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Defender, Robotron, Joust And More Now Playable On Analogue Pocket

Time Extension about 2 months ago

11 new titles in total.FPGA developer obsidian-dot-dev has released two new cores which cover 11 different arcade titles.The first core is based on the early titles released on Williams' 6809 arcade board.Read the full article on timeextension.com …
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The TDE Podcast Ep 32: Eugene Jarvis

The Arcade Blogger about 3 months ago

Episode 32 of the Ted Dabney Experience podcast is available now for your listening pleasure! If you enjoy reading ArcadeBlogger.com, you’ll love the other project I’m involved with: Ted Dabney Experience, episode 32: Eugene Jarvis Eugene Jarv …

Input Devices • Controllers for Each Core Is This Possible? [Solved]

MISTerFPGA about 4 months ago

Here's what I'm trying to do, if anyone has a suggestion, I'd love to hear it!I've got a MISTER with RAM, AnalogIO board and a USB hub connected to a 25" arcade CRT (Standard resolution K7000 series)I'm building a horizontal Mistercade to run:Horizontal a …
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Saving an Arcade Workshop: The legacy of Automatic Services Limited

The Arcade Blogger about 4 months ago

If you’re a regular reader of the blog, you’ll have read several articles where I’ve been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to go through old collections or stashes of arcade cabinets. This is where arcade collectors get together …

Newcomers Forum • [SOLVED] AnalogIO board, Arcade CRT and *some* cores

MISTerFPGA about 4 months ago

Here's an interesting one, to me at least. I've had my Mister for a few years, but recently decided to build up my dream cab. This consists of:MisterFPGASingle RAM boardAnalog IO boardWG model 25K7193 (K7000 series standard res)USB hubWhat I'm trying to …
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6 Games that Scratch the Shenmue Itch

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 5 months ago

There really isn't anything quite like Shenmue. As most Dreamcast fans know by now, the gameplay of Yu Suzuki's magnum opus, which juxtaposed snail's pace sleuthing around Japanese suburbia with frantic Virtua Fighter ass kicking, was polarising back when …
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A British Classic Arcade Photo Tour

The Arcade Blogger about 5 months ago

Searching the web for photos of classic arcades from back in the day, tends to bring up a plethora of American locations. Which is all well and good and pretty informative, but sets of genuine photographs taken in the 80s and 90s that documented the Briti …

Input Devices • Connecting Retro Fighters Defender (Bluetooth)

MISTerFPGA about 6 months ago

Hey everyone,I recently got a Bluetooth edition Defender by retro fighters since I'm getting massive lag with original Dualshock 4 controllers.But I just can't manage to connect the defender, since it does not seem to have manual pairing. Instructions onl …

32-bit acorn software: classic games • Decent PD, Freeware, Shareware Games?

Stardot about 6 months ago

Below are some of my favourites, please feel free to suggest more (including cover disk exclusive games).Ace Crusader - decent Defender clone with end of stage bosses - below average graphics but plays pretty wellShangai - the version by Julian Jiggi …
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California Extreme Arcade Expo 2023

The Arcade Blogger about 7 months ago

I promised I’d share some pictures from my visit in August this year to the California Extreme arcade expo, so, here we go! This year marks the 27th Anniversary of the California Extreme Expo! Hosted at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Santa Clara, t …
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General • Do Americans play soccer video games?

Lemon64 about 7 months ago

The recent C64 Vs. NES thread (this one: viewtopic.php?t=83317 , not this one: viewtopic.php?p=162315 ) has touched the subject of "football" sports games... which obviously means something different here in Europe. And that made me wonder...Do you Americ …
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Software & Hardware • 🔨 Amiga Hardware Faults and Solutions List

LemonAmiga about 7 months ago

The Amiga is a Retro computer. Commodore built the Amiga using the cheapest parts, and the weakest solutions. The chips themselves are prone to fail. During my time with the Amiga A500, at least 1 Agnus failed, perhaps x2 CIA chips, and perhaps also Paula …

Hey Guys

Arcade Projects about 7 months ago

Hi All, I'm Matt from Ontario. I'm a big techology nerd, especially gaming. I have joined because I was just given my first arcade cabinet and I am completly lost on how/if I can repair it. I know almost nothing about it. My hope is that some smart people …
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Games • Defender III Gameplay Visual Instructional

Lemon64 about 8 months ago

And again where is this emulator?The defenderIII.prg seems to be some sort of interactive demo (not a game) that attempts to simulate the behavior of an Atari 2600 on a C64.Defender III is a sequel that is different than Defender and features a new contro …
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Emulators • C64 Atari Emulator now supports Defender III and Atari Flashback BASIC

Lemon64 about 8 months ago

The Atari 2600 Emulator for the Commodore 64 now supports Defender III and Atari Flashback BASIC for the Atari Flashback Portable console. Here is the thread on AtariAge with more info, download the Trainer and the full speed version for the Commodore 64 …

Deadhead - A neat looking preview of a sooped up Defender style of game has been recovered! ( C64 )

Indie Retro News about 9 months ago

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Games • Random game pokes

Lemon64 about 9 months ago

I don't know if these are already known or not, but here are some game pokes (no idea what they do):arabian nights poke 2631,173arabian nights poke 2632,141arabian nights poke 2633,169arabian nights poke 2634,89alligata blagger poke 3574,44alligata blagge …

8-bit acorn software: classic games • Arcade Perfect Defender on the Beeb?

Stardot about 9 months ago

I'm not an expert but I was looking at the tech specs of the Defender arcade hardware recently and it seems like it uses bitmap graphics rather than sprites (with no blitter or hardware support) and it has a 6809 1Mhz CPU"There are 24 4116 RAM chips, givi …
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Top Ten Favourite Horizontally-Scrolling Shoot ‘Em Ups

Retro Arcadia about 9 months ago

As regular readers will know, I do like a list and I do like a shoot ‘em up, so I thought it was high-time I combined these two passions and came up with my top ten shoot ‘em ups, although as I write we’re not quite there yet! Number one and two are …
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Retro Rewind: August 1982 in Computer & Video Games – Pilot Episode!

Retro Arcadia about 9 months ago

You join me, dear reader, for a bit of an experiment! I started collecting Computer & Video Games magazine in earnest in early 1985, buying every issue every month until the middle of 1992 when, at 20-years old by then, a combination of falling behind …
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Retro Fighters StrikerDC Wireless Dreamcast Controller Open For Pre-Orders Now

Retro Dodo about 10 months ago

Untether your Dreamcast experience and play like never before thanks to the Retro Fighters Striker DC Wireless Dreamcast Controller! The Sega Dreamcast, even though it didn’t last long in comparison to the other consoles released in that era, is stil …
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Feature: Like Zelda And Mario, Donkey Kong Was Supposed To Get A Philips CD-i Game - What Happened?

Time Extension about 10 months ago

We try to find out.Sometimes the most innocuous of threads will lead you down a rabbit hole of investigation. This initially started as a chat with Adrian Jackson-Jones regarding his work on The Hunt for Red October on SNES, a colourful and surprisingly fu …
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My Antstream Arcade: Defender

Old School Gamer Magazine about 10 months ago

Platform: Arcade Year: 1981 I’ve got a love-hate relationship with this legendary arcade shoot-‘em-up. Crikey, I imagine that practically everybody has a love-hate relationship with Defender, bar those elite gamers with godlike joystick skills. Alas, …
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New Releases • New Release - C64 B.G.Pack: C.Wolfenstein +8D / Fix it Felix Jr. V1.1 / Mr. Do! +7 … by nightfallcrew

Lemon64 about 10 months ago

https://www.nightfallcrew.... ... r-do-7hdg/Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.Titles:Grimassenschn... Snake +Irrweg Meister V1.1Irrweg Meister V1.1 …

Pit Boss Superstar Fixed Buzzing Sound!

Museum of the Game about 10 months ago

Ever since I had this Merit Industries Pit Boss Superstar I have had the speaker disconnected due to a very loud buzzing. I recently dusted it off and found a place for it next to my Defender and Campus Queen, so I started to fuss with it. I am also in …