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I have a Vectrex console that works great and comes with its original box. The Vectrex is a US model made in Hong Kong. The serial numbers on the box and the console match. Also included are 7 games with their overlays. The overlay of Minestorm has some damage, and the bottom of the box seems like it has had some water damage. Other than that it is in great shape. The console itself seems to be in great shape, the screen is nice and bright and the sound is loud and crisp. Asking $800 via PayPal f&f (or goods & services + 4% fees) + shipping. USA only please with preference to the West Coast as this has a built-in CRT monitor. The console is well packaged (as seen in the photo) and ready to go. I will be shipping it insured unless you want to take the risk. This console is also being sold elsewhere.

Atari couldn’t even develop their own consoles without help by that time. General Computer Corporation designed the Atari 7800. Epyx designed the Lynx. The Jaguar was mostly designed by Flare Technology, who had previously worked on the Konix, a failed attempt at a British console. Atari wasn’t even meant to be developing first party software for the Lynx. Epyx was in charge of its software but declared bankruptcy shortly after its launch, losing most of its developers. So Atari Inc had to take over, but it had little actual game design experience before the Lynx. Any game development experience Atari had before the split went with Atari Games (the arcade division). Atari Inc didn't even have a video games division for almost two years. Most of the games for Atari 7800, XEGS and Atari ST were by third parties. Any development Atari Inc actually did themselves during that period was mostly converting and modifying work done before the split. The only games I could find that were possibly fully designed by Atari Inc before the Lynx were a few light gun games. Even these were all small scale projects, mostly done by 1 or 2 people. “AAA” games at that time were usually teams of 10+ people.

Some perspective here. The mod became available from Best Electronics ~15 years ago: https://web.archive.org/web/20101119105730/http://best-electronics-ca.com/7800.htm Arguably, it was the first Composite mod of its time for the 7800, as it is based from the work that Atari Engineers performed ~20 years prior to that. So, it's a ~35 year old composite mod design. Best Electronics tends to keep things as close to back in the day availability/'realness' as possible. The site was one of the extremely few 7800 product offerings for a considerable number of years. That being stated, @-^CrossBow^- is meticulous and second to none in modification and repair services. He is highly recommended.

Ok, I see what is most convenient with soldering which hole I use. Only thing that is kind of bothering me is that the activity / green led is on while the Atari is off. This obviously has something to do with the sio connection. I use external power. If you have it sio powered there is no possibility to have power on the sdrive only. So maybe this is normal like it is? Like I said earlier I can't remember what the activity led did on the arduino with uno2sio board that had the leds connected on that, the one I had from Gavin.

+1 for ImgBurn If going the disc route it is imperative also to burn at 8X or less. Don't expect 16X speed or higher burns to work properly or at all. Sadly you'll need an older CD burner as burners made today cannot burn at lower speeds. The same goes for PS1 burns. I tried just the other day to burn Einhander at 16X with my modern PC just to see if this console can handle it, but the cinematics were a choppy mess. Went over to my P4 rig and burned it the same way (same media type) at 8X and it works smooth as butter. I don't think a lot of people realize this at all honestly. One more reason moving over to ODE' s for playing backups is just a more feasible option in today's world.

Yeah, but just for clarity reasons, what controllers are going to be compatible with this on hardware? I'm guessing regular joysticks, which might mean I need to use two of them.

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I got a visit from the elbow bump fairy. She must have come while I was sleeping last night. She left me with a bump on my elbow. I tried pinching it. It got a little bit of blood out onto my fingernails. I think it's just filled with it. And it keeps reforming. I used to have them come on my butt. Why they would start forming on my elbow is just weird. I worked some more on my Virtual Boy game. It's called "Minigame Mayhem." It's a collection of little games. Right now I'm working on game #10: "Wok This Way." It's about the wok elf gathering mushrooms that pop up while trying to avoid a large pea that pops up. I hope I fixed that bug where a pea starts to form right on top of the elf, but, like all bugs, I'm not counting on it because I have no idea what I'm doing, even after my Hamburgers game.

Sorry if this is a bit of a necro bump and slightly off-topic, but might be better than starting a new thread since it is closely related. Currently, the great atari800 emulator does not get the SIO load beeps or ack "fart" sounds quite right. I don't think many people notice because they use it in fast SIO mode where no SIO sound is heard. There are only a couple of us interested in waiting and listening to the SIO noises. If I "remember" correctly, even when doing reads, there is also a simultaneous write verify "clicking" type noise. I think the clicking type noise comes through, but not the happier beep sounds. The ack "farts" also sound a bit off. A bit thin or "trebly." Well anyway, I'm going through the code and seeing if I can come up with a "fix" or workaround, so if anyone can help or has any input, it would be much appreciated! Probably best if I start with original hardware and documentation related to the original hardware before deep diving into the code. Here is the issue thread on github if anyone wants to interact there: https://github.com/atari800/atari800/issues/110 The issue also includes adding additional sounds like drive seeking and grinding, but I'm just concentrating on the SIO beeps.

I'm having trouble just getting past the title, if I can be honest. Parker Bor(e)s would be a good way to describe many of their 2600 games. Even Tutankham, which I was okay with when I played it as a kid, does not hold up under the weight of time, or its arcade counterpart, or even the recent 2600 port of the game that looks nearly arcade perfect by comparison.

I played a full game of 301 and figured out the controls halfway through. I couldn't get a screenshot of the score in time, but it took me 11 rounds. \ And I have no idea what's going on with BINGO, but hey, I started it up...

Hi! I have been working on a colecovision for a few months now and I still haven't found the problems... At first I bought it from a smokers house (so I do a big cleaning of everything since it was sticky and dirty)...A memory chip was burned so I replaced it. Then.. the graphics are ok... I add a composite mod using the LM-318 chip and the image is perfect...but.... After 2-5 minutes, the colors change then the device freezes randomly... either with the RF box or with the RCA output... same result... -I changed all the capacitors including the tantalum capacitor, -cleaned the power switch, -tested with another power supply from another colecovision which works perfectly, -reflow all the connector pins of the RF box (more than one time hahaha). but I've always the same result, when I turn on, everything is perfect but after few minutes, the colors changes and few minutes later, I'm unable to start a game, it's freeze with a buzzing sound (the video attached)... voltage is the same throught all the tests and I've got the same result with the 2 others power supply I've got for my others colecovision... I don't know what I could do next for fixing my issues.... that's why I'm posting my problem here What can be my problem? since it's was a smokers house, can something else than the memory chip suffer and burned? Another clue, when the colors go out, the Atari modules still display the correct colors but when the unit freezes (like the video attached), the Atari also stops ... all hypotheses are welcome if they can guide me towards the solution... Thanks!! 20240424_193739.mp4

@tripletopper Is your PSKai already on a flash cart? As far as burning discs, you want something like ImgBurn to burn the cue file.

Ok, makes my prototype look like a toy! Unfortunately mine only works with this system.😬

2600 Space Invaders VR: https://videogamecritic.com/2600snr.htm?e=64337#rev5897

Back when I wanted a Sega Saturn during school, I later worked enough to afford not just the localized black Model 1 system but also a copy of Nights into Dreams and a 3D Control Pad to play it properly. I had bought all three of them on Amazon and fell in love but stressed out over figuring out how to play the game before I got a Night Over. Eventually, I mastered the game, defeated the evil Wizeman...and didn't get to see the closing cinematic for both Claris and Elliot likely because either the disc was worn or the Saturn wasn't reading, so I viewed the cinematics on YouTube and can happily confirm that I actually beat a Sega video game that I enjoy. Tried to use memory cartridges too but the Saturn was being picky with each of the two I've owned: the third-party model survived while the first-party model deteriorated and broke because I fooled with it learning how to properly use a memory cartridge on a Saturn...but the other one reads just fine if I adjust it. Maybe the other user was right about the games being so pricey that you only can afford a few games per system...but I wanted a Saturn because I like Sega and was able to afford it at the time, and I still play Nights and Virtua Fighter 1 and 2 as if I bought those games along with the system back in the late 90s. Anybody who likes Nights into Dreams or Virtua Fighter can look at the fansites too: http://www.nightsintodreams.com/ https://virtuafighter.com/ And then there's Sega Saturn, Shiro too that I discovered while using WordPress: https://www.segasaturnshiro.com/ Yeah, I am a huge Sega nut usually because I wanted to play something old yet new to me. Then I bought an Atari 2600: who knows what might happen next as I collect more video game stuff...or if I get an NES for that matter.

So I removed all the mods today and the unit worked but was a bit flakey and would bomb if the 68000 was tapped. I removed the 68000 and found 4 pin which were broken and not the full length meaning their contact with the socket was not great. I built new pins from headers, re-installed the 68000 and the unit is rock solid now. Thanks for all the input.

Yes, that's exactly what happened! Okay, I get it now. I didn't understand the rule that the ghost will appear on the same side that the eyes went to. Thank you!

It seems to be the larger ones that run into a problem. The smaller elf test files work ok. I shared my WIP folder with you. There are 3 files ranging from 46KB to 86KB in it that all return "ROM Download Failed" I tried the WIFI update a few times and each time it reports software download failed.

you could host every file made for every atari platform, and atari age is the ultimate discussion forum… why would anyone else want to run an atari site?

Hi guys, Back with NeoGeoNow on more on what he has to say. Enjoy. Anthony..

anything related to atari running on “wildcat” platform of any type is just dreadful.. what an absolutely terribly bbs software that was.. i used to cringe when i would logon and see it, quick bbs, the oriignal fido bbs, rbbs, or any unmodded pcboard… bleh..

Excellent Shane. You're going to love Viewpoint. Well worth the money to purchase one for sure. Anthony..

Seeing this topic made me remember those heady “bit wars” days. And, man, Dougal22… was today the day you just finally had it with the Jaguar? Did you get hit with a Trevor McFur cart this morning? Did someone yell “where did YOU learn to drive?” and you slipped into “Do The Math” flashbacks?