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Yeah, it is strange how one gets used to things... For a long time I didn't even know that Asteroids was a vector game. When I was a kid I thought the arcade version looked like the 2600 version, just higher resolution and less flickering...

Asteroids 2600... Probably just because I played it looooong before I tried the arcade version. When I finally saw the arcade I didn't like it. I had gotten used to the flickering asteroids in the 2600 version ...

Thx for the info. No need to decompile to cart, I was just slightly curious

Typhoon Thompson was brilliant... I almost finished it...

highinfidelity: Is this due to the difficulty of programming the 2600? Incorrect raster timing in other words... Magnus Wersen: Tjena, kul med mer svenskar ... It could be a problem with my VCR or TV, neither are state of the art

There was a JSW competition, the first person to complete the game would win a crate of Don Perion and a ride in a helicopter.. or something.. I have a feeling the bug could have been intentional

Thx for the info MattyXB. There is a actually a Q.C. label saying PASSED P... So I assume it is PAL then... Hmm.. wonder why I have sync problems...

Can't you scan it and post it here?

I have it on the Spectrum too, but I found it a bit too hard. It was also impossible to complet due to a bug. I liked Manic Miner much better.

Yupp, I am from Sweden. I got the cart from a swedish seller, so I would also assume that the cart is PAL. But I have two NTSC carts(got them from AA) and they do work fine, colour and everything. But vertical sync loss happens sometimes when playing, but not always ... its quite odd... Could be something wrong with my VCR I suppose. I run my Atari through my VCR, and it could be having some problems with the NTSC signal I suppose...

Today I got some 2600 games I won in an auction. I wasn't certain that all of them were PAL. But after testing them I had only problems with one game; "Assault" from Bomb. There are some problems with the vertical sync when playing the game. Does anyone here know if there's a way to figure out for sure whether this cart is PAL or NTSC? I have included a pix...

Yes yes... that one too ... I love BB ...

Well, now we know.... it's for stashing money ... Cool find! I think I will go through all of my consoles now

I would like to see some newer arcade games. Like Ghosts'n Goblins... yeah, I would be completely happy with just GnG The Commodore MP3 players looks cool... But it seems to be missing a SID emulaor

Not hard to find at all, you can get it on Automation disk 192 here -> http://steem.atari.st/automation.htm. It's the follow up to Dungeon Master and is a brilliant game !

Okii ... jag ska gräva runt och se vilka tidningar jag har...

Tjena Jag har en del SHN liggande någonstans. Dock inte intresserad av att göra av med dem, nostalgi faktor du vet ... Men jag kan ju kolla om jag har några nr som du saknar och kanske scanna in dem.

*do do dodo dodo do do dodo* (my attempt at circus music ) I thought it was the Jaws theme for a while there ...

Neat... well done SCPCD

Wasn't it mentioned that this is only true of a specific generation of Genesis PSU's? I am sure someone said that there are Genesis PSU's which the polarity is the otherway round. In Europe the Mega Drive II has reversed polarity compared to the MD I. I think it is the same with the Gensis II ....

Uuum .. *thinking* - Doom 3 - FarCry - Super Mario World Probably some more, but they are eluding me at the moment...

Oh edit button where art thou? A kingdom for an edit button etc etc... What I meant to write was "It's just.."

You are right... I just one zero too many

Yikes, three zeros too many ...

The smell and smoke probably comes from a toasted capacitor. They really smell funky when toasted and produced a lot of smoke. So it’s not like everything inside is toasted, if you are really lucky it is only a capacitor.