# Sloppy Knuckles, Atari's Cancelled Painter Computer Gets An OS & More - Ramble 172

> In this episode I talk about a fellow retro nerd on The Great British Bake Off, a whole host of new Sonic ports for the Amiga, SNES and Atari STe, an operating system that turns the Atari Jaguar into Atari's cancelled Painter computer, a vibe-coded Knuckles' Chaotix recompilation that hasn't exactly impressed fans, a secret hidden on the Xevious 3D/G+ disc uncovered by our very own mnemo, DOOM on Picotron, Cyriak tinkering with Doom Builder, DOOM drawn by a pen plotter, the untimely passing of Project Gotham Racing developer David Bone Gill & more!

- Canonical URL: https://ctrl-alt-rees.com/2026-10-02-sloppy-knuckles-atari-s-cancelled-painter-computer-gets-an-os-more-ramble-172.html
- Published: 2026-10-02
- Last updated: 2026-10-03
- Author: Rees (ctrl-alt-rees)
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eghZIxUmiQQ (1:16:30)
- Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 UK (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/uk/), unless stated otherwise below

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eghZIxUmiQQ

In this episode I talk about a fellow retro nerd on The Great British Bake Off, a whole host of new Sonic ports for the Amiga, SNES and Atari STe, an operating system that turns the Atari Jaguar into Atari's cancelled "Painter" computer, a vibe-coded Knuckles' Chaotix recompilation that hasn't exactly impressed fans, a secret hidden on the Xevious 3D/G+ disc uncovered by our very own mnemo, DOOM on Picotron, Cyriak tinkering with Doom Builder, DOOM drawn by a pen plotter, the untimely passing of Project Gotham Racing developer David "Bone" Gill & more!

## Chapters
* [00:00:00 – Bake-Off Preamble](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eghZIxUmiQQ&t=0s)
* [00:08:24 – PCBWay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eghZIxUmiQQ&t=504s)
* [00:09:16 – Interesting New Sonic Ports!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eghZIxUmiQQ&t=556s)
* [00:21:41 – Atari "Painter" Cancelled Project OS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eghZIxUmiQQ&t=1301s)
* [00:32:40 – Sloppy Knuckles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eghZIxUmiQQ&t=1960s)
* [00:41:26 – mnemo's Xevious Secret](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eghZIxUmiQQ&t=2486s)
* [00:53:08 – OK Doomer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eghZIxUmiQQ&t=3188s)
* [01:03:05 – Videos Of The Week](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eghZIxUmiQQ&t=3785s)
* [01:12:59 – Tribute To David "Bone" Gill](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eghZIxUmiQQ&t=4379s)

## Original Video Links
Episode Links:
Danni On The Great British Bake Off: [https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/bakers/series-17-danni/](https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/bakers/series-17-danni/)
Sonic On The Amiga (Aonic): [https://reassembler68k.itch.io/aonic](https://reassembler68k.itch.io/aonic)
Video Of The Above: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3htbBw-zlg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3htbBw-zlg)
Making Sonic Sound Like Sonic On The Amiga: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz2C3d2orvQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz2C3d2orvQ)
SuperSonic SNES Demo: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfJKVQOcAdk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfJKVQOcAdk)
Sonic 1 On The Atari STe: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbaR_7wfPik](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbaR_7wfPik)
Atari Painter Prototype Info: [https://atari-explorer.ctrl-alt-rees.com/protos/protos-painter.html](https://atari-explorer.ctrl-alt-rees.com/protos/protos-painter.html)
JagOS 'Spot' For The Atari Jaguar: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atZwJqhJn-A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atZwJqhJn-A)
Vibe-Coded Knuckles' Chaotix Recomp: [https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/09/this-is-what-happens-when-you-rely-on-ai-slop-fans-arent-impressed-with-vibe-coded-knuckles-chaotix-recomp](https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/09/this-is-what-happens-when-you-rely-on-ai-slop-fans-arent-impressed-with-vibe-coded-knuckles-chaotix-recomp)
mnemo's Xevious 3D/G+ Secret: [https://www.mnemotron.de/xev/](https://www.mnemotron.de/xev/)
TCRF Page For The Above: [https://tcrf.net/Xevious_3D/G%2B](https://tcrf.net/Xevious_3D/G%2B)
The Making Of Xevious: [https://shmuplations.com/makingofxevious/](https://shmuplations.com/makingofxevious/)
Picotron: [https://www.lexaloffle.com/picotron.php](https://www.lexaloffle.com/picotron.php)
DOOM On Picotron: [https://bsky.app/profile/fsouchu.bsky.social/post/3mwglutzfl22i](https://bsky.app/profile/fsouchu.bsky.social/post/3mwglutzfl22i)
Cyriak's Doom Builder Experiments: [https://bsky.app/profile/cyriak.bsky.social/post/3mwlil6oiks2v](https://bsky.app/profile/cyriak.bsky.social/post/3mwlil6oiks2v)
DOOM E1M1 Plotter Art: [https://www.reddit.com/r/PlotterArt/comments/1wvchcf/doom_e1m1/](https://www.reddit.com/r/PlotterArt/comments/1wvchcf/doom_e1m1/)
David "Bone" Gill Tribute: [https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/09/one-of-the-finest-coders-id-worked-with-tributes-pour-in-for-star-citizen-wetrix-and-project-gotham-racing-dev-david-bone-gill](https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/09/one-of-the-finest-coders-id-worked-with-tributes-pour-in-for-star-citizen-wetrix-and-project-gotham-racing-dev-david-bone-gill)
Video Of The Week 1 (Emmet Custom CD Console Build): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW5HGrhBync](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW5HGrhBync)
Video Of The Week 2 (Loyal Moses They're Banning Your Home Servers): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KOau7CLCCU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KOau7CLCCU)
Video Of The Week 3 (Atari Legend Alien Breed Clones On The Atari ST): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di90BUS_fUc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di90BUS_fUc)
Video Of The Week 4 (Tech Tangents Origins Of The 3.5" Floppy): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djsyVgTGaRk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djsyVgTGaRk)