Popeye 7800

[Popeye 7800]

1 hour ago, -^CrossBow^- said:

Well not that this will help, but even E.X.O. does this on the title screens when it first comes up before switching to the official title screen. It is like the whole screen will briefly flash for a second and you can just glimpse some blocky titles in that flash. On emulation it doesn't do this.

 

I could have sworn that I had seen some artifacts too, but now that I’m testing with an unmodded console (RF output), I don’t see anything. When my S-Video modded consoles arrives, I’ll test again for this issue.

 

Btw, it’s been really cool to watch and play through the progression of this game. Amazing!

[CollectorVision Experience Club 2021]

On 1/16/2021 at 2:59 AM, 1980gamer said:

The Intellivision Roms put it over the top!  (for me)

 

The LTO Flash for Intellivision is available again and I think they have sold over 600 units.  So, hopefully some of these users got on board here as well!

Have to admit that the INTY ROMs put it over the top for me to. I collect for this console and own an LTO Flash as well. 

[Popeye 7800]

This version has everything!

[A Bug's Trip and Quadromania]

On 1/15/2021 at 7:05 PM, Songbird said:

Nice video for A Bug's Trip by John Hancock:

 

 

Ordered!

[Centipede for the Atari Lynx]

Finally played Centipede today and I really like it. The gameplay and sounds are top notch. 👍

[What did you buy today?.........]

19 minutes ago, RJ said:

Arrived today!  On a quick flip-thru it seemed there was a 70/30 text/picture ratio but now I see there are more photos than I thought. 

 

(Please excuse the vomit-inducing tablecloth)

Can’t wait to receive my copy.

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No worries. Keep first things, first. Btw, we went with ceramic several years ago too.😄

[Original Games Updated With Menus]

6 hours ago, bfstats said:

THREE Sears exclusives including Submarine Commander.

Love the Submarine Commander box art.👍

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27 minutes ago, darryl1970 said:

I captured this using my Concerto. It seems to have detected POKEY.  Does this one have the sweep and explosion included, or is this a Concerto issue?

 

7800/Concerto => VCR => USB Capture device

 

 

I just tested the latest ROM with my DragonFly and it detected the POKEY as well. Sounds just like the video posted by @darryl1970. Love hearing the updated sounds when you kill the swooping Flagship. This is starting to really feel like the arcade now.👍

 

[Sky Raider Redux preview for the Atari Lynx]

2 hours ago, Songbird said:

Just wait until you see what's coming in the next video! There's one big feature we haven't announced yet...

 

Your killing me!😉

[Concerto firmware thread]

11 minutes ago, darryl1970 said:

I have a newer batch of carts, and I still have Pokey issues. It has gotten a lot better though.

The main thing with the earlier batch was needing to remove the POKEY in order for the update to take. I had that problem with my cart and it sounds like others may have too. I decided to leave the POKEY out until this is resolved via future update. It’s hard (even with my IC extractor) to pull that chip out, and I didn’t want to mess it up with repeated removals. 
 

Btw, I’m still happy with my cart.👍

[Concerto firmware thread]

The POKEY “issue” was related to the earliest batch of carts. 

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9 hours ago, PacManPlus said:

I'm in the middle of adding the Pokey sounds to the game; thank you @Synthpopalooza!

Will be back soon...  

 

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5 hours ago, tep392 said:

Carts sold: Maybe Al can share how many PMP games have sold - should be in the thousands

I have 13 of Bobs 7800 games in my collection and I expect to add another two or more, hopefully this year.😉

 

5 hours ago, tep392 said:

Just an all around nice guy

This! Bob is a true gentleman.

[New book- Atari arcade design]

I hope it doesn't take months to receive my copy.

["Dragonfly" my version of the Atari 7800 SD cartridge]

I think it was good to see the inner workings of the cart. It's also important to make note of the pots, but your walkthrough of the multiple settings via the configurations was great, especially the explanation for the "FORCE" RAM setting. 

[What did you buy today?.........]

24 minutes ago, rubeon said:

It wasn't easy, but I managed to get my hands on the elusive Series X!

 

Ah...the elusive monolith. Nice pickup.👍

[Bunch of random pics of my basement collections over the years...]

@Crazy Climber You are clearly the CRT whisperer.🙂

["Dragonfly" my version of the Atari 7800 SD cartridge]

@-^CrossBow^- Great video.👍

[Bunch of random pics of my basement collections over the years...]

Just now, Crazy Climber said:

Thanks man, I'm kind of obsessed with snagging old TV's off craigslist. I find a lot in rural MN where they were actually being used pretty much right up until I pick them up (owners usually just bought their first flatscreen lol)

Clearly I live in the wrong state.

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8 minutes ago, tep392 said:

I don't think I would be willing to wear a sash in public, but a t-shirt would be really cool.

A t-shirt would be cool👍

["Dragonfly" my version of the Atari 7800 SD cartridge]

Just now, Dauber said:

 

If you're talking about the trim pots, they make zero difference with Pac-Man Collection! XM Edition -- the volume is still barely audible. POKEY is fine, TIA is fine. And again, the two music demos in the YM2151 directory sound absolutely fine.

Not the pots, a little later in the video he describes the configuration settings for Pokey, PokeyMAX, YM etc. He even mentions that they make a difference with the PMC XM Edition. I know it made a difference for me. 

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1 hour ago, tep392 said:

I wish we could vote for the Lifetime Achievement Award.  I want Bob to win!

 

 

Maybe there could be an AtariAge 20 Year Anniversary Commemorative PMP Patch. It could list all of his games. Of course, the way he’s spitting them out lately, we may need a 20 Year Commemorative Sash.

[River Raid 2 Patch - plus 21 different Activision patches (New patch 4-24-2021)]

5 hours ago, TrekMD said:

The Space Shuttle patch looks very nice! 

1000% agree! PM sent. Gotta have this one and several others including Indy 500.  Nice work Eugenio👍

["Dragonfly" my version of the Atari 7800 SD cartridge]

41 minutes ago, Dauber said:

 

1) Pac-Man Collection! XM Edition -- I can barely hear anything -- I have to turn my TV to max to get any kind of sound on it, and it doesn't sound any different from the TIA version (just barely audible). Is there any trick to getting the Yamaha sound to work on it? The two tracker demos sound perfect though.

Watch @-^CrossBow^- YouTube video. He walks through a few settings for PokeyMAX, YM etc. The settings will make a difference as to whether you hear POKEY or really, really good TIA sound.

 

41 minutes ago, Dauber said:

 

2) Those of you in North America who need a power adapter -- this one works quite well for me: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y1LF8T5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

+1 This is one of the two power supplies that I ordered/mention in the DragonFly Preorder thread.