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$34.95?

Yeah, I find Atari800 (win32 compile) to be the best, most accurate emulator to use. It syncs perfectly to my monitor at 60hz and never misses a beat (smooth scrolling in River Raid, Boulder Dash, Rally Speedway, like a real 8-bit). I believe it detects windows joysticks, if connected. Not sure how to 'emulate' a joystick if one is not connected. Atari800Win, seems to be more user friendly in this regard, but is generally lacking in 'look and feel' but others' experiences may vary...

What are the philosophical differences between modding an Atari and MAME-ing a classic arcade machine?

What incentive do these guys have to complete this project? It's really cool from an academic standpoint, but I predict they will sell 3, if it ever sees completion, and perhaps one demo app will exploit the upgrade -- much like the many homebrew software projects out there (or the XEP80, for that matter). I'm not faulting anyone for engaging in a project such as these, but I'm sure more will never see the light of day, than will be completed. A couple of screenshots over the next several years, and maybe a barely playable release with really nice music and a cool title screen. I agree, tho, that it's nice to imagine "what could be" ...

Zookeeper, Pandora's Palace, Bubble Bobble, Rally X, Mappy, Galaga.

Bounty Bob wasn't officially released on disk afaik, but there have been several unofficial disk releases. It does not require pal, but probably will not work on anything less than a 64k 800xl.

Interesting page. I've recently thought that Pang would be a good game to do on the 8-bit. It's a fun arcade game. Simple and addictive. I believe the arcade game is AKA Buster Bros.? Shouldn't Bubble Bobble be on that page too?

That CV AtariSoft Pac-Man looks and sounds pretty good. It might well be the best version. However, the Datasoft version for 400/800/XL/XE is certainly close. More authentic chomp sound that the 5200 ver., as mentioned earlier. http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...VERSION_ID=5987

What impressed you the most about the NUMEN demo? For me, it was the message that indicated I needed to upgrade my Atari 130XE. Other than that, pretty good times. Pond.

Sure, thanks to ebay, the retro craze had its heyday a couple of years back, but I'm all for being able to find the old stuff for reasonable prices. Maybe all of us who are truly interested in collecting this old stuff have finally found our homes in places that have become our favorite internet haunts. There are certainly carts on my list that I have long given up on obtaining. But, I already have pretty much what I want to have buried with me. Or, maybe we're getting too old and tired. Hmmm. Lousy thought. Anywayz, I'm done buying until the new SpartaDOS service pack comes out (sorry to be a bit OT).

I used to have the Parrot, but it's long since gone. I didn't realize the disk was protected, but the closest thing I could find was http://www.langesite.com/Atari/Holmes/Holm...rotected%5d.atr I couldn't get it to work in my emulator, however.

Hey, that's pretty cool. Just tried it and it works fine. You mentioned the red cart version. Was there more than one?

I think you can press alt-r in Atari800 to load and run exe, atr, and bas files. It doesn't have the windows interface, but I like it better than Atari800WinPLus, currently. http://sourceforge.net/projects/atari800/

Where?

Born and Live in Indianapolis, IN. 35 yrs. old. In the early 80s, my parents bought a Timex/Sinclair 1000 for the family (zx something-er-other). We played with it a bit, and found its limits almost immediately. Within a few months, they purchased an 800, with "The Educator" (basic with 410) and the "The Entertainer" (two joysticks, and Star Raiders + Missile Command). I never truly "turned back" yet I still have pronounced fondness for the platform. I sysop'd and co-sysop'd a couple of BBSs in Indianapolis, and did artwork for several BBSs (ATASCII and PIC). In the 90s, I got into PCs as many of us did. In the early part of this millennium, I decided to begin collecting 800/XL/XE cart games. I was astounded to learn that many of my old disk favorites had been remarketed as XEGS carts. I've owned and played to death almost all of them at one point or another (disks and carts). I ended up selling my entire collection (hardware and software) on ebay over the last several years (as "noeltox" on ebay). I still like to play 8-bit games that I've never had a chance to complete, or only get tired of every so many years (using emulated equipment). I'd like to say "Hello" to anyone who ever attended an "AUGI" meeting or attended a "HAMFEST" in Indianapolis the 80's. Plus say "hey" to anyone who ever visited the bboards at Riddle's, Paladen's, The Music Room, The Little Red Desk, The Dog House, The Outhouse, Bandit's, and ... We've probably met in one way or another.

I continue to be stunned by the number of tape releases that exist. I really couldn't stand tapes back when that's all I had, but I lived with them for the first couple of years I owned an Atari 800. I always found them to be prone to errors (for saving my BASIC projects). Eventually, my parents bought a 1050 for the family computer, and the 410 was relegated to a shelf -- never to be powered on again, until it was prepared to be sold (by me) on ebay a couple of years ago (buy it now price was $299.95 (what my parents paid originally). It seems that there exist a tremendous amount of C64 tapes too. Were disk drives not available in the UK back then? It's hard to believe that production costs were much less with tapes vs. disks. My memory is short, however, and I'll accept that I'm probably missing something. Just kidding about the buy it now price, though (see above).

Yep. Same here. They both work. Good call _fandal_. I'm still unable to verify Learning Phone, and Telelink II but those may be R: related, as previously suggested by Atari Frog. While we're at it, does there exist a valid cart dump of Story Machine. I havent't personally ever seen one before.

Has anyone ever had any luck getting ET Phone Home and/or Caverns or Mars cartridge dumps to work on Atari800 or Atari800winPLus? I think I may have a couple of bad dumps, but I'm not sure. (ATR and binary file versions of the same work fine). Any ideas? Thanks...

Does anyone use the joystick for this game on the XL/XE? I remember buying Karateka on disk back in the 80's. I couldn't stand the joystick controls. If I remember correctly, you had to hold longer on the button to kick -- shorter to punch, or something like that. I did like the keyboard option, though -- six different buttons for kicking/punching. I don't think they're even documented in the XE cart version (QW, AS, ZX, and left/right arrows, space to change stance, B to bow). I think you have to press "K" or ctrl-k or something like that to get into keyboard mode. This was one instance where it was truly a shame that the CX40 had only one button (SpyHunter is another).

Thanks for the info. They do appear to be dumped (and available from AA).

AtariAge lists these two titles in the rarity guide as North American NTSC releases. However, Digital Press lists them as non-US releases. They also do not appear on Cowering's Good2600 1.00 list (the actual rom dumps on AA are not even identified). Where these released in the US? What's the story? Just curious.

Thanks for the responses. Oh, I agree that it's a paddle-only game. I was curious about an official joystick release only because such a thing would serve an injustice to anyone who tried to buy/play it. Especially since, during it's original release, paddles were abundant (and even included with every 2600).

Was there an official joystick version of Circus Atari. I only remember seeing the paddle version, but I believe there is a dump of a joystick version as well. Was it a hack or an official release? Just curious.

Star Raiders cost $60.00 back then? Wow. One of the best games for the 8-bit, indeed. That's more than the typical blockbuster for xbox or ps2 currently. What were gas prices back then ('bout $1.25 / gallon, I guess).

I have bought and sold many Atari 8-bit carts. I always open every cart I receive and test it on original hardware, regardless of rarity (yes, even a mint sealed boulderdash cart once). I used to avoid it and once realized that the user manual was missing from one of my sealed carts (not the boulderdash, thankfully). It was a facrtory sealed cart (ET phone home). The seal even said "compatible with atari xl/xe series also" or something like that. However, the manual was missing. Mint condition, all -- manual absent. I even once received a "mint conditon "Pit Stop" cart, although it functioned improperly (graphics glitches). I later sold it as mal-functioning. Factory seal only guarantees that the item was once packaged in a factory (perhaps not by someone as enthusiatic about perfection as you or me). It does not guarantee mint condition (depending on your definition). Also, I would not feel comfortable selling an item for which I could not verify contents, so I insist on personal verification. Furthermore, I worked for a while at a used computer store. It was not uncommon for us to take used software and shrinkwap it in-house to improve its appearance and resaleability -- store policy. Shrinkwrap interests me very little as a consumer, collector, or reseller.