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October 19th, 2014, 21:32 Posted By: wraggster
 Last May brought the unastonishing news that companies were taking the Systems on Chip found in $20 wireless routers and making dev boards out of them. The first of these is the VoCore, an Indiegogo campaign for a 360MHz CPU with 8MB of Flash and 32MB or RAM packaged in a square inch PCB for the Internet of Things. Now that the Indiegogo rewards are heading out to workbenches the world over, it was only a matter of time before someone gotDoom to run on one of them.
After fixing some design flaws in the first run of VoCores, [Pyrofer] did the usual things you would do with a tiny system running Linux – webcams for streaming video, USB sound cards to play internet radio, and the normal stuff OpenWrt does.
His curiosity satiated, [Pyrofer] turned to more esoteric builds. WIth a color LCD from Sparkfun, [video=youtube;aiSgUTlXrms]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sncQPuO8lLE"]he got an NES emulator running[/URL]. This is all through hardware SPI, mind you. Simple 2D graphics are cool enough, but the standard graphical test for all low powered computers is, of course, [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiSgUTlXrms[/video].
The game runs, but just barely. Still, [Pyrofer] is happy with the VoCore and with a little more work with the SPI and bringing a framebuffer to his tiny system, he might have a neat portable Doom machine on his hands.
http://hackaday.com/2014/10/19/playi...y-on-a-vocore/
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October 14th, 2014, 23:45 Posted By: wraggster
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Atari Jaguar emulator has been updated. Changes:
- Bugfix for catastrophic failure in Controller config dialog. Thanks to ggn for reporting this! [Shamus]
- Added controller profiles. What this means is that if you left your gamepad behind and/or have a different one, VJ will let you create a controller config for the new controller without destroying the old one. This also means that if you have *no* controllers, you can still play VJ with the keyboard. [Shamus]
- Fixed a few problems with the DSP a timing; as a result, the sound in Rayman and the FACTS demo is correct now. [Shamus]
- Removed toolbar from full screen mode. [Shamus]
- Added analog inputs to gamepad support. [Shamus]
- Fixed 6MB cartridge space access limitation. 6MB carts should work now. [Shamus]
- Fixed problem with JERRY interrupts corrupting the M68K core. [Shamus]
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October 11th, 2014, 22:56 Posted By: wraggster
The PC Engine was pretty popular in Japan, but only the coolest kids in America had the US edition, the TurboGrafx16. These two systems weren’t exactly the same; the TurboGrafx-16’s data bus was flipped so the games were made to be incompatible, and the US games have a region lockout. [Kaz] looked at the existing hacks for running Japanese games on US systems, and every single one of them required modding a console. Thinking he could do better, he came up with the PC-Henshin, an adapter and CPLD that allows Japanese game to run on US consoles.
To take care of the mixed up lines on the PC card connector between the US and Japanese variants, a few adapter cards are available. That’s great, but they only solve one part of the compatibility problem. The region lockout routine found on nearly every American title mean PC Engine consoles can’t run TurboGrafx-16 games. [Kaz] used a small, cheap CPLD to read the data bus, patch everything as it is read out, and turns a Japanese console into something that can play American games.
Video below.
http://hackaday.com/2014/10/10/a-pc-...-16-converter/
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October 5th, 2014, 23:08 Posted By: wraggster
via http://www.emucr.com/
Virtual Jaguar Git (2014/10/04) is compiled. Virtual Jaguar is an open source emulator based on Jagem (Virtual Jaguar) for Linux, MacOS X, and Windows. The source also compiles on BeOS. Virtual Jaguar is an awesome Atari Jaguar emulator with great compatibility.
Virtual Jaguar Git Changelog:
* Added icons to build system for Windows builds.
* Fixed controller profile system.
What this means is that you have to set up profiles for controllers you
plug in now. Virtual Jaguar will try to do the right thing, but it's
still possible to make it screw up and do the wrong thing. Hopefully
this will be fixed in a future update. :-P
https://www.sendspace.com/file/4iqpnc
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October 5th, 2014, 22:26 Posted By: wraggster
Sometimes you come across a build so far along you wish you could go back and enjoy it just a bit at a time. This C65 build is so far along, it’s like binge watching a retro computer build. One that never actually existed.
Okay, that’s admittedly a bit rash. But technically the C65 (successor to the Commodore C64) never saw its way through development. A good place to start looking in on the build is from the second post way back in March. The FPGA-based project is already looking promising with proof-of-concept display tests. Are we the only ones surprised by the 1920 native display resolution?
Checking back in June we see that there is some software working but a bounty of bugs will definitely keep [Paul] busy for a while. Fast forward to the beginning of September and he’s come full through to getting a network connection up and running.
The Wikipedia page on the C65 gives a good idea of how awesome this would have been back in the day had it actually made it to market. We suppose it joins the Commodore lists of would-haves and should-haves with the likes of the C128.
http://hackaday.com/2014/10/04/build...never-existed/
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October 5th, 2014, 22:13 Posted By: wraggster
Batman makes his way back into the 8-bit streets of Gotham City in this brand new, action packed game! There are an arsenal of weapons that Batman can obtain as he battles villians such as Scarecrow, The Riddler, and… even the Joker himself! Go grab the game now and hang on to your seat for a wild ride courtesy of Magnus Nilsson! Download Here!!!
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/2162/
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October 5th, 2014, 22:09 Posted By: wraggster
An all-new romhack of the Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle has been released. This romhack includes two patches, a graphics update and a new set of 64 levels.
Each Looney Tunes character has been edited to resemble his animated counterpart. For example, Sylvester’s fur is black and his nose is now red. The other Sylvesters in the game are now black with different nose colors. In addition to the characters being changed, the pallets of the level backgrounds have been changed to make a more brighter and colorful gaming experience. The graphics patch is compatible with other level romhacks, including Frank Maggiore’s Ultimate Crazy Castles.
The Level set provides a difficult, but not impossible challenge. Each level has been tested to ensure that no level is too difficult. While no level is impossible, there are several levels that require a little more thinking and strategy. The level patch is compatible with other graphic romhacks.
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/2167/
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October 3rd, 2014, 01:00 Posted By: wraggster
Thought you were old-school for playing Everquest and Ultima Online? Step back, son: those games are spring chickens next to 1986's premier virtual world: LucasFilm's Habitat. Don't fret if you haven't heard of it -- the Commodore 64-powered online world only lasted for two years and was exclusive to Quantum Link, an ISP that would eventually evolve into America Online. Habitat seems fairly basic by today's standards, but it was a breakthrough in its own era, featuring support for thousands of simultaneous players in a self-governed virtual world. It's gaming history, and Alex Handy, founder and director of the Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment in Oakland, is trying to revive it.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/01/habitat-game/
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September 23rd, 2014, 22:13 Posted By: wraggster
Making a pilgrimage to the Videogame History Museum has been tough so far; most of its collection is in storage, and what little you do see has been going on cross-country tours. Pretty soon, though, it will have a permanent public display. A Frisco, Texas community board has approved a deal to give the Museum a 10,400 square foot location inside the city's Discovery Center by this April. That's not gigantic -- a little larger than a baseball diamond -- but it means that you can easily revisit some of the consoles that defined your youth. This venue is just the start, for that matter. After launch, the founders hope to raise enough cash from corporate sponsors to get a far larger base of operations. While Frisco isn't the easiest place to reach unless you live in the Dallas area, it sure beats hoping that the existing nomadic exhibit will eventually reach your 'burg.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/21/v...s-frisco-home/
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September 17th, 2014, 23:30 Posted By: wraggster
It's been over twenty years since the original Doom first hit PCs, and we're still obsessed with getting the damned thing running on just about everything with a processor. See that tiny screen up there? That's a Canon PIXMA printer that's been coaxed into running the classic shoot-em-up, thanks to a bit of elbow grease and an once-insecure web interface that lets users remotely print test pages and download firmware updates. Since you didn't need to punch in a username and password to access that interface, security researcher Michael Jordon used that oversight to get the lowly-printer to executing foreign code. The end result? Yet another device we can use in our apparently never-ending war against hellspawn (though the color palette does get a little screwy sometimes). Naturally, don't expect to pull the same fast one on your own for much longer -- Canon plans to release a fix the issue as soon as it's "feasible".
http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/15/doom-canon-printer/
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September 13th, 2014, 22:10 Posted By: wraggster
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September 13th, 2014, 00:33 Posted By: wraggster
It would seem that the saga of Atari's video-game mass grave in New Mexico is coming to a close. The Alamogordo City council has voted unanimously to auction off half of the recovered cartridges (around 800 of 'em, according to Reuters). Interested in owning a piece of history? Eurogamer says that we should see the items -- a likely majority of which will be E.T. -- pop up on eBay and the council's website within the next few weeks. Of the remaining carts, the city plans to keep 500 of them and the rest will be donated to museums. If you still can't get enough of the tale, there's always the upcoming Microsoft-backed documentary and our own interview with E.T.'s sole developer, Howard Scott Warshaw. The move to sell these to the highest bidder instead of at a fixed price is a pretty clear indication that city is being a bit opportunistic and taking advantage of nostalgia, if you ask us -- something that probably rubbed off from Atari itself.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/11/a...ridge-auction/
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September 9th, 2014, 22:18 Posted By: wraggster
When it comes to video games, more often than not audio gets the short shrift because, well, you can't see music in a screenshot. It's with that in mind that Red Bull (yes, that Red Bull) is putting together a documentary series about the scene surrounding classic Japanese video-game music called Diggin' in the Carts. The first episode focuses on the early days of the industry at Namco Bandai and Nintendo and features interviews with, among other luminaries, the first person in charge of game music for the Mario company,Hirozaku "Hip" Tanaka. Tanaka would go on to produce the iconic scores for Balloon Fightand Metroid, as well as design the sound chip for the first Game Boy. This premiere episode, embedded below, also showcases just how early soundtracks were composed. Spoiler: it involved more wave-forms and soldering than it did keyboards and drum machines. Interested in seeing more? A new clip is scheduled to release every week for the next month-and-a-half.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/09/g...c-documentary/
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September 8th, 2014, 22:47 Posted By: wraggster
via http://www.emucr.com/
Virtual Jaguar Git (2014/09/05) is compiled. Virtual Jaguar is an open source emulator based on Jagem (Virtual Jaguar) for Linux, MacOS X, and Windows. The source also compiles on BeOS. Virtual Jaguar is an awesome Atari Jaguar emulator with great compatibility.
Virtual Jaguar Git Changelog:
* Update manpage FILES section, clarify logfile, and remove bios reference
* Use XDG_DATA_DIR for eeproms and roms, and update manual page accordingly
* Add kFreeBSD support in jaguarcore.mak
https://www.sendspace.com/file/79oe90
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