Rex Dart

Ghostbusters. These rare carts just ain't worth the money to me.

I really don't know. I don't have enough experience with these systems to tell you for sure. If I can get some photos of a couple games, could you tell me if it's something I need to worry about? Thanks for the diagrams. I'll see what I can manage, but this sounds like a lot of work after all. Guess I should have expected this, buying from ebay and whatnot.

Anybody who didn't vote "White Men Can't Jump" didn't play it.

I just wanted to add that I recently picked up the same sort of adapter, but opposite genders, so that I run a fat RG6 coax cable from my TV, screw that onto the male RF end of the adapter, and plug the other end (male RCA) into the Atari. Works great, the picture is smooth but not terribly clear/sharp at the edges of objects, though that's probably just the nature of RF hookups on a big LCD. I don't know if this is inferior or superior to using RCA cable, but it works great as far as I can tell. Got the adapter for under two dollars at Frys.

Update! I wasn't able to find ANY replacement parts at the local store. They had NO 16v capacitors, and were sold out of 7805's. So I just took my soldering iron to the system and re-flowed all the solder joints on those components, plus anything that looked a little fishy. Sounds works now! Video's better, but mainly because I cranked up the TV's brightness. That seems to be all that I lacked in the video department, though Defender 2 is still insanely dark (ideas?), so I'm still thinking about adding composite video output to this thing.

Well, the thing is that 7800 games display with what I'd call perfect brightness... just as you would expect from a game system. So I'm thinking maybe it's something to do with the separate 2600 chips in the system? I've read a bit about how they're put together, but I don't know a whole lot just yet. I'm not afraid to take this sucker apart though, I'm pretty decent with a soldering iron. (I can even spell 'solder'!) And it cost me 66USD for the system, pair of paddles, a mushy proline, and a broken quickshot (that I'm going to use the cord from & make a new stick). Sure do, so thanks for that suggestion. I'm going to take it apart right now, write down the specs on those parts, and head to the electronics store. Cool, is that the one that's visible when you've taken the plastic apart but left the shielding on? If so, I'll give that a try too. I think the power supply is fine, but I'll test that too. Thanks for all the tips, folks.

Hi there... I bought this used 7800 off ebay, and I've never owned one before, but it seems to have a few issues. First, the picture from 2600 games is very dark. A few are bright enough to play (and may be working as intended), but Space Invaders, Midnight Magic, and others are just way too dark to play. Also, the audio doesn't come on until the system's been running for a couple of minutes. I have to play in silence until the sound pops in. If I turn the system off to swap carts, then it's another several-minute wait. It's hooked up to the TV via an RF switchbox, but with nothing else connected to the switchbox. Would connecting it directly to the TV help (I don't own the adapter currently) with the picture, at least? What about the audio? What can I check out on the motherboard to troubleshoot this? Thanks!