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I've got about 240 carts and would be happy to test this out

I was 100% Amiga from '87 to '96, and it was a very sad day indeed when I was finally forced to make that switch.

For me this is what truly defines Gen X; more than fashion, music or fads. Pre-Gen X you grew up with more of an emphasis on family life, Mom is at home taking care of things and keeping tabs on the kids. Post Gen-X you grow up with fulltime daycare, helicopter parenting, soccer moms, playdates, and generally being chaperoned everywhere. But in between, growing up Gen X was a whole different ballgame. - A huge number of moms entering the workforce before large scale formalized daycare, along with parents focusing on their jobs and themselves in the "Me" '80s, means KIDS ARE ON THEIR OWN. - Travelling to and from school by yourself, coming home to an empty house with a list of crap to do on the table (throw something in the oven for dinner, clean up, take care of your sister) - On weekends and in summer roaming the streets on bikes and hanging out from morning to night; no one knowing exactly where you are or what you are up to. - Exploring ravines, jumping off roofs, blowing shit up with fireworks, fighting with bullies, buying tons of junk food from the convenience store, perusing old issues of Penthouse that someone swiped from their dad's stash, and generally getting up to all kinds of unsupervised mischief. We fucked around and found out, a lot of times the hard way. But we figured out how to do things for ourselves. We were mostly ignored then the same way we are now, so we learned not to give a shit and just get on with whatever we are doing, no fuss no muss. And if any of that sounds like complaining, it's not. I wouldn't change a thing.

They tried to throw 'slacker' at us, but it didn't really stick.

Can’t you discern this from the photos of the diagram pages in the ebay link you posted?

Autorom won’t work with a cart dumper (i.e 2600+), as mentioned in the post you quoted. For now you’ll need to find a way to flash a ROM.

I'm looking for high quality scans of Intellivision boxes (300dpi or higher) for a project I'm working on. I've found some nice ones here (1200dpi) but the selection is small: https://archive.org/search?query=intellivision&and[]=subject%3A"Box"&and[]=mediatype%3A"image" Anyone know of other good sources? I'm not so interested in modified art (e.g the "universal game case" format on thecoverproject.net)

Relevant thread with a possible fix: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/311158-activision-and-parker-brothers-cartridge-fix/

Pitfall already works out of the box so you can play it now!

Nice; Reactor was probably the only 2600 game I ever purchased with my own money (all the others were Christmas/birthday gifts). I remember seeing a bin of them being cleared out for a couple bucks at Sears and buying it on a whim. Played a lot of this game and still love the intro tune!

I think Amoeba Jump perfectly bridges the gap between classic 2600 and modern gameplay. It's the perfect pick up and play game and is quite replayable and addictive. I know Atari Age already sells the homebrew version, but I think it really deserves a wide release!

Works fine here. Are you pushing “0” on the keypad within 3 seconds of connecting to the adapter? This is required to detect the keypad in autodetect mode. EDIT: This is assuming you are using a 2600daptor D9 adapter

To be fair, there are so many other ways to play "ROMs"; I think this is just a different type of device (even though technically it may be doing something similar behind the scenes). I don't really see lack of SD support as a failing, I think Atari was aiming for the console that many were asking for: A first-party 2600 replica that plays original carts on modern displays, with all functions controlled by hardware switches (as with the original) and no menu/settings/configuration to take you out of the experience. Adding more support for problematic cartridges is the way to go here, and hopefully the Harmony cart can be better supported via an update, even if the full flashcart functionality isn't possible.

Would those USB joystick signals be available on D+/- or D1+/- then?

Are you sure joystick isn't present on the headers? I see D-/D+ and D-1/D+1 labelled on the left header, which could potentially be directional signals for each of the joystick ports.

That is definitely reversed; B should be normal size and A should be small.

Hmm, another possibility might be a faulty power supply on their end?

This comment from the ScreenRant review has me concerned: I'm interested in the 2600+, even considering it's current drawbacks, but "frequent crashing" is something that isn't really acceptable. I haven't heard this so far from any other sources though, might this be a faulty unit perhaps?

except the smell of an old one

If you look at the last page of the manual you linked, it appears to be from a 2002 hack version with voice added. The original manual has much more info, I still have mine (similar to the one Thomas posted).

Looks like you've found the rare "Armor Abmush" variant

That is high praise, hopefully they have the same durability as the Best CX40s as well.

Question: Is 4:3 output as a 16:9 signal with black bars filling the space on the side, or is an actual 4:3 signal the tv would have to scale?