OscarGungan

I tried Demons to Diamonds with the new paddles and that worked completely fine. It does seem like mileage varies depending on game.

I fiddled with getting the 5200 version of Megamania to work and got it almost perfect but it seems to take being a bit more forceful to change directions. I’ve emulated 5200 games on OpenEMU and everything plays perfectly. So, maybe this can be fixed with a future firmware update.

Oh ok. That fixed it.

I couldn’t find any threads about this but if there is one I’m happy to go there. I haven’t been able to get the 400 mini to read game files from the USB. I formatted it as exFat with master boot record and made sure the files had the proper extension. I did all this on a Mac. Is there something I’m doing wrong?

I thought I heard something about how plugging in a VCS classic controller would unlock something. It was in an Atari email and then edited out.

I’ve been rebuying a lot of cartridges I remember having as a kid. There have been a few things I’ve hesitated on because of compatibility like Star Raiders. Is it just a matter of time for keyboard and driving controllers to be compatible with the 2600+ in a future update or is it possible those things would never be addressed and I should not bother trying to buy them at this point?

Mine arrived today. I noticed on Atari.com on the VCS page the link leads to a 404 page now. Makes me wonder if this is discontinued and they are leaving people to do pc-mode as a do it yourself project.

Yep, I’ll probably end up with a better setup on the do it yourself route. I saw they announced Atari branded SSDs will be coming out. Curious what the price and availability will be with those.

I haven't received mine yet either. A while back I looked it up on eBay and I saw 2 completed listings go for crazy amounts. One was around $100 and one for around $300. The listings were old enough I can't find them on eBay anymore but I looked at them multiple times to see if I looked at it wrong. I'm planning on getting a SSD and install Linux on that. If that works out i may not even need it when it does show up.

Hey. Thanks so much. I’m planning to buy an SSD soon and get to work on this. I’ll let you know if I have questions.

Good to know. Are there any tutorials or YouTube videos you recommend?

If I just installed Debian to the SSD once it’s installed and push the escape button when I boot up the VCS won’t it take me to a screen where I pick which drive to boot from?

Yes. I would definitely be interested.

I’m thinking Evercade made an attempt to do Activision and the deal fell through. Not sure the details.

Very cool. Thank you for the breadcrumbs. Totally get the NDA thing. I’ve played with the idea of doing some kind of research project into Imagic. It looks like a challenge because there isn’t a ton of info without doing some deep dives. When I was a kid the Imagic titles got a lot of play and there was certainly a mystique to the art of the packaging and cartridges. Now, I’m geeking out about it. Thanks again.