Serpentor Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 (edited) Just curious if the hack to play additional games is still necessary? I see on the official firmware release notes page they have enabled add-ons from the USB in the latest update. Is anyone who updated their firmware able to confirm this? I only see the USB info in the notes on the Deluxe version of the X. https://firmwareupdate.atgames.net/release-notes Edited January 2, 2020 by Serpentor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizzard Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Hack is not necessary, I am using updated official fw and it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serpentor Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Wizzard said: Hack is not necessary, I am using updated official fw and it works. That is great to know! Thank you for the reply. I was hesitant to update because I thought it might break the ability to hack it somehow. I much prefer using official firmware, so this is great. Edit: After downloading the update from ATGames, it appears they used the same method as the hack to enable the USB port. They even lifted the guy's pictures and used them in their firmware update guide! Edited January 2, 2020 by Serpentor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizzard Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I think you can change the firmware as you want. I used that hack to deluxe version so I lost all my bonus games. AtGames helped me to get it back though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serpentor Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 5 minutes ago, Wizzard said: I think you can change the firmware as you want. I used that hack to deluxe version so I lost all my bonus games. AtGames helped me to get it back though. They seem to be very helpful to the community. May I ask one more question? What cable did you use to add the thumb drive? I have seen a few that have been confirmed to work, but they all add more ports than needed. I am looking for one that simply splits to one USB port and a pass-through for the power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizzard Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Sure, first I ordered the one from Aliexpress, but it took too long to deliver so I ordered this https://m.alza.co.uk/premiumcord-usb-a-female-micro-usb-male-female-d3783672.htm and it works, so I did not even try that from Aliexpress after it was delivered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serpentor Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 7 hours ago, Wizzard said: Sure, first I ordered the one from Aliexpress, but it took too long to deliver so I ordered this https://m.alza.co.uk/premiumcord-usb-a-female-micro-usb-male-female-d3783672.htm and it works, so I did not even try that from Aliexpress after it was delivered. Thank you. I like the cleaner look of the solid black cords, so that one looks nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotube Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 13 hours ago, Wizzard said: I think you can change the firmware as you want. I used that hack to deluxe version so I lost all my bonus games. AtGames helped me to get it back though. Could you share the method of getting the bonus games back? Now if they could just get t upgraded to Stella 6... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizzard Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Could you share the method of getting the bonus games back? Now if they could just get t upgraded to Stella 6... [emoji4]Sure, I just flashed the firmware AtGames sent me which contained whole image including all the games. They asked me not to share the image cause I think this is the only difference between regular version and deluxe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotube Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) Tried to do the official upgrade but it's not working. EDIT: Solved. I installed the RockChip Drivers manually and that solved it. Their installer exe wasn't really doing anything apparently. Edited January 3, 2020 by Robotube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serpentor Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 4 minutes ago, Robotube said: Tried to do the official upgrade but it's not working. The Android tool just doesn't ever see the device. Definitely using a data cable and not a power cable. Followed directions to a T. For some reason, the Android tool constantly says "No Device" and will not connect. Driver was installed, I've restarted...tried all the obvious stuff. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling the driver. Nothing. I've definitely connected to other Android devices via ADB before. In fact, I tried to see the Atari Flashback X through Command Line ADB, and it won't appear. Not sure what;s up. Any suggestions? Try a different cable. Mine was very touchy, but it worked with the third cable I tried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiudr Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I set up both my new Flashback X and Retron77 systems today. I installed the latest 0.1.18 firmware in the Flashback X, which lists "- Fixed audio delay issue" in the changelog. I installed the latest community build in the Retron77. With both connected to the same exact input on my TV, the retron77 shows virtually no noticeable audio delay/sync issues when the TV is set to game mode to reduce lag. But the Flashback X shows a noticeable amount of audio lag - enough that I'd call it unplayable. I tried adjusting every possible sync setting in my TV and receiver, tried sending the sound to my soundbar instead, and even set the audio to TV speakers only, and even with auto sync enabled or adjusting the sync adjustments as far as I could go, I couldn't get it low enough to be acceptable. Meanwhile, playing the Retron77 has only the tiniest amount of lag due to the TV processing, virtually unnoticeable (even in game mode there's some lag, though much less than standard viewing mode). I tried the Flashback X right out of the box and then installed the 0.1.18 firmware, and honestly couldn't see any improvement in audio sync between the out-of-box firmware and the newest firmware. I think this unit still suffers from audio lag and I Hope they look into this further. I'm happy the new firmware allows us to load roms using the y-cable, but this audio issues makes the system undesirable to play as it is currently. I created a thread for it here: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/300395-atari-flashback-x-audio-delaylag/ Somebody posted a graph there showing the audio lag is noticeably higher than the Retron77. Is this something that they can fix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I have the non Deluxe version of the Flashback X. I successfully applied the official December firmware. Using an OTG I can see the USB stick inserted and the Atari ROMs I have in .A26 format. However non of them actually load. Is this because I have the non Deluxe version. I notice the release notes for the non-deluxe does not indicate support for this. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronner51 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 49 minutes ago, Sinjinhawke said: I have the non Deluxe version of the Flashback X. I successfully applied the official December firmware. Using an OTG I can see the USB stick inserted and the Atari ROMs I have in .A26 format. However non of them actually load. Is this because I have the non Deluxe version. I notice the release notes for the non-deluxe does not indicate support for this. Thanks I also have the non-deluxe version and can run . a26 files without problems via otg adapter. Did you formatted the stick in fat32 mbr? Maybe the stick u use is not compatible to the fbx? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 12 minutes ago, Ronner51 said: I also have the non-deluxe version and can run . a26 files without problems via otg adapter. Did you formatted the stick in fat32 mbr? Maybe the stick u use is not compatible to the fbx? I did use two sticks with mbr formatting. The fact that it works for you is re-assuring. I’ll have to dig up some more sticks to find one that works. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotube Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Be sure your filenames do NOT contain any spaces! They will appear in your ROM list but will not load. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, Robotube said: Be sure your filenames do NOT contain any spaces! They will appear in your ROM list but will not load. And that was it. Cool. Now to remove spaces from hundreds of files. thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotube Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 You can do this in a batch at the command line. There are various ways. Just google "Remove spaces in filenames command line" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 8 minutes ago, Robotube said: You can do this in a batch at the command line. There are various ways. Just google "Remove spaces in filenames command line" I figured there was a way and will do it. I just needed Demon Attack done ASAP. My go to game. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ft55555 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) 21 hours ago, Sinjinhawke said: I figured there was a way and will do it. I just needed Demon Attack done ASAP. My go to game. Thank you. You can run these lines, one at a time, from Windows Powershell: Get-ChildItem * | Rename-Item -NewName { $_.Name -replace ' ','_' } Get-ChildItem * | Rename-Item -NewName { $_.Name -replace '__','_' } Get-ChildItem * | Rename-Item -NewName { $_.Name -replace '_\.','.' } This will replace all spaces with underscores (_), remove any two consecutive underscores as well as underscores at the end of the file name. NOTE: Make sure change directory (CD) into the correct folder before you run these. You don't want to mistakenly run these in a system folder. ? Edited January 12, 2020 by ft55555 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 I did something very similar with a batch file run from within the folder with the files. Worked like a charm. Now my cool looking Flashback X is playing all the old classics. thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad5200 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 On 1/7/2020 at 8:21 AM, fiudr said: Somebody posted a graph there showing the audio lag is noticeably higher than the Retron77. Is this something that they can fix? AtGames is aware of this issue internally. It sounded like a real patch was forthcoming but has not happened. Would probably help if more people emailed AtGames at info@atgames.net and kindly requested that a fix be released to the public for both Flashback 9 and Flashback X. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiudr Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 On 1/12/2020 at 3:21 PM, chad5200 said: AtGames is aware of this issue internally. It sounded like a real patch was forthcoming but has not happened. Would probably help if more people emailed AtGames at info@atgames.net and kindly requested that a fix be released to the public for both Flashback 9 and Flashback X. I'll email them and politely ask for them to address the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draxxon Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 (edited) Atari Flashback X Deluxe: Special Edition (MODEL NO: AR3060S) V.0.1.5 official firmware update (released on Feb 12, 2020) 0.1.5 ## Highlights -Fixed audio delay issues -Enabled Firmware update from external USB drive -Enabled add-ons from external USB drive -Added APL function ## Miscellaneous -Updated UI https://firmwareupdate.atgames.net Edited February 13, 2020 by Draxxon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronner51 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 What is the APL Function? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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