I kept seeing screenshots of the Amiga version of this game in Commodore magazines -- a huge source of frustration for a poor C64 owner like myself.

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Quoting: NarvarthIt's really disappointing that we have to explain such evident facts on a Linux website...

Yeah it totally beats me how people on a Linux website aren't rallying behind someone's commercial venture, despite the fact that the advertisements for it sound very nice.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyEnding the statement with "sad"--I wonder if Atari have decided to go with the "Donald Trump" method of gaining publicity. Machiavelli: "Let them hate, so long as they fear". Trump: "Let them hate, so long as there is buzz".

They did cry 'Fake News!' (literally) about the youtuber I linked to.

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Quoting: wvstolzingWasn't there also a minor controversy before this one, that they 'demonstrated' games on the system which they actually ran on a windows pc behind the scenes?

That is pretty much par for the course for running console demos.

Demonstrations based on a souped-up windows pc behind the curtain is almost OK for cross-platform titles, otherwise it's obviously deceptive -- though the intentions behind doing something like that need not be entirely fraudulent.

I remembered where I had heard about this; it's from a retro gaming youtuber's channel (which I don't follow regularly, so I know nothing about this guy otherwise); he kind of made a big deal out of the 'fake footage', though it mostly was a case of careless wording on the VCS website & lack of communication with the developers themselves. (It was footage 'for illustrative purposes' (well...) for a *yet to be announced* port; but the developers themselves hadn't even learned about the 'port', so they called out the fake footage, this youtuber caught wind of it, etc. etc.)

Their response to the youtuber who made a report about this was also a little on the impulsive & harsh side:

https://youtu.be/pKjJix3PLMk?t=6m46s [External Link]
(from 6:46 onwards)

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Wasn't there also a minor controversy before this one, that they 'demonstrated' games on the system which they actually ran on a windows pc behind the scenes?

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Quoting: GuestI dont know of any software-level simulators of AVR chips.

Yeah that's what the 'circuits' tab under 'tinkercad' allows:

circuits/tinkercad [External Link]

(Select the 'Text' option on the 'Code' sidebar to get proper Arduino syntax.)
I wish this was available as an offline desktop application.

It's quite limited, but things like sensors are very cleverly implemented (you just adjust the simulated quantities with various graphics on the work area [check out the distance sensor, for instance]), and the Arduino just seems to be the 'real thing'.

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Quoting: GuestI use LTSpice for circuit simulations.. and I just use the Arduino (or an AVR chip) for programming ;)

Is it possible to simulate microcontrollers in LTSpice itself, and program them as well?

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Quoting: GuestI prefer to design real circuit boards now. EAGLE even runs on Linux (at least, until Autodesk destroy it completely)

I wish the new incarnation of circuits.io (under 'tinkercad' ) had an offline application. As far as I can see (which isn't very far because I'm an ignoramus) neither Eagle nor Fritzing has a simulation feature -- including support for programming a simulated Arduino or ATtiny.

Also the game looks very interesting; always happy to see new 'Zachlikes', haha.

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I'd like to think (fantasize more like) that this is because intel's becoming aware that their CPU dominance in desktops & servers is coming to an end. (In that context, I can't wait for RISC V systems to become mainstream & affordable.)

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Quoting: Duke TakeshiAlso not being allowed to have these games ported to Linux wouldn't shed a good light on M$'s alleged love towards open source / Linux.

In fairness, though, they've never claimed to 'love open source' in any context other than 'cloud services' and the like. If they had made any fawning remarks about desktop Linux, or open source in education, or (heaven forbid) gaming etc., that would've been stomach-turningly blatant in its hypocrisy.

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