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    Being both, I am in a-double no-win situation. I paid too much a while back and got a copy that I fear is not genuine and displays badly. :mad:

     

    I suppose that makes me a grade A sucker. (the music is still cool for Halloween though.)

     

     

    Did you get it off of ebay? If so, who was the seller?

     

    I got it in a 4 cart lot with 3 commons for around 70 bucks. It was not even advertised as Halloween. This lead me to believe that the seller had no idea what they had, and I do not hold them responsible as such. I think they were mainly estate sale scavenger types with no knowledge of the "value" of what they had. I have recently found an old thread that mentions the static ghost blocks in the display, so maybe it is legit, and just from a bad batch. The thing that made me think it was a copy was the label that looked slightly crooked and not very well cut. I have no reason to believe that this person knowingly sold a fake, though, and I still like the game.

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    Not to mention Horror movie buffs are bidding side by side with us classic gamers for these particular titles and I find on average the horror fans are willing to shell out more for the cart(s) then we are just cause they don't know any better where as we do.

     

    Being both, I am in a-double no-win situation. I paid too much a while back and got a copy that I fear is not genuine and displays badly. :mad:

     

    I suppose that makes me a grade A sucker. (the music is still cool for Halloween though.)

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    I have left an email at his sight, humbly begging for that which I did not know I so desparately desired until recently.

     

    This is the one thing that would keep me from selling my 7800. Certain people have been hinting at "something wonderful" happenning soon. I wonder if this is it? :ponder:

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    I'd like to see, "If you paid for this, you were ripped off!" added to that disclaimer.

     

    How about like a chain letter,"You must distibute 10 copies freely to 5200 fanboys, or worms will eat your brain in your sleep."

     

    That might kind of diminish the profit margin for scammers, and scare the dickens out of 'em too!

  10. Posted

    My Old Lady has decided to murder me if I buy this :mad: (she wants a jukebox instead) so if any one is interested, look at Grand Rapids, Michigan Craigslist, if you are near there. Oh and if you buy it, you should invite me over to play it too. ;-)

  13. Posted

    I found a working Battlezone cabinet not to far from me. It would be my first arcade game and is also the first video game I ever played. Seriously, I had to stand on a chair to reach the periscope at my dad's favorite bar. Is 400 bucks a fair price?

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    As a new member of the AA community, I must tip my hat to the programmers like Kenfused and Classics. I haven't the aptitude or patience to do the amazing things they do, and in a short time they, and people like them, have enriched my experience with retro gaming beyond what I could ever do just chasing old carts around sleazebay and flea markets. People who ride their coattails to make a buck are not friends of mine and I do not to deal with them when I recognize their stuff. In the future I hope to be able to humbley contribute the kinds of unique and high quality labels to the effort, as that is where my aptitude lies. I would hope that credit is given where it is due for all who give their time and creativity to the cause. :)

  15. Posted · Edited by lowscore

    I am 33 and never had any of my own video games growing up. I had one of those weird moms that wouldn't let me eat sugered cerial or own violent toys like Star Wars, GI Joe and Transformers My stepsister had a ColecoVision, but since mine was a weekend dad type of thing we mostly went roller-skating. That is where I played Battlezone and Centipede to death.

     

    Now I do what I want, eat what I want and collect any toy that I want. (if I can afford it.)

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    I mostly did the ports for other people to enjoy on their usb vgwiz maxicart, or now the usb multicart. When a lot of the carts were being sold by others or ebayed I decided to quit. I think I have only ever had two people ask me if I could make a cart. When people start arguing when one person is copying another person's 5200 labels they are putting on games I converted, that made me decide to never pursue any more conversions.

     

    I'll try to fix it though if I ever find the power brick for my box that convert ch 3 to a/v. Is the second stick needed just for the keypad? Does start work on the first keypad (when it comes time to push start)?

     

    --Ken

    I push start on the left controller to select the game from the list, then I push * on the right, prompt says "number of players: one" but I cannot change the number of players, and I have to push start on the right controller. Then it prompts "choose speed", and I use the digit on the keypad of the right controller. The game starts automatically after choosing the speed, but you play with the left controller.

  19. Posted · Edited by lowscore

    I think I prefer the ambiguously grey side of the internets.

     

    I don't know much about Russians, and I don't like animals. Neither does my PC. Except for my Miniature poodle. She is a doll; a living chia pet, only without the chloraphil and cheap pottery.

  20. Posted · Edited by lowscore

    But I know that I had a difficult time getting Jumpman Junior to start on the 8 Bit PC, and it was the same kind of thing I was experiencing on the 5200...

    Be careful though, the places you will have to dig, aren't good for your Windows 32 based PC to visit, sometimes. :)

     

    I found the answer,I think, On this thread.

     

    http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s...=Jumpman+Junior

     

    I think I have found some of these unsafe places of which you speak. Good thing I am left alone with a computer most every business day ;-) . Thanks again for the tips.

  21. Posted

    nope im not yanking your chain, but i dont have any extra 7800 games :(

    i just want the box because i bought my system new and stupid me threw the system box away

     

    i have 2600 games to trade tho, if you send me a list of what you have, i could make a list of what i have to give as some of them would be from my personal collection

     

    but i say for real keep the system you will enjoy it, i do and i have all the US released games :D

     

    That sounds like an interesting proposition. I will make a list and PM you sometime this weekend. BTW, I am pretty sure that it probobly had some foam packing originally. What I got came inside the box wrapped in bubble wrap. I don't want to waste your time if that makes a difference.

  22. Posted

    i say sell it

     

     

     

    and sell just the 7800 system box to me as im in michigan also :D

     

    If you really want the empty box, i will trade for some decent games for the 7800, if you are serious. I have an extra owners manual too.

     

    :) Or are you just yanking my chain :?:

  23. Posted

    It goes without mentioning that Pitfall 2 is a problem on 2 port machines. All of my machines have the 4 port bios, even the 2 port units. Weird...

     

    Pitfall 2(rom) works fine on my 2 port. It is Regular old Pitfall! that I cannot find a working(rom) copy of. I thought the problem was with the 4 ports not playing some games, but I could just be remembering the thing about the 2600 adapter not working on them. I am going to look for the Jumpman trick because the screens that cycled before my eyes looked neat-o.

    Thanks, though!

  24. Posted

    Wow, such passion!

     

    Regardless of weighing the benefits of playing Atari on or off crack, I appreciate the diverse input and the sheer volume of responses, which tells me it probably would be in my favor to keep the 7800, but the jury is still out.

     

    Can I use my 2600 trak-ball to better effect on the 7800 than I could on the 2600? Did they even make TB specific games for the 7800. (I understand it does not have its own trak-ball, but I could be mis-informed.)

     

    I prefer red wine to crack when I play.

  25. Posted

    I asked this question at Atarimax forums but I believe there are probably many people here who would be able to answer this question (likely many of the same people, in fact!)

     

    I have had my usb cart for about a month and love it for its user friendliness. It is a really cool product which allows me to play games I want on the 5200 and still continue collecting for 2600 exclusively.

     

    I have searched out quite a few roms for it and keep coming up with several that I cannot get to work, despite trying as many different versions as I can find. Some are official releases like Pitfall!, and some are conversions like Preppie and Junior Jumpman. Some are hacks like Pac Pollux. And still others are protos such as Sports Goofy. there are a few others that I can't remember. Are there known compatability issues with these titles? How about others that I shouldn't even bother with.

     

    I do know about the BBSB thing, and was wondering if my problems with these titles is similer.

     

    Any input would be helpful to this mid-thirties, fresh faced, wet-behind-the-ears newbie. :dunce:

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