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  1. Laserdisc

    in Television & Movies

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    Check out this site, BlackCatz40: http://www.cedmagic.com/selectavision.html

     

    Tom has put a LOT of work into this site and CED technology.  Every player, patent, movie, known to exist on the CED format can most likely be looked up here...not for sale mind you but just a historical point-of-view.

     

    It's really no secret any more how they did it.  I already posted this somewhere on here but for ease of finding it...

     

    During the last production run, RCA gave the employees this movie.  Japan also adopted the technology that actually sold very well known as VHD (Video High Density).  They made a smaller disc that held two frames per revolution, was slightly smaller in size, and corrected some of the player issues RCA models had.  I spent years studying the technology myself once I inherited a few players and movies from all of the family members on my dad's side of the family.  One was a stereo model (SJT-200) that played well.  But since most movies were mono I didn't use the stereo sound much.  I would really like to get another CED player and movies sometime as there are movies on CED that simply are not found on other formats.

     

    I did attempt to clean CEDs I had to help them play, which did work, but I didn't know about the oil on the discs to protect the stylus at the time.  So my players' styluses wore out at a faster rate.  I was in the process of trying to find a replacement oil I could spray on the discs but never found a silicon oil anywhere.

    Yes, I have seen this site before. It is pretty informative. Thanks for posting this. :)

  2. TEMPEST ELITE for Atari 400/800 XL XE

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted

    Hello, all,

     

    Been a long time. Sorry about the hiatus. I am one of the beta testers for V61 and Tempest Elite, listed in the end credits as Artisan21. It is a spot-on game that will live up to players' expectations. We have tested various controllers, as it will have multiple controller support. So far, the best controllers that I have tested are the joystick, the European joypad, and the driving controller, with the driving controller being the best. You guys will love to play this game. It will be great. Thanks for letting me share that tidbit of information. :D

  3. Laserdisc

    in Television & Movies

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    I have never owned laser discs myself, but I remember when they were popular. I also remember a similar type of movie that you all have heard of: CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc), which is a movie disc that was really a record. They were popular around the time of Laserdisc. However, they phased out as well. The process of making CEDs is well hidden. No one knows how to do it anymore. I think RCA still has the writing technology, but they have not shared it with anyone else. They are just resting on their laurels with it when they could find an advanced way of producing it for the populace. I am sure that it can be done. but, that is just me. Laserdisc, however, was still being produced in the 1990s. I remember "Down Periscope" in widescreen format on Laserdisc. It was and is a great format for watching movies. I also like the Laserdisc games, Like "Dragon's Lair", and "Space Ace". Those were the best games I played in a long time. I could not beat them in the arcades, but did on the Atari Jaguar. Pretty cool stuff.

  4. Altered Beast is underrated

    in Sega

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    Truly, "Altered Beast" looks great on the Genesis. It could have looked better, granted, but that is all they could have done at the time. Sure, the arcade version was better, but we are dealing with a video game system that had the power of an Atari ST computer at the time. But, there were better looking games for the Genesis later on. But, for a 16-bit conversion, it is still a bang-up job. I liked it. When a game system is first developed, no programmer knows exactly the power of that system until they work with it. That can take several game writes. I mean, look at how much better "Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition" looks on the Genesis than on the Super NES. It is almost a perfect carbon copy of the arcade version. Then, there is also blast processing on the Genesis. Sure, the Genesis in today's standards is primitive. But, I would rather play that than the PS4 or the XBox One. It is still a fantastic system, and "Altered Beast" is a fantastic game.

  8. Vampire2 Accelerator Fitted for Atari ST…

    in Atari ST / TT / Falcon Computers

    Posted · Edited by DegasElite

    Hi, all,

     

    Sorry again for the long hiatus, but I am here with some special and exciting news. I have heard on AtariAge that the Vampire2 accelerator for the Commodore Amiga line of computers has been fitted for the first time in an Atari 1040STF computer. It looks to have a 68080 processor that can perform like a Falcon with a 68060 clocked at 150 MHz (the fastest 68060 was 75 MHz), and has 128 MB of fast RAM onboard the accelerator. Here is the link for that forum topic:

     

    http://atariage.com/forums/topic/257989-apollo-68080-new-68k-core-running-on-atari-stf/

     

    Please feel free to read on about this developing situation. I do not know when this accelerator will be fully ready for the ST/TT/Falcon line. But, thanks for letting me share this information anyway. :)

  9. Atari Lynx: A romance of high scores and low batteries

    in Atari Lynx

    Posted · Edited by DegasElite

    Hi, fellow Atarians,

     

    I have been playing "Electrocop" on my Lynx II quite a bit. I love the way it scrolls and plays. Also, the graphics were quite innovative at the time. Surely, the music is repetitive and some of the levels look the same. I think that it may be more difficult than some think, but that's just me. Anyway, we're looking at a game that was one of the first Lynx games ever made. When you have a new system comes out, even the developers still need to tinker with it and the games to get the full potential of the system. This can take a while. I agree that "Electrocop" could have been more. But, being the game that it is, it still really shines. Sometimes, being it is a side-scroller, it kind of reminds of "Metroid," only it has robots instead of aliens in a building on a future Earth. Kind of a combo of "Metroid" and "Xybots," don't you think? Cool idea, though.

     

    Thanks for letting me share. :)

  10. Kay-Bee Memories

    in Atari Memories

    Posted · Edited by DegasElite

    Where I lived, in Minnesota, there was a KayBee at Maplewood Mall. It was in a large suburb (also called Maplewood) in Saint Paul. I went there a few times and looked around. They used to have a great selection of games. I think I got my first Atari 7800 system from that KayBee, but I don't remember. That was Christmas Day 1987, about twenty-nine years ago, and it still is in perfect working order. You never can beat the quality of the legacy Atari game systems. They can outlast the Energizer Bunny. :)

  13. The Last True Atari

    in Atari Jaguar

    Posted

    I have always liked the Atari Jaguar since its inception and release. Even though it wasn't a commercial success, I know that it could have been so much more. I own two Jaguars and two CD units. They are my dream machines, even though they are retro. But, that's OK. I think that, in time, the home-brew community will create some dynamite games. In many instances, they already have. :)

  15. Reboot has released RAPTOR and RAPTOR Basic for the Atari Jaguar

    in Atari Jaguar

    Posted

    Atari should have made something like this. The Jaguar needed more games, maybe this would have got more people on as developers.

    I agree that the Atari Jaguar needed more and better games than when it started out in 1992-93. It's sad that such an iconic system had such a short shelf life in the stores. I wish I could develop for the Jag, but I hear that it took teams of developers to develop games for it. One person couldn't do it at that time. Maybe, with Raptor, just one person could pull it off now. I am not so sure since the Jaguar is so much more radically advanced than previous Atari systems. Some day, I would love to take a stab at it, though.

  16. Atari 7800 Control Pad

    in Atari 7800

    Posted

    It is a good controller. But, for me, it can be somewhat unbecoming at times. It depends on the game. I use it anyway. I think it is the combination of joystick and joypad that can be confusing, at least for me. But, it has its pros and cons as anything would. No doubt. Personally, I like it overall. It just needs a few minor tweaks, but it does a good job.

  18. Programming Tutorials...

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted

    The last 2 years at the Houston ArcadeExpo, Darrell Spice Jr. from Spiceware has done presentations about how to write & program for the Atari VCS/2600. His site is http://spiceware.org/  I know there is a program called Batari to write programs but there's some other program that Darrell uses. If you watch his presentation its listed in there. 

     

    Hope this helps you.

    Thanks for the response. I will check that out. I do have Batari BASIC already, but I just have not used it yet. I am hoping that, just like AtariAge, we have programming tutorials on this forum to see. Just a thought. Anyway, there are other platforms other than the 2600 that I want to learn, like the Lynx and the 7800 platform. Batari BASIC seems intuitive enough, however, and it even has a user interface that can be downloaded (called Visual Batari BASIC) which I also have. It's pretty cool. I guess that could be a start. :)

  19. Programming Tutorials...

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted · Edited by DegasElite

    Hello, everyone:

     

    I have a question. I just joined the forum tonight. Are there any programming tutorials for BASIC and assembly language code for beginners on the Atari platforms that can be accessed on here? If not, will they be available? If so, I am duly interested in learning more about programming, primarily on the 8-bit platform as a base. I also want to learn how to program on other Atari platforms as well. Could there eventually be tutorials on those systems as well?

     

    Thanks for reading this post and for having me on here as a new member. I appreciate the opportunity. :lol:

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