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  1. Posted

    What's the point of hooking it up to my PC monitor? I can already play Atari 2600 games on my PC through emulation. Is there an option for TV out?

     

    I suppose because it might actually replicate play better in hardware than in software?

  6. Posted

    I'm unloading a large bunch of my Retro Gamer Magazines.

     

    Issues:

     

    06

    12

    14

    15

    16

    18

    22

    24

    25

    28

    56

    60

    61 (Great Pac-Man cover)

    62

    63

    67

    69

     

    I think I only have 2 or 3 of the discs that ever came with the early magazines but if someone bites, I'll toss them in too.

     

    Trades: I'm interested in homebrews for the ColecoVision and/or Atari. Would love a copy of the Yellow Pac-Man cartridge (I have the black one.) Also looking for Crazy Climber in working condition.

     

    Or if you want to pay me ca$h via PayPal... shoot me a PM.

  7. Posted

    There´s a Venezuelan seller who have 2 listingns of Atari bootlegs, and had bids. He's not mention anything about the "Piracy" aspect of the games, I don´t know if the bidders are concious about that or they are going to get a surprise when the shipment arrives.

     

    There´s the listings:

     

    eBay Auction -- Item Number: 2506934171281?ff3=2&pub=5574883395&toolid=10001&campid=5336500554&customid=&item=250693417128&mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]

     

    eBay Auction -- Item Number: 2506934191111?ff3=2&pub=5574883395&toolid=10001&campid=5336500554&customid=&item=250693419111&mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]

     

    My question is: Some collectors are interested in getting that kind of bootlegs? or do you think is a honest mistake of the bidders? if anyone like those, I can get many more titles and very cheap!

     

    Cheers..

     

    I have never seen these before! They're awesome! :D

  8. Posted

    There´s a Venezuelan seller who have 2 listingns of Atari bootlegs, and had bids. He's not mention anything about the "Piracy" aspect of the games, I don´t know if the bidders are concious about that or they are going to get a surprise when the shipment arrives.

     

    There´s the listings:

     

    eBay Auction -- Item Number: 2506934171281?ff3=2&pub=5574883395&toolid=10001&campid=5336500554&customid=&item=250693417128&mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]

     

    eBay Auction -- Item Number: 2506934191111?ff3=2&pub=5574883395&toolid=10001&campid=5336500554&customid=&item=250693419111&mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]

     

    My question is: Some collectors are interested in getting that kind of bootlegs? or do you think is a honest mistake of the bidders? if anyone like those, I can get many more titles and very cheap!

     

    Cheers..

     

    I have never seen these before! There awesome! :D

  11. Posted

     

    ...Once you have the screen capture from the emulator (has to be 256x192 which is what MESS makes... CV's native resolution), you have to copy the screenshot (with MESS it will be in PNG format) to the clipboard and then load CVPaint2. In CVPaint2, choose "From Clipboard" and the screenshot will be converted to the proper number of colors and displayed and then you can save the AtariMAX Ultimate SD Cart compatible picture file in *.PC format.

     

    Good Luck,

     

    Jim

     

    Man, that is difficult! But I managed to produce two pretty nifty looking .pc files. One's the logo of my website which turned out stellar. It's really hard to manipulate the colors and have them not bleed into other options in CVPaint. I assume that's because of how colors and graphics are displayed on the ColecoVision. But I managed.

     

    SC1.png

     

    SC2.png

     

    I'm going to have to put some time in on this and see what I can really do.

  12. Posted

     

    I hope you all enjoy this and look forward to seeing others handy work or better yet filling in some of the missing items!

     

    Jim

     

    Yeah. Dis is supah sweet. +1!

     

    Got mine all organized tonight. I realize I don't have a LOT of stuff. :-) I re-organized things a little bit to single out Homebrews and Prototypes. But I just wanted to thank you again for your hard work.

     

    Can someone tell me how the .pc files are made? Is there a dump kit you can buy to do screenshots and dump your own ROMs? I'd like a personal copy to be able to call up on this thing whenever I like.

    While I got the boxart pics from Retroillucid's collection that was posted here and a good amount of the ingame screenshots from David Harley's collection that he posted on his website after all the controversy, all the title screenshots and a large number of ingame screenshots were captured by me using the M.E.S.S. Emulator in Windows (there are numerous other CV and ADAM emulators that you can use).

     

    Once you have the screen capture from the emulator (has to be 256x192 which is what MESS makes... CV's native resolution), you have to copy the screenshot (with MESS it will be in PNG format) to the clipboard and then load CVPaint2. In CVPaint2, choose "From Clipboard" and the screenshot will be converted to the proper number of colors and displayed and then you can save the AtariMAX Ultimate SD Cart compatible picture file in *.PC format.

     

    Good Luck,

     

    Jim

     

    Thanks for the tip. I think I should be able to do this fairly easily. As soon as I find CVPaint. ;)

    Here it is.

     

    Muchas gracias, mi amigo! Woot! This will be fun.

  13. Posted

    I was going to jump on this, but am passing. Seller wants $150 and wouldn't take any less. But maybe someone else will have better luck.

    It is a decent selection of games.

     

    http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/vgm/1937150836.html

     

     

    This is a good deal for someone just starting out. But it's also super risky. Looks like that Empire cart has sticker on the label... and who knows how many still work? I'd let it sit.

  16. Posted

     

    I hope you all enjoy this and look forward to seeing others handy work or better yet filling in some of the missing items!

     

    Jim

     

    Yeah. Dis is supah sweet. +1!

     

    Got mine all organized tonight. I realize I don't have a LOT of stuff. :-) I re-organized things a little bit to single out Homebrews and Prototypes. But I just wanted to thank you again for your hard work.

     

    Can someone tell me how the .pc files are made? Is there a dump kit you can buy to do screenshots and dump your own ROMs? I'd like a personal copy to be able to call up on this thing whenever I like.

    While I got the boxart pics from Retroillucid's collection that was posted here and a good amount of the ingame screenshots from David Harley's collection that he posted on his website after all the controversy, all the title screenshots and a large number of ingame screenshots were captured by me using the M.E.S.S. Emulator in Windows (there are numerous other CV and ADAM emulators that you can use).

     

    Once you have the screen capture from the emulator (has to be 256x192 which is what MESS makes... CV's native resolution), you have to copy the screenshot (with MESS it will be in PNG format) to the clipboard and then load CVPaint2. In CVPaint2, choose "From Clipboard" and the screenshot will be converted to the proper number of colors and displayed and then you can save the AtariMAX Ultimate SD Cart compatible picture file in *.PC format.

     

    Good Luck,

     

    Jim

     

    Thanks for the tip. I think I should be able to do this fairly easily. As soon as I find CVPaint. ;)

  17. Posted

     

     

    If you have any feature requests/comments/etc please feel free to ask. :)

     

    Thanks,

     

    Steve

     

    I have a feature request.

     

    I'd like a .pc file with the AtariMax Ultimate SD boot screen in the root of the /Coleco directory. That way at our Fall Retro Gaming Party when I have this thing out, I can have the ATARIMAX Screen displayed as an "Attract Screen."

     

    Heck, it would be really cool if there was an actual attract screen when you were at the main menu--like a screen saver. Is that even possible?

     

    Anyway, don't know if that would be very easy so I'd settle for a .pc file if you wanted to provide it.

     

    myico.png

  18. Posted

     

    I hope you all enjoy this and look forward to seeing others handy work or better yet filling in some of the missing items!

     

    Jim

     

    Yeah. Dis is supah sweet. +1!

     

    Got mine all organized tonight. I realize I don't have a LOT of stuff. :-) I re-organized things a little bit to single out Homebrews and Prototypes. But I just wanted to thank you again for your hard work.

     

    Can someone tell me how the .pc files are made? Is there a dump kit you can buy to do screenshots and dump your own ROMs? I'd like a personal copy to be able to call up on this thing whenever I like.

  20. Posted

    My original 100 or so games and system with all the maps/etc.. I made as a kid. My Snoopy box I wrote Rad Racer on with marker, my storage box I lugged them around in and my original black and white TV I played them on. I know someone has it all, I want them back!

     

    :lol: Wouldn't that be a kicker if you somehow were able to actually get them back?

  22. Posted

    Um, did anybody notice the shipping?

     

    Bidding starts at $250, I think any bidder that is willing to buy this for that price or above is gonna want to have better shipping than $6 can buy.

     

    I'm sure before an educated collector paid, he could specify the method.

  24. Posted

    You may already be aware of this but the world's worst website is also the world's best resource for NOS Atari parts.

     

    :lol: :lol: :lol:

    I love Best Electronics, but you are soooo right about their web site design.

     

    And it's been like that for-ev-ah. :D

  25. Posted

    I have posted a test menu that is restricted to using only the center 30 columns.

     

    Just wondering, anyone have a chance to try this out?

     

    Any need for a 40 column mode as well? 40 column mode has smaller tiles and is restricted to black and white I believe, but should have more usable screen space.

     

    Steve

     

    I had a chance and it works great.

     

    I found a bug in my cartridge I think...

     

    I copied the 3.12 ColecoVision FAQ to my cartridge just to see how it would read. It's pretty huge.

     

    I currently have my directories setup like this:

     

    /Coleco Adam

    /Coleco Demos

    /Coleco Prototypes

    /Coleco ROMs

    /CollectorVision Bonus

    /Firmware Backup

    /Images

    /Manuals

    /System Test

    cvsdos.sto

     

    The 3.12-Coleco-FAQ.txt is located in /Manuals.

     

    If I open the /Manuals directory, and open the 3.12-Coleco-FAQ.txt, close the text file and return to the main directory listing... /Coleco Demos now reads garbage... with bleed over from the 3.12 FAQ text file clearly visible. It's kinda wacky.

     

    I ran the diagnostics (BTW-The System Test utilities are flippin' brilliant.) and everything appears to be good on that ColecoVision. I haven't tested it on one of my other ones.

     

    It's not a big deal really. The moral of the story is not to have that enormous text file on my SD Card. ;)

     

    Just thought I'd post it for posterity in the event there is a similar issue.

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