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  3. Posted

    Of those three, I pick Starmaster, but they are all pretty close in their level of "fun" for me. :)

     

    The four that are missing from your list (already mentioned) are:

    Star Ship (early Atari)

    Space Attack (M-Network)

    Phasor Patrol (Starpath)

    Starfire (XYPE homebrew)

     

    Also, although not a shooter, Stellar Track (Sears exclusive), was a fun space game.

  6. Posted

    If Fauxscot doesn't make a multicart, I'll make one. I don't have a system, but that could be remedied, I'm sure.

    This topic seems to have gone cold. Would you still be interested in trying a multi-cart for this system? I have really liked you other products!

     

    I was hoping this thread would result in a schematic to upgrade the Studio 2 to have...

    1. color (like a studio 3)
    2. composite video / mono audio out
    3. easier power supply connection
    4. and of course the multi-cart :-D

  7. Posted

    I have tried that as well. Although I did not try it on my latest multi-cart. It is the C7060 that has nearly all the O2 games ever made except of course games that have been released after it.

     

    I didn't try the latest one because the other Computer Intros on the other multi-carts did not work. I have the 128-in-1 and the 233-in-1 carts and neither of those Computer Intros worked. I get the same glitchy gobbledy-gook as I get trying to use a regular Computer Intro cart.

     

    However, I gave it a go with the C7060 and I get no flashing garbage. I think it works. I get a screen that displays the word "COMMAND". Is this what I am supposed to get?

     

    If it does work then why do no other instances of this program work on any of my systems? Weird.

  9. Posted

    This has been bugging me for a while now (few years) and I just got a couple more Computer Intro carts from eBay in a lot that I won.

     

    Does anyone know why Computer Intro doesn't work on some Odyssey 2's? I've had close to 10 Computer Intro carts pass my way and none of them have worked in any of my otherwise fully functioning Odyssey 2's. All other carts work just fine, but not this one. I've tried both with and without the Voice and on three different types of consoles (Early unit with removable silver joysticks, later unit with hard wired joysticks, and a NAP version of the console).

     

    Is there something specific to the operation of just this cart inside the O2 that wouldn't affect the functionality of any other cart?

     

    Finally, I have cleaned all the carts that have come my way (I do this for pretty much all my vintage game stuff) so I can't believe that all of them are defective.

     

    Thanks for any help.

  11. Posted

    For me its all about Tom kerese and Jordi Kabo's designs, I think they both capture the atari style perfectly, They retain the design but look totally fresh.great job guys.

    I looked through all of them and totally agree. There are many great submissions but these two stood out for me. If I had to pick I might lean towards Tom's but Jordi's is also top notch! :thumbsup:

  12. Posted

    Can someone explain to me how paddles work in these games, please:

     

    Canyon Bomber - all that's controlled is fire button or am I missing something?

    Steeple Chase - does not seem to work, only joystick works

    Tac Scan - the same, joystick works, paddles do not

    Bumper Bash - the same

    Toyshop Trouble - ???

    Canyon Bomber - Some of the later game variations use the paddle (like the Depth Charge variations).

    Steeple Chase - The paddle controls how high the horse will jump. The higher he jumps then the easier it is to clear the hurdles, but the slower the horse goes while jumping.

    Tac-Scan - The paddles go in the right hand controller port. I didn't even know joysticks worked in the left port. I'll have to try that.

    Bumper Bash - I think this is just the paddle buttons.

    Toyshop Trouble - The paddles are used for the Easter Egg game. There is a link to this in a post above.

  14. Posted

    I really like the feel of the original CX-40s and I think the FB2 sticks are equally as good for the same original feel. Additionally, I think the FB2 sticks are more responsive. However, they do have some common failure points.

     

    To get a little more life out of them I always superglue the top part of the stick to the screw part. After that, usually the first thing that breaks is the little plastic rectangle parts that help push the switches down to make contact (shown in red). I have found that those are not really necessary for it to work so this is generally not the end of an FB2 stick for me. When something major finally snaps (shown in yellow) then I'm done with it.

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