Al_Nafuur

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MarcoJ

Built another PlusCart. To save on contact wear from transferring between different consoles under test. (Totally not a laziness reason :p)
- August 30
- 3
1. Al_Nafuur
  
  @bent_pin if someone wants to pay the shipping (and the customs duties)🤷‍♂️
  
  @MarcoJ I really like tinkering around, but I have already wasted a lot of time with these boards and there are a lot of other parts of the project to work on. The reason I outsourced the soldering is so that I am not "wasting" my spare time with the "mass production" of PlusCarts.
  
  August 31
  
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MarcoJ

Built another PlusCart. To save on contact wear from transferring between different consoles under test. (Totally not a laziness reason :p)
- August 30
- 3
1. Al_Nafuur
  
  Yes reflowing the MCU fixed about 60% of the faulty boards, but I have still about 50 boards in my faulty parts box.
  
  August 30
  
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MarcoJ

Built another PlusCart. To save on contact wear from transferring between different consoles under test. (Totally not a laziness reason :p)
- August 30
- 3
1. Al_Nafuur
  
  👍
  
  Great work!
  
  And one more PlusCart in Down Under.
  https://pluscart.firmaplus.de/statistics.php?stat_id=2
  
  August 30
  
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Corby

Ok wait! What? It has wi fi????

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/165966176177
- March 8
- 1
1. Al_Nafuur
  
  I saw these offers a couple of weeks ago. Started in Brazil and then spread to North America. It seems to be a Brazilian seller, maybe @Capellão or @DablioGames know him. From the position of the SD-Card it looks like it uses the DIY board by @Andrew Davie, but it could also be a custom board.
  
  What I don't like about most of this seller's listings is the title. He mixes every buzzword from UnoCart, PlusCart to Harmony together, instead of just calling it a PlusCart Duo (by iPlay).
  
  March 8
  
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bsteux    Al_Nafuur

Hi M. Al_Nafuur,

I'm Bruno STEUX, a newbie to Atari 2600 programming (I've just purchased a SECAM version on ebay, and I'm playing with it).

I've programmed a simple game that I'd like to publish in your "Public ROMs" on the PlusStore, as well as introduce it into the High Score Club. Are you the person in charge ? I've already programmed the interface to the High Score Club, but I need you (or the people in charge of it) to add the game to the database and to provide me with a game id.

Here is the link to the game source code and binaries (and the label): Paul's HappyBird. This is yet another FlappyBird clone, but quite different from yours - I've played it on my PlusCart - (mine has a focus on the bird sprite, and a gameplay close to the original).

The part of the code related to PlusROM is :

const char *PLUSROM_API = "a\0h.firmaplus.de";

void plusrom_send_score()
{
    *WriteToBuffer = game_mode;
#ifdef PAL
    *WriteToBuffer = 1;
#else
    *WriteToBuffer = 0;
#endif
    *WriteToBuffer = score_low;
    *WriteToBuffer = score_high;
    *WriteSendBuffer = 0xff; // HappyBird game id in HighScore DB
}

game_mode is 0 in Normal mode, 1 in Pro mode,

the score_low and score_high are 0-99 valued, i.e. a score of 102 is coded as high=1, low =2, and a score of 1159 coded as high = 11, low = 59.

By the way, your PlusCart and PlusStore setup is genious and works like a charm. It's very impressive. It really makes the Atari 2600 experience fresh. And I really like your 1942 bB !

With my best regards,

    Bruno Steux,

    Versailles, France
- February 3
- 1
1. Al_Nafuur
  
  Really strange, on my PlusCart also no scores were sent. PlusROM detection in Gopher2600 and Stella works fine with this ROM. I checked the ROM with the PlusCart detection code and it should be detected as F6 using PlusROM functions (to the HSC server) too.
  
  I will have to investigate further.
  
  February 4
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bsteux    Al_Nafuur

Hi M. Al_Nafuur,

I'm Bruno STEUX, a newbie to Atari 2600 programming (I've just purchased a SECAM version on ebay, and I'm playing with it).

I've programmed a simple game that I'd like to publish in your "Public ROMs" on the PlusStore, as well as introduce it into the High Score Club. Are you the person in charge ? I've already programmed the interface to the High Score Club, but I need you (or the people in charge of it) to add the game to the database and to provide me with a game id.

Here is the link to the game source code and binaries (and the label): Paul's HappyBird. This is yet another FlappyBird clone, but quite different from yours - I've played it on my PlusCart - (mine has a focus on the bird sprite, and a gameplay close to the original).

The part of the code related to PlusROM is :

const char *PLUSROM_API = "a\0h.firmaplus.de";

void plusrom_send_score()
{
    *WriteToBuffer = game_mode;
#ifdef PAL
    *WriteToBuffer = 1;
#else
    *WriteToBuffer = 0;
#endif
    *WriteToBuffer = score_low;
    *WriteToBuffer = score_high;
    *WriteSendBuffer = 0xff; // HappyBird game id in HighScore DB
}

game_mode is 0 in Normal mode, 1 in Pro mode,

the score_low and score_high are 0-99 valued, i.e. a score of 102 is coded as high=1, low =2, and a score of 1159 coded as high = 11, low = 59.

By the way, your PlusCart and PlusStore setup is genious and works like a charm. It's very impressive. It really makes the Atari 2600 experience fresh. And I really like your 1942 bB !

With my best regards,

    Bruno Steux,

    Versailles, France
- February 3
- 1
1. Al_Nafuur
  
  Hi Bruno,
  
  I have reserved the ID "60" for your game in the PlusROM HSC. It is not published yet, but you can see the scores sent with this deeplink:
  https://highscore.firmaplus.de/?game_id=60
  
  I used one of the standard transformations in the backend. To make it work correctly your ROM should send score_high first and you should omit sending the TV mode.
  
  Is your game still WIP or is it finished?
  
  If you want to have your game uploaded to the PlusStore you can just start a thread about the game here on AA add your ROM file and mention @Prizrak in your post. He is the PlusStore admin who tirelessly uploads all the files.
  
  February 3
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Tissemon Al_Nafuur

Hi!

I've got a UnoCart that I would like to try to reflash with your shared file: UnoCart_2.3.1.elf

However, this file is now listed as unavailable on this Forum - is there any other place that I can download it from?

And will you keep the UnoCart-firmware files updated whenever there's a pluscart update?

Kind regards,

Thomas Edman
- August 26, 2022
1. Al_Nafuur
  
  I am currently on holidays with bad internet access. 😞
  
  I'll send you a PM when I am back by the end of this week.
  
  August 27, 2022
  
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Charlie Cat

*Sigh* It's Monday.
- December 13, 2021
- 5
1. Al_Nafuur
  
  It's a common beginner mistake to hate Mondays, the pros hate the whole week.
  
  December 13, 2021
  
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MarcoJ

Hooray, was able to order a Pluscart! They are back in stock
- May 6, 2021
1. Al_Nafuur
  
  Yes, but shipping to Australia will takes 6 to 8 weeks. ?
  
  You might get one faster if you ask @Andrew Davie
  
  May 6, 2021
  
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danado Al_Nafuur
- March 5, 2021
1. Al_Nafuur
  
  ?
  
  Maybe you have to join the club to download the files?
  
  March 5, 2021
Omegamatrix

I'm going down down down in a ring of burning fire...
- August 5, 2020
1. Al_Nafuur
  
  Tom Waits and Johnny Cash. Did they every have done a project together?
  
  August 5, 2020
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Atariperson23

Coke or Pepsi?
- August 1, 2020
- 1
1. Al_Nafuur
  
  Water?
  
  August 1, 2020
  
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