+wongojack Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 I would appreciate more updates on core revisions. The Phoenix did not work correctly on either of my HDMI displays when I first got it. I have posted on the GitHub item for this issue which has not been updated in a long time. There is no fix for this. The only resolution proposed is to use a composite adapter. I have a composite adapter that introduces significant lag and makes the pack-in game too hard. Supposedly, a different adapter has been tested and found to have minimal lag, but I've already got 2 adapters for this thing (one to avoid the power problem and one for composite), and it seems a little ridiculous to keep buying them. As far as I know, there is no place to communicate about these problems except threads like this or on the GitHub page. Honestly, I've basically given up hope that the "pixel clock" issue will be fixed. I'm still satisfied with my purchase even if it never gets fixed, but it does sorta downgrade my overall experience. As far as the programmer being busy working on a SNES game, this just comes down to priorities. I first reported my issue in November of 2019, so it is obvious to me that prioritizing fixes for the Phoenix is not #1 for Collectorvision. Ok, that's fine. Message received. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Just as a general comment, the skills required to create a SNES game have no overlap with the skills needed to create an HDMI video device on an FPGA. The issue is people, not interest. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+evg2000 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 and just to clarify, i believe the snes game is a commitment from before the phoenix was released. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128Kgames Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 9 hours ago, wongojack said: As far as I know, there is no place to communicate about these problems except threads like this or on the GitHub page. Honestly, I've basically given up hope that the "pixel clock" issue will be fixed. I'm still satisfied with my purchase even if it never gets fixed, but it does sorta downgrade my overall experience. There is also a dedicated CollectorVision Phoenix group on Facebook, if you use it: Collectorvision Phoenix | Facebook 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Alien Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 On 3/25/2022 at 4:41 PM, retroillucid said: Our main programmer is still busy finishing our SNES game Once he's completely done with it, he'll resume works on the Phoenix Please, keep in mind we (CollectorVision) all want perfectly working core(s) It's not something we don't care of don't want to improve, cause we REALLY want! And since the Phoenix is open source, anyone can work on it, not just us. Heya! So since it's been a couple months, how close is he to finishing up that SNES game? Summer? Fall? Looking forward to that clock fix, and the Atari 2600 core adjustments myself! Loving the machine in the meantime in an alternate location. Looking forward to playing it on my Sony in my game room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDTV1080P Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 There was never an ADAM core released for this system. Looks like just a ColecoVision core and Atari 2600 core for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricky Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 So what is the point of plugging a keyboard into the PS/2 port if the ADAM kernel is still not available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digress Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 ps2 port can also be used for a mouse. Eventually an msx core would also use a keyboard. There for future expansion. I would like to be able to use a mouse and play with the coleco sketch it program for instance using just the colecovision core or as a roller controller alternative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny Swanny Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Will there ever be another run of these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Alien Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 It's been 4 months since any comment about the firmware clock fixes, etc. Did the programmer finish that SNES project as of yet that was referenced in March? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+evg2000 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 3 minutes ago, Lil Alien said: It's been 4 months since any comment about the firmware clock fixes, etc. Did the programmer finish that SNES project as of yet that was referenced in March? Thanks! no, if you want to check on the status of the snes game just look here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/justice-beaver-new-super-nintendo-game?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=bck-07112022update&utm_term=#/updates/all 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Phruby Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 I have a first release Phoenix that I've never updated the cores on. I've downloaded the latest cores and put them on the SD card. When I try to install the 2600 core, it returns SD Error 03. I'm using the original SD card. What does this mean? Do I really need to install a new core instead of just overwriting the old one on the SD? The 2600 core crashes alot even in the main menu. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 @Master Phruby did you fix your 2600 core problem? Did another Phoenix release happen? Where do I sign up? I definitely wanna be onboard for next release. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Phruby Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 10 hours ago, Zeptari1 said: @Master Phruby did you fix your 2600 core problem? Did another Phoenix release happen? Where do I sign up? I definitely wanna be onboard for next release. I gave up on it. It is too bad the Phoenix was never really supported. Collectorvision got their money and all the promised cores never happen. At least it plays Colecovision fairly well. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coleco_master Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 ***Collectorvision got their money*** Wow, thank you so much for your support. You have NO idea! We didn't make any money with the Phoenix. I personally spent like 500 hours on this project. I'm not sure if I would do it again. Am I happy we did it, YES! Why did we do it…? Passion! It's an honor to be involved in the coleco community. I'm proud we did it. We did spoke with a few 3rd parties to take over the project. It almost worked out. But it looks like the guy who did the conception of the Phoenix, doesn't want to supply all the information for someone to re-release the Phoenix again. It is not over yet! I'm sorry if we disappointed some of you. I really wish someday it will happen again. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 5 hours ago, Master Phruby said: ... Collectorvision got their money ... I would make more money by flipping my personal Phoenix on ebay than the entire run of Phoenix we did ... when you've no clue what you're talking about.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 2 hours ago, coleco_master said: I'm sorry if we disappointed some of you. I really wish someday it will happen again. Me too. I was one of the Christmas 82 kids and would love to get my hands on a Phoenix. Yup that's me and my brother playing DK on XMAS DAY 82... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 1 hour ago, retroillucid said: I would make more money by flipping my personal Phoenix on ebay than the entire run of Phoenix we did Wow Impressive.. but I don't think that's the issue here. I'll just stand back now.. I just walked into this thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMarcoux66 Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 2 hours ago, coleco_master said: ***Collectorvision got their money*** Wow, thank you so much for your support. You have NO idea! We didn't make any money with the Phoenix. I personally spent like 500 hours on this project. I'm not sure if I would do it again. Am I happy we did it, YES! Why did we do it…? Passion! It's an honor to be involved in the coleco community. I'm proud we did it. We did spoke with a few 3rd parties to take over the project. It almost worked out. But it looks like the guy who did the conception of the Phoenix, doesn't want to supply all the information for someone to re-release the Phoenix again. It is not over yet! I'm sorry if we disappointed some of you. I really wish someday it will happen again. I for one appreciate the efforts on the Phoenix. I use mine daily and am thankful for it! I will say for many of us that grew up in the 80s, we truly love and respect the efforts and time Toby, JF and the rest of the Collectorvision team have provided us! …and continue to provide us… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1980gamer Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, MMarcoux66 said: I for one appreciate the efforts on the Phoenix. I use mine daily and am thankful for it! I will say for many of us that grew up in the 80s, we truly love and respect the efforts and time Toby, JF and the rest of the Collectorvision team have provided us! …and continue to provide us… Right on. I am almost exclusively using the Phoenix for my Colecovision gaming. I'll test a rom from time to time on my laptop... But playing... The PHOENIX baby! @retroillucid Will their be a CLUB this year? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cozmos Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 I have been following this project for a couple of years now and have one from ebay still sitting in storage. The MisTer ADAM has been released and I am wondering when we will receive the Phoenix version so I can start working on ADAM exclusive games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Let me clear things up a little bit.... We (CollectorVision) all wants a perfect Atari/CV cores, we also want MSX1 and SMS cores as well So it's not like we don't want to have those supported! The problem is the programmer of the cores is currently busy finishing up a SNES game. He need to finish that project before going on a fixing/creating more cores. Let me remind you that the Phoenix is open-source, so anyone could do it... As for another Phoenix run, well .... Toby and I are not interested in doing it (go figure why...), hence why Toby said we're looking for a (serious) 3rd party to take care of it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 26 minutes ago, 1980gamer said: @retroillucid Will their be a CLUB this year? Yes, next January 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 1 hour ago, wongojack said: Glad the Phoenix exists, don't want to sell mine, wish it was better. Surely there is room for that opinion. Yup. I'm glad it exists too, wish I got onboard and ordered one, and I have no idea how I'd feel about it. I'll be happy when/if I get one it supports 100% of my Coleco games, about 40 carts. And the Nintendo Super Famicom NTT DATA KEY PAD Controller works too. I so done with stock controller... we need a replacement for that too. Even the Jag controller rewired to work would be crazy awesome! Sorry guys... I'm off topic now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMarcoux66 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Zeptari1 said: Yup. I'm glad it exists too, wish I got onboard and ordered one, and I have no idea how I'd feel about it. I'll be happy when/if I get one it supports 100% of my Coleco games, about 40 carts. And the Nintendo Super Famicom NTT DATA KEY PAD Controller works too. I so done with stock controller... we need a replacement for that too. Even the Jag controller rewired to work would be crazy awesome! Sorry guys... I'm off topic now.. That NTT Data Keypad is a MUST buy for a Phoenix. I believe someone also was modding them to work natively on the stock Colecovision. I think there is another thread in the main CV forum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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