LS650

12 years later... I grew up in the late 70s-early 80s with Atari, Intellivision, Colecovision, etc. I was in college when the NES came to market, and I was far too busy with school to have much free time for videogames. I do own an NES with a few carts and enjoy it, but it just doesn't have the same sentimental value to me as my pre-NES machines.

I'm 57, and I managed to figure it out... Hell, I thought it was actually pretty easy.

I have to admit, I have put my 2600+ off to the side for the last ten days or so, thanks to my 400 Mini. Eventually I'll get bored of the Mini and move back to the 2600+.

Mean 18 Golf. Repton. Ms. Pacman. All 8-bit computer versions on my 400 Mini.

https://atari.com/products/cx78-gamepad "Compatible with the new Atari 2600+ and all original Atari systems."

Too bad Gunfight is no longer available from AA: https://atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=1627

I have a USB-connected SteelSeries Apex 3 gaming keyboard connected. Works great. The LED backlight is adjustable so I have mine set to a nice steady blue colour.

Odd. I was playing Qbert last night and the sound was working. PM me and I can tell you more.

To me, FV seems like a slower, more deliberately paced version of River Raid. I actually prefer FV over RR.

Thanks for posting these - I have not seen these before. Is there a post somewhere about how these came to be?

The official compatibility list can't really be counted on to be accurate for machines with the beta update. I have the updates on my Plus, and out of roughly 100+ carts, all run, and only one is unplayable due to controller support issues.

The author thinks he is Joe Cool, and writes well. He is mistaken.

I agree: I can and have emulated Atari 8-bits on my Win laptop, but having a console format sitting on the coffee table connected to my large screen TV seems just a bit more comfortable and "old school". I like it a lot - but I'm not blind to the Mini's flaws. The console itself I am happy with. I'd give it a 10/10 but the 5200 control inputs is a fly in the ointment. I'm hoping they get that straightened out with firmware. The CX-stick, though: ai yi yi. How they could put it out as-is and then tell people, "Oh just don't press too hard and you won't get those false diagonals"...? I don't experience that issue myself, but the stupid Ring buttons are an idea that seems great but proves to be terrible in practice. I've turned them off and use the Function keys on my USB keyboard instead.

1) Physically you can connect a USB mouse, and it lights up with power. The hidden paddle games did not appear, and 5200 games do not recognize mouse input. I'd guess that the emulator is not currently written to recognize mouse input. 2) No, there was no mouse released for the 8-bit line-up. Atari did release a mouse for the ST computers that could plug into DB-9, and I think there are a few homebrews that take advantage of this. Here's a thread about it. https://forums.atariage.com/topic/106973-mouse-on-800xl/

I was trying to download something yesterday from AA, and I finally ended up having to use... Microsoft Edge. Ugh.