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.

This keeps coming up. If you don’t support people who *create* the hardware, they will leave the scene. I know things can seem expensive, but seriously, when you have such small sales volume then margins do have to be high to cover R&D time and make the effort worthwhile.

Custom chips designed with a pencil...

We have it so easy these days with Verilog and FPGA’s costing just pounds each. Respin the chip in seconds! Crazy how much things have changed.

New blog post - How Banked ROM cartridges work. More info on the progression from humble beginnings with things like Commodore's Magic Desk 1 through to modern multicarts and the Marina64. Warning: Contains lots of schematics

Well, as we've slyly announced it (nothing official yet, not even a trailer!) have some footage of the next chapter of Dizzy to hit the Atari Jaguar, fully licensed and to be available from AtariAge (No ETA yet)

Magicland Dizzy!

I decided I wanted a Lynx GameDrive desktop wallpaper. As I've made it, I thought I may as well share it! I'm sure exactly zero people will want it, but hey, why not...

Full 1080p version available here --

You can never have too many bare bones examples for reasonably advanced (sprites 'n interrupts) techniques. The bedrock of old computers.

How cool are these #Nintendo #SNES #NES art pieces made by stevecasino@ on #instagram

And just for fun, a render of the most likely final shell candidate! All looks pretty nice, and fits in both Lynx 1&2 -- one of the design goals for this latest version of the cart.

A few more Lynx GameDrive case variants sent for print. One of these will be the final design, with any luck! Most of the tweaks are to do with how the PCB is clipped into the case. I'm trying to do away with adhesive and rely on mechanical fixing if at all possible.

And this is a Lynx GD testing unit ready for action! The production outsourcing tools.

Quite pleased with the case and funky yellow LCD. Looks suitably industrial.

Final production Lynx GameDrive PCB's ordered in gold ENIG finish for last bit of testing and then CE & FCC certification. Honestly, not long now...

It needs a housing, but this is the production Lynx GameDrive testing device. Stick in a blank cart and it does magic things...