scottydu81

ill kick it if i want to, fool! i do whut i want!

i cracked open my console. it has been some years since i worked with any circuit cards (and even then, they were made well after 1977), but i dont see anything that looks burnt out even though its hard to tell one way or the other. it still works, i guess ill just give it a few minutes warm up when i want to play. i found out i can just kick the power switch on, go get something to eat, come back and play all night.

it works after a while. about a few minutes of switching cartridges, it works just fine for as long as i play. i havent taken it apart yet, though i will soon.

i tried all my NES tricks, but i guess its not the same beast... i dunno, i saw an atari 2600 disassembly video on youtube and it looks easy. maybe ill just crack it open and have a look.

not really. but i didnt think that was an issue because it eventually works just fine. just seems like it needs to warm up first. by the way, whats the best advice for cleaning the cartridge port?

I recently aquired a 2600 console (the all black, four switch model) and it seems to need to actually "warm up" before it works consistently. i have to put cartidge after cartridge in, and all that happens is that the game displays for a few seconds, then the screem either goes to black, or a whole scramble of colors. i keep switching out cartridges until it magically stops doing that. anyone else experience this?