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    Yes I do. :) I did a pre deadline cart test already, if no one guesses the correct games by September 7th, I'll extend it until the correct cart or carts is guessed. And those who already submitted their guess prior is welcome to go again, I may provide a hint too. :)

    Sounds like maybe nobody guessed it yet. Not going to tell me? Maybe some magic is in order. Hmmm, you said you know what the carts are. Are you thinking about those carts now? Please notice there are no carts up my sleeve and neither of the carts has a bent corner. Is your cart Pac-man?

     

    I know same as my earlier guess because it is Pac-man. Poof! Check again.

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    Between PPII and Asteroids, Asteroids would be my choice.

     

    I remember seeing the 7800 in the Sears catalogs. Back then, I didn't buy a 7800 because I already had a 2600 and an 800XL. The 7800 library looked small and dated and didn't seem to be growing. The one title I was interested in that would have sold me a system as a pack in was Galaga.

     

    I really regret not buying a new 7800 when they were available.

     

    These days I am really enjoying my 7800 because I have come to appreciate it for what it is - an enhanced 2600 that can play the old library but also play new 2600 styled games faster, in more color and detail and without flicker.

  8. Posted · Edited by SIO2

    I think the surviving members of Men At Work should snatch up the rights to every game they can, then make a ton of money suing web sites like AtariAge. :D

    Your post reminded me that I had never heard how that trial turned out. According to what I found online, Larrikin Music won the case but didn't get the 40-60% of total royalties they wanted. It looks like Larrikin got 5% of royalties from the year 2002. Maybe by 2002 Down Under wasn't the hottest song.

     

    So, what do you suppose 5% of a remake of an obscure 35 year old game would be worth? Probably not worth the price of the phone call to say "hey this is Collin Hay callin".

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    I disagree completely, but that's just me. I never cared for the stock controllers until the flashback ones. I still have several original CX-40's ranging from like new condition to the broken in ones I grew up with. They are too stiff with little leeway, only thing going for them is the rubber grip.

     

    I've used Flashback controllers for years and they still result in better scores due to the smoothness of the joystick. Never had one break, or even unscrew unless I forcefully unscrew. How hard do people play?

    I also had good luck with my original CX-40's but I must have a gentle touch.

     

    To the OP. I think Atari related retro is especially hard to try to turn any profit on for reasons already stated but also because I think many Atari users are do it their selfers and bargain hunters. Some people will spend years designing something just to prove it can be done. Others I have to wonder if the reason they collect Atari is just because they would never shell out for a new system.

     

    It is a great group of people here on AA though.

  16. Posted · Edited by SIO2

    Yeah, most wall warts now day's are between 5-18 volts and very low amperage, so I don't worry much about overloading anything. The biggest power hog I have in the den is the oldest... the TI's P-Box, then maybe the big screen TV.

     

    One of these day's just for the sake of curiosity I may buy a KILL-A-WATT meter...

    True. A few flashbacks aren't much of a load but I know of an incident where my daughter's boyfriend felt he could use a power strip to plug in a plasma TV, an Xbox 360, a fridge, a microwave and an electric space heater plus maybe some other things too. He was renting a home with an old wiring system (fuses not breakers). Before the fuse blew he cooked the insulation pretty well.

     

    There are a lot of people out there who think that if an outlet is available and the plug fits then it is all good. Not necessarily so.

     

    I have one of the Kill-a-watt meters. They are nice.

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  20. Posted

    They just published 3D renderings of the back panel .... hilarious, 4 different video ports (HDMI, RGB, SVideo and composhit) ..... and support for power for external RF mod ..... it's sinking.

     

    Oh and 2 more USB A ports and 1 USB B .... likely there was no place left for USB3.0 or Firewire. I believe they also missed a phone line jack (in case someone wants to turn the FPGA into a modem for online playing you know).

     

    http://atariage.com/forums/topic/235430-how-has-this-not-been-posted-yet-retro-vgs/page-16?do=findComment&comment=3289375

    It looks like there is plenty of room to add a second row of ports. They could add a comlynx port.

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    Or like neogeo, you have your original old console and a library of games. Now assuming someone devs a neogeo game, wouldn't it be better to market for the old original console instead of this? If not, why not?

     

    For how long will this system remain state of the art?

    I agree. I think the author would do better making the cart for the original console. But, if there is an easy way to load the ROM or an original cart via adapter on RVGS then it expands the RVGS library and makes it more useful.

     

    This thing won't be state of the art for long if it even qualifies now. Neither is my 7800 but I love it still. We will just have to see if RVGS finds some love.

  22. Posted · Edited by SIO2

    You're not. That is not what this machine is for. It will use it's own cartridge format. This isn't an all in one for old carts.

    This (below) is taken from the FAQ on the Retro VGS website and is why I suggested the universal Retron idea. I do understand that is not the developers goal for the system. Third party developers might take an interest though in this flexible platform. Perhaps third party developers can create HDL and cartridge adapters to play the games of other classic systems. Creating an Atari 2600 game on the Retro VGS cart doesn't make sense to me but having an adapter for Retro VGS to play original 2600 games and new homebrews (or better yet 7800 games) would make the VGS much more interesting to me.

     

    "Whats going on under the hood?

    (Steve Woita) Think of it as hardware that is reconfigurable by the cartridge. The RETRO VGS will have its own cool configurations (ways to make a game), and it can also be hardware-configured to be other old-school architectures that a lot of developers are used to developing for. Specifically, and at this current time, its an FPGA and ARM system. If a developer wants to make a Neo Geo game, they would include an HDL (Hardware Description Language) file that configures the FPGA to operate like a Neo Geo."

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  23. Posted

    I can see the desire to have a controller with more buttons the the one they chose, if it's still the Wii knock-off one, has not reviewed well.

    Yes. They are wanting to use the Wii U style controller which looks to me like it has similar number of buttons and sticks as PS2 dualshock. I really like PS2 dualshock which I suppose could be used with Retro VGS with a PS2 to USB adapter.

     

    Here is the Retro VGS website. http://www.retrovgs.com

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