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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I use a Bluetooth keyboard for that, and for configuring button mappings in MAME. Some variants of MAME in Retroarch don't have a good way to get into global or game-specific mappings. the TAB key always works though. Need it for games like Battlezone that need to simulate dual sticks, etc.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Yeah..it's a really nice device. It's really good for most Amiga games too.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I used the previous version of AmigaVision though. The latest version doesn't seem to support saving your favorites / high scores, etc. directly into the main HDF. The previous version does. All of my favorite Amiga games that are in the new version are in the previous version as well anyway.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Also got AmigaVision working on the Rotate. I basically just copied the hdf file for AmigaVision into the "amiga" directory of Cocoon, right along side the adf floppy images. AmigaVision is just an entry in the Amiga games folder, but it launches AmigaVision with the full WHDload library.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It turns out that the problem with the Pico8 front end on the RG406V had nothing to do with permissions or Play Protect. Apparently, somehow the apk files for both the old version and the new 1.66 version had gotten corrupted. Blew everything away and installed from a new 1.66 apk and it's fine now.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

If yours acts like that, I'd advise against removing that version. My other two Android devices worked fine and upgraded in place.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

What's weird is that the previous version was on there and worked. I tried to install the new version (as I had on my other devices) and it popped that weird error. I removed the previous version thinking it might help, but it didn't, and now I can't install that previous version on it either.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It's odd. I was able to install this on the RG Rotate, my Pixel phone, but it absolutely refuses to install on my RG406V. As soon as it starts to install, a black banner appears along the bottom of the screen and says, "cancelling installation". Pretty sure it's not the normal apk side-load issue.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Other than that, Cocoon and the device itself are awesome. It's a little small for extended use, but the controls, screen and case are solid.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This could be because my .adf files are compressed with 7z, so the extensions are ".adf.7z". That should work, but I don't think that most people use it that way. I'll experiment with changing the compression to .zip as well as just straight-up uncompressed .adf files and see what happens.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I found what I think is a weird bug in Cocoon. When scanning Amiga diskette images, it's appending the string " adf" (the string preceded with a space) to the actual metadata, so when you I go to scrape, they all fail until that string is removed manually. Only Amiga images are doing that though.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The only other actual Atari machine I have out at the moment is my Atari Mega ST2. I also have an 800XL in storage.

Atari Mega ST2 with color and HiRes monochrome CRTs.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

If you're having trouble getting it on there in the first place, it might be helpful to stick it inside a zipfile, and get the resulting zip file onto the device. Then use the android files app to extract it(the downloads directory is a good place to stage it). Then use the files app to run the apk.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Yes. It tried to prevent me from installing it, but I overrode the requester and pushed through the install.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Do you have a link to that launcher? Apparently there are a million different forks of it.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I'll probably run that one on mine too. I use Daijisho on my RG406V. It works pretty well, but it's a bit over complicated unless you're installing the kitchen sink. Also, I did not know about that Android Pico-8 wrapper. I just put that on my RG406V and am playing around with it.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Yes, although I do have an Incogneto board for it that I haven't installed yet.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Yes, in pretty much perfect condition.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Yes. It mostly just copied itself to other disks via the boot sector. Not a problem on a standard AmigaDOS disk, but on something with non-standard boot code / format, it would corrupt it and render it unbootable. That's why I always kept the write protect switch set on factory disks.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Didn't do much to the Amiga BITD, either. Usually an SCA virus. I had one come from a factory duped, store bought disk at least once. Easy to remove with VirusX. It's not really going to have a way to propagate between images on an emulator anyway though.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I opted for this one. It's Bluetooth, so it doesn't depend on the position or contact with the USB C port. Might be a bit of lag, but it's also 8BitDo, so it's going to be as good as it can be. I do really like the look and layout of that other one though. www.amazon.com/dp/B0F381K6X...

amazon.com

Amazon.com: 8Bitdo Micro Bluetooth Gamepad Mini Controller with Mobile Clip - Green | Pocket-sized, Supports Keyboard Mode, for Switch, Android : Video Games

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I guess my main related issue is the offset of the USB C port from the edge in some setups. I have an android phone so it seems like that might be an issue regardless of the case.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This looks good but a lot of people in the reviews are complaining that it doesn't fit with their phone case, which makes me hesitant.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I have to say, I am skeptical..seems like that might have been done in parallel someplace else. It is quite possible I'm completely wrong, but it is hard to believe.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

That is funny. The FIRST time we had a color TV in our livingroom in the early 1970s was a rental, because our black and white TV had just gone out. The first thing I saw on it was an episode of Star Trek. I remember it was a scene where they were on the bridge. it was an eye opener, for sure!

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The Amigo version of Rodland is my favorite. I like it better than the Arcade version or any of the others I've tried. Definitely more to be played, rather than just trying to harvest quarters.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Have you seen this @duhproject.bsky.social ? Looks pretty interesting. www.remapper.org

remapper.org

HID Remapper

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I totally thought that Flash Gordon was Aquaman at first.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

It's not a 1987 computer. It's a 2005 computer that happened to come out in 1985.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

This is my bridged Mastodon-Bluesky account. Follow this if you want to see and be able to respond to my Mastodon posts without having to actually go to Mastodon. (I tend to post more there) bsky.app/profile/para...

bsky.app

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Yes. That is why waiting for mail is a sad time for ME.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I'm running 3.1 by default on my 2000.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Fired up the retrocomputers downstairs tonight for a bit of BBSing and gaming. #retrogaming #bbsing

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Using PUAE on the back end on both the RG406V and Steamdeck. Games load pretty much instantly, and I don't have to mess with multi-disk games since it's based on WHDload and everything just works.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Spent some time last night and today, and got Amigavision / MegaAGS working on the Annbernic RG406V under Daijisho and on the Steamdeck under Emudeck / ES-DE. In both cases I set up a second Amiga entry called A1200 that's completely separate from the default floppy-based Amiga profiles...

Amigavision / MegaAGS running on the Anbernic 406V and the Steamdeck.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

You might want to take a look at RotorSim on Steam too, if you haven't already. I've been playing it a fair amount lately. It's a decent, relatively simple helicopter simulator. It looks like it's on sale right now too. store.steampowered.com/app/3376070/...

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Save 25% on RotorSim: Helicopter Simulator on Steam

Retro-style helicopter simulation built with love and focused on easy to pick up mechanics. Fly around and test your skills with 3 different aircraft in a dynamic, mission-filled world.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

One other thing to consider is that this is one of those rare cases where a software emulator is superior to FPGA for this specific emulation. The Intellivision library is small enough that they can custom patch for every original game so that they all work nearly perfectly, even speech, etc.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I just checked..there's no way it was the same voice actor. The guy that did Moonraiser's voice was Stan Francis, and he died in April of 1966. The voice sure sounds similar though.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Also..one weird thing I remember about this game is that Sinistar's digitized voice sounds almost exactly like the voice of King Moonraiser, the winged lion king of the Island of misfit Toys in the Rankin Bass Christmas special, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. No idea if it's the same voice actor.

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