boggis the cat Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 (edited) Hi to all. I got hold of a 2600 'Vader' clone a while back, and it is a bit different from others I have seen. Produced in Hong Kong, no RF shielding, 64-in-1 built in games with re-purposed switches, and very odd joysticks. PCB has "8931" on it, which I am guessing is a date stamp for 1989, 31st week. [Edit: the chip stack marked "510002D" has an "8929" date stamp, so it is a 1989 clone.] Photos below. Console: Weird joystick (two supplied with console): Edited November 17, 2017 by boggis the cat 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Very interesting, especially the joystick! How does it feel when playing compared to the regular cx40? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boggis the cat Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 Very interesting, especially the joystick! How does it feel when playing compared to the regular cx40? There is no real tactile feedback. You are mashing a flexing piece of metal against a screw, so not surprising. I actually thought they were clone joysticks until I looked closely. Very sneaky to mould the plastics to mimic the originals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW127 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Will the Harmony work on this clone? Can you test it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boggis the cat Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 Will the Harmony work on this clone? Can you test it?I don’t have a Harmony cartridge, unfortunately. It works with standard (PAL format) cartridges that I have tried. The switch that is normally TV Type is now a momentary action, so I am not sure that it would be fully compatible. (They could use a flip-flop to switch it each time the momentary action is made, but I don’t see one. The “MC14024BCP” is likely used to select the game from the built-in ROM: it is a shift register chip.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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