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I have yet to see Infrogames do ANYTHING worthwhile with their game products. So ATARI may just be in the wrong hands still. ATARI needs to be in the hands of another Bushnell.

YAY!!!!! it's always a bummer to find out a link you have been using for lot's o' 2600 info to be dead. because of that i have printed out tons of stuff over the last couple of years for fear i couldn't find all that info again. i found a great Atari binder to put it all in.

way cool!!!!! now i need to save up for a GP32!!!!!!

could you post a more detailed description or pictures of your hack. i did look over your site quite a bit but maybe if there were more step by step instructions. what to do and what not to do. i have done a fair share of hacking but cutting up that main board gets into some very alien territory.

cool portable! it's great to see a different portable made from more accessible parts. i have been researching a bit on doing this myself. i have noticed though that some people that have followed Ben's 4x4 hack/cut-up of the 2600 motherboard complaining about the unit not working. of course this could be people that have chopped it up too much but........ downloaded the rev. 5 info but there was nothing worth using in it. all it has is a bunch of diagrams and images for the casing. not much help. i just want more pointers before i run off and attack the 2600 with a dremel. anybody have any other pointers????? more of a step by step by step by step.......................

actually you could just cut the wires and get a new coaxial plug(male and female parts) and just update the power to your 2600. that's what i did for the noizSPIKE-2600/R. hope that helps

learned about those programs in the Tutorial but the link it pointed me to was bad. anyone have a copy of those programs that they could send me? thanks!

MEGA MEGA THANKS!!!!!!!! the markers show on my version of Stella 1.1.2 but they change colors with the player ship. i did find those. volume, type, and frequency right? am i looking in the right place??? this is what i have found so far: LFE28: LDA LFFEA,Y ;4 STA AUDF0,X ;4 LDA #$18 ;2 INVADER KILL NOIZ STA AUDC0,X ;4 LDA #$CC ;2 #$CB CMP #$05 ;2 LDA #$04 ;2 BCC LFE3B ;2 LDA #$08 ;2 LFE3B: STA AUDV0,X ;4 RTS ;6 LFE3E: LDA LFD44,Y ;4 STA $EE ;3 $EE LDA #$FF ;2 #$FF WHEN CHANGED MARCH AND MISSILE SOUNDS ARE SILENT STA $EF ;3 $EF LDY $CF,X ;4 $CF WHEN CHANGED THE AUD TYPE CHANGES F=FAST DOWN TO 0=SLOW LDA ($EE),Y ;5 $EE MARCH & MISSILE SILENT when changed CMP $CD,X ;4 $CD MARCH & MISSILE SILENT when changed BNE LFE67 ;2 INY ;2 LDA ($EE),Y ;5 EE MARCH & MISSILE SILENT when changed BMI LFE68 ;2 CMP #$3F ;2 BEQ LFE6C ;2 STA AUDF0,X ;4 INY ;2 LDA ($EE),Y ;5 EE STA AUDC0,X ;4 INY ;2 LDA ($EE),Y ;5 EE INY ;2 STY $CF,X ;4 $CF STA AUDV0,X ;4 LFE67: RTS ;6 LFE68: LDA #$00 ;2 #$00 STA $CB,X ;4 $CB LFE6C: LDA #$00 ;2 STA AUDV0,X ;4 STA $CD,X ;4 $CD GLITCHES when changed STA $CF,X ;4 $CF GLITCHES when changed RTS ;6 LFE75: LDA $CA ;3 $CA DID NOTHING when changed AND #$01 ;2 ORA #$80 ;2 STA $CA ;3 RTS ;6 hey cool! i hope to get up that way eventually! thanks again for any help!

well i have worked on yet ANOTHER version of Space Invaders. all new graphics and color scheme. still trying to figure out how to change the sounds. i have changed the missile sound but the other sounds are not so easy to find. any tips?? the rom is on my website. just go to the NOIZ INVADERS page. thanks!!!!!

understood. i would suggest though that if someones patience is at it's limits then just avoid the question. you don't HAVE to reply. I teach percussion, studio production, and electronic music. I have to always field many of the same questions over and over. You guys that are REALLY knowledgable with this stuff are the teachers here. If the question tries your patience let one of the other teachers field the question.

i have the patience and i did search the forum. just the fact that i am REALLY trying to get a grasp on this stuff takes a lot of patience. i just don't think that guy's attitude was very positive. other people that have answered my questions regardless of their newbie-ness have pointed me in the right direction without having to be so unfriendly.

thanks for the help chump. so can anyone ELSE helpful point out those threads? it would be appreaciated.

when i tried to dissassemble Asteroids it says: Error: .bin file must be 2048 or 4096 bytes is there a fix for that? thanks!

nifty game! hard to kill those tanks. i don't know if it's possible but could the copter have a little fine tuning on it's design? the tanks look REALLY cool!!!!! can't wait to play the final!

thanks! but now it says this......... dasm hieroINV.s -f3 -oHIERO.bin DASM V2.02, ©Copyright 1988 Matthew Dillon, All Rights Reserved Error: source is not resolvable. re-run with verbose option 2 or higher to determine problem

first.... i am on a MAC. so i am happily working along for the past week...... assemble and disassembling games..... no problem..... i didn't get to work on some programming for a few days. then when i tried to compile a game tonight i get this: dasm hieroINV.s -f3 -oINV.bin DASM V2.02, ©Copyright 1988 Matthew Dillon, All Rights Reserved unknown mnemonic: 'STA' line 52 hieroINV.s Unknown Mnemonic unknown mnemonic: 'LDA' line 53 hieroINV.s Unknown Mnemonic unknown mnemonic: 'BMI' line 54 hieroINV.s Unknown Mnemonic unknown mnemonic: 'AND' line 55 hieroINV.s Unknown Mnemonic etc. etc............ over and over........ this occured even when i used a brand new untouched .bin that i tested and then created source code. somebody please have an answer..... thanks for any help!!!!!!!!!

the opening track to my Binary Noiz Series discs has Berzerk samples in it. if you would like to hear it just visit my website: manipulate.net look under Astrogenic Hallucinauting on my SPIKE web pages. the track is called "so-flow" i hope i can get a copy of that Berzerk CART too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the opening track to my Binary Noiz Series discs has Berzerk samples in it. if you would like to hear it just visit my website: manipulate.net look under Astrogenic Hallucinauting on my SPIKE web pages. the track is called "so-flow" i hope i can get a copy of that Berzerk CART too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i was looking at The pocket programmer Eprom programmer tonight from Transtronics. is there a way to use one of these things (or something similar) to create your finished game on a Mac? i have all my 2600 programming tools on my Mac. this way i could start and finish all on one machine rather than keep another box around just for PC things.

i am considering putting together a disc of all the Atari and other machine sounds i have gathered for my Binary Noiz Series albums. and by the way i HIGHLY reccomend Paul's cart!