Lendorien

Morons jumping the bandwagon... again. Completely old hat. I agree. Its also a shame because someone probably could use the cart for their collection.. I know I could.. You just can't find games around like you used to. I agree with you there. I don't have ET, but I do have 4 pacmans.

Yeah... take his advice. He knows more than me.

I defeated Pokemon Snap for the N64 a few days ago. I was surprised at how much fun that silly game was. A novel concept for a rail shooter and quite entertaining even for a 30 year old like me. Or maybe I just have low standards.

It's possible that the contact on the cart are dirty. This comes up with older cards sometimes. You could try cleaning the leads with isopopyl Alcohol on a q-tip. If the cart has a door, you can push it down by inserting a pent tip into one of the slots on the sides of the man middle slot. I actually had one cart that was so corroded that I had to take a very find grit sandpaper to clean off the corrosion, though I'm sure that that's definitely not a recommended method. Of course, in my case, I really didn't mind if I broke a Tennis cart. Try the q-tip method.

Week 1: Galaxian - 1/2 hr Warlords (with a friend) 1hr. Ice Hockey (with a friend - 1/2 hr. Pole Position - 1/2 hr Week 2: Phoenix - 1 hr Moon Patrol - 1/2 hr Berserk - 1/2 hr Bowling - 20 min Galaxian - 1/2 hr. I only recently got my Atari. Most of my games are from thrift stores. I have some good games, but a lot of crappy sports ones too. I wish my collection was bigger. I'd love to be part of the High Score club.

You lucky dog. Hope you';re able to get her back into working order! S

Gosh. I'd be interested in one of these too.

Yeah. And it even had centipede in it! Stupid Centipede...

It's amazing what sort of random crap one can find on you tube. Frankly, I think Pac-man was a better microwave candidate. I hate the atari 2600 version of Pacman. With a Passion.

This is a really late reply, but I was looking for a solution to this problem myself. Some trial and error revealed that it had to do with the cable I was using. I'm thinking you might have the same issue. Some net research suggested that poorly shielded cables caused this problem. The cable I was using was a cheap one donated to my brother int he dorms in college (along with a bunch of games. We have no idea who owns them, but they stole our rumble packs). I had a couple other N64 cables laying around, so I tried the one I'd bought from Gamestop. It's a heavy duty multi-system svideo/composite cable. Switching to that one from the flimsy inexpensive one solved my problem. The black checkerboard was gone and I was shocked at how much better the image was over composite. It's almost like night and day. My research has suggested that while cables are a likely culprit, some HDTV's might be the culprit too, though this is not the case for me. Best of luck!

I suppose the way to do it would be to check for voltage on the connectors of an active controller? I'd have to get a Voltage tester. I might try it, but all I have are the Nintendo brand ones and they're screwed together with those star screws. Going to need to go to the hardware store.

Gotta Say that this version of pac-man blows the top off the original 2600 pac-man cart. WAY closer to the arcade version and far more polished. Way to go! Fantastic job! I'd buy this cart.

LOL I never heard of that, but I suppose it might make a pretty good one. In prison at least. It can't be that hard to modify. The rumble pack is just a vibrating motor. Darn. I really wish someone did have some instructions on this. I have a spare rumble pack I wouldn't mind experimenting with, but while I'm handy and not afraid of the soldering iron, I wouldn't know where to begin. Darn the internet's lack of permanancy!

If Cave In came out on a cart, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. That game is really neat.

I'm looking for this too actually. Only found one reference to it aside from Wikipedia. Unfortunately, the site that showed how to do it is long gone and the internet archive shows no love. http://www.dextrose.com/_forum/archive/index.php/t-723.html

I've actually seen quite a few Atari games at my local Goodwill. In fact that's pretty much where I got all of mine. Granted, I just started collecting. Someone picked over them all. Pretty much all that was left were the crappy sport games and a few other mediocre or really common games like Kaboom. I'm just too cheap to want to spend loads of money for Atari games on Ebay. I haven't done a lot of garage saleing. I think maybe come spring I'll do just that. One just has to have patience I think and be willing to look around. Stuff is out there.

I've been lurking for a month or two and figured I ought to join in. since I only recently got my Atari, i didn't have much to say until I got it. heh. I'm not a member of Vintage-Computer. Not sure where that is. I love old computers though. The Kaypro is in decent shape, though pretty worn. It's got a personality. The chips aren't soldered so oxidation is a problem. I'll take a look at the website you mentioned. Thanks.

I'm curious what would draw a 20 year-old to old school gaming/collecting, especially the Atari 2600 and 5200? Every 20-something I've talked to bashes the old-school games as being just "blocks bouncing around" compared to today's "realistic" games. Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining, just genuinely curious. I'm 31 myself, but I can see the appeal. I'm an unabashed gamer. I have a gaming computer that can play Crysis. Some kids grew up with their parents enjoying the old systems. And to be honest, some of the old systems are sort of cool. The 2600 has some great games on it if you can look past the graphics. I personally picked up a 2600 because I remember being so jealous of my cousins back int he early 80's. They had a 2600. I remember playing Pitfall on it. Now that I'm able to buy things for myself, I picked one up to recapture the fun I had as a kid. Come to find out that the games are still fun. Graphics can add to a game, but gameplay is just as, if not more important. I have a couple coworkers in their early 20's who are huge gamers. They probably wouldn't buy a 2600, but they don't mind playing it. Heh.

Erm... Let's see, aside from my Atari 2600... * I have an N64 with about 15 games. I watch for games at Goodwill. Hit and miss really, but I've picked up about 5 for it in the past 4 months. Nothing really good though... well, except for Shadows of Empire. I REALLY REALLY hope I find Superman 64, if only to say I own it. * I have a Playstation which I got for 2 bucks at goodwill because Final Fantasy 8 doesn't like to work in my PS2 with component video cables. It had no power cord, but I had an old cord from a tape recorder that I used a utility knife to whittle down to the right size. I'm so cheap. * I have an old "fatline" Playstation 2 with about 10 games, mostly rpgs... and Guitar hero. * I have a Dreamcast I picked up recently because Crazy Taxi and Soul Caliber are really cool on it. And... * I have a Kaypro 2X computer a 1984 vintage computer running C/PM. My Dad's first computer. I still haul it out to play games on occasion. * And last but not least, my gaming rig, a quad core beast which plays the latest junk. I'm mostly a PC gamer. In the next year or two I hope to get: * NES (top-loader if I can) * SNES * Sega Genesis

Just got my Atari 2600 in today. Been waiting 25 years to own one of these. I was so jealous of the kids who had them when I was 7... ha! I got a light sixer in the same auction, but I'm only keeping the Heavy Sixer. It's in far better shape anyway. Little bit of wiping with a damp cloth and it looks brand new. I have to admit I like the look of the Heavy Sixer over a lot of the other video game systems later. It just has this classy sort of look to it. Anyway, my Heavy Sixer is an Atari unit CX-2600 with Atari paddles and joysticks, built in Sunnyvale, CA. No channel selector on it. Type: Heavy Sixer Model: Atari CX-2600 Channel Selector: No Serial #: 68331K