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  5. Posted

    I have found many CVs have a bad power switches. Put a cart in turn it on and wiggle the button around a little. If the screen comes in ok, it was the power buttons. If not try the old standbys:

    1. clean the carts

    2. clean the ports

    3. change out the RF box

    4. change out the RF wire (easy on the CV, it's not internally attached)

     

    Good luck

  7. Posted

    I don't think it works from this line

    Condition: Used. Powers up. No further testing.
    Why no further testing?

     

    Mine powers up too but it has never worked. I talked with a few O2 people about it and they had all come across these that power up, have good rf boxes, etc but just show a black screen.

  8. Posted

    I'm not a programmer but I think it's really uncool to post sites that have current system roms on them. It's basically taking the money from the pockets of current programmers. Some of those guys are AtariAge Members.

     

    Rom sites for a long dead system is one thing, but rom sites for current systems is theft. That can only drive the price of games up.

  9. Posted

    I used to have it when I was a kid and I know I bought it in a store without any kind of Pizza Hut promotion. I love this game, I think it's one of those less talked about gems of the VCS. Actually I like most of the Data Age games although I think most people don't.

  12. Posted

    Oh I hate real football too. In fact I hate watching most professional sports, but I like playing video games versions of them. We had such a heated game going for a while I actually started to sweat from slapping the tracball. Granted I'm not in the best of shape but that game gets pretty physical when you're chasing the other guys long bomb pass. I live around the corner from the place I mentioned so I'm definetely going back!

  14. Posted

    I was at a place called the Baha in New Hyde Park, NY over the weekend and played Atari Football against my friend for about an hour. That tracball is the best thing for sports games ever. They had a bunch of Atari Coin Ops there also like Area 51, Centipede and some others.

     

    There is no football game more fun over beers in the bar the Atari Football.

  18. Posted

    Does anybody know why there was no Robotron for the 2600? I wanted it really bad when I was a kid. I'm guessing too much stuff moving on screen for Stella but it's just a guess.

     

    Also was Atari's Space Duel ever ported to anything? I liked it much better then the original Asteroids.

  21. Posted

    I'm not sure about this "right way" stuff. Figuring out the different strategies for different platforms is part of the fun.

     

    I like Bump and Jump and Mr.Do on the VCS. The CV versions are better and more faithful to the arcade but so what?

     

    On the contrast of arcade vs. home, look at Choplifter. I think the arcarde one blows but the CV version is kick ass and came first. Same thing for that Sega Pitfall I downloaded for MAME a while ago. It was terrible. It's not that the startegies are slightly different like B&J/Mr.Do, the games are way different to the point they should probably have different names.

  22. Posted

    Well Sega CD was out before the Saturn and PS but wasn't the TurboCD for TG16 out before all of them? I never tried but I assume it plays audio cds too. I think Amiga had a cd system before all of them too, but nobody bought it.

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