bradhig1 Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Got these at Vintage Stock. The Decathlon label is purple rather the blue. Is that common? California Games keeps dying on me. I play it and the screen goes black or green with a yellow stripe. I cleaned the contacts and still the same problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 The purple/blue thing may just be due to age/light exposure. California Games is ridiculously fun! Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Is that Space Shuttle? I want to get that one eventually. I like how Activision used all the switches on the console in gameplay. Haven't played it yet so I don't know how well it worked, but I like how they thought outside the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambouis de l'Atari Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Space Shuttle is really a great sim ! If you dare to read french (or google translate it) I wrote an article about it some years ago : https://cambouisdelatari.wordpress.com/2014/04/26/space-shuttle-dactivition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 I'm going cart-hunting tomorrow, visiting a few of my old haunts, havent been in awhile. Should be a perfect day weatherwise, before the snow moves in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhig1 Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 Space Shuttle is really a great sim ! If you dare to read french (or google translate it) I wrote an article about it some years ago : https://cambouisdelatari.wordpress.com/2014/04/26/space-shuttle-dactivition I used to play Space Shuttle on Commodore 64 a lot. Never could dock with the Skylab more then once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambouis de l'Atari Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 (edited) Never played the c64 version (I should !). Do you know wether the "specs" (angles or speeds for reentry for example) are the same as the vcs ones ? I suppose so, as they are meant to be "real", but who knows Edited December 8, 2016 by Cambouis de l'Atari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Caifornia Games uses an Activision shell, and maybe an Activision-esque PCB. Those are especially notorious for going flaky due to dirty contacts. Give the contacts a good scrub with rubbing alcohol and/or a Magic Eraser, and that should help keep the game alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhig1 Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 The space station you dock with was clearly modeled after Skylab. Skylab re entered the atmosphere on July 11,1979 with some debris landing in Western Australia. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Never played the c64 version (I should !). Do you know wether the "specs" (angles or speeds for reentry for example) are the same as the vcs ones ? I suppose so, as they are meant to be "real", but who knows I played the Atari 800XL version on tape and it was a real handful even with the keyboard to operate it. Although I owned the 2600 version I lacked the overlay so did not have a clue as to what the Hell I was doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Here's what the overlays look like: http://www.atariage.com/overlay_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=466 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Wow does that every look like alot of work to play that game.. Has to be the most dust collected cart of all time. I read the instructions and concluded to never play it and leave it in the bin. At age 39 not sure if I could follow all those tiny details to have "fun" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I really like it. But this is the type of game that you plan your day around, especially the first time you play it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhig1 Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 California Games works fine in one of my 4 switchers but it never works right on my heavy sixer why would it have problems with the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) The space station you dock with was clearly modeled after Skylab. Skylab re entered the atmosphere on July 11,1979 with some debris landing in Western Australia.When Skylab fell I was 7 yrs old & I hoped it would fall in my backyard! Didnt do too bad on Atari finds today: super Baseball Joust Outer Space Backgammon Canyon Bomber Space Invaders blue text label Space Attack Slot Machine Pelé's Soccer Edited December 10, 2016 by RJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhig1 Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 I tried California Games on my Harmony Cart and it worked fine. Must be a bad cart. I remember Christopher Glen on one episode of In The News one saturday morning shouting "The Skylab is falling The Skylab is falling!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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