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Maybe another dumb question, but did you use one of the RF to coaxial adapters pictured below to connect to the 75 ohm input on the rear of your VHS/DVD unit, or did you just connect the RF coaxial cable from the 2600 to the yellow RCA input jack on the back of the same unit? The adapters are available at Radio Shack. Reason I ask is because the second arrangement will only deliver the video portion of the RF signal from the 2600 console. That would certainly cause you to get no sound output to your speakers. One other thing: Are your speakers powered? I believe you will need either a pair of powered speakers ala PC audio, or a stereo receiver with auxiliary input to feed the audio from your VHS/DVD combo deck. FYI.

Looks promising, but is there another that doesn't require removing the RF unit from the main board?

Heat gun used wisely makes easy work of removing any and all labels. Then just use some Elmer's to put it back on later.

I think some of it has to do with relative scarcity of orders versus the need to recover these companies' manufacturing tooling/machinery investment. Of course, I also believe this is abused by many companies, and maybe the number of orders would indeed pick up if they only lowered the price to begin with. If you think those are expensive, check out the price of the Stelladapter for using original Atari 2600 controllers on your PC with emulation software. AtariAge currently lists these for $39 in their online store.

Y, this is going to really dwindle the number of 2600 carts over the years as they die off. I have had two carts go over the years, along with buying a dead Telesys game a while back at Goodwill. Eventually, we will be stuck with the emulators whether we like it or not.

The setup you propose will work, assuming you have some powered speakers or a stereo receiver with auxiliary inputs fed off of the composite switch box. I don't understand though that you say that you don't have room for a larger CRT television, but you are thinking about adding a VCR to your rig.

Curious, isn't the Game Wave essentially a DVD player w/ 4 remotes? CG2010 Gamewave is made by Zappit Games, and plays CDs and DVDs as a bonus, but is at its heart a "click in" type of family oriented party game system. Very similar concept to buzz-in quiz show game concept in some ways. It comes with four remotes, but two can be added for a total of six players on most games. I got mine with four remotes, CIB, and four games at a yard sale this past summer for $10. It was a great purchase as my family loves it.

Why not just get an RCA Y-cable and split the audio to both channels? Doesn't function the same. All that gives is identical sound to both channels. I did a stereo mod to my NES a while back and ended up with distinctly different sound to the left ad right speakers. That is why an RCA Y cable will not suffice.

While that would let me connect to the antenna/cable jack on the back of the TV, the quality would no doubt be worse than using composite. I was hoping to find a hookup that preserves the (relatively) high quality of the s-video signal. I misunderstood your original intent. You stated that your new TV had composite, HDMI, and component hookups, but did not mention a 75 ohm cable connector. The RF modulator I suggested takes 75 ohm cable inputs and outputs them to component outputs. My suggestion would allow you to play really old consoles like 2600, Intellivision, Colecovision, SMS, and Genesis that depended on your TV having 75 ohm input. My experience has been that even using component input from my 2600 or Intellivision improves both the audio and video feeds. It now seems that you are only needing to connect more modern systems like PS2 and Xbox 360 to your new TV set. Worst case for any of these would probably be component hookup, but I do not know that there would be a very noticeable difference over S-video.

I am happy with the one I purchased off of Beeslife. I use my Intelly 2 on a Toshiba 14" FST tube TV. Looks GREAT!! No pics to post. Maybe tonight. http://www.beeslife.com/video_mod/video_mod.php -Lee This looks fairly straightforward to do, but the only problem is I would prefer stereo sound output. This mod only outputs mono sound.

Any clue when the Atari Age store will be up and running again and I might be able to see what these cost and possibly order a couple?

Does it work with Sega Master System and Sega Genesis controllers as well?

Yes, or no? Preferably a USB interface. If not, then PC gameport would suffice.

RF modulator should do the trick, and they are readily available at Radio Shack, K-Mart, Wal Mart, etc.

Here are a few from the Activision catalog that are excellent and interesting on game play: Enduro Frostbite Pitfall II H.E.R.O. Beam Rider

Post this on Sega-16. There are some real knowledgeable people on those forums.

Is something like this even doable? Man, it would be excellent to be able to play all my Atari games on a single system.

Galaga. My arcade memories were of awesome responsiveness of both the stick and the fire button. I could regularly score over 1,000,000 points. Now, all I have are NES and PS2 versions, and the NES Advantage stick and PS2 analog stick are nowhere near what is needed. I cannot get past 250,000-300,000 points anymore. I really need a Galaga arcade cabinet or a good arcade stick for one of my home consoles.

Last ditch effort: I believe it is possible to do A/V mod to 2600 consoles. Having not done this to one myself, but I have done it on some NES units, I do know that it normally involves wiring red, white, and yellow RCA outputs out the back of the console, and these are wired directly to the proper connection points on the main board. Component audio and video should bypass any defective RFU or audio chips that are causing you the current problems. I would probably start on Google and search for "2600 AV mod". I know that to do the AV mod to my NES console it did not take a highly skilled electronics expert, as I am certainly not that. The end result turned out great though.

Have you sanded and cleaned the contacts on the system cartridge slot and the games themselves? Use fine grain sandpaper a few strokes back and forth on the carts, and an old credit card to push it down into the system cartridge port. Next, use 91% isopropyl alcohol on the system and cartridge contacts and you should see black residue on the cotton swabs (will probably have to use a thin cotton cloth stretched over the credit card to get down into the console's cartridge slot). Afterward, your problem should be solved.

If you cannot tell from my avatar, Enduro is my favorite 2600 game of all time. This is not a total loss because I have another Enduro cart in my collection. If anything, the loss of Pitfall II some years back was harder to take because I did not have a back up cart for that one. I do have Pitfall II on a PS2 compilation disc and a plug-n-play handheld unit, but it's just not the same on anything besides the good old CX-40 joystick.

I don't understand all the whining about the 5200 stock sticks. I ordered new rubber boots from Best and they are centering. I played both Pac Man and Ms. Pac Man with the new boots and, yes, the sticks reposition to center location with no extra effort. New parts help a lot with the 5200 sticks.

Y, my Walgreens had those 50-in-1 systems for $13.99 in one aisle and the 100-in-1 systems in a "seasonal" aisle with a bunch of Christmas toys on sale. It was $9.99. Neither of these matches the mall pirates' kiosk machines. Those had 102 games, came with two pluggable controllers, and even had a cartridge slot for playing your legacy NES games on. The trouble is they wanted $49 for those, and I thought that was too much for a pirate system.

Mine keep coming back to me in little spurts. I had another "wow" moment the day I walked into Aladdin's Castle in our local mall and saw a Darius Twin dual screen cabinet. I had always been a fan of space shooters, but this one amazed me in that it used two visually overlapping CRT's to make for an extra wide playing field. The graphics helped as well. They were mind blowing in clarity and detail. Too bad none of the home ports of this game ever made use of side by side monitors.

I don't even shop at GW anymore, and I do my donations at Salvation Army because of this kind of behavior. I guess they have the right to do it, but it just doesn't seem to be in the spirit of giving. Rather than support the local community, they pull this kind of sh... They also often price stuff at new/retail price, and instead of lowering the price when it doesn't sell, they scrap it. It's all about making the non-profit corporate books look good, rather than actually helping the people who support them. Agree wholeheartedly. The main reason I still shop at them is because there are so many fairly close to my house, and when they have their 50% sales there are some good deals to be had. But, like you, I think locally donated goods should be sold back to the local shoppers, not some moneyed types in California.