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Thanks, man..still debating whether to give it another shot after 15 years but if I do i will make use of those lol

Yep, not like we could e-mail them lol.....It made no sense to me then why those Atari arcade titles never made it home to the 7800

I just got my modded 7800 from him a month or so ago & he was very helpful to me. It shipped super fast & I was amazed at the amount of care put into the packaging. Layers upon layers of bubble wrap, styrofoam & peanuts...& yes, all in an actual Atari logo-ed out box wrapped up in Atari packing tape ....I ordered some stuff from him in the late 90's too & its totally awesome to see Best is still around...The website is laughably outdated , but there is really no reason why you should have problems browsing through it & finding what your looking for....It's a great feeling to support ppl like him..Gotta give him credit & appreciate that here in 2014 a business that specializes in ATARI PRODUCTS is here for us & apparently doing well..haha

Be dope to have Ninja Gaiden on the 7800....If I remember right, there was a Lynx version which was very true to the arcade....The NES versions were awesome games, but I always wished there was a home port of the arcade then....well at least MAME happened lol

Paperboy, Pacmania & Roadblasters....After seeing those 3 games at a Chuck E Cheese party back then I DREAMED & DREAMED they would get released for my 7800...I even wrote Atari a letter inquiring about it, which much to my dismay they replied that their were no plans to. lol

Wow that Bentley Bear game is an impressive homebrew!...Almost makes me cry thinking about what kinda games could have came out back then for the 7800 if everything wasn't so screwed up..lol.... Yea I get what your saying....Stacked up against some of the NES platformers I could see....&although I still think it holds it's own as a decent title despite its flaws, I have to admit my bias. I had the 7800 before the NES as a kid & going by the few games I had for it at the time (Food Fight, Choplifter, One on One Basketball) & the ones I remembered seeing in the commercial that convinced my Dad to buy it...I woulda never thought a game like Scrapyard Dog would be possible...It wasn't til I became an Atari collecting nerd & started doing my obsessive research in the late 90's that I discovered some of the more advanced later titles on the system..haha.....So yea it's not perfect but it felt thrilling to play such a game years later for that system I had as a kid & loved that didn't work out too well. All bias aside, I still think it's a fun & unique platformer, that was worth most of the frustration... just wish the final boss was a character to fight instead of a FREAKIN' PUZZLE! lol.... & The controls took getting used too, yea , but I finally picked up a pair of joypads lately & have found it much smoother to play...The whole reason behind me bringing the game up here was that I've been having thoughts of trying it again....debating whether investing all that time to most likely not solve that puzzle again is worth my sanity this time around tho

Hahaha.....but seriously, WTF kinda final boss is that?! lol One of my more shocking & disspointing moments in gaming history for sure lol

Seems it gets alot of hate online & yea, the main character is somewhat a rip-off of Mario...but I always thought the game had its own charm to it & IMO is one of the most advanced games on the 7800....Clearly shows us that the 7800 had potential to bring us it's share of NES-style platformers if things turned out differently..... But anyways when I 1st started collecting in the late 90's I spent ALOT of time trying to finish it..From what I remember, the later levels were pretty hard & maze like, where you had to enter tunnels in a certain order or you were screwed....well I finally got to the last stage, but unlike I pictured the Mr. Big final boss to be, it was a big puzzle with his face on it & you had to rearrange the tiles around to match up before the time ran out (LAME!).....I was pretty dissapointed & gave up ever trying again...

Yea, once I get my Coco3 shortly, guess I'll just stick to composite for a while....My TV has a VGA input, but it won't be compatible with the Coco3 because it can't even handle my Dreamcast's resolution. I had to buy a seperate VGA to HDMI upscaler in order to get it to work, which still wound up making a huge improvement in the picture ....What I was thinking was to maybe get that cable you mentioned & then run it through the same upscaler, but I get the feeling it won't make a big difference....Maybe someday.....Right now I'm more preoccupied with getting some more games first (12 so far & 3 on the way ,) & hopefully the accessories needed to experience the novelty of playing some cassettes & floppies soon too! haha &I intend it mainly for gaming....Matter of fact the only progamming I've ever done in my life was at about 8 years old on my Coco3 lol.....I vaguely remember spending some time sitting there with the book for hours to make a couple simple graphics appear on my TV..I was all like "Look Mommy!" hahahaha.......I do see myself messing around a little for fun again too tho

Yea, Im sure the composite will be fine, but thought since the RGB out gave a better picture back then that it could possibly be slightly better looking on my TV If there was such an an adapter for it.

Yea, I remember running my NES into our VCR's A/V inputs a couple times when I was a kid to see if it would record game footage & being stoked upon learning it could...I recorded all the cutscenes in Ninja Gaiden back to back to play em like a little movie haha.....That was it tho, don't know why we stuck with the coax for regular gameplay

hahaha yea I always found it hilarious that Impossible Mission was literally "Impossible"

Yea, A/V inputs still weren't the norm back then....Everyone I knew back then that had the NES were using the coax too....I'll never get over the sadness from dwelling on what the 7800 could have been if things were just done differently ...I still love it tho..

Thanks...I wouldn't think there would be a problem, but I was sure someone once told me they might not work for with the joypads for some reason..Just wanted to be sure to avoid the hassle of having to ship back an item. ..Thats's a cool idea BTW, I never thought of that....be nice to have the ease of just hitting a switch to choose between joysticks, paddles & the other controllers

Can anybody confirm that they will work? I'd like to pick up a 9ft pair I saw online soon, but vaguely remember someone telling me they wont work with the 7800 joypads Thanks

Cloud 9 is who I plan on getting my Coco3 from soon. They've given me very fast responses to my emails so far & I seem to hear nothing but good from people about them. Really sucks how many people I keep hearing that dude screwed over. Glad I stumbled upon that article about him before I wound up dealing with him.

Whatever the music is that is used in Desert Falcon, it was sampled in this old Drum & Bass tune haha...I bought this record way back when it was new in 1999, a couple years after I started collecting Atari games & when I 1st heard it drop I was like DESERT FALCON! lol

Oh I know that man...Thats a great find & I wish I could afford to buy it right now... I just watched his review on it last night, def seems like one of the best games in the library & a real good port aside from being a tad slower than its counterparts.....& Think he was also just commenting on the boxes for Coco games in general......It totally makes sense to me now why I dont really have any memories of box artwork like I do with Atari haha....jeez with the 2600 back then the box artwork was a convincing factor on getting a game lol...I can still remember at like 3 years old seeing Yars Revenge on display behind the counter at the grocery store & begging my Mom to buy it for me everytime we went shopping...Just cuz I thought the cover looked awesome hahaha....

I saw that recently too, would most likely buy it if I could right now.....haha yep, Im just realizing that again, the boxes are as about as exciting as the Atari M-Network cartridges lol....Im real glad the Super Pitfall he wound up selling me was CIB...that was the main game I wanted & played back in the day...nice to have it complete, I thought the odds were gonna be Id have a long wait....Otherwise yea, I dont care much for them & they look kinda ugly when displayed on my shelf

For sure...Ive put it off for too long...Its a fun & interesting system to collect for & learn about + the nostalgia factor is there since I had it at one point haha &yea man, me too.....His Coco setups look sweet in those pics & Im very envious of the Mame Cab too! lol...been wanting one of those for ages....one day (Id really like a pedestal right below my flatscreen) ....The Coco monitor setup is cool & its crossed my mind but think I gotta relive the way I had it setup as a kid, in the back of the TV.....Of course the set I own now doesnt have the 2 knobs numbered from 2-83 tho =P..haha

OK, thats actually what I imagined it would be, plugging into the cartridge port....Yea at 1st I was sure that KQ III was the only one officialy released, but later saw IV on a site once & thought it was a prototype somebody reproduced, didnt know it was fan made....Def wanna check it out still...& Yep that setup looks nice, I would like to just get the Disk Drive/Controller & hunt down the orignal games...Good to know you can save, I thought maybe that would require buying additional hardware....I dont have a S-Video input on my TV & the VGA wont be able to display the Coco3...I do know it has composite & like I said, I am counting on that to work, but what I was really wanting to know is if there were any higher quality options involving the RGB out to an HDMI port on my TV or something...Im guessing I could do the RGB to VGA cable & run that to a VGA to HDMI upscaler if no such thing as a RGB to HDMI exists.... What's up again, Atari Leaf?! Your videos along with Marlin Lee & Glenvdb have been VERY helpful to me in my Coco education & game discovery! I've already picked a few games based on seeing your reviews! Thats awesome to know, I assumed there had to be a serial to USB, but wasnt sure since you were using an XP machine in the video due to the serial port on it...The Flashpak sounds interesting! Be nice to pick one of those up later on this year....Personally I barely use emulation at all anymore aside from MAME...I started out collecting mainly for Atari back in the day, but nowadays am becoming a retrogaming junkie in general & IDK just would rather collect & play the originals...I see this differently though, because you're still playing the games on its orginal hardware & lets face it, there are just WAY too many obscure titles out there that I will never find before I die haha

Thanks everybody Yea, I ran across that discussion a long time ago & would never trust dealing with crooks like that...that's such a shame.... I don't want to get another monitor or TV though, my goal is to play the Coco3 on my HDTV like the rest of my old systems. & I'm afraid the RGB to VGA wont be an option for me, cuz unfortunately the VGA input on my TV cant even handle my Dreamcast's resolution..I had to get a seperate VGA to HMDI upscaler as well, which luckily worked out fine.....I suppose maybe I could do the RGB -> VGA -> HDMI using the same upscaler??? I would really like to find another way cuz I would like to not have to disconnect/ reconnect any of my systems, just have them all hooked up & ready to go whenever I feel like playing Official Ninja. Sorry but Im a little confused as to what the disk controller is....I had a Coco3 for a brief time as a child but used cartridges only...and the 1st family PC we had was in the early-mid 90s & the CD-Rom drive was all that was really used...My knowledge of any computer technology prior to that is pretty limited lol..What if I wanted to buy the Coco Disk Drive & the actual Kings Quest & Leisure Suit Larry discs?? How would I go about saving then ?? The Super IDE is sold out too it seems....I watched a YT vid from Atari Leaf on the Drivewire, so I get what you're saying about that pretty much, but I dont have a computer with a serial port nor would I really want to have to get one & set it up just for the Coco...is there a serial -> USB adpater or other way?? Id rather buy the actual games if possible & build a little collection...but being a good portion of the library seems close to impossible to ever track down, guess I wouldnt mind playing the rarer roms on my system with such devices...

Just got my 1st group of games off a fellow member recently, should be buying my 1st Coco3 in over 25 years soon....Have really been getting into the thought of doing some more collecting for it....really enjoying learning more about the system, games & doing research (with the little amount there seems to be), but theres still a couple questions I have that I've been having a hard time finding online.... I want to eventually get a floppy disk drive for it...especially since to my suprise I learned a Kings Quest & Leisure Suit Larry port was availiable for it, among a few other interesting games....but is there in anyway a save capability?? even with a hard drive or maybe modern made SD/USB compatible device ? I just cannot see playing those Sierra titles without being able to save lol.. And finally, I am counting on the AV out display to be acceptable on my flatscreen TV (I HOPE!!)....but is there another option?? I know there is some kind of RGB out that supposedly provided better resolution with a monitor....Any RGB to HDMI converter/upscaler out there worthwile to give a better picture compared to the A/V? Forgive my ignorance if not or if that wouldn't be possible, not familiar with that format Thanks in advance, Steve

Ok cool..

Well just to mention, depending on price & his willingness to break it down to a smaller lot, I was also planning on getting Robocop, Predator, Castle Of Tharoggad,Silpheed & possibly Tetris...all those I kinda remember seeing in Radio Shack catalogs way back then & wished I had them haha...