Berzerker

My cartridge says "Label, Program & Audiovisual © 1978 ATARI, INC." If so I wouldn't be surprised at all if it was direct inspiration for Pac-Man. But let's think about this a second, was 1978 some important Copyright year for Atari that attributed to earlier cartridges regardless of their actual release to the market? The Atariage page doesn't have a release year. http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareID=984 Maybe it's debatable when exactly this game was released, I wouldn't be surprised. But if it does predate Pac-Man, are there any other games in the way of the theory that it was inspiration for it? Could it be a coincidence? I'd like to discuss.

Wow, I found a little screwdriver that's flat and thin at the end and I was able to unscrew the VHF screws perfectly! Sorry, I'm usually pretty slow to catch on to this sort of thing, thanks a ton for your help! I can't wait for that converter to come and get to business!

Too bad I can't edit, but another quick question: I believe I need a screwdriver of some sort to connect the prongs to my TV, but I have no idea what. I might as well ask how this is all done while I'm at it, too. Hope this gets noticed, I don't want to have to make a new thread. Thanks!

I added the second one to my Amazon cart, I can't thank you enough! Although I might have to make a new post when I have all this crap when I get confused on how to screw it in.

>About to click Submit on 4chan's technology board >Realizes how much better AtariAge would be So /g/ I'm really in to old school TV (Mainly to play old games on Atari and Colecovision and such) and one from 1985 appeared next to my dumpsters in the back of my apartment building, trouble is inspecting the back of the TV revealed no see-able means of connecting my systems to the thing. With any of these systems they usually have an RF port in the back (That single video port/cable) and most modern TVs have a coaxial port in the back, so you either get an RF cable to connect to the back of the system and a converter for RF-Coaxial, or a plug a converter from RF to Coaxial in the back of the system and get a Coaxial cable to connect to the TV. Really, really simple. Only problem, this beauty from 1985 doesn't have that coaxial port in the back. It's still sitting in the wild right now, so I'll try to bring it up tomorrow, although I live with family so that's not quite the most convenient thing. But let's try to go in to what I see right now. There's what looks like the top, flat part of screws on the left hand side with labels under them with stuff like UHF, VHF, that kind of thing. Then on the bottom portion there's these colored ports that go G, B, R which didn't look compatible with any normal looking plug and trying to poke them with a stick to see if there were flaps proved ineffective, solid as a rock. It's weird because I have a TV from 1987 right behind me right now that I also got left for dead with that coaxial port on the back. I would be fine with that except the power cable is chewed off, and old TV repairmen don't seem that easy to come by. (Maybe you could reccomend a few in the Westchester area?) Or hell maybe I could cut off the cable from the 1985 one and solder it to the broken cable of the 1987 one, but a dumbass like myself doesn't like playing with fire least of all with parents to answer to. I know I'm a new*** to this **** and there's probably a workaround but that's what I'm asking, how I do connect Atari to TV without Coaxial port. Maybe that would have sufficed. The given picture is the same model I found. Epilogue: Really annoying because playing Atari on a TV from the 90's or god forbid my HDTV really isn't the same. Had a hard day today, excuse the non-editing, can't thank you guys enough for helping me out! Sorry if this might be more appropriate in the Atari 2600 board, but I thought about it and this seemed more right.

Best looking would be Pitfall 2, most technically impressive Night Driver, and all around just most amazing Battlezone.

So I just got your regular old Atari 2600 controller from an Amazon seller, who claims it's an original. I'm PRETTY sure he's right, but I had some questions about how one would look like new, bought in 1981. One of the pads is missing and replaced with some ABC gum type solution, but it's the joystick that's particularly odd. Why? Well, it's made of rubber, of course! And it EASILY slips off. This isn't really a problem during gameplay, but did the original Atari 2600 joysticks have a cheap rubber slip like this!? I've looked and numerous pictures and watched numerous videos and I see the Joystick but I just can't TELL from looks if it's like that for everyone, and of course no one specifies what the damn thing's made of anyway. Under the slip, there's an odd white stick that has a hole in the middle. There's dirt inside this hole and around the edges. How did that even happen!? The controller works fine for most games, but playing Berzerk, Adventure, ET, or any game that requires diagonal movements is a nightmare. Why? It's just not responsive enough to move diagonally, and only works a small fraction of the time. Would it be basically like this new, or is it an age thing? Is it because of the dirt, myabe!? So since we've narrowed it down that there's a high chance that this isn't the original joystick cover, what would the original be like anyway? From what I see in videos and pictures the...Base part that...Isn't the stick part looks rubbery, but the stick itself looks plasticy. So how would some rubber-plastic thing like that even fall off in the first place!? Or again, is this how the controller would be new!? Or DO I have the original slip, just now it can fall off!? Or was the original slip nearly IDENTICAL to this one, and this is a great replacement!? Please, help me! Also, PLEASE acknowledge every part of the post. It's annoying when you know all the information and are nice enough to comment and help me a lot but I still have one floating question...

No? No to what? I ask many questions. Please be more specific as to what part works and what doesn't. I did search. Nothing had my question, and it's an awful search. I don't want to start an argument, but look try searching it. It doesn't even just search 7800, it has to search EVERYTHING. There were 1000 results, none of them helped me. Thank you for commenting.

So I know that you can play Atari 2600 with a Sega Genesis controller because it has the same plug. Also, this plug was used for the Colecovison, the 7800 and many more consoles and computers. I know that the Sega Genesis controller works with the 7800, but do the BUTTONS work? I mean, both of them? The 7800 had 2 buttons, and the original Sega Genesis had 3 not including start. Would 2 of the 3 buttons work just fine like with a standard awful Atari 7800 controller? Or would only one work, and would the 7800 only recognize it as a 1 button controller (Thus firing and bombing at the same time in games like Xevious) Also, what about SIX button controllers? Would they also work just fine, with both buttons? I know that the SIX BUTTON ARCADE STICK (Which is something I would love to use) Works on the 2600, but would you be able to use both buttons with it on a 7800? Thanks for your help, this shouldn't be too hard to answer if you have a lot of knowledge or any experience.

You DID IT! That's JUST what I was looking for! But seriously guys this topic is now resolved. Thanks for your help!!!

I'm afraid I have some more questions about video and the Atari 7800...I was going to order the system with the things I needed to hook it up, that is a RCA to Coaxial adapter and a Coaxial cable, and a shielded red-white-yellow cable to use it with a VCR. However, it appears that I now need to cost-cut...I might get those things at a later date, but for now, I think I'll deal with this. The description for the 7800 on the site I'm buying on says it includes an "F-Plug" (Put JUST like that) so it can connect to any modern TV. I search "F-Plug" on Google Images and this is what I get: http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=f%20plug&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1333&bih=674 OK. I know that there's a female RCA jack on the back of the 7800. Wow, um...I don't get this. Does this like...Plug into the 7800? What do both ends do? I'm GUESSING the end result is getting the thing into a coaxial jack, but then there's THIS issue... THE THING'S A FEW INCHES! What, do I just have my entire Atari just jutting out of the TV? I need a cable, dammit! Not a tiny, tiny plug! I mean, I MUST need something else to get this thing running. So I just don't really get what an F-Plug is, and I really couldn't find help online either...Please, can someone explain in detail what an F-Plug is, and how it would work with my 7800 to get picture on my TV, and if I would need anything else that the seller isn't mentioning?

Yes, they can do exactly that. It isn't more complicated really, but it does require a Melody board which costs more to produce. Awesome! I can't wait to do that. Thanks to whoever moved this tot the 2600 section also!

It's a different company now with the same name. Of course they're stupid... But I'd really have to say that that was the worst 39 seconds of my life. They are butchering a classic. Changing the story, making it way more complicated then it needs to be. And I wouldn't even go as far as to call it "Anime" the animation and character design is the most hideous I have ever seen. I want to throw up.

Alright, really what I'm asking is this: If I send the Frogger ROM to Atariage, could they make it into a cartridge for play on my 7800? I would be willing to pay more if the procedure is more complicated.

I am mainly asking this because of the excellent "The Official Frogger" game. It seems that you connect some odd cartridge to the Atari, and plug a cassette player into that, then pop in the game into the cassette player. This was not the only game to do this. On Stella the ROM loads up just like any other one would. It seems to be a normal, simple Atari 2600 ROM. So could I send this ROM (In BIN format, of course) to AtariAge and have them make a cartridge, or would it not work? That's pretty much my question, pretty simple. Thanks for your help!