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Just remember that if it's undocumented routines, it might not work for anyone down the road using that PokeyONE chip solution.

I think it would be hilarious to use a 65816 upgrade on a disk drive... Then again, one could have a GUI load from there and use the SALLY in the Atari to still run all of the programs. With all of the exotic GEOS Wheels upgrades over in C64 land, I'm surprised they haven't done that... run GEOS from an upgraded 1541/1571/1581.

I'm quite sure the 8-bitters playing that multi-platform 8-bit racing game online enjoy it. Besides, who wouldn't want a PlatoTerm port to the 7800/XM? [joking].

It's more than that. The I/O has translate the joystick movements to correspond with playing the right video off the LaserDisc or CED player. The Amiga and the Atari ST both had a LaserDisc player option to connect such a player via the Parallel port - or was it serial? I forget - in order to play the Dragon's Lair arcade LaserDisc exactly as it played in the arcades. Until the specs are revealed for the interface as well as whatever program would've been on the corresponding cartridge, it's all assumption. Of course, the 7800 cartridge slot can use actual CPUs and graphics chips in addition to sound chips.

Provide him with links on how to replace the internal clock battery...

At least it truly lived up to the name Double Dragon. As opposed to the NES version which should be referred to as Single Dragon. The SMS version - especially with a Japanese SMS or a modded American/European model - is very good amongst the 8-bit platforms. I did like the 7800 a lot, except for the audio. The ST and Lynx versions were also good.

The 5200 Expansion Port did have a planned [unreleased] peripheral... a music keyboard. CPUWiz knows the I/O capabilities of both the 5200 Expansion Port and the 7800 Expansion Port. I forget them off the top of my head. One would think that a port meant for I/O with a music keyboard [the 5200's port] and a port meant for I/O with a LaserDisc/CED player(s) [the 7800's port] would have enough 2-way bandwidth capabilities to support extra joysticks. The extra 2-controller expansion cables that connected to the Parallel Printer Port on the Amiga and Atari ST come to mind [for Gauntlet II and Leatherneck, and maybe other titles]. If possible, that would be a great way to give 2-port 5200s and the 7800 the ability to support 4 joysticks, especially since both lack the ability of the Atari 8-bit computer line to use devices like the MultiJoy. Curt has speculated that Joystick Port #2 on the 7800 has enough serial capabilities to support connecting the 7800 into something like a MIDI Maze ring and his theory is that's what Atari Corp would've done if plans to produce a MIDI Maze version of the 7800 had materialized [or maybe it did but the project has been lost to time, like Paperboy]. After all, the unreleased 7800 Keyboard would've plugged into there and offered an SIO Port driven by a proprietary chip and not a PIA. As for some project on YouTube, I'm assuming it's in reference to the videos of mods to run multiple 7800 games internally with a switch. I seem to recall a video that had Pole Position II running like that. Probably based upon the European BIOS that had Asteroids included. What would be pretty cool would be to have a board with a 6850 or a 6551 included and then connect a WiFi "modem" to the 7800 so that one 8-bit multi-platform online racing game could be ported to the 7800. I guess a 6850 or 6551 wouldn't be necessary with all of the modern-day solutions available unless wanting to be era-authentic, although WDC still produces 6551 variants. Future XM owners could, of course, add a PIA to the XM and then connect whatever connector SIO Port-based solution is available in Atari 8-bit land to use said WiFi "modem".

Thanks. And thanks for not using a link NintendoAge...

Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuut? There's hacks of Lynx games???

Atari Inc probably didn't want people plugging in their old 2600 power supplies into their brand new 7800s. I'm assuming that's why they chose the different design for the 7800's power supply plug.

This is not meant to be critical or taken that way. But do NES home brews sell? From what I've seen [which is a small-sample fallacy, of course], the EverDrive and all of the emulation systems [whether by Hyperkin or the NES Mini] have the market sewn up.

So what 2600 games are left as of August 2019 that could definitely still use Trak-Ball support? *The light gun games? *The Milton-Bradley Cosmic Commander and Flight Commander games? *Atari Football? *Crystal Castles due to its way-to-busy kernel thus requiring a total re-write of the game? *Dave Staugas' in-house 5-Spider Millipede on account of the ROM not being available? You guys have done excellent work... Impressive...most impressive!

Dedicate it also to the late Ted Dabney. And Al Alcorn. That's the triumvirate that made Atari what it was... without Pong, they would've been another Exidy.

The run-time helps to encapsulate the viewer into that world. To quote Tarantino - who does the same thing - it should be considered a "hang out" film. You're hanging out with the characters in their lives...

Cheaper LCD mods is one way of growing interest in the Lynx platform amongst retro enthusiasts. Hmmm... wasn't Candle working on his own solution before the McWill mods hit the market?

Their site claims a lot but delivers little.

Do both... but make the 7800 version better and release it first. It would be cool with either version if it could possess the R.O.B. That would be extra notoriety. If only there were some Axlon Andromans around in the retro scene...

Alternate time line where Atari Inc survived and the 7800 was released on time for Christmas 1984. Similar to the alt.universe on Fringe that highlighted the 7800, but with or without Eric Stoltz remaining as Marty McFly in Back to the Future.

Those damn anarchist time travelers, trying to erase out-of-place artifacts like the alternate Gyruss from our terrible time line. It's bad enough they took down Atari Inc. by installing their Ray Kassar-bot as CEO. And to add extra insult, they programmed him via a Commodore Plus/4 via DIN plugs in the back of his neck during his daily commutes in his limo to and from Napa. A fire is also the reason why Dan Kramer is apparently the last Atari Inc'er to have in his possession 3-Base Missile Command for Atari 8-bits. He's still waiting for an offer to finally market it as well as convert it to the 5200 so it can be played with his gloriously designed CX53 Trak-Ball Controller.

Patiently waiting. Just like for the programmer in the UK who wrote Paperboy for the 7800 and supposedly has it on an ST disc up in his attic.

Well, that's a load of Fake News...

When I saw the Roklan bit, I was hoping their version of Gyruss for the 5200/8-Bit had been acquired... one day...

B&C operates primarily on eBay under the account "MyAtari". You could try contacting him through there...

2049 is a fantastic film. And the producers insisted upon having the Atari logo appear in the film from the get-go. They also banned logos from any company that didn't exist back in 1982 when the original film was made. Their attitude was that in the Blade Runner universe, Atari in the year 2049 is even bigger than Apple in ours [in 2017 when the film came out].

Common from dealers in the Atari Corp era.