tz101
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Well, I don't actually own a Stelladaptor, so I can't speak from experience. But, since SMS/Genesis controllers are compatible with the 2600, I don't see why they wouldn't work with the Stelladaptor as well.
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?
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Does it work with Sega Master System and Sega Genesis controllers as well?
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Yes, or no? Preferably a USB interface. If not, then PC gameport would suffice.
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RF modulator should do the trick, and they are readily available at Radio Shack, K-Mart, Wal Mart, etc.
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Most of the Activision catalog falls into this category for me. They're all pretty, but the game play is sorely lacking on Barnstorming, Grand Prix, Stampede, Dragster, Pitfall! and so many others. I still like some -- Sea Quest and Boxing come to mind -- but most of the others are just boring to me now.
But probably the #1 game that I played a ton as a kid and now can't stand is Laser Blast.
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
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Is something like this even doable? Man, it would be excellent to be able to play all my Atari games on a single system.
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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.
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Hi all,
I came upon this forum and hope someone can help. I was lucky to acquire 3 Ataris the past weekend at a flea market. They all power up and have pictures, but each has an issue.
Unit 1
Atari 2600 4 switch
This works correctly, but has no color whatsover. I checked the color switch, also have read about the color wheel on other posts and tried that turning both ways, and no change.
Unit 2
Atari 2600 4 switch
Unit works, but has no audio output, but a bunch of white noise. The color or screen is not too bright either.
Unit 3
Atari 2600 4 switch
Unit works, but when it is on and sitting in "standby", the screen starts to get a lot of interference or something. Almost like thumbprint swirls all over the screen. If you turn it off and back on, it is normal until you let it sit for awhile in standby. I tried resoldering everything, but still does it.
Any help is needed. Thanks.
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.
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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.
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sad to hear. Enduro is my #2 favorite 2600 game, I just love it.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.Also keep in mind that a lot of the Goodwill stores never put the good stuff on their shelves for local sale. Take a look at their auction site sometime to see where they tend to get greedy. I had a friend who donated his NES and 15 games to the local Goodwill. I went in on several occasions for about two weeks and never saw it out for sale. It went to their auction site. I would give anything to Salvation Army or St. Vincent, but do not recommend giving to Goodwill for this reason alone.
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.
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I am wondering why no company has released one with classic NES or SMS games. Now, I know that Nintendo has all their own titles locked up on virtual console for Wii, but there were plenty of classic games released for NES by companies like Konami, Acclaim, LJN, and the like. Release a plug and play that looks similar to a NES console and I would certainly buy it.
They have for NES games, they just aren't "officially licensed".
Y, and consequently are not easy to locate in stores. Once in a while, mall kiosks have them around Christmas season, but usually charge too much.
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Also keep in mind that a lot of the Goodwill stores never put the good stuff on their shelves for local sale. Take a look at their auction site sometime to see where they tend to get greedy. I had a friend who donated his NES and 15 games to the local Goodwill. I went in on several occasions for about two weeks and never saw it out for sale. It went to their auction site. I would give anything to Salvation Army or St. Vincent, but do not recommend giving to Goodwill for this reason alone.
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I am wondering why no company has released one with classic NES or SMS games. Now, I know that Nintendo has all their own titles locked up on virtual console for Wii, but there were plenty of classic games released for NES by companies like Konami, Acclaim, LJN, and the like. Release a plug and play that looks similar to a NES console and I would certainly buy it.
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Wow! Where do you live? Things around our parts get lean this time of year. Keep in mind that I live within 40 minutes of 7 Goodwills, 3 St. Vincent De Pauls, and 4 Salvation Army's. I try to hit them all about once a week, but things are lean right now. I have never even seen a 32X in the wild around here. Odyssey 2 is unheard of too.
I went around today and found a few Genesis carts, but most of the selection was Madden and sports titles.
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I'll grant that my first-hand knowledge is limited, but the dedicated Plug-and-Play market appears to have cooled off considerably over the last year or two; it seemed to reach its peak with the Flashback 2. In my opinion, if that market is to make a comeback, they'll need to move beyond fully dedicated machines and come up with something that can be easily programmed with new, downloadable games.
I speculated three years ago about a reprogrammable Flashback console based on the Atari 8-bit computer platform, and I still think that something like this could be a success; Atari could mine the existing library of cartridge games--including the XEGS re-releases--for a large collection of launch titles; other titles, licensed from third parties or developed by independent programmers, could be sold separately later.
Question: Do licensing agreements between Atari and other companies like Williams and Nintendo ever expire? This is the only stumbling block I could see: If Atari no longer has rights to release many of those 8-bit games on any platform whatsoever.
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Are there known games (bigger than 32k) that will not work with the Harmony cart? What are those titles? Need to know before I decide.
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Atari's CX-40 was better than most for controlling the majority of games on the VCS platform. Didn't lead to hand cramps like the stock NES game pad.
I got one of these Prostick II controllers for only $1 at Salvation Army a while back and it is the best 2600 stick ever. Built just like the arcade sticks and incredibly responsive. Very durable too.
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But, since it's a relatively common game, you'd probably be better off just getting another copy.
That's what I keep hearing, but no thrifts in my area ever have any Activision carts. Only stuff like Combat and Real Sports Football.
Ebay is not bad on prices sometimes, but by the time you figure in shipping fees, its often not worth it. -
Overall, I like most Jaaks-type plug 'n' play units. I presently have a Pac Man one with Galaxian and Mappy included, a Taito one with Qix, Phoenix, and a few others, and an Activision one that contains 10 of their better 2600 games. Oh, I also have an Atari Flashback 1 system with about 20 2600 games on it and an Atari paddle controller that I picked up at Goodwill. It has all the Atari branded 2600 paddle games like Breakout, Circus Atari and Warlords.
While the Jaaks branded units normally have nice arcade quality sticks, I have been underwhelmed with the directional pad on my Activision plug 'n' play system. I only wish some company would license all the 2600 Activision titles and release them on a Flashback type of console so I could play them with a genuine CX-40 joystick. Adding the 2600 Imagic games like Demon Attack and Atlantis would be great as well. I can dream...
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Intellivision video mod - who has one?
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This looks fairly straightforward to do, but the only problem is I would prefer stereo sound output. This mod only outputs mono sound.