john_q_atari

It seems I haven't been following my own thread and just now saw these posts. Originally I had thought about many different iterations and possibilities for designing/building my own modernized 2600 and integrating the 2600rgb into the design was one of the first thoughts I had. I decided not to for various reasons, the biggest being that I decided I wanted the design to be something I could source components for and build on my own without having to be dependent on ready-made solutions from others (like the UAV and 2600rgb). Now it seems the 2600rgb is no longer available and the native video quality out of the 2600plus is fairly close to the UAV, at least to my eyes, so I am pretty happy with my decision.

I always get a shipping notice before a package is dispatched. My notices are usually received on Sunday though I got one on Saturday at least once.

There is nothing mandatory in the retro gaming marketplace. If someone feels they can make a profit building an FPGA device then they will. If they don't think it is worth the effort and expense then they won't. Many manufacturers have found software emulation devices to pencil out for them financially where as an FPGA device did not. If you would like an FPGA device you have two options. Build one yourself or pay someone else to design and build it for you. Just my observation and opinion of course.

The race is on! The 2600+ is in the hands of US delivery and Al just emailed me tracking numbers for my last chance orders. W00h00!!!

They still haven't shipped the one I ordered over a month ago. It's looking like my last chance order might arrive first.

It's a beautiful looking board. 😍

Yup. I had the same experience. Glad you finally got yours.

Well my CC was billed 3 weeks ago and Amazon.co.uk still hasn't shipped my order. I contacted customer service a few days ago and they said it was stuck in processing or something and they would expedite and send me a tracking number in 48 hours, and those 48 hours have come and gone. I guess they really don't want to sell it to me at their advertised (and billed) price at the time. They have since raised their advertised price by 56% percent. I guess I'll keep waiting. Talk about lousy customer service...

It is definitely very cool that you gave us a chance to order things before they disappeared. In this hobby it seems once something goes away it goes away for good. That's why I pretty much wrote myself a blank check for games purchases, but even then I still had to limit myself. I knew as soon as I read the words "Last Chance" your fate was sealed.

Thank you for taking the time to explain the situation. I appreciate it and I completely understand. I enjoy using your creations and I am happy to have had the pleasure of ordering directly from you a couple of times in the past.

Unfortunately he has decided not to ship to people in the US and is directing people to the brewing academy instead.

The MiSTer 7800 core works well on every 7800 game I've tried.

Mine just arrived today. Came in a small brown bubble wrap envelope and shipped from very close by interestingly enough by UPS smartpost. After opening it up I must admit to being pretty underwhelmed. I even checked the atari.com website to see what the thing was supposed to look like. I'll check the contents and transfer speed later. Basically the laser etched Atari logo is not worth paying anything for in my opinion.

Has anyone got their USB stick yet? I'm still waiting on mine...

That's actually a very interesting idea. Maybe someone will try that one day... Though probably only as a one-off.