BIGHMW

Hey @batari, @adamchevy and I would like to know the latest in the development on Concerto, as I intend to not only get a XEGS next week but also (at least) the Brewing Academy Ultimate Cart for it and the Harmony Encore so I can (at least) play 2600 games on Lil' Sexy (my name for the 7800), we're getting kinda anxious.

True it DOES have 360 throwing and movement ability, it would be perfect for the analog stick.

This is what the 5200 SHOULD'VE been!!!

Thanks for that loan @CPUWIZ!!! Now it's just a matter of @batari coming through with the Concerto multicart hopefully by the end of the year, in the meantime, I'll definitely be reacquiring the Harmony Encore multicart The Atari 7800 is the size that the 5200 should've been, no controller storage, no BS. Period. "Pam"/CX5100/"5200 Jr" would've sold tons more if it were issued, let alone take up much less space. I would've bought one and ditched the original afterwards.

After I took delivery of Little Sexy I took the film off of it. As for the "2-in-1" compatibility with 2600 games that Concerto has, as well as 7800 games, THAT is INDEED both a gamebreaker and a dealmaker!!! But for now after I get both my next Social Security payment and my paycheck on the 3rd and pay my rent I am definitely getting the Harmony Encore and in January I will be ditching my Flashback 9 despite its remote joystick-based menu/start/select controls as opposed to having to use the buttons on the console in which was why I sold my original Harmony Encore last year in the first place.

Great News, I just took delivery (via FedEx) of a great condition (clear plastic seal on the metal bezel) 7800, now it's just a matter of: 1) Reacquiring Harmony Encore 2) when Concerto get released and available for all of us to get, this is why I got (what I as a 5200 owner call) "Little Sexy" in the first place, hopefully @batari will be on this as I'm (and so are many of us) ready for the finished Concerto surfaces. 3) Getting a XEGS (as I found out a PS/2 keyboard adapter is available, that is a huge dealmaker) and also the The Brewing Academy's Ultimate Cart for it as well. 4) hopefully in January, launching the 7800 and 8-bit Editions of The Atari Report, no official announcement will be made until Concerto is actually available, then we can go on YouTube and make that awaited announcement that even I want to make. 2 months to go (plenty of time) and I have confidence that @batari will have her done by the end of 2020. How many others have as much faith in him getting the deal done as I do???

This makes me think twice on having gotten my 7800 on eBay back last week if it had these kinds of issues I just might turn around and resell it. BUMMER!!!

That's OK @Wrathchild, thanks for looking into it.

Myself as well, I would never ventured my way to getting a 7800 without the SD cart available, that's why I ignored it for all of these years since becoming an Atarian back in 1982 and getting my first 5200 (a USA-made 4-port, serial #141101) back on my 17th Birthday (on May 19th, 1983).

In that case, will the fire button act as a start or reset button so I don't ever have to pull out the console except for powering it on/off or for rebooting the Ultimate Cart with its built-in button when switching games/files??? That would perhaps sway me over to the XEGS despite the hefty price tags for them on eBay. The separate keyboard can then simply rest stored inside of a drawer and I'll never need to break it out and connect it except for games that utilize it, i.e. like Star Raiders

Good. Then now the 65XE is only weeks away for me, it's just a matter of saving up my $$$, plus with the good news I keep hearing (and reading) on the 7800 Concerto SD cart this is gonna make things easier, however, I will not make any announcements on YouTube nor issue any press releases on the 7800 and 8-bit versions of The Atari Report until I actually have both the hardware (and both the 8-bit Ultimate Cart and 7800 Concerto) physically in my hands!!! Still plenty of time for you guys to change my mind as far as either an XEGS or the 65XE, so I'm still open to opinions while still having made up my mind, as eBay prices for used XEGS systems are ridiculous right now, that, is why i am siding with the 65XE, from Best Electronics as well as the 8-bit Ultimate Cart, as it takes (and all of my files are) .xex files so there should not be any major snafus as far as compatibility is concerned.

Can someone make it easier for us who want to get a 7800 SD cart, we don't know when Concerto will be available and I got myself a near-mint 7800 in order to use it, can someone at least pirate the Cuttle Cart 2 hardware/software so some developers and 7800 owners who only own all of the ROMs for it (all .a78 files) can use it???

Will it work with all of my 7800 ROMs I have on file even without HOKEY???

I will be getting one next week after I get paid and have almost all of my bills settled, so put me down for an Encore!!! FINALLY I can ditch the Flashback 9 (it won't play ARM games) and use this on both my VCS adapter for my 5200 and also when I get my 7800 as well!!! I had to sell my original Harmony Encore early last year due to being both in debt and unemployed at that time. Boy what a difference having a job makes!!! YES!!!

Well so much for the 8-bit and 7800 Editions of The Atari Report, bummer! I guess they're both on ice, good thing I never made any OFFICIAL announcement on YouTube or issued any press release about it.

Is the Ultimate Cart really controllable with a joystick also as opposed to having to have the unit up close for that purpose with the keyboard??? Because as I saw in that video I posted he had to have the keyboard up front in order to be able to navigate through all the games on that cart, however, he was using an XE computer and not the XEGS. That was the reason why I chose to get the 65XE as opposed to the XEGS. Is there a difference as either way I would have to have both the unit (console) in front of me for the onboard reset/start/option buttons.

I was just wondering how @batari's Concerto is coming along, any updates so far as far as its availability is concerned???

Thank you!!! BTW, don't forget to check out (and hopefully subscribe to) my other two YouTube channels: BIGHMW TV On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BIGHMWOfficial and my Ray Jackson YouTube channel as well for assorted odds & ends: https://www.youtube.com/c/RayJacksonbighmw You'll also find these three (all cross-promoted among each of all 3 channels), in the Featured Channels section on the right of each YT homepage. I need to get to 100 subscribers on each so I can get those coveted custom URL's for them, so I need all of your help here!!!

2 downloads of each of the 2 ROMs, I hope somebody can make a 5200 port of each happen!!!

Here in Port Townsend, WA and nearby Seattle as well, it's (in typical Northwest flavor) raining and here in PT at Bishop Park there is a heavy gust of wind, indeed a good time to stay indoors and play Atari, just so long as the power doesn't go out due to the wind.

Well since playsoft has retired, @Wrathchild, are you perhaps up to it, converting that and maybe WarGames as well, as maybe a comeback to the 8-bit-to-5200 conversion fold??? Food Fight.xex War Games.xex

It's units like the 5200 that make me want to hold off on getting an 8-bit computer (it would be a 65XE) because of games and 8-bit conversions like this!!! Besides I don't know if I can go through all 4000+ titles available for the 8-bit, I'm pretty much happy with the almost-300 great games only Big Sexy offers us instead despite most of them being 8-bit transfers. BTW, I already bought an RF-to-HDMI interface I intend to use with my 5200 so I can use the HDMI input on my Sony STR-DH590 a/v receiver as opposed to running it through my VCR to the composite inputs of my Insignia TV.

Well, considering the 130XE is also available through Best Electronics, and is the same size as the 65XE but with double the RAM (128K for the 130XE vs 64K for the 65XE) I might just go for it, but, would it really matter considering I would only be using it as merely a gaming machine as opposed to for its full computing capabilities (word processing/printing/disc-based games, etc.)??? The 65XE is less than $200.00 through Best and I can also score a 12-foot composite a/v cord there to go along with it, and then just get the Ultimate Cart to go with it since I have over 4000 titles in .xex format on an SD card which will work with it. As for controllers, no adapters or interfaces needed like my 5200 needs, it works with the same ones the 2600 or 7800 uses easily, including my CX80 Trak-Ball for games like Centipede/Millipede and Missile Command, paddles, driving controllers and also the massive array of joysticks already available on the market.

Nicely done Ryan. Nicely done, I like the blocking scheme, and the effect of the disintegrating disc, hopefully soon there'll be some sound and collision detection for the player and maybe an updated ROM of it, in which I will promptly download.

It sure was a cool thing for CPUWIZ to do, believe me.