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Anthony, Just curious, did you buy it from IC2005? How come you took a refund instead of an exchange? Was this recently? I'd be happy for an exchange even though I'm going to have to pay postage for it to ship back. I hope this goes smoothly.

Hi, Your correct I'm using the US roms. I just can't believe my roms are bad but more of the flash cart as defective. It's weird how some games may or may not work. I hope IC2005 is good about exchanges.

To whomever ones one I have a question. I bought the 64MB version of this card for my TurboGrafx16 system from IC2005.com. I've had strange issues with this device from the get go. I was able to install the software with no problem but the majority of the roms that I load don't work (messed up graphics) or when I choose a game from the menu it just locks up until I push the reset button. The strangest issue is how one game might work one time and if I flash just that game by itself a second time it may or may not work. I can't believe that the roms that I have are corrupted. I'm thinking my card is bad and will try to send back. Does anyone have one of these and have any issues? Please throw some suggestions my way. Thanks

I just ordered the Genesis flash cart from Tototek today. I realize I'll need two cables to do the transfer one being a USB cable. What is the other cable I'll need? A 25pin male to 25pin male on both sides? Is this known as an Lpt1 cable? Please help!!!

Well this is how I would summarice this topic up. I remeber the very early days ('95 or '96) when I first stubled upon emulation. I can't remember the name of it but it was the very first arcade emulator (way before mame) and I was blown away that you could actually play ms pacman/galaxian, etc. There were only five or six roms it could play. Next I stumbled upon a Commodore 64 emulator and couldn't believe that. I started to discover web sites that had daily "news" updates on the emulator scene as it was happening. I recall everyone hoping to see an Atari 2600 emulator come out but some people felt it would never happen as it was too complicated to design. As the years went on you basically saw more and more systems become emulated and it seemed like it would never end. The majority of the emulators weren't a 100% perfect but at that time it was and still is amazing. I used some of the earlier Commodore, Nes, Atari, Tg16, Snes, Genesis and Neo Geo emaulators. As time went on I eventually lost interest as for me you were playing these games on a PC. Now I got back into when I discovered people making USB adapters for the console controllers. I thought this was as close as you could get to the real thing so I started buying these up like there was no tomorrow. I thought this would be the end of story until I discovered flash carts. I no longer play the emulators but save my money and buy these flash carts as these are THE best thing that could have happened to the video game community. It's hard to believe how it's gone from the early days of emulators that barely worked at that time to flash carts that will play almost everything accuratley on a REAL system. I'm glad that I've had the opportunity to watch this all evolve in front of my eyes.

I think unfortuately the Chimera project isn't going to happen from this thread that I found http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s...p;#entry1659056 I'm not a techie guy but if you read through it all it looks like someone else is continuing this project and calling it "Harmony". I don't quite understand what all it will be able to do. Perhaps someone else could better explain this new project.

He actually had to cut prices on the last batch he ran to sell the last ones... That, parts issues and the fact that it's not feasible to just make a few at a time are some reasons he isn't doing it. I'm curious, what did these originally sell for? How much did he cut prices on the last batch?

How about the idea of spending $135 for a PowerPak from RetroZone? I know some people like to collect the boxes and manuals but if money and or space is an issue this is another way to go. Just my two cents.

Thanks for the info. Can someone tell me why a place like Tototek hasn't developed a Atari 2600 flash cart or anyone for that matter? I have heard about the Chimera project but I can't believe what prices the original Cuttle carts for the Atari are going for when they do come up for sale. I realize their a one of a kind item but at $400 you think someone would want to step in and make one for the Atari. I recently emailed Schell's Electronics and he has no plans for selling Cuttle carts. If I were him and saw what their currently selling for I'd be devoting my entire life in trying to sell those.

Does anyone own or recommend a flash cart for either a Genesis or Snes? Where is a good place to buy one from? I haven't done too much investigating so I'd love to hear from you guys. Thanks!!

Well I can add this item, NEO Power PC-Engin 64M flash cart to my collection. I just ordered this today. Does anyone have one of these?

I think these were the best thing to come along if your into the old video games and can't afford to collect every game. I own the Powerpak for the Nes and Cuttle cart 3 for the Intv. I realize up front they are expensive but are well worth it in the end. Once I discovered and purchased these flash carts it made me head to Ebay and buy an Intellivision/Atari 2600 (in hopes of a flash cart) and a Nes. I realize that a true collector who wants to own every physical game may not not find this appealing but I can't think of anything better to complement the older consoles. I was tickled when emulation came along and you could play those roms on a PC. Alhough it was cool to do that it just didn't feel right on a PC in my opinion. It helped when years later you could use the real console controllers on a PC thanks to people designing usb adapters but still it was an emulator on a PC. Now fast forward and you can buy a flash cart, that is what has gotten me back into the old consoles. If someone would have told me back in the early 80's that 25 years from now you will be able to play just about every game (not all games work 100%) on one cart for either a Nes or Intv I wouldn't have believed it. What do you guys think? Do you like the concept?

Piracy isn't that widespread in console games really. Piracy requires a mod chip these days, which is something that I'm guessing less than 1% of all next gen consoles have. Of course this is a different story for PC games. On a related note, the reason Nintendo decided to go with cartridges for the N64 rather than cds (and lost Final Fantasy 7, Metal Gear Solid, etc) was due to fear of piracy. It turned out that piracy wasn't that much of a problem for the Playstation, which went on to sell over 100 million units while the N64 only sold around 30-35 million. One of Nintendo's biggest mistakes ever (the Virtual Boy being another of course). I wish this never happened because this is when Nintendo started losing all of its third party support, which is still something it's trying to recover from. I personally believe that there is probablly more piracy taking place on todays systems than you realize. I'd be shocked if less than 1% of todays consoles are modded. What does everyone else think?

I can't recall the biggest dollar amount I spent on a game but I unfortunately recall spending $400 back in'94 on the Panasonic 3do system. Sadly never used it much sense this sytem never really took off. Still have it today in mint condition minus the box it came in. While I'm at it I also regret the $200 back in '98 '99 that I spent for the Hotrod "The ultimate joystick control" for the PC. I also have this collecting dust in the basement. Yes, I know, I should have a garage sale some day.

I would agree with your price point but one other thing to take into consideration. When I had my Intellivision and I wanted a new game (cartridge) it was time to save up some cash ($35-$40). With my new Commodore 64 and floppy disk drive when I decided it was time for a new game (floppy) did I need to save $35-$40 or could I borrow my friends and make a copy? I don't mean to imply piracy is ok but back in the day I had my share of copied C64 games. Who didn't? Now that I think about it I wonder how much piracy may have also contributed to the decline of the "crash". Think about it, back in the day (early 80's) how in the world did the average guy copy an Intellivision cartridge or Atari 2600 cartridge for that matter? Now along comes the C64 and disk based games and we know what direction that went in terms of piracy. In the early Commodre days it wasn't too difficult to copy games until later on from what I recall. Since I'm on this subject was it possible to copy cartridges back in the day? The reason you give for the C64 is the reason we nearly stopped carrying anything but the hardware and hardware add ons for it. Super levels of piracy even compared to 8bit Atari. Ea rep used to say that they thought they were only getting 30% potential sales due to piracy on C64. That was what drove sales of the C64, buy the box and get you software for free... Back when I was in high school ('85) I recall a student who openly advertised how for a fee he would provide you with a copy of just about any C64 game that he had. He actually typed up a list of every game that he had and would hand out this list to anyone interested. I think he charged something like $2.00 a game and you had to provide him a floppy disk. Yes, looking back it was pretty stupid but that's how I would summarize those C64 days. I honestly don't understand how todays video game stores actually stay in business with the way piracy is today.

How is that different than today really? While for many after buying a computer that may have been true, for the general public that was hardly a deciding factor in purchasing a computer. Piracy contributing to a crash ending? Heh, that's the most novel theory I've heard in a while, but not likely. There's just as much piracy now as there ever was, and I don't think I've ever heard of it helping the sales of anything or market value. Likewise there were several market "crashes" or fluctuations going on at once (overlapping), and as I was explained by someone working in the coin-op industry at the time, the coin-op industry (Pinball, video, mech, etc.) had its own cycles not directly relevant to the home industry at the time or later. Coin had actually been in a "crash" from '82 - '84. I was trying to make the point that as an Intellivision owner in '81, '82 if I wanted a new game it was going to cost money. Now, fastforward a year or two I'm a C64 owner and if I wanted a new game it was going to cost me money or I had a second option, pay nothing by means of a copy. Piracy couldn't be used in the same sentence with Intellivision as there was no way back then to copy cartridges (that I can recall).

I would agree with your price point but one other thing to take into consideration. When I had my Intellivision and I wanted a new game (cartridge) it was time to save up some cash ($35-$40). With my new Commodore 64 and floppy disk drive when I decided it was time for a new game (floppy) did I need to save $35-$40 or could I borrow my friends and make a copy? I don't mean to imply piracy is ok but back in the day I had my share of copied C64 games. Who didn't? Now that I think about it I wonder how much piracy may have also contributed to the decline of the "crash". Think about it, back in the day (early 80's) how in the world did the average guy copy an Intellivision cartridge or Atari 2600 cartridge for that matter? Now along comes the C64 and disk based games and we know what direction that went in terms of piracy. In the early Commodre days it wasn't too difficult to copy games until later on from what I recall. Since I'm on this subject was it possible to copy cartridges back in the day?

I have access to Usenet. What group would these be found in? Better yet, what word would you recommend using for a search "icons"? Thanks

The Genesis in the box was a strange find, I don't get that one. Someone actually bought a Genesis, kept the box all these years in storage and now conviently puts in back in the box and out for trash? I would love to hear from all the owners of the stuff you found why they just threw it out and didn't try to re-sell it or give it away. I wouldn't be surprised if some of those items have a tragic story behind them. Maybe they belonged to a child who unfortunately passed away, now fast forward a few years and the parents are just getting rid of it? For example, my next door neighbor lost his son back in '78 (unfortunate death). Two years ago he asks if I would like to have some comic books that he has in storage since he knew I like to collect comics. He gave me a box full of comics (100+) that looked like they hadn't been touched since '78. These comics were mostly in good to above good condition. They covered the early to late 70's time period. My neighbor was in his late 80's living alone and probably knew he wouldn't be around much longer and just felt like now is the time to part with them. I believe people like to hold onto items if they belonged to a loved one who passed away, it keeps their memories of that person close by.

Nope those aren't it but thanks for trying. I've looked everywhere but no luck. After searching a little I did find out that this commercial was released in Xmas of '83 according to this site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision...Series_Baseball Any else remember this commercial?

I'll start. Try to help me remember this commercial. It was around '81 or '82 and George Plimpton (Intellivision fame) was showing off the new World Series Baseball game that was coming out for the ECS computer. I'm thinking this game was running on a tv that had some sort of cover or sheet over it. George walks over to the tv and removes the cover to show off this baseball game that at that time had the best looking graphics for a baseball game EVER. I was blown away by what I say and knew that I had to have this someday. What's uniqie about this commercial it didn't seem to get much airplay as this came out towards the demise on the Intellivision. I don't think this was one of the typical George comparing an Intv game to Atari commercial but an all out check out the future of the Intellivision commercial. I think it was a last gap or hope for keeping the Intv cash register ringing. Does anyone else recall this tv ad? Is this floating around on the net? Sadly, I think this was one of the last commercials Mattel made for their system. I could be wrong. Help me out. Thanks

I grew up in the Chicago suburbs (throughout the 80's) and we had alleys that ran behind the homes. Every Thursday morning was garabge pickup and I remember as a kid that on Wednesday evening this guy in a junkie pickup would drive up and down the alleys looking for goodies before the garbage men would collect it. This seemed to go on for years. His pickup was full with everything imaginable. It would be fun to ask him today what video game(s) and or systems he found. I also unfortunately remember coming home one day after the garbage was picked to learn that my dad had tossed our Intellivision. Oddly he kept the 30 or so games and Intellivioice. His logic was that it was broke and besides you have a Commodore 64 now. The one controller was at some point pulled out too far so you could actually see the bare wires that connected inside the system and hence the controller would behave "flaky". Looking back it would have been as easy fix for me now but back then I wouldn't have had the guts to take it apart. This is why you guys are finding these systems in the trash. My dads mentality of it's broke throw it away. Well we all know how easy it would be to replace this controller. Actually the system was in mint condition. I was always a clean freak when it came to keeping these toys in excellent condition. People back then and still today see some piece of the system broke (power supply, controller, etc) and just toss the entire thing.

Back in the good ol' days of the crash I was either 14 or 15 years old, owned an Intellivision 1 for a few years and was begging my parents for a C64 for Xmas. So for me that time was about saying goodbye to the Intellivision era and hello to the PC (Commodore 64) gaming era. My change over to C64 had nothing to with the so called "crash". I was absolutely blown away with the graphics and sound capabilities that a C64 could produce when compared to the consoles from that period. I just knew that I had to have it. It also helped that I could use the excuse that I would be able to do homework on the Commodre and not just play games as a selling point to my parents. While I remember there being good deals around me during the "crash" period I guess it didn't matter that I could pick up Intv carts for $10. I knew that I wanted to move forward in terms of graphics so the old systems and their deals didn't matter. One thing that I do recall from that period is my friend picking up an Intv 2 with Burgertime brand new for around $50. I remember thinking of how much the original Intellivision cost ($300) and the all of those games ($35-$40)that I bought when compared to my friends deal. Oh well. I also remember buying the C64 games at Toys'R'US and every few months that I would look at the C64 section it kept getting bigger and bigger in terms of floor space. At that same time the Atari/Intellivison/Colecovision section kept shrinking while the C64 grew like crazy. Boy, right before the Intellivision died I still remember Toys'R'US having a huge supply of the Intellivision music keyboard stockpiled on the very top of the shelf for around $50. I never bought one but looking back I wish I did and kept it until now. I'd put it on Ebay. Fun time period to be around 13-18 years old in my opinion.

I wonder if the parents of today vs. the parents from the early 80's play more or less with video games systems? The majority of todays parents probablly grew up with the Atari 2600/Nes systems so playing a Wii or Xbox 360 isn't something that strange. Those early systems (2600, intv, odyssey) from the late 70's/early 80's were so new and different, you either loved them or hated them. From what I recall most parents didn't want anything to do with them. To answer my own question, I think todays parents are playing or at least trying out todays systems. What do you guys think?