Those of you who are good enough to keep up with what's going on with CC may have noticed that things have been quiet the last couple of weeks. The reason for that is simple: we were on vacation. Shouldn't I have said something before we went? Yes, of course, I should have. However, I was exhausted and I just didn't get it done before it was time to take a break.
Now we're back at work. We have a number of little things that we are going to be taking care of, but most of them aren't very interesting. That having been said you guys have probably seen that we have put up some more N64 games. Expect more of those as well as new TG-16 games.
That's enough for the moment. I just wanted to let you guys know that we're back on the job!
Monday, July 26, 2010
Friday, July 2, 2010
Carousel of Progress
This week went fairly well. You guys may have noticed that we got the TG-16 up and running at last. I reworked the adapter and got it fixed well enough for the moment. We still need to get a more permanent one put together. I also need to get the wiring map sent over to Matthias so he can share the wealth with all Retrode users. I would like to see him offer PCBs that you could solder you own TG-16 connector into. Still, we'll see what happens.
In other news Paper Mario doesn't work right. We did more testing after we got it to read and the data is there, but it won't play on our current build of the emulator. I need to grab the latest build and see what I can get it to do. I wish we had more manpower so we could try to tackle a few of these issues ourselves. Time and money...
I managed to find Urbs this week. It was tossed in a drawer. I'll try to get it up next week along with a few more GBA games. The week after that I want to put a few N64 games up. I know I've said this before, but we want to get in a pattern. Something like GBA/N64/GBA/TG16 for the moment.
That all for this week!
In other news Paper Mario doesn't work right. We did more testing after we got it to read and the data is there, but it won't play on our current build of the emulator. I need to grab the latest build and see what I can get it to do. I wish we had more manpower so we could try to tackle a few of these issues ourselves. Time and money...
I managed to find Urbs this week. It was tossed in a drawer. I'll try to get it up next week along with a few more GBA games. The week after that I want to put a few N64 games up. I know I've said this before, but we want to get in a pattern. Something like GBA/N64/GBA/TG16 for the moment.
That all for this week!
Friday, June 25, 2010
Some Good News
The prototype adapter for the Retrode arrived this week. We used it to read most of the GBA games we put up Wednesday. That is to say that it read three out of five. The other two we had to use our original equipment to read. Still, I feel certain that the problem with the other two was just a software issue. I've contacted Matthias about and I feel certain he'll come up with a fix soon.
While I had it hooked up I decided to do a little more testing. I tried to read both Ogre Battle 64 and Paper Mario. I am happy to say that both read flawlessly. Now, you may be asking yourselves we we didn't already put them up. The only answer is: because we didn't. We're planing to do that next week. I want to get three more N64 games to put up with them and I am going to take a crack at Resident Evil 2. We'll see how it goes I guess.
In any event, it's all good news. I just thought I would let you guys know. Everyday we make a little more progress.
While I had it hooked up I decided to do a little more testing. I tried to read both Ogre Battle 64 and Paper Mario. I am happy to say that both read flawlessly. Now, you may be asking yourselves we we didn't already put them up. The only answer is: because we didn't. We're planing to do that next week. I want to get three more N64 games to put up with them and I am going to take a crack at Resident Evil 2. We'll see how it goes I guess.
In any event, it's all good news. I just thought I would let you guys know. Everyday we make a little more progress.
Friday, June 18, 2010
A Little Slack
Ok. So, I forgot to do a post last week and haven't done one this week until now. I know I probably should have done a post just to let you guys know I wasn't going to do a post, but I guess I'm a little a lazy about such things. I'll do my best to sum up what has been going on for the past couple of weeks.
The TG-16 games came in and the new build is ready for launch. However, I broke the TG-16 reader before I got the last five games read so we've put off the launch until we can fix it. We worked on it some this week, but ran into some aggravating problems. We are going to try to make the new adapter more robust.
Matthias has mailed us a prototype GB/GBC/GBA/N64 adapter for the Retrode. It should be here in the next few days. Once it comes in we are hoping to be able to put more games up for each of those systems. I'll try to include an update in my next post to let you guys know how it is going.
Today we bought some more GBA games. We can't find Urbz and they may not upset most of you, but I have to tell Brian that I am sorry. I know we had it, I think we lost it when we changed offices. It is probably in a box somewhere. I am going to keep looking and just buy a new one when I run into it. Of course, we may do a complete inventory over the next few months, so I may just find it.
One last note for those of you who don't know. I also do another weekly blog about my childhood. It may be of no interest to most of you, but it's a bunch of funny stories about me and some of the other guys involved in CC. If you're interested you can read it here:
http://childhoodlived.blogspot.com
Have a great weekend!
The TG-16 games came in and the new build is ready for launch. However, I broke the TG-16 reader before I got the last five games read so we've put off the launch until we can fix it. We worked on it some this week, but ran into some aggravating problems. We are going to try to make the new adapter more robust.
Matthias has mailed us a prototype GB/GBC/GBA/N64 adapter for the Retrode. It should be here in the next few days. Once it comes in we are hoping to be able to put more games up for each of those systems. I'll try to include an update in my next post to let you guys know how it is going.
Today we bought some more GBA games. We can't find Urbz and they may not upset most of you, but I have to tell Brian that I am sorry. I know we had it, I think we lost it when we changed offices. It is probably in a box somewhere. I am going to keep looking and just buy a new one when I run into it. Of course, we may do a complete inventory over the next few months, so I may just find it.
One last note for those of you who don't know. I also do another weekly blog about my childhood. It may be of no interest to most of you, but it's a bunch of funny stories about me and some of the other guys involved in CC. If you're interested you can read it here:
http://childhoodlived.blogspot.com
Have a great weekend!
Friday, June 4, 2010
Automotive Week
Yes, I took this week off to work on my car. Well, my minivan. I'm married with five children. It was a lot of hard work and I got basically no Console Classix work done, but the van is still broken... Still, I suppose it builds character. After the week I've had I'm not sure I needed that much more character, but there you have it.
I am still awating the arival of one more game for the TG-16 launch. Lord willing, we will be able to kick it off early next week. I am going to try and get a good rotation going with the GBA, N64 and TG-16. Once I can buy a couple more adapters for the Retrode I plan to start putting up more GB and GBC games as well. We may even be able to work in the occasional batch of Atari 2600 games.
That's all for this week. Have a great weekend!
I am still awating the arival of one more game for the TG-16 launch. Lord willing, we will be able to kick it off early next week. I am going to try and get a good rotation going with the GBA, N64 and TG-16. Once I can buy a couple more adapters for the Retrode I plan to start putting up more GB and GBC games as well. We may even be able to work in the occasional batch of Atari 2600 games.
That's all for this week. Have a great weekend!
Friday, May 28, 2010
Almost There
We have the last of the games for the TG-16 launched purchased and they should be here soon. The last five games we intend to put up before launch are: Aero Blasters, Air Zonk, Devil's Crush, Neutopia 2 and Parasol Stars. That will bring the total up to twenty. It's a small launch, but the original TG-16 only had a little over one hundred titles in the US, so it's still a good percentage of the total. I hope to have everything put together and launch the first Monday in June. That being the 7th.
Once it's out there I want to start putting up TG-16 and N64 games at least once a month. We have got to get ourselves in a position where we can start adding more games more quickly. We ran into some unexpected expenses this month and it put us back a bit. Lord willing, June will be different.
There wasn't much news this week I admit. I ended up out of the office most of the week. Hopefully I will have more news next week, lol.
Everyone have a great weekend!
Once it's out there I want to start putting up TG-16 and N64 games at least once a month. We have got to get ourselves in a position where we can start adding more games more quickly. We ran into some unexpected expenses this month and it put us back a bit. Lord willing, June will be different.
There wasn't much news this week I admit. I ended up out of the office most of the week. Hopefully I will have more news next week, lol.
Everyone have a great weekend!
Friday, May 21, 2010
More Games
This was an exciting week game-wise. We added five new titles to the TG-16 Beta. They were as follows: Dungeon Explorer, Galaga 90, Neutopia, Ninja Spirit and Vigilante. We are getting closer and closer to an actual launch. I want to have twenty titles and enough copies to go around before we make it public. Lord willing, we'll have gotten what we need together by the end of the month.
We also put up our first new N64 games since launch. I plan to start putting them up a little more regularly. We may have to slow down on the GBA for a while. We're going to do our best to increase the total number of games we're putting up. Like so many things in life we have to priorities. Still, inch by inch we're getting better and better.
Mathias sent me a few new revisions of the firmware for the Retrode this week. He has greatly improved his TG-16 support. It works as is, but he keeps making it better and better. Any of you serious collectors out there need to check the Retrode out. He has only made a limited number so far. On top of working great they are going to be serious collectors items in time.
So much for this week! Everyone have a great weekend!
We also put up our first new N64 games since launch. I plan to start putting them up a little more regularly. We may have to slow down on the GBA for a while. We're going to do our best to increase the total number of games we're putting up. Like so many things in life we have to priorities. Still, inch by inch we're getting better and better.
Mathias sent me a few new revisions of the firmware for the Retrode this week. He has greatly improved his TG-16 support. It works as is, but he keeps making it better and better. Any of you serious collectors out there need to check the Retrode out. He has only made a limited number so far. On top of working great they are going to be serious collectors items in time.
So much for this week! Everyone have a great weekend!
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