marcallie

I really enjoyed this hack! Lots of little touches that really made it fun. I didn't make it to the rocket launching humans but that would have been amazing to see! I think perhaps my favorite part is the high score being recorded in the visitor text. Definitely a great change on one of my favorite games!

Oh wow! I am in awe. I can't wait to get home and download this to try it out. The little running people look hilarious!

Exactly! It would be very cool to play as the bad guys for once, right?

This is great! Now go re-theme Cosmic Ark as V: The Final Battle.

If nothing else the system looks really slick, like a Vader Jr.

I ordered from BEST Electronics and had a great experience.

I'm new to the forums but this thread and the one before were quite a payoff for those 30 seconds I spent registering an account lol. People.

Those phosphor screens do look nice, but I like the clean pixel look as well. It's like your memory of something vs. an idealized version of that memory. It would be nice to be able to choose between both.

I'm an Atari newbie but here's my thoughts on the Retron77. I had a Flashback 2 for years, and enjoyed it. Picked up a CIB Star Raiders for a buck at a local gaming shop, and it just sat around as decoration in my gameroom. It always sorta bugged me I coudn't play it. I learned about the method for hacking the FB2 to play cartridges, but it was over my head. A friend agreed to try it for me, and so I picked up a half dozen or so games I remembered playing as a kid while he worked on it. My buddy failed to get the mod right, which was disappointing. However, my desire to play these games was now at an all time high. Looking online, the Retron77 seemed like a good deal, so I ordered it. It arrived, and I was giddy to be able to play Phoenix and Cosmic Ark again. But Star Raiders didn't work, at least, the keyboard controller didn't. The paddle in Super Breakout was so jerky I couldn't play it. Even got another set of paddles, and cleaned them. Still unplayable. I went to the internet, found this forum, and applied the community update to my Retron77. Still no Star Raiders or Super Breakout. I was really disappointed. Forum member masschamber was selling a frankenstein half 4 switch half 6 2600 with some common games cheap. I contacted him, and he even threw in some extra clean paddles for me. A few days later I was playing a classic original Atari in my living room, and all the games worked great! I'm torn, really. The Retron77 image is flawless and it looks amazing... for games that work. The vintage system has all the compatibility but doesn't look great on a modern TV. The rocks in Asteroids looked particularly bad, and the spider legs and even the bullets in Centipede were difficult to see. I'll probably keep the Retron77 in the living room, and move the old-school cool 2600 to the gameroom and hook it up to an old CRT I've kept around. Best of both worlds, right? However, if I had it all to do again... I would definitely get the vintage system first and skip the Retron77 entirely.

I actually did the community upgrade a couple days ago. The fire button issue, I’m afraid, is that I messed the button up somehow when I opened up the paddles to clean them.

I was unable to get the image working on a 2g card I had laying around, but using the card that came with the Retron77 worked great! Thanks for all the improvements.

These are great! Thanks for posting. I’m sad I missed out on the neat and tidy promotion!

Hi all! I have an issue with my Retron77. At least, I think it’s the Retron77. It might be my paddles, but I’m not sure. I’ve got one paddle game, Super Breakout. I bought a set of paddles with improved Pots to use, and when I tried them, the cursor thing (what the ball bounces off of) jerks left and right. Not a little kneeling, either. We’re talking back and forth about double the width of the cursor. The game is basically unplayable. I thought maybe the paddles were bad, found some at a flea market. Same issue. Looked it up, took the flea market set apart, cleaned it, reassembled, and still the same issue. (Plus now my fire button doesn’t work lol n00b!) I can’t help but think there’s an issue with the Retron77. Anyone else have any similar issues?