Bare PCBs

[Bare PCBs]

Does anyone still make bare PCBs for games? I haven't seen one in the store in a long time.

[4K roms at Mouser?]

Jameco has some eproms. http://www.jameco.co..._10001_40125_-1

You can use most EEPROMS or EPROMS that are not serial. It doesn't seem easy to find blank pcb's anymore. But if you were making only a few, you could scavenge from an old game.

[Atari 2600 A/V Mod problem (NTSC - 4 switch)]

Do you have a multi-meter? You might have bad caps or a bad 7805. It's easy to check the 7805. On the main board there will be a 7805, it has 3 legs. You need to check the voltage, between the center leg and the other legs. One leg will be about 9v, and the other will be 5v. If it's below 4.95v, then the 7805 should be replaced.

[Would you support a crowd funded, brand new, Atari 2600 console?]

I would say someday someone will make a ps3 clone. They is already some emulation for the ps3, but it's not capable of playing games,yet. The PS2 is emulated and can play games. I would say all game systems will eventually get emulated and cloned. However if banning used games is the reason you don't want a ps4. Then you should buy one when they come out. Sony made an announcement that states the PS4 will play used games. http://www.gamespot.com/news/playstation-4-will-play-used-games-6404263

[Any Homebrew Programmers for Hire?]

How many carts are you planning on producing?

[Any Homebrew Programmers for Hire?]

Maybe the game could switch perspectives. You start as the knight and must find one of the 7 people. Search houses, or search through forest. Is the movie in a forest or in houses? Then when you find them you switch to playing the victim. You're score could be based on how long you survive. Once you die you become the knight again, and go through all the people. But the last level would need to be slightly different. Maybe having marla have to touch him 7 times to take each of the traits, without getting chopped up.

[2600 Stereo Modification?]

They sell some kits on ebay.

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 300592126324

 

If you want to make the longhorn one you could get a pcb done for about 15-20 dollars.

https://www.batchpcb.com/

[A slow year]

This is priced higher, because of the really nice case and book. I'm not against the large amount for a premium version. Miss 2600, does the CD contain the ROM, and an emulator? Unfortunately it looks like it's more of a demo, than an actual game. I find it funny that one of the quotes for this "game" says that it resurrected the Atari 2600.

[Any Homebrew Programmers for Hire?]

I looked at the facebook page. I was just thinking a more detailed synopsis could provide ideas for a game. Maybe a 2 player game where one player is marla, and the other is the knight. Does Marla know that knight is real right away, or does she find clues to prove it. Does the amulet destroy the monster. Does she need to find magic words to make the amulet work. Does the amulet make her shoot fireballs that can kill the knight. Is the movie action, or tension?

[Any Homebrew Programmers for Hire?]

Is there a detailed synopsis of your movie available?

[Any Homebrew Programmers for Hire?]

On the store here at atariage, you can have the games made. There's a link on the upper right hand corner at the top of the page. You can get your game on a cart for 25.00 each, which even includes a nice label.

[Would you support a crowd funded, brand new, Atari 2600 console?]

For me the console, would allow me to have all the atari cartridge systems hooked to my TV, without my wife saying I have too many systems. Four machines in one, removes a lot of clutter. And the size would be smaller than any of the console machines originally were. I don't want a portable version. I'll use my phone emulators for that. I want something that can play my cartridges, and allow me to use the original controllers. The only additions I would like are updated video out for modern tv's, and perhaps the pause button. An SD slot would be nice for some games, that I don't have carts for. With several cartridge slots it could never fit in a pocket. No wireless modern joystick, needed. Although you're virtual manual idea, does sound interesting. For me if this costs a 100 dollars, I would buy it. I don't think the 250 portable, would be very successful. It's too expensive for the average person. The people that care about exacting emulation, would probably want to be able use original controllers, and original carts. This system is for collectors. The kind of people that have 6 different consoles hooked up to their tv.

[Atari2600 - Programmable multicartridge. Bankswitching circuitry?]

Wickeycolumbus beat me to it.

[What does the 7800 bios do?]

Does the 7800 bios do anything other than determine if a game is 7800 or 2600?

[Would you support a crowd funded, brand new, Atari 2600 console?]

Since this is atariage, I would say emulate the 5 main cartridge based game systems. Could the $40 fpga simulate 2600,5200,7800,xegs, and lynx? Since they are all based on 6502 variants, I would think it would make it easiest to do. The SD card slot would only add 1-2 dollars to add. It wouldn't have nearly the functionality of the harmony. The harmony adds an extra processor, and all that extra ram. This would provide a possible firmware upgrade path, if desired. 4 controller ports would be needed. 1 set of ports would be 2600, which could by used to also connect genesis controllers for the extra buttons that the lynx needs. And another set of the ports for the 5200 style controllers. Then we would need 4 cartridge ports. The game cartridge ports would add to the size the most. I would prefer composite, component, or dvi out, for the video. DVI can easily be hooked to modern tv's. HDMI with it's mandatory encryption, would be too expensive. It would be nice to have all the atari based machines in one box. It seems that if this could be made into a box that sold for $100.00, it would be fairly successful.

[what games have incompatibilities]

What games have incompatibilities, between different consoles? Such as in Cosmic Ark, on some 2600 machines, the star field is different. I would think it would be any game that uses illegal opcodes. I'm only talking about software. Such as some games don't fit into the 7800, but would work identically as on a 2600.

[Should I buy?]

50 is a steal for all those boxed games and a system.

[Would you support a crowd funded, brand new, Atari 2600 console?]

I'd rather see a 7800 being made. This would widen the audience a little. I think it needs to have Cartridge Port, SD Card Slot, two 7800 joystick ports, Pause Button on console, Component and S-Video out (HDMI would add too much to the cost), NTSC/PAL selector switch, and be a Six Switch model. As an additional thing is it would be great to support 5200 games as well, but I'm not sure this is feasible.

[My junior is trash...]

I don't have need of another unit. I'm sure someone will take it off your hands, if you post in the marketplace, as stardust4ever suggests.

[Paddle Movement?]

They only had 2 games that used them. So they are not nearly as common as paddles. Ebay has them for 10. Most people probably don't have them. However many of the people on this site are collectors, so that might make it more likely that the average atariage user might have one.

[Paddle Movement?]

There is no resting position for a paddle, because it doesn't auto center. It's resting position is any position between 0 and 80.

 

0 is twisted completely in one direction, while 80 is twisted completely in the other direction. Paddles can't spin past a certain position. Unless you're using a driving controller. The driving controller is a digital device, and uses gray code to send to the atari, if it's being turned. These will not work like paddles, they only sense turning clockwise or counter clockwise.

 

Games usually consider clockwise movement to go from left to right and counter clock from right to left. However I think most games simply assign a specific position, to each of the 80 positions.

[My junior is trash...]

Go ahead an solder in the replacement 7805 when you get it. Like Shadow460 said, you can repair the broken trace, by soldering a wire from the center leg of the 7805 to c36.

[E-Prom cardridge HELP]

Is the arduino going to be on the Cartirdge? If so, you could use it as a coprocessor, like on the harmony cart.

[My junior is trash...]

To remove the 7805. Have the atari upside down, and apply the soldering iron tip to one of the legs, until the solder melts. Then remove the iron and quickly flip the atari over and tap it against the table. That cause most of the solder to fly off onto the table. The solder will burn wood tables, so make sure you do it over something you do mind ruining. Then repeat the process on the other two legs. The using pliers grab onto the 7805, and wiggle the 7805 while heating each of the pins. It's not very hard to pull out, just be careful to not pull off the traces.

One you get the replacement 7805, make sure you put it in the same way the original was. Then you can heat the legs up one at a time, and apply some solder, until the hole is filled.

[My junior is trash...]

Well if you wanted to try to fix it. The first thing would be replacing the 7805. It's legs are large and are pretty easy to solder. They should be under 2 dollars at a radio shack.