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Rumour: Sega Almost Owned The Publishing Rights To GTA

Time Extension about 2 months ago

"Sega missed out on this".The GTA series is one of gaming's biggest brands, with total combined sales of more than 420 million units worldwide.Created by DMA Designs' David Jones and Mike Dailly, the game that kicked things off was published by BMG Interac …
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Lemmings - A complete review of the definitive Amiga puzzle game. Amigos: Everything Amiga 440

Amigos: Everything Amiga about 3 months ago

The Amigos EVERYTHING Amiga Podcast is back with a CLASSIC...maybe the NUMBER ONE AMIGA GAME OF ALL TIME! That's right, it's LEMMINGS from the brilliant minds at DMA Design and Psygnosis! We'll kill a TON of Lemmings and see if this sucker hol …

Olivetti M24 DMA control error 03

VCFed about 3 months ago

Good morning, I have an M24 that gives an error as soon as it is turned on and doesn't go any further. I don't know if it's a memory problem or something else. I can't find any information on this error, the keyboard flashes but nothing else happens. I t …

Five Festive 5150 Boards (BOARD #4 Thread)

VCFed about 3 months ago

Welcome to Board #4! [Link to Original Thread / Board #3] Initially the address on the ISA slot wasn't reading correctly during ground I/O CH RDY procedure (simiar to Board #1) and as in Board #1 the address bus chips (U7 / U9 / U10) were not enabled. I …
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Book8088 V2 Internals

VCFed about 4 months ago

As my Book V2 arrived not working, i decided to do a quick photo session of it's internals. If you're thinking about getting one that might help you a bit. Main board, front: You can see a good example of "Not my job" here (but that's not the …
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Random: The Creator Of The DMA Design Logo Reflects On Its Legacy 30 Years Later

Time Extension about 4 months ago

"It was born very quickly, and it still annoys me!".If you've ever played any games from the Grand Theft Auto developer DMA Design, then you've probably at some point come across its logo, the "DMA Man".The red, green, and blue character, which was created …
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WHAT TO DO WITH A DEAF/DUMB/DEAD APPLE-1 CPU SECTION

Apple Fritter about 5 months ago

Since my famous IC kits have sold out earlier this year, more and more Apple-1 builders are struggling with getting their APPLE-1 up and running. This post is meant to show a method to at least get a clue where the cuprit is which causes the Apple-1 not to …
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8-bit acorn hardware • Tube ULA Re-Implementation

Stardot about 6 months ago

Hi all,Part 1 : Project OverviewI have a 6502 Cheese Wedge with a broken ULA, so I thought it would be nice to get this back into service. As original ULAs are rather hard to come by, it's worth creating a modern replacement. This is a fairly well-worn pa …
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Ex-Rockstar North Dev Takes Down Behind The Scenes Blogs After Studio Complains

Time Extension about 6 months ago

The blogs featured info on cancelled projects like Agent.A Rockstar North employee has taken down a bunch of blogs about his time at the studio after receiving a written complaint from the developer.Obbe Vermeij was a technical director at Rockstar North a …
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Help & Support • unique VIC bug, or known?

Lemon64 about 6 months ago

I've had this US breadbin that I converted to PAL a number of years ago, and then later added a VIC-II^2 switcher to it. In PAL configuration Shores of Reflection always had glitches during the opening horizontal bitmap scroll, but I never saw these glit …
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GTA & Lemmings Co-Creator Mike Dailly Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Time Extension about 7 months ago

Dailly was presented with the honour at the Scottish Games Awards 2023.At the Scottish Games Awards, which took place on November 2nd at Platform, in Glasgow, the co-creator of Grand Theft Auto and Lemmings, Mike Dailly, was given a lifetime achievement aw …
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MII: New IIe open source emulator, mine this time!

Apple Fritter about 7 months ago

AttachmentSize mii_emu-main.zip4.51 MB  https://github.com/bus... has to be the worst case of feature creep in history, I wanted to hack an emulator for one specific project (Testing a Dan ][ card tool!) and couldn't find somethin …

AT&T 6300 POST Error

VCFed about 7 months ago

I just purchased an AT&T 6300 with the matching monocrhome monitor. The system powers on and the monitor works great. As a bonus, when I opend the case, I discovered that it has a Hardcard 40 installed. Unfortunately, I'm not able to get past the POST. …
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GRIND : a Doom-like, first person shooter for a500!

EAB about 7 months ago

Grind is a first person shooter, set in a dark and foreboding Steampunk/Lovecraftian world. The game is a continuation (and spiritual successor) of the Dread project, powered by the amazing Dread-engine and offers unparalleled visuals and performance, e …
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The Making Of: Body Harvest - The N64 Cult Classic That Went Through Development Hell

Time Extension about 7 months ago

Former DMA Design staffer Steve Hammond spills the beans.Steve Hammond worked for DMA Design as a writer, amongst other things, whose credits include Hired Guns, Uniracers/Unirally and a brief stint on GTA, from which he is still recovering. After spending …
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10 Best Grand Theft Auto Games Of All Time

Retro Dodo about 8 months ago

Buckle up and get ready for some explosive action as we check out the best Grand Theft Auto games of all time! As Grand Theft Auto V celebrates its 10th anniversary, we’ve decided to revisit the entire series, from DMA Design’s 2D crime caper …

2 2 megabyte DEC Q Bus memory cards for sale

VCFed about 9 months ago

I have two spare 2mb memory boards for sale. Third party memory, dual width, parity/block mode DMA memory, both tested and work fine. $150 each or $250 for the pair, if shipped will be done USPS Priority Mail. …
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New Releases • Risc-V Cartridge in development

Lemon64 about 9 months ago

Finally, a design I'm happy with. My first and C64 final cart.Probably a month away, a $49 price tag, will go up Indigogo soon.72MHz with the PLL from Dot Clock so always cycle synchronized. 64K Flash + 20K Ram256KB SPI MRAM for acting as a REU but keeps …

Tandy 2500XL 3 voice sound?

VCFed about 9 months ago

Based on documentation I found, it seems like my Tandy 2500XL has the 3 voice sound hardware of earlier Tandy 1000 computers. However, I understand the sound hardware is located at a different address due to a conflict with the 2nd DMA controller of an AT …
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Random: Lemmings On A Wide Screen Display Looks Absolutely Glorious

Time Extension about 10 months ago

No scrolling required!We're gonna assume everyone here already knows about Lemmings, the ridiculously fun puzzle game where players must guide a group of green-haired, blue-robed characters through a maze of dastardly obstacles.Originally launched for the …

IBM PS/2 and Soundblaster CT2910 problems

VCFed about 10 months ago

Hi guys, I finally managed to get hold of a Soundblaster 16 CT2910, which the seller claims is working. I have the jumpers set to I/O 220, 8-bit DMA 1, 16-bit DMA 5, IRQ 5, IDE Interrump 15. As soon as I put the board in my PS/2 Model 30 and try to boot, I …
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30 Years Later, This Lemmings Port Finally Brings the Classic Game To The Commodore Plus/4

Time Extension about 10 months ago

An unofficial port for the computer was originally being developed in 1993.Following the release of Psygnosis & DMA Design's classic puzzle game Lemmings on the Commodore Amiga back in 1991, various developers (and determined fans) did their best to po …

Sound • MPU-401/MT-32 + SB16 problems with some games

Vogons about 10 months ago

Hi guys,I have a MPU IPC-T unit with its card installed in a machine that also has an SB16 ASP. The MPU unit feeds to an MT-32 rev.0.I want all MIDI in DOS to use the MPU, so I have the jumpers on the cards as follows:MPU IPC-T:IRQ 2/9, Port 330SB16:Port …

Sound • Sound Blaster 2.0 DMA Jumper Question

Vogons about 10 months ago

Hi everyone!I have a Sound Blaster 2.0 CT1350B sound card in my Tandy 1000 TL/2. It’s working great, but it does render the Tandy DAC inoperative. The computer freezes anytime I try to use the Tandy DAC now. I’m assuming it’s a DMA conflict as th …
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General • C64 vs Atari, but this time a low-level coding perspective

Lemon64 about 10 months ago

Last year a friend gave me an 800XL, a computer which I had never touched back in the day. After playing with it a bit and writing a simple intro with sprite muxing, bitmap, rastersplits, music, etc. I was impressed by what it was both relative to when i …