MiSTer FPGA Forum

SavourySnaX wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 12:51 pm This is the best source of information of what the system was to be : https://konixmultisystem.co.uk/

Moondandy wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 1:40 pm
FYI anyone trying it out, you need to map the buttons. Some scaling could be nice to get the games full screen.

tonywatto wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 7:29 pm Didn't Atari re-develop the Konix multi system into the Jaguar console?

Moondandy wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 1:40 pm Do you plan to add it into the official repo soon?

Moondandy wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 4:07 pm Could this core be further developed to emulate both the 88 and 89 versions?

SavourySnaX wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 12:28 pm MiSTer Konix Multisystem Core : https://github.com/SavourySnaX/MiSTer_KonixMultisystem

For those who don't know, the Konix Multisystem was a UK Based attempt to produce a console, it was never truly finished (though it came close). In the past I produced a software emulator and managed to find some test roms via some industry contacts. Many years have passed, I've grown older, and no wiser...

This year, I've been working on an FPGA version of the machine. Its getting to the point where it now runs almost all of the original demos I had, so i figured it was time to promote its existence on these forums.

Unlike the emulator - which was written based on the documentation and rom examples i had at the time, this one should be faithful to the original hardware. The custom chips have been ported from their original Net Lists into verilog, similar to how Tom and Jerry were done for the jaguar core. Though I wrote my own tool to do it, and the Net Lists are based on different ASICs. This means bus timings are accurate to the original machine.
The CPU core has been written from scratch (its based on the work of https://www.reenigne.org/blog/8086-micr ... assembled/) and thus its timings should be accurate to the original chip. Its not complete yet, but I`m making slow progress

There are still kinks to work out, but there are builds available in the releases folder. You can grab P88 roms from http://www.konixmultisystem.co.uk/downl ... 88Roms.zip

and a fixed version of the AOTMC88 rom from : https://github.com/SavourySnaX/AOTMC89/ ... _FIXED.P88

konix wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 8:07 am Mark from the Konix website here - just signed up to say hi and to be available to attempt to answer any Konix questions that don't relate directly to the Emulator or the MiSTer core created by SavourySnaX.

Also - +1 for the suggestion to build a chair next! There is a real one in a private persons possession, but I think it's unlikely (logistically) that I'll be able to get the exact dimensions and make a blueprint for how to construct an exact replica (and apparently, it's just the chair, not the drill powered mechanism).

konix wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 3:05 pm Hi KremlingKuthroat19,

Yes, there's James Pond 2 codename Robocod which was built for the later SS4 386 version of the hardware which by that time was going to be the MSU Multisystem.
And as I've talked about on my website a few times and Lee has demonstrated with his Slipstream emulator there's what can be described as an alpha build of Last Ninja II. It's certainly playable and has multiple (all the) levels but is not polished and playtested / debugged.

I think it's going to take a lot to negotiate with the copyright holders to see if we can legally release these in any form.

Unfortunately, over the years, I've talked to most of the developers involved and have recovered as much as I think we can.
Never say never - there are always disks and files lurking around that my get uncovered, but there are quite a few builds of games that were definitely in development that are now unfortunately lost to time.

All the downloads on my website are "official" - there's no homebrew or stuff produced by amateurs, obviously there's a lot of hacky tests and demos with some awesome programmer art, but it was produced by the people building the system and some of the programers of what would have been the games for the machine.

It would be great for someone with the skills to produce something that shows what the Konix could have done, but then just how realistic/representative is that? People are producing C64 Demos and games today that are mind-blowing based on what was commonly achieved at the time.

Been having a tinker with this, and it's great, but it's also quite sad that over 30 years later, a certain copyright owner won't allow an image to be spread.
It's LN2, I saw it at the PCW show in 89. I believe it did have to be created and compiled from the source, but that's it. LN2 itself isn't that great, uses mods for the music, I'd have preferred more like Matt Gray sids from the 64.
Also a shame that things like the Star-ray image haven't survived, or have they?
If it wasn't for Alan Minter we wouldn't have the only game we've got!
Konix was fascinating. Brief history, it was originally the Sinclair Loki. Then Sinclair sold out to Amstrad in 86. Sugar sacked the entire Sinclair r&d dept. So Brennan and Cheese behind the loki, developed it into the Konix. Which also never saw release in the shops. This was then improved into flare 1 and 2, BFM used the tech in their quiz machines. Atari liked it, so it changed into the Atari Panther, again not released, so it was changed again, and came out as the Jaguar.
The point is, imagine if it had come out in 86, instead of mid 94 (Europe), Can you imagine a souped up spectrum in 86?.......Such a shame.