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nope it's a dog Really? I thought it was odd that a cat was at a dogs party... i just saw a big white ball of fluff

There is a pringles advert on TV in the UK at the moment that clearly shows a cat playing Space Invaders on an Atari 2600.

70mph? Thats the speed limit over here, and most of the traffic goes faster than that anyway... Mind you, its not as bad as the german Autobahn where there is no speed limit. My friend was going about 110mph, and cars were just shooting past him!

Actually... I was thinking. I paid my friend for some webspace on his personal box via internet banking. He just gave me his sort code and account number. I wonder if you can do that with international accounts?

Cool! Just wish I had a credit card so I could sign up to paypal... Whats the best way to send cash to America from the UK? And does he ship a PAL version for us europeans? I can play the NTSC one (my TV supports PAL60), but i'd rather have a proper PAL so I could play it on my TV card in my Amiga as well (which supports proper NTSC or PAL, but not PAL60... )

Which is a shame because I can't play it when the DevOS ROM is installed on my machine... I wonder if it would be difficult to hack the code out of the BIOS? Presumably the Asteroids BIOS version maps to a different address range as a cart (and thus would need relocating)? or is there hardware trickery that makes it appear in normal cart space?

Or in this case, a counterfit bill drawn in crayon. But I think the moderators want us to stop talking about that ... :-)

I'm not really sure its worth wasting effort on this "problem". For starters, in order to achieve it you have to open up your joystick and short the contacts, and it doesn't exactly help you win the game; you end up right back at the start!

Kind of. Some guy hires (or already owns I guess a field and loads of people turn up with their cars full of old crap that they don't want. They then park up, open the boot (trunk), set up some tables and put all their stuff out for people to buy. And yes, the correct name for the "hood" of a car is the bonnet Depends on the individual sale. Some are free, some you have to pay for a place, some are regular, some are random. Come to the UK then :-) All our eccentricities are great, with the possible exception football hooliganism

Hey, I went to a car boot sale and got this boxed game. Is this worth anything?

But surely you can't use a console without software, and they sell those!

b3ta.com is a website where people post silly pictures to amuse themselves when they should be working.. someone did quite a nice Atari 2600 related one: http://www.b3ta.com/board/4/6/1/9/6/3

This is my final post on the subject: The Atari 2600 cannot generate a signal that will produce that sword. Period. Reply and call me ignorant all you want, its indisputable fact.

No. Listen. In the screenshots the sword on the title screen is TWICE horizontal resolution that is possible on the Atari 2600, period.

But its physically impossible to make an Atari cartridge that generates the "screenshots" you attribute to your Airworld fake. Something tells me whatever cartridge you ship claiming it to be that Airworld proto will be conveniently DOA...

Yes! We need a caffeine-high smiley that does that! Amiga.org also has a really cool "rolls on the floor laughing" one... and here it is:

Yeah, its probably not a good idea Oh man how cool would that be? Your own death ray!

Its colour, honour, and armour. Aluminium is pronounced how it is spelt (not aloominum), and chips aren't crispy! Anyway... back on topic... ummm... forget big TVs, get a projector. If you get an image burnt into your wall (which won't happen unless you have some very odd wallpaper ), point the projector at a different one!

Certainly here in the UK all the carts i've seen produce no copyright.

Presumably its a USB controller, so an adaptor couldn't just passively convert signals to the Atari, it would have to be a "smart" adaptor, which would probably cost quite a bit...

Thanks it sounds like a fun show... and now I understand the avatar!

Well, Individual Computers have a proven record within the C64 and Amiga markets for delivering the goods, so its pretty safe to order one. If you want to buy from the states, I think Software Hut sometimes carry their products, so give them an email and ask if they intend to carry this..

I've seen all these references to MST3K, and I've figured out that A) that means "Mystery Science Theatre", and B) Those silhouettes are something to do with it. Could someone help out an english guy who is a bit lost tell me what MST is? Why the silhouettes in front of Pacman are apt? I feel left out here

Heh! That would be pretty scary... opening up the case and finding some sort of plastic-eating creature..

You've got to love the way he links to a thread that points out how the screenshots could not possibly have come from an Atari 2600 (or even directly from an emulator). I also love this guys attempts to sound like he knows what he is talking about! "Yeah, we are using an ATI TV Wonder with Linux and all the latest OpenGL patches, and gold connectors to remove all static". Yeah... no doubt he also lubed the grubnuts to ensure lateral zoidberg relativity, installed the latest version of Microsoft Word using Crossover Office, wore a hat with a propellor and called his dog "Dave". All well known tricks to get impossibly perfect captures.