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You know that a 5200 port of this was (temporarily) leaked out (I DO have it but please don't ask me for it) only to see the mods take it down due to the ROM owner's request, of course the poster was immediately banned, and it was only his first post at that! Poor guy. Here is that post:

I just might want to review this on a future episode of the 2600 Edition of The Atari Report, as I do have the ROM already, and stay tuned for this week's episodes (2600 and 5200 Editions, one episode each) in which will be filmed and uploaded later on this week!!!

I hear you. BTW, I also used to own a mint 2600 Jr. short rainbow edition but sold it when I got the 2-port 5200 and the VCS adapter, but also I own a Flashback 9 when I sold both of my multicarts last year because I needed the $$$ (I was unemployed for almost 2 years before landing my great job over at Safeway here in Port Townsend), but did get the Flashback 9 when I got the Sony STR-DH590 home theater receiver after being turned on to the HDMI/HD craze going on and since it did not offer any composite a/v in/out jacks on it that lead me to upgrade everything. ....and yes, if I could afford it, I would try to get a near mint 2600 jr. short rainbow (it's smaller) rather than an original 4 switch unit, but if I did I would get the woodgrain one rather then a Vader one. And I would also get myself another Harmony Encore multicart since I DO have the Atarimax SD multicart back. I figured why not. and then I could have both modded to DVI and use the Sophia unit to adapt it to HDMI, hell I already own a VCR and have plans on getting a composite-to-HDMI adapter for it why not!!! I am already eyeing up an 8-port HDMI switcher I can use for my STR-DH590 since it only has 4 outputs onboard and I don't want to piggyback 2 or 3 inputs off the TV itself and then use an audio y-adapter from the phones jack on the TV to an audio input on the receiver just to put them all on, I'd rather have just one output from the receiver from the 8-port switcher plugged into just one jack. Here are all of my video components: Insignia digital TV tuner Atari 2600/Flashback 9 Atari 5200 Sony SLV-N51 VCR Lonpoo LP-099 region-free DVD player unbranded MP4 HD media player Roku Ultra (perhaps) a BluRay (preferably region-free) disc player My home entertainment system, also consists of LP, 8-track, cassette, CD and MiniDisc units as well, all hooked up to a matching Sony STR-DH190, so I have SEVEN decades of technology all run on two units hooked to a pair of Edifier R1010BT powered monitors (run from the headphone jacks off each receiver) and a 39" Insignia HDTV I bought in 2016. You've probably seen the system in action on The Atari Report on that brand new YouTube channel I own, I hope you enjoy the content on it as well as my other YT channel BIGHMW TV, and I will be launching brand new episodes of TAR this weekend so what games is it gonna be this week??? You'll have to tune in (and subscribe) to find out for yourself.

Keep in mind that if you mod your 5200, you lose the capability to use the VCS (2600) cartridge adapter for it, so think it over very carefully about the pros and cons of modding Big Sexy, you get a great picture but you lose the "2-in-1" advantage of being able to play 2600 games on it with the adapter. That is why I was FORCED to sell my a/v-modded 4-port here on AtariAge after finding out right here that she won't work with the adapter if you mod it. That is why I myself own a 2-port unit un-modded (channel 3 RF through my Sony SLV-N51 VCR to composite out from the VCR) for that 2-in-1 advantage although I do not currently own a Harmony Encore for the adapter. It's OK to mod your unit but please do keep what I just mentioned above in mind when making your final decision. Great picture, YES. BTW does anyone know (for those who do want to mod theirs) if any HDMI kits will ever be available for Big Sexy. I DO also own a Flashback 9 also but it won't work with ARM-chip-equipped games (especially those from Champ Games) but it does put out a great picture through HDMI.

Well at least we gave it a shot. Thanks @Wrathchild

Damn right they did.

You'll get there bro don't worry.

In this episode, mentally disabled musician and entertainer Ray Jackson takes a look back at the 1982 release of the arcade smash and the sequel to the ever-so disappointing Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, for the Atari 2600 Video Computer System. Here are the links to both the original blue screen version as well as a black one so you can download and try the original 1982 release of Ms. Pac-Man for yourself. #MsPacMan #Atari2600 #TheAtariReport MsPacMan.BIN MsPacManBlack.bin

In this episode, mentally disabled musician and entertainer Ray Jackson introduces and reviews yet another port from that genius AtariAge user himself Playsoft, the long-awaited sequel to the hit arcade classic "Galaxian", "Galaga" for the Atari 5200 SuperSystem. Here is the link down below so you can download and try it out for yourself. #Galaga #Atari5200 #TheAtariReport Galaga.bin

Thanks. Too good of a game to let not be for (at least) Atarimax SD multicart owners to have for the 5200, some of the 8-bit keyboard controls utilized can be assigned to the 5200 controller's onboard keypad (1-8 from what I see in the video of the gameplay).

Here's the game in action:

I have the files for this Coleco-made port of this game for the Atari 8-bit computers, and would love to see a 5200 port for all of US to enjoy, I have the VHS movie (I saw the film first in 1984 on HBO when I was 18 and fresh out of high school) and have also played the old ColecoVision version of it then and was stoked when looking at the WarGames (movie) Wiki page to find out that an 8-bit port was made, so I downloaded both the .xex and .atr files to see if anyone can spin this, so if @playsoft. @TIX @Wrathchild or anyone else wants to take this project on like what we saw for Yar's Strike, I have the files down below. WarGames (1984)(Coleco)(US)[k-file].zip WarGames (1984)(Coleco)(US).zip

I would also, although I DO have 4 different ROMs of Tempest (including the original "blue Speedo" version) and happen to like the "V" patterned one, there are also a circular variation (in a weird dual circle), and also a half-pipe version as well, but those have messed up copyright info ("(c) 1983 ATARI") on those two, the V has it perfect while the "panty" (as you call it) version has none. But on all 4 of them you remain stuck on one pattern for the rest of the game, plus there are only flippers, and tankers (after level 3) to deal with and then the fuseballs and pulsars make their appearances later on, no spikers, no spikes to avoid, pretty much repetitive throughout.

A minor thing I have with it is that the R77 will only allow me to have a few titles on the card at any given time and I have almost 800 games on my SD card I currently use with the FB9 and used to use on the Harmony Encore.

But AtGames is not gonna make that happen, the reason why I got the FB9 was because of its SD card slot and HDMI compatibility, but I didn't know that in the future there were a few new homebrews won't work with it. That and AtGames refuses to develop a patch (or a Flashback unit) that would fix the problem and allow it to play ARM chip-optimized games.

The original 5200 port of Pac-Man wasn't so bad, I thought it was great, don't forget, back when it was first released for the 400/800/XL/XE back in 1982, it was considered arcade-quality at that time. Now fast forward 30 years to Pac-Man Arcade and that version blows it away!!!

One special request for @johnnywc, that you please come up with ROM versions that will work with Flashback 9 (Stella Emulator HDMI, in other words, non-ARM versions), so far I can't play either Wizard Of Wor Arcade, Galagon, Gorf Arcade, or Robotron for my FB9, and even though I DO own a 2600 adapter for my 5200 I still don't have the Harmony Encore yet.

Although you haven't won a Cup since 1967, I would think so, but, if you wait a year, maybe you can add our newly-named Seattle Kraken onto the list, .......and of course my LA Kings, in which I have been a loyal fan of since 1975 (9 years old at that time, native Californian, born in Panorama City in 1966), and had season tickets to (at The Fabulous Forum) from 1977-87, before I moved to Port Townsend, WA in 1987. #ReleaseTheKraken

Here, here!!! My salute to all the homebrewers who keep Big Sexy still going strong 38 years since its initial release!!!

The ONLY reason I still run my 2-port 5200 through channel 3 Rf to my VCR and then to a composite input on my TV (as my Sony STR-DH590 a/v receiver only had HDMI inputs) is so I can still use my VCS cartridge adapter along with it for the 2600 games that will not work with my Flashback 9, including most of my 2600-compatible controllers, like my CX80 trak-ball, in which does not work on my FB9, but, if I had to have either one or the other for my 2600 library (almost 700 games, my Atraimax 5200 SD card has almost 300 on it), what would you suggest, the HDMI-equipped Flashback 9 or the VCS adapter (with a Harmony Encore, in which I will be reacquiring) for the 5200??? I also found this handy gadget on eBay so i can have both the VCS adapter and also an HDMI output for my 5200 as well, should I get one??? I'd love to have everything running on HDMI outputs exclusively, I already found a composite a/v-to-HDMI interface for my VCR, so what do you think??? https://www.ebay.com/itm/RF-to-HDMI-converter-Analog-TV-Receiver-HD-Video-Converter-Box-for-HDTV-DVD-/323842380690?_trksid=p2385738.m4383.l4275.c10&var=512857544063

Yes. My (2016) Insignia HDTV has a very weak native antenna signal and I actually find that I get a better picture if I ran my 5200's channel 2/3 RF output to my Sony SLV-N51 VCR's antenna input and then from its composite output to my TV (my Sony STR-DH590 a/v receiver only has HDMI inputs so I hook it up to my TV's composite input). How many of you either do the same or experience a better picture/sound quality when running your game system through a VCR as opposed to the TV directly??? ...and while yes I still get that infamous RF buzzing I still get a much better gaming experience this way (sharper picture, somewhat) considering that I read our systems had a very weak video sync back in the day.

For most "third wave" gaming systems that both the 5200 and ColecoVision were, yes it pretty much was, the targeted demographic (mostly 18+) considered "lesser" systems like the 2600 to be "mere kids' stuff", compared to the more-grown-up gaming audience who had (allegedly) moved on from the 2600 and Odyssey 2 and wanted something better.

I also downloaded this and it also includes an arcade-style opening as well as a different font for both the score and the "READY!" and "GAME OVER" titling but other than that and the other mods mentioned it's basically a souped-up (and graphically better) version of the already-released Pac-Man Arcade, maybe this might be a prime candidate for a review of on a future episode of "The Atari Report - 2600 Edition". .....and speaking of which I will be debuting the latest episodes of each 2600 and 5200 Editions of TAR tomorrow it's just that I am a bit burnt out physically (80+ degree weather today here at BIGHMW.com World Headquarters here at Bishop Park in Port Townsend, WA) so I will be doing the voiceovers tomorrow morning when the weather cools off a bit.

I myself liked both, even though I have been a loyal Atarian, as they each had different arcade hits from the good-ol' days, before the 8-bit conversions became available the only way we Atarians could play Donkey Kong (or Donkey Kong Jr.) was to jump to the C-V, there were an awful lot of great games for both and different ones at that. Whenever I went to a former (Erikson Center, 1983-84) classmate's (Lisa Rivers) house, her younger brother Natan had both a ColecoVision and a 2600, as well as a 13" Trinitron TV hooked up, I used to blow him away in Pepper II (one of my favorite games for C-V) and also Space Fury among others, and now that there are no longer any exclusive separate home/computer rights to games we 5200 owners can now also experience Donkey Kong and DK Jr. with our 8-bit conversions where legally in the past we were not allowed to do so, as Coleco had (then) exclusive home video gaming rights while Atari had exclusive home computer rights, and those were different animals back then even though the 5200 and 8-bit shared the same technology pretty much. I would love to see it become more of an open market now as opposed to the day, every game for every system, so that all of us no matter what units we owned can enjoy them as equally as anyone else, which is why I would love to see some of Coleco's games ported to the 8-bit/5200 lineup, I'm sure there are ColecoVisionaires who would love to play some of our games ported to the C-V too. They both found their niches, let's all reap in the fruits of them shall we. Enough of the 1980s bickering, they were both great at their time.

Yeah take THAT Coleco!!!