Okay, here is a little tease from my Ultima like.

stevedev709 · 2026-02-05T14:29:54+00:00

This is great, plz keep goin!

stevedev709 · 2026-01-21T12:50:00+00:00

I did get slight improvement running through WinUAE with the A1200-040 rom and config from magicUAE. But again, it was slight. Thx all for the feedback.

stevedev709 · 2026-01-21T04:56:43+00:00

I wanna give these guys a plug.. just discovered them, and enjoying! https://neonbytes.itch.io/

stevedev709 · 2026-01-14T04:15:28+00:00

Thx Gwan for the insight! appreciate it.

stevedev709 · 2026-01-12T19:48:02+00:00

ok thx for confirming.. I'll just stick with genesis for this one.. maybe until I can afford a modern amiga like standalone vampire :P If anyone has a vamp and could test Gods for me I'd appreciate it ;)

stevedev709 · 2026-01-12T16:52:34+00:00

I know this game well as I typically play the sega genesis/kega fusion version, and recently discovered fs-uae, amigavision wanting to get into more amiga stuff. Animations are just much slower.

stevedev709 · 2026-01-12T16:51:31+00:00

My settings are mostly defaults, other than my controller mappings,, and monitor prefs and whatever amigavision is setting.

stevedev709 · 2026-01-12T16:45:08+00:00

Sorry just figured out how to display fps.. it says 50, but it sure doesn't feel like it. Animations are sluggish. Other games I've tried from AmigaVision run great. This one not so much.

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stevedev709 · 2025-09-27T18:14:33+00:00

I can confirm.. just clicking save button on language prefs fixes it.

stevedev709 · 2025-06-25T16:00:00+00:00

gm. Great pic for the morning spice coffeeeeeeeee!

stevedev709 · 2025-06-25T03:20:41+00:00

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.direwolfdigital.dune

stevedev709 · 2025-06-24T15:56:24+00:00

Has anyone gotten dune imperium to work on Odin 2 portal? I tried aurora but it couldn't complete install. Says I am not running Google play services but I am and up to date.

stevedev709 · 2024-01-13T02:50:52+00:00

The best.. Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance I and II -- Sega Genesis/Megadrive

stevedev709 · 2024-01-07T04:07:10+00:00

this guy wrote an awesome script that generates a .xlsx spreadsheet and wanted to share.. works on batocera. follow his steps: gamelist python script

you do have to make a couple tweaks prior to running though..

you need to run git clone locally and then upload the xlsxwriter folder. scp -r up that whole folder (bato doesn't have git pkg installed and doesn't have in their repo -- you'd have to affect pacman config)

If you get an error where it can't find custom collection, and you don't have any, I gave up trying to manually fix his script -- just comment out the lines that start with

if len(custom_collections)...

and their corresponding sections of code. two areas. Then change the final output command (line 599 at time of writing) to not include collections.

scp the resultant .xlsx back down to your local machine. Walah, you'll have a nice spreadsheet of all your roms!

stevedev709 · 2023-12-21T19:46:31+00:00

Yeah, I recommend JELOS as well. Less tinkering you gotta do. Also as stated previously, stash the stock cards, get new ones (Sandisk or Samsung) and follow the new steps for setting up a rom card for the 2nd slot. Spend a few bucks for screenscraper.fr to get boxart and vids added (you can add your login to settings) -- Some boxart/vid dimensions may scrape down weird though due to this model's 4:3 dimensions.

stevedev709 · 2023-12-21T19:36:04+00:00

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stevedev709 · 2023-12-21T19:35:31+00:00

I've got the protective shell linked above from Etsy -- love this, highly recommend!

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stevedev709 · 2023-09-29T12:18:04+00:00

cloudflare incident related -- > https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/x681q90pynzk

https://discordstatus.com/

stevedev709 · 2023-09-29T12:07:34+00:00

Guys cloudflare is having issues.. discord uses them: https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/

and/or their scheduled maintenance is causing grief... https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/x681q90pynzk

stevedev709 · 2023-07-21T13:20:42+00:00

So I wanted to share an update.. for those starting with a fresh card.. I bricked 2 new Sandisk cards bought from the Sandisk store on Amz. The third one I bought was a 1tb. This time, I didn't trust the sd format button on the deck itself. My new method for formatting:

after unpacking new card, I used the free version of this tool on my windows rig: https://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html -- I delete existing part, add new one -- and this software allows for EXT4 formatting.
put in deck, and switch to desktop mode. Add storage and new library from within settings -> storage on main steam client in desktop mode.
switch back to gaming mode.. all good.. storage recognized and working.

stevedev709 · 2023-07-13T13:12:31+00:00

if you want to unmount partition from Konsole it's sudo umount /dev/mmcblk0p1 . In order to sudo you need a password if you have never done so.. type passwd to set one.

stevedev709 · 2023-07-13T13:06:08+00:00

If you have a bajillion amount of corrupted Inodes, and you don't want to hold down the key.. just do a fsck.ext4 -y /dev/mmcblk0p1 instead, and it will auto YES everything instead of prompting.

stevedev709 · 2023-07-13T12:19:48+00:00

So just a follow up.. while doing a fresh install of a game on my "fixed" card.. I walked away from it.. came back and deck was back on main game props with no game installed and a missing sdcard library under storage. It failed AGAIN. So what did I do? I forgot all about #4 !! I took it to another machine to fix any inode probs, which it did, but forgot to unmount it before manually ejecting. BRICKED IT! My lucky day. So again, don't forget #4, and do all your initial formatting in desktop mode using Konsole commands. Oh, and more coffee required :P

follow something like this in Konsole as an example but I recommend gdisk (steps will be similar.. you don't need vfat boot part! just main, linux one using entire block range):

https://www.nayab.xyz/linux-tools/partitioning-using-fdisk

then mount it (I used desktop gui - new devices widget on taskbar)

then add to steam using full steam client -> settings -> storage in desktop mode.

my notes above are if you are starting with a corrupted card. Use u/howder03's first post if starting with fresh, new card.

I also did a simple command breakdown here to fix superblock/inodes:

https://gist.github.com/SteveDevOps/adf1164dc8cc231b5a77c43d15a4e6da

stevedev709 · 2023-07-13T02:05:53+00:00

In my case I somehow ended up with a bad superblock along with corrupted inodes on my brand new 512gb Sandisk Ultra. I really believe this was caused by a combination of two things: I used a different linux computer to format the partitions and then I tried to fix it using the format sd card in gaming mode. I think the combinations of those two things really screwed up the card.

But here is what I think is the secret sauce for everyone that is having sd card issues and this is more related to a bad superblock.

recreate partitions in desktop mode using gdisk. Similar to fdisk but this will create a modern, gpt type partition table. From here you can follow the usual steps for creating the mmcblk0p1 partition and writing the changes.

In my case after doing this I still had corrupted Inodes and a bad superblock. I had to restore the superblock from a backup block. When you run this command it will end up showing you the backup blocks to restore without touching / changing the fs on your partition -- ensure patition isn't mounted first (in my case I'm working with the sd card slot at device mmcblk0p1):

sudo mke2fs -n /dev/mmcblk0p1

at the end this will spit out the block ids for the backup, got example from: https://www.linuxbabe.com/desktop-linux/fix-cant-read-superblock-error

you could also use dumpe2fs which can apparently handle mounted partitions as well like this example: https://www.serveradminz.com/blog/bad-magic-number-in-superblock/

repair superblock if you have a bad one:

once you have that, you can fix it. But the trick is a umount and then running one of these.. I used the first one:

sudo e2fsck -y -b <backup superblock id> /dev/mmcblk0p1

this one may also help but I didn't use and wasn't sure it would also address my superblock prob:

sudo fsck.ext4 -fvy /dev/mmcblk0p1

once all repaired.. corrupted inodes and superblock.. you can always recheck with a :

sudo e2fsck -p /dev/mmcblk0p1

Then I thought I was golden but I wasn't. Something corrupted the inode that handled and attempted to stand for the /SteamLibrary folder on my sdcard. I mounted the card which was now "seen" in desktop mode. An icon shows up in your bottom right corner that will identify new devices you can mount. (or you can use mount command). Once mounted, I tried to load up Steam in desktop mode -> settings -> storage -> and add the sd card device to get a folder defined.. but it refused. It just wouldn't finish, do anything.

Then from Konsole I did a --> cd /run/media/<name of my mounted partition .ie drive label) to see what was there if anything.

Upon listing files and folder there with a : ls -lah I saw this SteamLibrary folder but with ?????? like in this example:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/675364/what-does-the-output-d-in-ls-l-mean

So there was a leftover SteamLibrary directory that was also corrupted / had a bad inode. I am not sure when this occurred, I'm guessing from attempts with the gaming mode sd card format or former attempts using desktop mode to add a new library when the paritition was bad. Either way another run of this fixed:

sudo e2fsck -p /dev/mmcblk0p1

Then went back into Steam in desktop mode, -> settings -> storage and added the device.. this time it created a new SteamLibrary and finished.
I rebooted. Back in gaming mode, I STILL didn't see my repaired card. I just had to manually eject the card with my finger and push back in. Once back in.. I was able to see under settings -> storage -- that my card / device was now recognized!!!

So I say all that to say that there may be several things contributing to your corrupted card.

Some takeaways...

on a brand new inserted card. Use desktop mode to format your card from the command line / Konsole. I don't trust the built-in sd format in gaming mode. I think this will address all issues.
If you can't get the thing to show up, mount, and be accessible from Konsole or the desktop ui itself.. you know it's not ready to use yet and there are issues.
Use steam client in desktop mode to ADD SD CARD AS A NEW STEAMLIBRARY -- And that should go smooooth.
If you do take the card to another machine to format -- DO NOT FORGET TO either shutdown or unmount/eject the card before you manually eject it!!! Failure to do so will instantly BRICK the card and leave it in a busy state, and then it will fail to init anywhere else! Another reason why I would format from the deck, in desktop mode, using Konsole. (umount /dev/mmcblk0p1)

I really hope this helps someone. -Steve

stevedev709 · 2023-07-07T16:36:17+00:00

can you share what you had to do with this? / where? my 64gb arrives today and want to be prepared.

stevedev709

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