Hoessi666

I guess without Stella many of the modern Games wouldn't be there, so it's not only a Loss emulation-wise but also for the whole VCS-Scene?! As a not very talented hobby-Programmer, I wasn't able to put any efforts to the Project. Emulation in Stella itsself has been perfect in my humble opinion since many years and the Team, especially Stephen was always ahead of development: If something came to your mind to be added, it was probably already in the Program Thomas & Christian gave great new Input and Progress to the Emulator in the last years, too and boosted the Project! So, all I could do is give several monetary contributions to the Project, and I guess more people could have done so ("If I had a Dollar for every..."). It wouldn't take back the Stress-Level and time to work on it, but it would have shown that there is support from the silent majority of the Community. What happens if Stella doesn't get updated in the future? I don't like to think about it, 'cause there is no other Emulator for that system anymore (especially not on this Level). z26 and PCAE cannot compete with it and were not regularly updated themselves... Thanks to the Stella-Team for bringing back Atari to modern Days and helping to develop new Games!

Hi! As the ATGames Flashback Portable cannot play most (all....) of the new Creations of the 2600-Scene, I would be interested to buy a new Handheld-Device for Atari 2600-Games "on the Go" (and only for that). Has someone made experiences with the Powkiddy V90 concerning Atari-Emulation? I like the Clamshell-Design that saves the Display from possible Scratches... There is a custom Firmware that should make Retroarch available for this Device. But: Does ist use a good Version of Stella (meaning >=6.x) so that Galagon and Co. are playable (at full Speed)? Or are there are Handhelds that are better for what I want?

Still no digital Purchases?! 2020 is almost over... What about sending Money via Paypal and getting ROMs via Email-Attachments, if changing the Shop-System is too difficult?!

Yes, I'm using the Standard-Joystick that came with the Console. Strange that those Games are set to the "Sega Genesis"-Controller by Default on the Retron... With the "Joystick"-Option it works, Thanx!

I am having Problems with SCRAMBLE and SUPER COBRA ARCADE: In both Games the "Air-to-Ground"-Shot does not work! On my PC it all works flawlessly, but on the Retron (with Beta2- and actual RC1-Firmware) I can only shoot straight forward and not hitting the Ground-Targets... Is this a Bug or do i have to change some Preferences for the Games? All other Games (also ARM-based Games like DRACONIAN) don't seem to have Problems (at least from what I've seen until now).

The Emulation seems smoohter to me on newer Titles like Space Rocks e.g.. The Joysticks are better (heavier, more robust). The whole Console is a bit more on the Quality-Side. Like you said, Retron can play all Titles available at the Moment with the Stella 6-Firmware and has more options for the Emulation at all (TV-Effects). Downsides are the rather boring Stella 6-Look of the Frontend and that I had problems with my SD-Card, which got locked (but that could be just purely random). At the Moment the Screen has to be adjusted for a complete Image on most TVs But the Stella-Team is working on it and most TVs can solve the Problem with Options like "Overscan", "Picture Adjustment" and so on. Overscan and MicroSd-Card I've bought a second Retron just one Day after having received the first one - and I don't regret it!

No SD-Card-Slot, no Sale! I`ll stay with the FB9 and the Retron77

No, my Flashback 9 (also Boom-Edition) and Asteroids behave like they should...

Okay, the Problem seems to be common with (Micro)-SD-Cards if you look through the Internet. Noone seems to be able to solve that problem, but I found a Workaround at least for me: My MP3-Player can be connected to the PC to save new Songs to it and as it was able to format the Card, I tried to connect the Player to the PC via USB-Cable. That did it: I was able to write the Firmware-Image to it, create a new Games-folder and put roms to it. Some, maybe exotic, devices don't seem to care about the read-/write-Status of the Cards and just "do what theit told". Maybe next time, I don't format the Card but try directly to to access it via the MP3-Player instead of a standard USB-Card-Reader... Leaves the Question, why the Card got blocked in the first place?! Maybe switching off the Retron77/Stella leaves it in that "mode" and a save shutdown-Option is needed?! Don't know... Maybe someone else has experienced the same Problem or it just was bad luck!?

I'm really liking the Retron77 with the Custom-Firmware, but today I've encountered a Problem: As I wanted to update the Games on the Micro-SD-Card and put the Memory-Card into my Win10-PC, the whole Card was blocked: I couldn't copy, delete etc anything on the Micro-SD! Always told me the Card was write-protected. No Tips from the Internet would bring the Thing back to live. Diskpart, Properties of the Games-Directory on the Card and so on - nothing. Finally, I tried to Format the Card in my MP3-Player, which cleared the Memory but the card is still not accessible for Write-Operations! Even trying to write the Image of the Firmware to the Card doesn't work. I ordered a new Card now, but buying a new one every Time you wanna update the Games or Stella doesn't seem to be a good thing - or have I done something wrong? (Sorry, no Github-Account...)

Concerning Overscan: I habe the same Problem on my Samsung-TVs, too. Until the Stella-Team fixes this Issue with the next release, it might be helpful to use the "Adjust Screen"-Setting for those who have that Option available on their TVs. The Samsungs have an Option "Picture-Size", where you can switch different Zoom-Modes: 16:9, 4:3 and the aforementioned "Adjust Screen" ("Bildanpassung" on my german Model). By that Option, the TV doesn't use overscanning and puts the whole Image on the Screen. Very Noticable with the Galagon-Demo...

Got the Cords today and everything is fine! Special Buttons on Stick 1 work and there's no lagging... So, Standard Cables work with the Flashback 9

Great! And thanks for testing! I've ordered two Cables as the Cords on the Sticks are a bit short in my opinion...

Hello! Does anyone know if normal Extension-Cables for the wired Controllers of the Boom-Version work? Player 2 shouldn't be a Problem, but Player 1 has the special Functions for "Menu", "select" etc. on the Stick...

Ok, thanks all for your Help. So, it seems to work with an Update then