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June 17th, 2013, 14:09 Posted By: wraggster
The following Utilities have been submitted and approved to the database (in submitted order oldest to newest):
•TitlePokéEdit RB (Game Specific)(GB)
•PaneponGUI (Game Specific)(GB)
•Exodus (Debuggers / Special Emulators)(GEN)
•Asar (Assembly Tools)(SNES)
•NBA Jam: Tournament Edition Player Editor (Game Specific)(SNES)
•LALE - Link’s Awakening Level Editor (Level Editors)(GB)
•CadEditor (Level Editors)(NES)
•Pancake 3 (Graphics Editors)(GEN)
•Megadrive Voice Editor - MDV (Sound)(GEN)
•Palettes of Rage (Palettes)(GEN)
•Pancake 2 (Graphics Editors)(GEN)
•LZ77 Restructor 2 (Miscellaneous)(NA)
•Copy File (Miscellaneous)(NA)
•Magic File Resizer (Miscellaneous)(NA)
Relevant Link: (http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/)
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June 17th, 2013, 14:05 Posted By: wraggster
Editroid 3.5 has been released. This new version adds a built-in assembler to Editroid and allows users to add a screen-load routine to any screen. This makes it easier to do all sorts of things. Different graphics and music can be loaded for different parts of an area, The appearance of a screen can change based on the player’s status, and so on.
Relevant Link: (http://snarfblam.com/words/?p=466)
http://www.romhacking.net/
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June 13th, 2013, 00:09 Posted By: wraggster
They’re not a 2600, but the Atari 400, 800 and 1200 are awesome computers in their own right. With only BASIC built in to the ROM, they’re not especially useful or fun, as [Jeroen] found out when he acquired an 800 with a broken tape drive. There are options that allow you to load emulator files from a PC, but [Jeroen] wanted something more compact. He came up with a way to load games and apps off an SD card using a simple microcontroller.
The 400, 800, and 1200 each have a port that allows the computer to talk to printers, modems, disk drives, and load games. There are already a few circuits around that connect the SIO port to a computer so games can be loaded, but [Jeroen] wanted a more compact and portable solution for his 800.
What he came up with is actually pretty simple; just an Arduino, SD card, and an LCD display that allows him to browse the directory on the SD card and load it into the 800′s memory.
A lot of folks over on the Atariage forums are really impressed with [Jeroen]‘s work, and would like to get their hands on one of these boards themselves. The project isn’t done just yet – [Jeroen] still needs to make a case for his device – but hopefully he’ll be spinning a few boards up in the coming months.
http://hackaday.com/2013/06/12/loadi...om-an-sd-card/
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June 7th, 2013, 14:11 Posted By: wraggster
Los Angeles gallery iam8bit is hosting an art exhibit in celebration of 1980s games, called "iam8bit Entertainment System." Here's where it gets a tad confusing: It also has a physical console designed specifically for retro gaming, called "iam8bit Entertainment System." So, the iam8bit Entertainment System will be at iam8bit Entertainment System from June 7 to June 20, and the console will be available to order online at iam8bit.
Sometimes we just don't understand art.
Iam8bit Entertainment System – the exhibit – hosts a ton of work from prominent artists around the globe, including the ones whose installments are shown in the gallery below: Olly Moss, Dadu Shin, DKNG Studios, Hine Mizushima, JC Richard, Jophen Stein, Mark Englert and Steve Courtney.
The show will include a treat for DuckTales: Remastered fans, with a 10 foot x 10 foot recreation of Uncle Scrooge McDuck's money bin, complete with giant gold coins and gems, and the Green Cheese of Longevity. It's like a ball pit for kids that's really for adults. Now that we understand.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/06/ia...o-art-exhibit/
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June 6th, 2013, 01:05 Posted By: wraggster
There's a new batch of games on the way for the NeoGeo X console, released last Christmas, which opted not to have an online store to sell games but to pack them up and sell them the old fashioned way.Unfortunately - maybe unsurprisingly - the new games are not cheap.There are five packs each containing three different games and they cost £25 a pop. Or you can buy them altogether - all 15 games - for £60.They're due 25th June and can be pre-ordered from Funstock.Here's a breakdown of the games in each pack: The NeoGeo X handheld.
- Vol 1: Metal Slug 2, Sengoku, Top Hunter
- Vol 2: Samurai Shodown 3, Savage Reign, The Next Glory: Super Sidekicks 3
- Vol 3: The King of Fighters '96, Blazing Star, Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle
- Vol 4: Garou: Mark of the Wolves, Shock Troopers, World Heroes 2 Jet
- Vol 5: The Last Blade, Blue's Journey, The Path of the Warrior: Art of Fighting 3
The Neo Geo X (sold as a Gold Limited Edition) comes with a handheld NeoGeo X console, a dock with telly-out options and a plug-in joystick. It costs £175.Sadly, it doesn't live up to its price tag. The screen on the NeoGeo X handheld is the biggest disappointment and suffers badly when compared to pretty much every smartphone on the market not to mention PS Vita and 3DS.The telly connections - HDMI and composite AV - on the console dock don't produce much better. Digital Foundry delved deeper for our NeoGeo X review at the start of the year.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ne-for-25-each
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June 6th, 2013, 00:20 Posted By: wraggster
This week we’re taking another departure from the ordinarily campy videos featured in the Retrotechtacular section. This time around the video is only two years old, but the subject matter is from the early 1980′s. [David Crane], designer of Pitfall for the Atari 2600 gave a talk at the 2011 Game Developer’s Conference. rounds up to a full hour with the Q&A afterwards. It’s a bit dry to start, but he hits his stride about half way through and it’s chock-full of juicy morsels about the way things used to be.
http://hackaday.com/2013/06/05/retro...he-atari-2600/
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June 3rd, 2013, 15:36 Posted By: wraggster
news via http://www.emucr.com/
Virtual Jaguar Git (2013/06/01) 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 ability to use old, incompatible, but faster blitter.
Note that most games fail when using this blitter, but some games, such as Tempest 2000 and Spacewar 2000 do. Use at your own peril!
* Special patch by ggn. :-)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/jxcjx3
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June 2nd, 2013, 21:56 Posted By: wraggster
Legend has it that Atari's 1982 E.T. game was so astoundingly bad that allegedly millions of copies of it were buried in a landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico during September, 1983. Only now, on the 30th anniversary of the burial, it's being dug back up.
According to New Mexico local news stationKRQE, the Ontario-based film production company Fuel has signed a deal with Alamogordo's City Commission allowing the company to access the landfill for six months while it makes a documentary about the archaeological dig.It's generally believed that E.T. - along with some other Atari products like the Atari 2600 port of Pac-Man - were crushed, then packed into nine semi trucks before being buried. Reports on the incident are shaky and conflicting, however, with some believing it never happened at all.City officials are hoping this will bring more attention to the town. Alamogordo's mayor Susie Galea stated, "I hope more people find out about Alamogordo through this opportunity that we have to unearth the Atari games in the landfill."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...o-be-excavated
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May 27th, 2013, 23:05 Posted By: wraggster
KingMike has released a complete translation patch for Deep Dungeon III for the Famicom, completing his translation patches for the entire four-game franchise. This one improves on the second as being the first with multiple dungeons and the first with multiple party members and a wider magic selection. It is also the only one which allows the player to create their party. Originally odino translated the scripts for both III and IV in 2008. The big holdup on this has been because KingMike had quite a frustrating time with the game’s difficulty. After analyzing the code, he discovered the game had some bugs, including a severe one that can mysteriously nullify a party member’s armor. So, this translation patch includes a few bug fixes as well as changing a few features he didn’t like about the game, like how your characters could randomly fumble and de-equip their weapon in battle. But he has also included an offset list for those who disagree on his changes and want to make their own version. At the last minute, KingMike on his own also made a hasty, largely machine-assisted localization of the manual. He’d really want to make you understand you should know the rules to this game when you’re going to play it as does he. You might even pick up a few tips to make the game less painful to play than it was for him. Note that the translation patch does require the ROM to be expanded first.
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/1996/
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May 26th, 2013, 22:52 Posted By: wraggster
Those looking to play some new games on their Neo Geo X consoles can now preorder five volumes on Amazon for $25 each that, in total, include 15 of the system's classic games. Neo Geo X owners also have the option to pay $80 for a Mega Pack that contains all 15 games. The game packs will be available on June 6, according to Amazon's listings.
While we knew these games were coming, here's how they are spread out across the five volumes:- Volume 1: Sengoku, Metal Slug 2, Top Hunter
- Volume 2: Samurai Shodown 3, Savage Reign, Super Sidekicks 3
- Volume 3: The King of Fighters '96, Blazing Star, Kizuna Encounter
- Volume 4: Garou: Mark of the Wolves, Shock Troopers, World Heroes 2 Jet
- Volume 5: The Last Blade, Blue's Journey, Art of Fighting 3
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_vi...0X&node=468642
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May 23rd, 2013, 23:37 Posted By: wraggster
Long-standing games company going to auction after failing to find a buyer
The US arm of beleaguered publisher Atari Inc is looking to auction off its assets in a move that it hopes could raise $22.2 million.
As reported by The Wall Street Journal, the sale of individual assets from the company’s US business includes the Atari brand, with bidding set to start on that at $15 million.
Court papers also revealed that the minimum bid for the RollerCoaster Tycoon IP is set at $3.5 million, while the company’s Test Drive franchise is up for $1.5 million.
Other IP up for sale includes the Total Annihilation franchise, which is up for $250,000, as well as Humongous, Fatty Pear’s Birthday Surprise and Math Gran Prix.
The entire auction process, set to take place in July, could raise at least $22.2 million for the company. The the company must however await court approval before it can officially begin the sales process. It is hoping to set a deadline for bids on July 10th, with auctions taking place a week later.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/4...in-assets-sale
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May 20th, 2013, 16:18 Posted By: wraggster
This week we are proud to present you with the next issue of CVG under the watchful eye of Paul Davies. Like always, we have selected a handful of articles to preview before you download the full issue in one of the three sizes available.
Our first highlighted articles is the review for a little PC game called Duke Nukem 3D. Next up we have two Playstation classics. The first one is the birth of a giant franchise named BioHazard in Japan, but known over here as Resident Evil. The second review is for a sequel in the long running Konami series: International Track & Field.
And we end this week with quite a bang. As we are starting to get very close to E3 2013, every gamer can feel the tension building. So this is the perfect time to look back to the humongous E3 1996 special in this latest issue of CVG.
http://www.outofprintarchive.com/cat...VG/CVG176.html
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May 15th, 2013, 02:38 Posted By: wraggster
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May 14th, 2013, 23:36 Posted By: wraggster
Type ‘Atari Breakout’ into Google Images. Thank us later.
Google has decided to celebrate the 37th birthday of the classic Atari game Breakout by turning Google Image Search into a special version of the game.
When you type ‘Atari Breakout’ into Google Image Search, the graphics of the classic game instantly morph intoBreakout bricks, ready for you to waste away your Tuesday morning.
Created by Nolan Bushnell and Steve Bristow in 1976,Breakout was based on the 1972 game Pong.
http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/...ter-egg/030933
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May 14th, 2013, 01:06 Posted By: wraggster
NEO SNK MagicKey v2 bios update [7th.May 2013]
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Download: http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php/topic,7604.0.html
Changes:
- Changed the Region select screen layout, now use A+B+C to change region.
- Region and cheats auto disable themselves if a Universe Bios is installed.
- System region is the default region used by the converter (see notes below).
- Entry and exit from the cheat menu is cleaner.
- Changed Red color in the cheat menus to Yellow.
Issues fixed:
- Art of Fighting 2 now works without the need of using the button on the converter.
- Region select now shows correctly if game used is an original KOF 2003.
- Region select now shows correctly if game used is KOF 10th anniversary extra plus.
http://www.neoflash.com/go/
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May 3rd, 2013, 21:26 Posted By: wraggster
Retro gaming enthusiasts take note: this joystick is what you need to play any Atari gameon the original console. It plugs right into the original console hardware and removes the need to choose the joystick, paddle, or keypad controller separately. You just leave this puppy hooked up and move your hands to the set of controls used on each game.
[x2Jiggy] built the thing from scratch. The enclosure is a wooden box from the craft store. He holds it closed with a couple of magnetic latches like you might find on old fashioned kitchen cabinets. The buttons of the keypad are mounted on a chunk of protoboard but he did take the time to give it a coat of matching paint so that it doesn’t look out of place. Inside you’ll find some more protoboard and point-to-point soldering to complete the rest of the connections.
You can see a fast motion video of the build process after the break. This reminds us of the universal controller built for Project Unity.
http://hackaday.com/2013/05/03/atari...any-cartridge/
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April 28th, 2013, 22:56 Posted By: wraggster
via http://www.neoflash.com/go/
The new core-A for SNK MVS converter to fix the scaling graphical glitches issue released!
It's very easy to upgrade ,just use NDP to link the MVS converter and PC, and run the upgrade program, job finish!
Download: http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index....ic,7592.0.html
This upgrade core is suit with all the blue color converter that come with the NDP port. All new NEO SNK MagicKey have come with the new core-A already, only have 3 pcs MagicKey have come with the old core-A that sold from April.1st to April.4th 2013 , they forgot to upgrade it before ship. We will present the free NDP to these 3 users to let them can upgrade and fix the scaling graphical glitches issue .
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