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DegasElite

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    DegasElite reacted to Justin in Trying ChimeraOS in PC-MODE   
    You touched on something very important here. If and when that day comes and Atari offers zero support, we need to find new and innovative ways of keeping the VCS humming along for decades into the future. That can and will be done, and Club VCS will be at the epicenter of the innovation I’m sure.
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    DegasElite reacted to MaximumRD in Trying ChimeraOS in PC-MODE   
    I've no stake in this since I do not have VCS however, of course, I follow everything Atari and have followed the entire history of the Atari VCS release including all of the plus and minuses of the platform. I always thought I wanted to be prepared just in case I ever end up with one. Windows on an external drive or perhaps some other OS is a nice option many seem to have tried, of course, Chimera Linux is an excellent choice with it being a great alternative with Valve dragging its feet on releasing an official PC version of Steam OS. An excellent idea and as you have already confirmed seems to work well. Thanks for sharing. 
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    DegasElite reacted to Cryptocoffee13 in Trying ChimeraOS in PC-MODE   
    I have not done this, but would try it and add Chimera to a separte external SD drive someday
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    DegasElite reacted to Sabertooth in Trying ChimeraOS in PC-MODE   
    I was disappointed that we didn't get Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story on the VCS, but I had to have it. I had a spare Team Group SSD lying around, so I installed it on my stock Onyx 8GB VCS and changed the boot order in the BIOS. Viola, a Steam machine that feels like Steam Deck or Big Picture Mode. The game ran beautifully.
    Then I tried titles that crashed on a stock system from a Windows bootable USB.  These include Minter's Moose Life, Balls of Steel, the Lunar Lander demo, etc. They all ran fine.
    ChimeraOS also has RetroArch baked in, and support for Epic and GOG. In addition to Steam.
    Anyway, this may be a window into second life for VCS owners once Atari pulls the plug.
    Have you tried ChimeraOS on the VCS?
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    DegasElite reacted to MistaMaddog in Remember when...   
    That's how I spent my early 80's childhood at the local K-Mart, playing games on the TI-99 kisok. 
    Anyone else try to "figure out" BASIC just to get Syntax Errors?  That's why my mom got me my first computer because she knew I had potiential for programming.
     
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    DegasElite reacted to - Ω - in Remember when...   
    I ripped this image out of the recent Chicago TI Computer Club newsletter and colorized it for a little nostalgia.  Time flies, so it's hard to believe it's been over 40 years since we saw images like this in stores all over these United States...

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    DegasElite reacted to Mr SQL in Vaporware made real Commodore Atari 2600 Cardapter   
    The Commodore Atari 2600 Cartridge Adapter was Vaporware in 1980 but the R&D looked real:
      Was a prototype produced?
     This MADPlanet article from 2011 sheds more light on the mysterious Atari Cardapter suggesting if a prototype was produced it would have had to have been similar to the units produced for the Colecovision, Intellivision and Atari 5200 which were basically an entire Atari 2600 inside an expansion unit.
    That's not really an Atari 2600 adaptor and the marketing was misleading. "playing Atari games on the other system with the adapter" really meant adding an Atari console to it; these adapters can be modified to run as a stand alone Atari 2600 clone console.
    These Adapters were defended as the only possible way to play Atari on other systems at the time since 1 Mhz target platforms supposedly cannot in any way emulate or run each others programs natively.
    Maybe the Game Loader was an Atari adapter that was truly different as described? 

    This description details Commodore sound and graphics being used to play Atari 2600 games of all different types. 
    It would be awesome to play Atari 2600 games with a VIC-20 soundscape and graphical skin!
    Fake product to fool investors?
    Maybe a fake prototype Cardaptor was presented at CES to lure unsuspecting investors like a mock up made from blinking Christmas tree lights cardboard and paper mache.
    No real Adaptors only Knock Offs
    It would have been easy to fool Investors at CES because there were no real Atari adapters on the scene just Knock Off Atari 2600 consoles that you plugged into your existing system which marketing called an adaptor, with marketing magic. 
    I'm working on the real version of the product and Loader described to natively run Atari programs with CBM graphics and SID sound rendition! 🙂  
    Here's the thread on AtariAge, in the Commodore section. The Loader is running a real Atari program written in BASIC and Assembly with no changes to the BASIC and Assembly code on a stock C64.  
    CBS RAM and SuperCharger bank switching formats are supported transparently by the Loader and TIA graphics transposed to VIC-II in real time. 
    Haven't added the sound yet, the SID is a subtractive analog synth like a Moog. Atari TIA to SID sound will be transposed dynamically by the loader in real time on 1 Mhz systems as described by the R&D team for that phat Commodore sound while playing Atari for real, on your Commodore 64.
     
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    DegasElite reacted to slobu in Vaporware made real Commodore Atari 2600 Cardapter   
    Sounds like the Chameleon 64.  You can use that as a upgrade to a real C64 or a C64 clone by itself.
    How are you dealing with the shortages going on?
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    DegasElite reacted to Mr SQL in Vaporware made real Commodore Atari 2600 Cardapter   
    The Chameleon 64 sounds really cool, I like that it has FPGA cores for the Atari 2600 and the C64.
    I am not affected by chip shortages, Gameloader is running Atari 2600 program on an unmodified C64.
    This is a software only solution using a soft ANTIC blitter accelerated by the VIC-II. 
    I have just uploaded a surprising benchmark where it it is outperforming a real Atari 2600.
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    DegasElite reacted to Amigaman in Vaporware made real Commodore Atari 2600 Cardapter   
    Any update on this project 2 years later?  I want this so bad!!!
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    DegasElite reacted to TrekMD in Q*bert 1983 Tabletop Restoration | Vintage Parker Brothers Arcade Machine   
    I just watched this and though it was worth sharing here...
    Tabletop arcade toys were all the rage in the early '80s. Coleco was well known for its tabletop machines (Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Frogger, etc.), but slightly lesser known were those by Parker Brothers. In 1983 they released this version of Q*bert by Gottlieb. Jon found this one on a road trip into South Georgia, and while it works well, it was cosmetically not great, so in this video he cleans it up and applies a brand new set of decorative decals in an effort to restore it to its original glory.
     
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    DegasElite reacted to CrossBow in Q*bert 1983 Tabletop Restoration | Vintage Parker Brothers Arcade Machine   
    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?
     
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    DegasElite reacted to TrekMD in Q*bert 1983 Tabletop Restoration | Vintage Parker Brothers Arcade Machine   
    It has to make sense to you.  I can see why you may prefer it fully original vs restored. 
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    DegasElite reacted to socrates63 in Q*bert 1983 Tabletop Restoration | Vintage Parker Brothers Arcade Machine   
    You're right about awareness. I was unaware of tabletops by Parker Brothers--never seen these before. I like the way they look and the joystick looks more usable than the Coleco tabletops.
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    DegasElite reacted to TrekMD in Squad Challenge - Beef Drop (Atari 7800)   
    This is a fun game!  Glad you like it, @Sabertooth!
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    DegasElite reacted to Marco1019 in Squad Challenge - Beef Drop (Atari 7800)   
    I found this link and I believe it is the correct ROM. Please correct me if I am mistaken.
     
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    DegasElite reacted to Marco1019 in Squad Challenge - Beef Drop (Atari 7800)   
    I doubt I'll reach this score again lol. 56,900 via OpenEmu for Mac OS.
     

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    DegasElite reacted to TrekMD in Squad Challenge - Beef Drop (Atari 7800)   
    I have not been able to improve on my score!  Trying! 
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    DegasElite reacted to TrekMD in Squad Challenge - Beef Drop (Atari 7800)   
    That is the correct ROM.  Here's my first score... 38,500

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    DegasElite reacted to CrossBow in Comfort Games, the ones you keep going back to.   
    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.
     
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    DegasElite reacted to sramirez2008 in Comfort Games, the ones you keep going back to.   
    +1 for Mystic Castle. I have a box and set of overlays for it too.
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    DegasElite got a reaction from MaximumRD in Comfort Games, the ones you keep going back to.   
    My comfort games are "Taz" and "Crystal Castles" for the Atari 2600. I loved them as a kid and still do.
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    DegasElite reacted to TrekMD in Phoenix POC - The Power of the 7800   
    Same here!
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