Would you be interested in an updated version of Lemonade?

rgardiner1982 · Guest

Wow, its been a long time since I've been in this forum. So long in fact I seem to have forgotten my password and can't sign in with my usual username (Robert Gardiner) as I no longer have access to the email address I signed up with lol.

I apologise for going "off-grid" and not being around to provide Lemonade updates and help for the application. I'm very disappointed the development never got past beta stage, I sorta burnt myself out after writing the first version and needed to take time out to sort out other commitments and work too. But, as life goes on you learn from your mistakes and try to right the things you got wrong before.

I've got the Amiga bug back and recently booted up Lemonade to play some Superfrog and Lemmings. It made me think about the development of Lemonade and how much fun it was to work on with Kim - even though VB6 is a right pain and I shudder just thinking of using it these days lol.

Quick question though, just out of curiosity. Do you guys still use Lemonade on a regular basis? Or have you moved on to one of the other frontends (e.g. Gamebase Amiga, etc).

What did you like and dislike about it? Was there anything (besides the lack of updates) which frustrated you about it?

Cheers.

Predseda · Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 8:20 pm Post subject:

Hello Robert. Maybe you remember I worked a lot as a beta tester. I am also in the credits if I remember well Smile

If you want, I think we could re-arrange your original account here to allow you to log regularly to Lemonamiga as you were always valued member.
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EvilCensor · Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 8:50 pm Post subject:

EvilCensor · Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:34 pm Post subject:

I would also suggest that the actual question here should be more along the lines of "WOULD be interested in using an updated version of Lemonade?", some people may have stopped using it because it's no longer supported at development level or have had bad experience using it on Vista OS or higher.

So the current question may deter you from the potential 0.9.9 release that we spoke of earlier, needlessly Crying or Very sad

The poll on the News page seems to indicate an interest Very Happy

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Robert Gardiner · Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:59 pm Post subject:

Predseda · Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:59 pm Post subject:

I cant believe my own eyes - Lemonade has a chance to be updated? Shocked

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Shawn Dimery · Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:33 pm Post subject:

Ill be honest I voted no, I would definitely promote and use an updated version though, I know Lemonade is pretty much obsolete, an update would be brilliant news Very Happy

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EvilCensor · Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:04 pm Post subject:

Eagle eyed wife spotted that the thread title hadn't updated since the poll question changed.

Do you still use Lemonade?

became;

Would you be interested in an updated version of Lemonade?

So I think this time, "No" really did mean "Yes"? (shut up Jams).
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Shawn Dimery · Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:17 pm Post subject:

Ahhh I mean yes Mr. Censor!
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wiser3 · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:35 am Post subject:

With Lemonade's lack of updates and a plethora of other choices out there i stopped using it and now use Amikit with KillerGorilla's WHDLoad packs.

The lack of updates to Killer Gorilla's packs and the fact many games i love don't have WHDLoad versions (ie. Bubble Ghost, Footman, etc...) has me looking for an alternative.

I welcome the competition an updated Lemonade package would provide.
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Chuckles · Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:30 am Post subject: Good frontend

A big yep

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Gorby · Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:27 pm Post subject:

I still use Lemonade. I have a Macbook Pro with Windows XP on Bootcamp. I can´t use the latest release of Winuae with it, but after trying Amiga Forever, which I dislike because of it´s buggy file system, I just downloaded Winuae 1.0 and booted up Lemonade again. Works like a charm. Of course it would be awesome to see Lemonade updated. Things I´d like to see included:

* An easy way to set up a hard disk.
* Support for Mac Smile

(unlikely I guess)
* I guess that´s it. Lemonade is wonderful, but needs support for newer Winuae and Windows versions.

If you need support in cash to do this, you should consider Kickstarter.com
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Gary_Oak · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 11:34 am Post subject:

It's been a long time hasn't it?

For Lemonade, it would be cool if the database could support the game releases made by the Software Preservation Society.

And Robert, if you think VB6 is giving you an headache, how about porting Lemonade to something easier to program like Qt, C++ or Phoenix?
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gompedyret · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:48 am Post subject:

Yes, I still use Lemonade, and yes, yes, YES! A new version of Lemonade would be outrageously excellent.

Nice to see you back here, Mr. Gardiner. Cool

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a_three_headed_monkey · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:30 pm Post subject:

I still use Lemonade too. Currently have 1868 games set as playable on it & I find it a necessary companion to WHDload & my Amiga emulation.

Would love to see an updated version though!
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