Does a 2600 cart get warm?

[Does a 2600 cart get warm?]

This is hardly scientific, but I think most of the heat you feel on a cart is rising out of the console itself. The wooden cart might help insulate the game chip(s) a little bit.

[Atari's answer to the Intellivision "running man"]

I always figured atari's mascot was Joust, or one of those other games they trot out on every system.

[Best game for the Lynx?]

Gauntlet has a good combo of gameplay & laffs

[a scan from UKs What Games Console issue X-Mas 94 I believe]

Holy hell, £250 for the system? Anybody care to convert that to today's USD (adjusting for inflation)? That sounds like a crazy amount of cash.

[Best Composite Mod?]

 

Also, the Longhorn's modification for the Junior console is kinda lacking good taste. He drills 3 big holes on the side destroying the looks of the small beast. I don't know why he didn't use a mini DIN to replace the RF output instead...

 

What the guy above said... also, composite cables with a mini DIN connector on one end are far less common than standard RCA cables.

[Atari joystick controller thing]

69SB, do you realize that these things are not vintage or classic hardware, so none of them are worth more than a few bucks? These are all made in the past few years.

[Dreamcast/gamecube controller mod?]

Try an astropad. I just got one and it feels amazing in my hands.

 

 

Try playing a game with it though... different story altogether.

[what is the best n64 expansion pack brand]

Just be careful next time.

[Atari joystick controller thing]

No. There's just not much demand for 'em.

[what is the best n64 expansion pack brand]

I imagine they're all the same...

[Radica Space Invaders > 7800 joystick]

 

As for the microswitch modification that I mentioned in my previous post: I did get a batch of the switches I linked to, and they're almost suitable for the RSI, but the button on the top of the switch is a little taller than the ones in the XBox controller. This means that the microswitch closes before the rubber dome switch, which can be confusing to people who don't know what's going on: it feels like the switch closed, but it didn't, because the rubber dome switch is the one that's actually connected to the 7800. I suppose I could wire up the microswitch instead, but I didn't try this. I'll revisit the project at some point, after I have the multi-cart finished.

 

Yeah, I would've wired it to those microswitches right away... I bet that'll make it work wonderfully.

[Radica Space Invaders > 7800 joystick]

Eh, you know what I mean. It's designed so that you'd hold the stick with your right hand and hit the buttons with your left. Counter-intuitive for most people who didn't grow up playing funky old arcade cabinets before the "stick on the left, buttons on the right" standardization.

[Radica Space Invaders > 7800 joystick]

I've got a new one sealed in the box I bought from GameCrazy for $5. They made sense to mod at that price. I'm just not sure if I want to make this one a 7800 stick or a 5200 PMP stick.

 

At $20, you would be better off to do the exact same mod with a used Ms. Pac Man stick by Zakk's Pacific which you can pick up for about $.50 plus $5 s/h from E-bay.

 

 

Am I missing something, or are these Ms Pac Man sticks for lefties only? Am I looking at the wrong model?

 

 

By the way, this thread could honestly be called "Connecting Bare Wires > 7800 joystick". Took me 20 years to find a worse controller than my Quickshot megadrive pad, but 7800 official joystick, there you are.

[Looking to buy a 5200, Have many questions]

I soddered 3 lousy points on a 2600

 

 

Lord, I hope not...

[Best Joystick for Atari 2600]

You can adjust the throw by a simple adjustment of the leaf switches. It is easy.

 

How's this done, exactly? Just bending/pushing the switch contacts closer to the actuator?

[Best Joystick for Atari 2600]

Eh, I prefer just to use a good genesis/megadrive pad or arcade stick with turbo fire. Of course, if you had the inclination to build your own stick out of actual arcade parts... that'd be pretty nice.

[Got a 5200, console only, not sure where to begin]

Sounds awesome, thanks. Can't beat $5 and the rebuild seems simple enough.

[Got a 5200, console only, not sure where to begin]

Yeah, I figure I can pick up a game cart or two in town for a few dollars, though the controllers are sort of difficult to find locally (for ease of return in case I can't use 'em). Is the controller necessary for testing the unit? I'm only looking to confirm that it's functional (as cheaply as possible); I can get into playing & collecting later.

[Something for you 2600 fans out their]

People still have dialup?

Yes. It is called Dreamcast.

 

 

No way can a dreamcast play youtube videos.... right?

[Got a 5200, console only, not sure where to begin]

To go a step beyond the power mod, would it be possible for me to just apply 12V or 9V DC or whatever the thing requires to a couple points on the motherboard? That would save me some effort & time modding a system that may not work. Otherwise, I'll probably go ahead with a power mod and see what I get.

 

How common is it for the controller ports on these units to go bad? I could hold off on the controller for a bit if I can reasonably assume that the ports work. I'm pretty poor

[Got a 5200, console only, not sure where to begin]

So I recently bought a 7800 and the seller threw in a 4-port 5200 without any accessories as a bonus. No word on whether or not it works. I was already interested in the system, so I'd like to get it up & running if possible. The crazy power setup rules out the possibility of picking up a cheap power supply, and I've got no controllers to test it with, either. What's my first step in testing this thing? Is there a simple way to supply power & see if it even boots up? I'd rather not go spend money on a cart, controller, and power supply and find out SURPRISE, it's dead.

 

Thanks!

[Atari Universal Switch Box]

A nice cable is almost as good as composite output. Get the thickest mofo you can find.

 

And holy crap, $50? Didn't that ebay guy sell them for $30 previously? I should get in on this Sell-$10-of-crap-for-$50 scheme.

[Atari art work pics.]

That IS a good idea. I should see what I can scrounge up, put 'em in a slideshow on mine so I have something other than 8/16-bit playthrough vids.

[Atari is back!]

Damn, give it up Atari! You're a rotting zombie and it'd be better for everybody if you'd just rest in piece and leave people with their memories of you when you were enjoyable.

[Z26 download weirdness]

Uh... what is/was it?