Are you going to buy a Harmony cart for the Atari 2600?

[deksar]

Same here. If it will be around $50, I'll definitely get one. Please add me too!

By the way: Does it support ALL the Atari 2600 games? And i am in the PAL zone, hope thats ok with it.

Thanks,

Best regards.

Edited June 1, 2009 by deksar

[Dan Iacovelli]

I agree 50.00 is great price especially with usb and SD support.

[Volker]

If it's not too expensive and works with PAL, count me in.

 

Regards,

Volker

[dabluesman]

I'm planning on buying a minimum of 3, most likely 4.

 

-John

[Foster]

I'm in for at least two! I'm thrilled to see that this project may become a reality!

 

.. Steve

[Zoyx]

How close to going into production?

[keilbaca]

If there is a preorder list, put me down. As I said, I'd love to play my 2600 again.

 

Does the Harmony cart have an option, if only one game is loaded, that it'll boot like a normal cartridge?

 

Oh I almost forgot. I'd gladly buy a limited version, knowing it does cost more. I really miss playing my Atari.

Edited June 4, 2009 by keilbaca

[+batari]

If there is a preorder list, put me down. As I said, I'd love to play my 2600 again.

 

Does the Harmony cart have an option, if only one game is loaded, that it'll boot like a normal cartridge?

 

Oh I almost forgot. I'd gladly buy a limited version, knowing it does cost more. I really miss playing my Atari.

The multicart BIOS allows you to put one game on the SD card, and it will automatically boot that game. It won't boot quite like a normal cartridge as you'll see the spinner for a second or two while the game is loading from SD.

 

You can make it operate like a normal cartridge if you program the game directly to the board through the USB port. This option does not require an SD card at all. This is the avenue that developers will probably take, as it's a little easier than swapping the SD card, and you can leave the cart plugged into your console and USB cable plugged into the cart.

[Buzbard]

If there is a preorder list, put me down.

 

Add me too, I'll definitely buy one. Great project!

[deksar]

Does it has deleting option? An option to delete games from the menu (for i.e. wrongly copied, cloned games..etc)

[+batari]

Does it has deleting option? An option to delete games from the menu (for i.e. wrongly copied, cloned games..etc)

Remove the card and insert into a card reader to manage files.

[HFK]

I know I would buy one from everything said so far. It is on my want list

[Zzap]

Sounds great, I'm keen!

[moving2]

I'm in depending on price.

[gulag picture radio]

I'm in at around the $50 mark that we're talking about here. I know a couple other guys who would get in on one too. Feel free to put me down for a pre-order!

[keilbaca]

If there is a preorder list, put me down. As I said, I'd love to play my 2600 again.

 

Does the Harmony cart have an option, if only one game is loaded, that it'll boot like a normal cartridge?

 

Oh I almost forgot. I'd gladly buy a limited version, knowing it does cost more. I really miss playing my Atari.

The multicart BIOS allows you to put one game on the SD card, and it will automatically boot that game. It won't boot quite like a normal cartridge as you'll see the spinner for a second or two while the game is loading from SD.

 

You can make it operate like a normal cartridge if you program the game directly to the board through the USB port. This option does not require an SD card at all. This is the avenue that developers will probably take, as it's a little easier than swapping the SD card, and you can leave the cart plugged into your console and USB cable plugged into the cart.

 

That is *exactly* what I wanted to know. Thank you so much!

[Dan Iacovelli]

how far are they in the project? is close or still WIP?

[accousticguitar]

You can make it operate like a normal cartridge if you program the game directly to the board through the USB port. This option does not require an SD card at all. This is the avenue that developers will probably take, as it's a little easier than swapping the SD card, and you can leave the cart plugged into your console and USB cable plugged into the cart.

Can you program a multicart image directly to the board without using the SD card at all (like on the Kroc cart)?

[+batari]

You can make it operate like a normal cartridge if you program the game directly to the board through the USB port. This option does not require an SD card at all. This is the avenue that developers will probably take, as it's a little easier than swapping the SD card, and you can leave the cart plugged into your console and USB cable plugged into the cart.

Can you program a multicart image directly to the board without using the SD card at all (like on the Kroc cart)?

It's not yet possible to program the 4 MB onboard EEPROM through USB, which is where you'd put multiple games. You can program the 32k onboard flash with single games via USB, but currently you program the 4 MB EEPROM by placing a file on the SD card as it is significantly faster.

 

The board has a USB-to-serial chip so it is actually programming at serial port speed like the Kroko cart. Programming the 32k flash at serial port speed is fast enough, but programming 4 MB would be kind of slow (note that 4 MB is 8x the space of the Kroko cart, so multiply programming times by 8 to get a feel for the speed, provided you can program at the same speed, 115200 bps.)

[dalder]

put me doiwn for one or two ! thanks.

[accousticguitar]

It's not yet possible to program the 4 MB onboard EEPROM through USB, which is where you'd put multiple games. You can program the 32k onboard flash with single games via USB, but currently you program the 4 MB EEPROM by placing a file on the SD card as it is significantly faster.

Well, one game is better than none. I don't have an SD card reader.

[mckafka99]

Count me in for 1!

[+HatNJ]

forgot if i posted or not but heck yeah Ill be in for 1 or hopefully 2 of these

[RevEng]

I might well get shot down for this, but how about taking pre-orders to help cover manufacturing costs, say $20 or $30?

 

That way people who are really interested are sure to get their carts from the first run, and you'll have a better idea for the size of that first manufacturing run.

 

I'm definitely in for at least one. If the price is ~$50, I'll probably get two.

[Zoyx]

This is a work in progress. I don't think I have seen a prototype... so vaporware at the moment. There's a ways to go. Give me an RTM version, then we can talk pre-orders.

 

Rom Hunter's collection of 2600 rom files is around 11 MB. So I think all we need is 100 MB of storage on this thing.