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Ms. Pac-Man on that ganme is the original, just with some slight mods. And also, how could there be a Pac-Man arcade hack availible in the store? And Pesco turned into Hack-Em? It doesn't matter if it's coded from scratch or not. You would need permission from the copyright holder if you use copyrighted titles and images. We often get away with it though because this is such an old platform and it doesn't draw too much interest from the copyright holders. That isn't always the case though, so it's best to keep a low profile.

It was mostly an animation change so it wont show up in a screen shot. 1) The monster/ghost eyes rotate around in a cicle regardless of what direction they are heading. 2) Pac only faces left or right, even when going up/down 3) Pac's mouth is always chomping, even when stationary 4) Pac has a dot for an eye. If you havn't tried it in emulation you really should. I ripped the sound code directly from the 2600 rom so it sounds exactly like the 2600 version.

You have to admire the kids enthusiasm.

I hope your kidding. If your serious, you could order a custom 7800 cart from the AA store. It's a standard 32k rom. You would need to provide your own label. I never made one for myself.

I was just responding to someone elses joke. I appologize for "advertising" my JOKE hack in YOUR thread.

Just for fun, I hacked the 7800 Pac-Man to sound like the 2600 version. I even made a few tweaks to the animations for authenticity. My link

I really enjoy the new cart smell. It brings the childhood memories flooding back.

Bob, I used a few dli's to alter the volume for some of the effects. Could it be related to that? PM me if you want to discuss. Perry

No, they did only one version. The 8-men version you're referring to is a bad crack. Correct. Unfortunately, Atarimania still has the bad crack in there data base as a valid dump. I documented the problem in detail here but is has not been corrected.

So they used your idea's and cheapened them, that would make me upset. I look at it this way..... We had pride in being the people responsible for the creation, development, and execution of the Flashback concept and series. Curt came up with the concept, the name, the tech, etc. We developed them in conjunction with input from the rotating management at Atari where the 1, 2 and 2+ represent completely different people over there and different input. We wanted to do the FB2's tech to begin with, they told Legacy they wanted something right away for that Christmas 2004 or there would be no 2600-on-a-chip version ever. So they got their NOAC based FB1. When it came time for FB2 we wanted a cartridge port or an SD card, we had planned for a PAL version as well, and we wanted to do a presentation more like what came out for the 2+. They said no on the SD card because of piracy issues and cost at the time, and no to the cartridge port because of the tech support issues. We added cartridge support as a hack anyways. Then a member of management no longer there screwed some things that put a kibosh on the PAL version. Then we started proposing the Flashback3 to them (them being multiple management changing over again and again) back in 2006. And the portable. And multiple others.... Then they contact us not about that, but about bringing out a limited run of new 2's that we decided to call the 2+ because it of course was not a 3. Then there's veiled promises of finally letting us release a PAL version and moving on to the portable or FB3. Then suddenly this slap in the face. Maybe this just shows that rather than fight to still release ours as the FB4, the whole Flashback concept is dated and irrelevant and its time for Legacy to move on to bigger and better things. I think the portable would have been a great next step. I'd buy that in a minute. But any new FB consoles would be a big yawn for me, even with SD support. If I'm going to be tied to a television I'll just go with the Harmony cart and a real 2600. The portable would be an awsome way to get my 8-bit gaming fix while on the road.

Really? I can't find one completed listing on Ebay that's over $50. Most are $20 - $30. The big problem with buying one now are the counterfit's that are being sold. You have to confirm that it's an original FB2 before purchasing.

It's probably real, I am sure he just figured Ebay is the best route. I wonder if this eBay Auction -- Item Number: 270749973387 is it. Description states it is sealed and the seller is too lazy to use an actual photo.

I paid $31 for my 400, 810 drive and two power supplies back in 2009. They weren't guaranteed to work, and the 400 didn't, but it was just dirty contacts on the memory card. It's memory wasn't specified in the auction but it turned out to be a 48k Intec card. That was a nice surprise. The 810 did work and had an Archiver chip installed. Good deal overall. Perry

Bump. I'm still looking for an 810. Thanks.

I remember typing in Livewire back in the day and being blown away. I couldn't believe that I had typed in Tempest out of a magazine. There was always this great anticipation as I typed in the program's. Was it going to be cool or a dud? I'm tempted to search out some good type-in's and punch them in just the fun of it. Any recommendations?

Hello, I'm looking for an 810 drive in good cosmetic and mechanical condition. It needs to be the version with the push button and pop up door. Need another SIO cable as well. Thanks. Perry

There's no ROM on that board. The IC is a hex inverter.

As the author of the Pac-Man Dossier and a fan of all things Pac, I would love to see the Pac-Man Collection. I do not own a 7800 however. Is there a version available that would work on an emulator (like MESS)? J Sure is. Try this one.

Thought I should mention that my 400 has 48k of RAM. This port requires at least 32K so it won't work on a 16K 400. Perry

Yes! It has been ported and is functional on both my 800XL and 400! Woo Hoo! I've been bursting to say that since I finished the port last year. Thanks for letting me help out Ron. And please let me know if you need help with anything else. I'm anxiously awaiting the day I can purchase this from the AA store. Perry

Bought a DS game and had no problems. Whiskyriver communicated well and shipped quickly. Good seller.

It's days of 5200 exclusivity are numbered.

I've compared the 16k Atarimania dump and 32k AA versions and they are identical. The 1st 8k of the 16k image gets repeated twice in the 32k version. Then 2nd 8k is repeated twice. It's because the 16k cart is a "two chip" type and this is how it gets mapped into the 32k rom space on the 5200. The 32k version on AA is just a dump of the full 32k rom space. The 16k "two chip" cart is mapped as follows. $4000 8k chip1 $6000 8k chip1 $8000 8k chip2 $a000 8k chip2 Is this the 128 in 1 Atarimax cart? You should contact Steve at Atarimax to see if he can help figure this out.

Missile Command is one of those 400/800 games. I have it and the TB works nicely.

Maybe you had to see it on the Apple first. I remember being blown away by it the first time I saw it on my neighbors IIe. I didn't think it was too difficult, it just took some strategy. I beat it easily after a few tries and kept coming back anyway. Tempest I had it on my IIe and also don't remember it being to hard to beat. The controls were fine. I have it for my 7800 but havn't even plugged it in yet. I guess I'll have to try it out to see how it compares.