Is the Jaguar GameDrive still happening? I hear you ask. Why, yes. Yes it is.

I've just recieved my copy of Chronicles of Nanako from @BitmapSoft, a rather cool looking puzzle platformer by the @mojon_twins! Now to find time to play it...

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I've been hard at work tidying up the Lynx GameDrive menu ready for launch! It now has full support for multiple preview images per game, which load practically instantaniously. You can browse your Lynx games by screenshot now! Very nice.

On the fence about our little orange friend? Head over to the @TheRetroHQ website and try the free version on your #AtariJaguar #GameDrive or #Skunkboard Then head over to our webshop and take him home. #OnlyInOrange

I remember having, and loading games from, one of these flexidiscs on a ZX Spectrum back in the day! Came in one of the speccy magazines. Funky idea, I guess at this point in time cassettes were relatively expensive?

Very good game from both technical and playability standpoints. With demo scene roots, which shines though.

Updated the DragonKeep ROM to show your final score and keep - which was kind of important for the High Score Competition on AtarAge.

Are you entering?

Awesome!

The NeoPocket GameDrive finally available at a retailer near you! Assuming you're in the USA...

Now to conquer Europe.

How this #AnotherWorld sequence was made ? Here is the original shooting from 1990 used for #rotoscoping !

#EricChahi #indiedev

Super excited at being able to playtest the new Lynx GD from @TheRetroHQ . Good things do come in little packages!

My LynxGD test hardware can now talk to the internet, thanks to one of these magic little devices!

Super cobbled 3.3V reg and level shifting doing its magic.

This speeds up production and testing yet more...

Lets play spot the hamster! Apparently they can be found roaming retro computer shelves while relaxing...

My 464Plus disc upgrade with internal HxC mod is complete! And looking pretty damn good, if I do say so myself.

New Jaguar game release!

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This years Atari Lynx programming competition! Last years 30th birthday extravaganza produced such amazing entries it's happening again...

I love Rod Land! Someone make this happen!

Now case mods and HxC fitting!! This went really well, apart from the odd bridged via causing the HxC to stop working briefly! LCD and main HxC board mounted in brackets in the top case. Buttons next...

Lynx GameDrive Production PCB built up and tested. All looking good! Final bit of testing and these will start to go into production... finally! The website is being updated with product and distributor details as they come online. @AtariAge @DragonBoxShop

Disk related chips and passives populated. It now defaults to disc mode in basic!!! This means it has found the FDC. Just waiting on an IDC connector for the floppy drive now.

The 464Plus upgrade project continues! 64K RAM upgrade installed and tested. Now onto the floppy components!

The post today has been awesome! This looks beautiful...

And the winner is @NoMouthMustStrm!!

Drop me a DM and let me know your mailing address and I'll get your prize posted out to you.

(draw-ID: o7Sa0EEh) #Tweetdraw

New instruction leaflets arrived. These should be selling again shortly! Hurrah!

What game and character does this remind you of? First correct answer wins the prize of smugness.

About 2/3 of the through holes have been cleared ready for sockets! What a seriously tedious job. And I'm getting some stubborn solder, too. Going to break out the desolder station to give that a try on the rest!!

The RetroHQ lockdown challenge. Can I convert this CPC464+ into a CPC6128+ with HxC before the kids go back to school?

What's your lockdown challenge?

Any schematics will help with new cores for MiSTer, etc, so well worth having a hunt if you think you have any!

**COMPETITION TIME**

Drive away the isolation blues! Up for grabs is a RetroHQ Lynx GameDrive CLASSIC cartridge for the Lynx Mk II.

To enter...
1. Follow RetroHQ on Twitter
2. Retweet this post
3. Tag a friend

A winner will be announced on 23rd March 2020!

I like the geometric layout of this chip from a Soyuz space clock, so I wrote a blog post explaining how it works. Although the Soviet Union cloned many Western chips, this NAND gate chip has some creative features. The clock is full of surface-mount TTL.

The Pyra is a funky pocket sized PC device, for those who don't know about it!

Time to celebrate those who give to the community! It's amazing how much time and effort is put into these niche efforts. I salute you, sirs.

1/2: I wondered how feasible useful verlet simulation would be on the Jaguar GPU. I think, pretty possible. This is using 10.6 fixed point and some SIMD by having both X&Y packed into one register. Distance is via 16 section linear approximation.

Wow, that picture brings back memories! That was one of the first games I had on the Spectrum as well. May have even been the first...

Finally getting to doing Jaguar GD stuff again! Woo! I'm basically now waiting on things for the Lynx and NeoPocket GD's, so I've just laid up the programmer / tester device for the Jag GD. Things are moving ever closer. Albeit at a moderately fast snails pace...

Played this a lot as a kid. I’m pretty sure the cpu opponents cheated quite badly...

Very pretty game. It was one of the reasons I upgraded from a speccy to an ST.

Work progresses nicely on Gravitic Mines - Here's the "Heavy Explosive Training" level...

The final Lynx GameDrive cartridge shell. Really pleased with how this came out both from and aesthetic and functional standpoint!

Now, this would be very nice too see! The Reboot guys have done a great job with the Bitmap Brothers IP working with Mike Montgomery, so it’s not some random fan request. It will happen given the go-ahead!

Not a BGA in sight!! Gives that perfect retro look.