones.
I will second that Slime World is amazing. I remember being really impressed with it the very first time I played it and it has just left a lifelong lasting positive impression on me.
Since I didn't see it mentioned, Robo-Squash is really fun. I found myself playing that game more than most Lynx games out of the dozen or so I owned at the time. Kind of bizarre name/box but you should really give it a try and it's affordable enough to do so.
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Justin,
Did you also receive your Lynx from Best Electronics? I always remembered the Lynx screen being kind of washed out and faded, which is one of the things I disliked about it, but recently it seems far worse than I remember. Mine looks just like yours with weird lines, I got the recon unit from Best for $99 and it also came with California Games.
I think the McWill mod is probably the best thing that could ever happen for the Lynx. I think it goes from barely playable to blown away!
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Yeah, I was kind of aware that he had some sort of dealings with the watch and was just more curious if they got anywhere with it, since the AtariBox seems dead in the water as well. I did watch one of his super long interviews or whatever it was for about 40 minutes and cringed quite a bit.
If they have a product at Target then I'm confused at how this can be so problematic and delayed.
I really wonder what the true underlying backlash is, if it's really the guy himself, the products, the fact of who is running Atari, all of the above or what would make people view it differently. Dedicated teams perhaps with real passion and history for Atari, a CEO that isn't out just to make a quick buck... there are so many things that could be good about the current Atari but it seems like a lot of it easily backfires and for more than just any single reason.
I guess at what point is it going to be OK for Atari to sell Atari-branded merchandise. After a CEO replacement? or someone like Curt Vendel or a combination of others joining the board and running the company the way it should be ran.
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I was curious about this and had kind of forgotten thinking surely it's out by now. Checking their site it looks like they are most likely another 6 months off from production, if it even happens at this point? It doesn't seem very consistent. I didn't back it so I can't read the updates but everyone leaving feedback in the comments section asking for a refund or an update.
Did anyone here actually back it?
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Man, I haven't played this game since I was a kid but definitely have fond memories of it. Talks about Duck Hunt made me realize just how simple of a game it was, like many Atari games, but still really fun. There's just something that's difficult to match in terms of Nintendo's quality in regards to their games of that time.
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A few weeks ago Glenn was able to confirm that the JagDuo did indeed have a CD sub assembly daughterboard as well, which initially was discouraging because it was already difficult enough to find the PCB files for the JagDuo itself. Thankfully with a scan of the board he provided me, I was able to find them and so now both boards will undergo updates for modernized PCB production - which are still being worked on as time is available.
The files are interesting because they were completed in early February of 1995, so almost exactly 23 years ago! However, the boards weren't actually made until July of 1995, as noted on the CD board here. Makes sense seeing as how the Jaguar CD wasn't even completely finalized until about that time as well. It's interesting to also note that Atari did not do the design themselves and outsourced the project, which further explains why no one at Atari seems to have ever seen one in person or half of them not even knowing of its existence.
Remaining piece to the entire puzzle seems to be the BOM or Build of Material list at this point. While it's possible with some super talented and clever people to kind of work around and do it, it would seemingly be very difficult or at least, far easier to do if we had the BOM.
I've got some more work cut out for me and will spend the next month or so trying to locate these last few pieces in hopes that we can finally assemble one of the coolest puzzles Atari left unfinished. When you place the JagDuo and Sony PlayStation side by side, you can't help realize just how beautiful the console could have been.
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So I jumped from Season 2 to now Ep 3 of Season 4 and it's almost over. Kind of a bizarre time jump and series of events but man did the AOL CD thing really hit home. It's like you couldn't go anywhere in the 90s without an AOL disc or disk being shoved down your retinal holes lol
Really loving the series! Did everyone already finish it off? Think I would classify it almost as a mini series now.. .
- Starbuck66 and Justin
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A small update for those who may be interested since it's been a while.
I've finalized the intro screen with title of Midsummer Dreams and have worked out the general character selection screen(s) using a Polaroid idea with red highlighting around the picture of the character you're currently on to select and moves around with D-Pad naturally. Going right or left past the furthest Polaroid will swipe in another set of 6 characters to select from. Thankfully each character selection picture is a paltry 24k so it's not eating up a ton of bootstrapping RAM.
The idea is to have enough space initially for the entire game logic, intro screen with intro music, all selectable characters and voice clips of the girls describing each scene. All data will be swapped for each scene/level once you actually confirm the character selection to play.
Straight to the nitty gritty:
Intro screen:
Character selection screen:
...for those who may be interested in a little more of the creative process breakdown, I've included the following:
First a short test render that took about 5 minutes on the old NVIDIA Cudacore crunching PC (this is about 5% complete but stopped):
Then once I knew it looked alright, did a complete render which took almost 30 minutes:
A comparison to see how the final render translates onto the Jaguar through LCD - dare I say it even looks slightly better on the Jag:
Wasn't sure how I was going to do the layout so I started with an idea of reflecting the scene with short, lame description bio (this will find it's way once you actually select the character and will be implemented later on and expanded upon, very preliminary image you see here and just a test)
Still wasn't sure how I was going to lay the characters out and was going to have it scroll up and down picture icons on the left side but obviously scrapped that in favor of the Polaroid selection with Sharpie marker names over text printout:
Started adding some character faces and names at the bottom:
Came back a few days later and started changing out the pictures when the Polaroid selection idea came to mind, which I'm ultimately pleased with how it was working out and added a background since the black seemed dull and empty:
The next bit in order is to do the expansion once you select a character to show the scene with reflection in a wider view with all the other pictures flying off the sreen, the text description and then the voice playback of that specific character reading it. If you don't want to play that particular person, you can always go back to the main screen and choose someone else.
I welcome any feedback/constructive criticism/suggestions/ideas/etc!
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Yes! The Minter collection is an absolute must have. I haven't placed my order yet but I knew there was going to be a long delay. Will have to pick this one up soon!
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As promised, please see attached both the ROM to load on Skunk or CD image to dust off the old JagCD if you like - hope some of you guys enjoy it, thanks for checking it out!
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Messing around some more and threw together a quick MOD-playing Jaguar Jukebox which includes the classic Axel F. Have some audio issues to work out (which I've been pointed on how to correct already, just need more time) but once done, will finish and release both the ROM and CD image. Feedback welcome, let me know if there's possibly a specific MOD you would like to see included. I originally wanted 12-songs but it looks like I'll have to settle for 9 or less. I know it's kind of goofy but it's just for fun anyway. Phil Collins is getting the axe....
- Sabertooth, dgrubb, Justin and 2 others
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Eh, considering the screen replacements for the Gameboys, GameGear, Lynx have all become a million times better, I see going back to the ghosting/fading screens completely unnecessary. The Genesis looks kind of cool but don't understand the slanted angle design take.
McWill Modded Lynx II is where it's at =)
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Wow, that Kurt Warner's Arena Football looks pretty damn good! No way it would have played or looked that nicely on the Jaguar I fear but different standards across the board. Had no idea it went on to become a different game for the PS1. How do you like it?
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yeah, it really does move around super nicely in full speed! It's not exactly the prettiest looking or most polished but it excels where it should first and foremost and that's the gameplay, something Atari didn't really seem to grasp.
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Midwest Gaming Classic 2018
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John Hardie, Bill Dermody and myself will be sharing a few tables to host Jagfest 2018 there this year so if anyone is going, please feel free to stop by and play some unreleased goodies!