Ok, here's a fun trick for everyone who has a Japanese VMS. I've written a program to dump the contents of the VMS firmware. Unfortunately, it depends on...
I was just wondering - is there any way to access the blocks in the range 200-240 which are marked as "not used", for saving data from a VM game, for example,...
Yes, I'm calling it a compiler for the VMU, 'cuz that's what it does. I'm also calling it and the language it compiles, "Lime." And this post is the "official...
... Option = A Shift = B Return = Dunno. Closes the window on my mac. The close box wont work for me. :-) That should be all you need to play a game. I dont...
Okay, this is kind of silly and I feel foolish but I can't for the life of me figure out how the A and B keys for the Mac VMU emulator are mapped. I found the...
Everyone-- I'm pleased to announce the Alpha release of my port of Soeren Gust's VMU communication routines to the PC parallel port (under windows). This ...
Hi all, I just joined the list and I'm really excited to see such a neat community working on VMU development. I am *really* interested in doing this, but I...
Hey All, I am running a new web based games development team, Team G43. We are looking into making VMU unit games, just to put on our website. One small...
Hi Guys, I'm a former game programmer from Germany (did 10 games for Sinclair ZX81, C=64, Amiga & PC) and I'm currently working on a "Space Invaders"-clone for...
hi, it would be a great idea to have alexander villagran on our list. does someone have a direct contact to him. it seems he filters his mails extensively. ...
hi, has anyone of you tried to run imported discs using the swaptrick? i did that when trying the us-dc-mag gdrom with the new 1.1 browser they distributed...
Hello. I'm currently writing a Pacman game for the VMU, and now I've run into some serious problems creating sound for it. Here is the sample source code for...
Here's something interesting - A game which seems to do it's save CRC ... ===== _ Richard Munn RAMTronics Software _ // www : http://come.to/ramtronics ...
... Actaully, yes. Would you like me to send you a 68k version, or would you like me to release the next version as FAT so it works on PPC and 68k? I'll check...
Hey List, Sorry to make this bothersome post, but I have a quick question about the LCD files. After looking a Richards LCD code he put in the files section, I...
... I haven't find any links in the BIOS yet... As you can see below, there are some links I haven't worked out yet. e000-wipe FLASH e003- e006- e009- e00c- ...
In a sudden fit of productivity, I whipped together a new release of the assembler. Source available now in the usual place, AmigaOS binary will be uploaded...
Hello. Let's say I plug two VMUs together, and both run the same program. Is there an easy-to-use way how the two programs can exchange data between them?...
Would it make sense to add extra directives to the assembler so that it can call/use the vmu code directly to create a .vmi file on assembly? i.e. something...
I started looking at what it would take to make a PC parallel-port to vmu adapter to use with Soeren's program. I checked out the voltages on my laptop, and...
Here are some power measurements for the VM: watch: 1mA sleep watch: 0.85mA transfer: 5mA, 8mA peak getkeys loop 6MHz: 9.2mA getkeys loop 3MHz: 6mA getkeys...
I just thought I'd post to say that I've successfully powered my VMfrom a standard 9 volt battery (for about half an hour of playingTrickstyle jr) with no...
I've found that there are some nasty graphical glitches when you run the Powerstone games on SoftVMS (although the games themselves seem to run quite happily) ...
Okay, from my tests (with the web page mentioned in an earlier test) I think Marcus' assumptions were right. In other words the DC only looks at the two least...
Hello. Just wanted to ask... are there any new DOS/Windows ports of Marcus' VMU Emulator and / or Assembler? I could really use an emulator with correct ...
Would it be possible to set up a server which accepts emails which it then saves in a central database? A user could then visit its website, select a message...
I've added a second news folder in the links section for stories that aren't really VM-related, but are still interesting. New in is a large report on Sega's...
okay, on the page: http://rvmu.port5.com/a/ I've set up 16 links to .vmi files with the file type field $0000 up to $000f. They're all game files (just a...