THE JOURNAL
Selected updates from the workbench.
2026-11-02 · BMX Cruisers
Version 1.3 reduces rendering and course-loading work in every graphics mode. Performance now uses a sharper 900p scene with a full-resolution interface; Balanced offers 1080p and High retains optional 4K. The original movement, timing and one-life challenge remain unchanged.
2026-11-01 · BMX Cruisers
The five courses now have continuous grass-to-water banks, with shoreline plants and stones following their curves. Finish celebrations use vivid colored trails and bright sparks.
2026-11-01 · BMX Cruisers
All five original courses are now playable. Play Game starts at Course One with one life: a crash ends the run, and only finishing all five in order qualifies for the new high-score board. Practice Courses allows any selected course and unlimited retries without entering that board.
2026-10-31 · BMX Cruisers
The first public beta makes Course One playable in a 3D park, with adjustable pace and camera, rider customization, keyboard menus and a guitar-based soundtrack.
2026-10-20 · CGA Image Studio
CGA Image Studio 1.0.0-rc.1 is available as a standalone Windows download. New text conversion tools turn pictures into standard 40- or 80-column CGA characters, with settings optimization and a live DCT Tweaker. Mode Switch Repeat explores palettes that cycle over two to six scanlines, and diffusion corrections reduce unwanted color bleeding.
2026-10-11 · Atari 2600 Image Optimizer
Version 0.6.0 adds two 128×200 bus-stuffing modes and 48×192 options for several existing displays. The flexible three-frame modes are now called 8 color mode and 8 color per line mode; per-line backgrounds can fill the picture while the surrounding border stays black.
2026-10-10 · Atari 2600 Image Optimizer
The new silver-and-color-pixel logo now appears on the website, in the workbench and on GitHub. Version 0.5.1 adds the matching Windows icon and a Help → About window; image conversion and cartridge output are unchanged.
2026-10-05 · Atari 2600 Image Optimizer
Version 0.5.0 runs on Windows without a separate Python installation. The workbench now separates image fitting from color search, adds crop zoom, and provides twenty Static and Flicker modes.
2026-09-28 · Aquarius Image Converter
The recovered source and original downloads are now together on GitHub. Six archival releases cover AQGraph through V4.1; all eight ZIP attachments retain their original bytes and bundled samples.
2026-09-28 · Aquarius Image Converter
The Aquarius Image Converter now has a stable modern compiler compatible version. V4.1.1 freezes the working source and provides a freshly compiled Windows executable, built with FreeBASIC 1.10.0.
2026-09-28 · Aquarius Image Converter
An early-line-ending bug in the generated BASIC DATA statements has been fixed. The owner tested the corrected output in Virtual Aquarius and confirmed it worked perfectly.
2026-09-28 · CGA Image Studio
CGA Image Studio 0.167a brings the recent conversion work into a new standalone Windows alpha. The interface now groups modes by display type, keeps advanced settings out of the way, and puts progress and a clear STOP button in the top bar. Automatic whole-pixel zoom makes fine patterns easier to inspect without uneven scaling.
2026-09-27 · CGA Image Studio
The Windows prerelease adds a fixed staggered layout for eight-write Mode Switch conversion, with matching DOS program, assembly, and disk exports. It remains an alpha while feature and hardware validation continue.