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267,689! that's something to shoot for. I noticed he was using emulation. also, when he killed the spiders it didn't put the point value on the screen like it does on mine. could that be the 5200 version?

I have been working on my score for Millipede. I did a search on AtariAge and found out that current high score record was 148K. My latest game is 166,903. So close to that 170K extra man. I would like to know what others can do on this fast paced classic? https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0v5cEppJiDIZWNqMFU1bEVCOXc/view?usp=sharing

popeye is fun on any system

thats a lot of disks Keatah! Are they all Apple II, or do you have other disk based systems too? Man, I want to buy more now.

1. you can "build" a hackintosh. http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page 2. he also said he wanted to use linux, but almost everyone suggested windows. 3. i don't want to limit the discussion to just his needs, but rather suggest alternatives for others as well.

Although my OS of choice for general computing is Linux, I fall back to Windows 7 for emulation. However, nobody here has mentioned OSX. There are a lot of great emulation written for the Mac OS. In addition to MacMame, http://www.macmame.org/ I also like Sweet16 by Eric Shepard: http://www.sheppyware.net/software-mac/sweet16/ Richard Bannister has written (ported) many great emulators listed below, and a link to his site: http://www.bannister.org/software/index.htm Arnold v1.7.8 Boycott Advance v0.4.0 BSNES v0.6.8 Emulator Enhancer v2.3.2 fMSX v3.5.1 Frodo v4.4.0 Fuzzbug v0.0.1 Generator v0.4.4 Genesis Plus v1.3.1 Handy v0.9.7 Horizon v1.3.9 Jum52 v1.1.0 KiGB v2.0.5 MO5 v2.6.3 Mugrat v0.4.3 Neopocott v0.5.1 Nestopia v1.4.1 O2Em v1.1.1 Oric v1.7.8 Oswan v0.8.1 Rainbow v1.5.7 SimCoupe v0.8.3 SMS Plus v1.3.3 TEO v1.8.3 TGEmu v0.3.4 Thom v1.6.1 Vecx v0.1.6 ViBE v1.0b12

At the risk of getting off topic, I played two games of Millipede this morning. The first score was 118,105 and the second was 138,951. Here's a link to the video. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0v5cEppJiDIazlOSER6bVRlNkU/view?usp=sharing and here is where I get 138,951 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0v5cEppJiDIUXU2Q05VQzZvZjA/view?usp=sharing

Hi All, I wasn't sure whether to put this in the coleco section or the emulation section, but I decided it was emulation. Back in the day (1990's) I used Marat Fayzullin's emulator "ADAMEm" for DOS and then "COLEM" as my go to colecovision emulator. Now it seems "blueMSX" is the emulator of choice for coleco. I can't help but think of "blueMSX" as an MSX emulator that also runs coleco roms. I used to use "fMSX" for MSX emulation back in the day. The only problem I had with "COLEM" was that it didn't recognize my .col files out of the box. Well today I fixed it. I simply renamed all my .col files to .rom, and "COLEM" works great now. What are your thoughts?

wow, when i wrote the question this morning i wasn't even thinking about the donkey kong carts for 2600 and colecovision. actually, now that i think about it, my first experience was the donkey kong arcade game in 81 or 82, but of course i didn't own that.

Hi All, I am going to assume that everyone has owned at least one Nintendo product in their lives The question is what is the first Nintendo product you ever owned, and what are your memories of that experience? For me it was around 1991, and it was the Gameboy. I was in the hospital for an operation for a week, and my uncle brought me a Gameboy and 5 games. My favorite was The Flash. I played it all the way to the end. It really helped me tune out the unpleasant situation I was in. Thanks Nintendo.

the problem I had when I tried kat5200 was the controllers. first i couldn't figure out what the default keys to move and fire, and i couldn't seem to change them and have them work. i couldn't set up my joystick either. the documentation didn't assist me. oh well.

Hi David, I love your program, and I didn't mean to criticize it. As someone who grew up using cassette interfaces with my Atari, I understand the limitations are on the hardware side. Seeing what ADTPRO was capable of with little to no expense by me encouraged me to buy the Super Serial Card, and it flies now.

I replaced my power supply with a "rebuildable" one. The blue screen issue I was experiencing has now become a clear, solid, red screen. I swapped out the CPU, because somebody suggested that in another post regarding an 800xl with a red screen, but no luck. Fortunately, I do have another working 600XL, so I am not too concerned. Also, I have two CX40 joysticks with the gold upgrade on the way to me. I am determined to break my top score of 119,000 on Millipede!

Anyone here use ADTPRO to create disks or to create disk images? Shortly after buying my Apple IIe platnium a few months ago, I went a little crazy buying DS/DD 5.25 inch diskettes. I spent about $80, and made many of the ones I used to have as a kid. First I was using the audio cable method and it took about 184 seconds per disk, when it didn't stop in the middle. Once I got the Super Serial Card and the Serial Cable it took just a few seconds. I don't have a disk notcher, and wasn't willing to buy one for $20 on ebay, so all my disks are currently single sided. By the way, here is a picture taken of me using my Apple //c computer in 1984 at the age of 15. This photo is kinda blurry but I was playing one of my favorites, Mario Bros. http://apple2history.org/wp-content/gallery/reader-submissions/reader-michael-tenen.jpeg

I have an atari 600xl with the same issue Sega Dude. I went away over Christmas and when I came back it was like that. I opened it up and tried re-seating the usual suspects. I hope thegamezmaster is right and it is the power supply becuase I have another one on order.

I remember the first time I saw a "personal computer". It was the latter end of 1982, and I was in Junior High School. We didn't have computers at my school at all. I went to a friend of a friends house, named Jon. His family lived on a farm, and had a small private school on the premises. His mom and dad were teachers. After school hours, three of us went into one of the classrooms and sitting on a small table, connected to a small televsion set, I saw it. It was a Commodore 64. My imagination went wild, and although I was only 13 years old I knew I had to have one. But I was going to have to wait. By the next year, much had changed. I had moved from Oregon to California, it was Christmas, and the price of the Commodore had dropped to $199. I asked for one for Christmas, and I got one! It was broken right out of the box. We went to KMart where we bought it and exchanged it. They only had one left in stock, they couldn't keep them on the shelf. I took the second one home and hooked it up. It worked, but the red light on the top was broken. I decided to return the second one. My hopes and dreams were starting to shatter around me. Then, on the 3rd floor of the JC Penney in the mall, right next to the luggage, I stumbled upon an oasis. They were selling the competition: Coleco Adam, TI 99/4A and the 600XL and 800XL. I tried them all out, and weighed the pros and cons of each in my mind. I knew I wanted a good BASIC, because I was learning to program. The TI and the Adam were quite pricey for my meager budget. The 600XL stood out to me as great bang for the buck. I liked the look of the thing and the feel of the keyboard. I remember it was $149 or maybe less. The 800XL was $100 more. I couldn't justify the extra expense to my mother. I took the 600XL home and it was wonderful. I still remember the smell of the thing. Now I needed software, and joysticks. There were big glass cabinets full of Atari 8 bit software on cartridge at SEARS. The place was a mob scene. Over the next few months I picked up 10 great cartridges. I couldn't believe how close to the original arcade games they looked. Donkey Kong, Pac Man, Popeye, Frogger, Pengo, and Q Bert. And I programmed. I put all the small programs that came in the Atari Basic Reference Guide into the computer, and saved them to cassette. I wrote my own programs. I loved the graphics modes and sound statements. I was happy.

I must say that this fantastic emulator has gotten me back into the Atari 8bit camp. It runs so smoothly and so coherently compared to other emulators I've run. (Not just Atari emulators) The nice thing is it runs great with the built-in Altirra rom. But hey, I am preaching to the choir here.

I bought a IIe platnium with a disk drive a couple months ago on CL for $100. From spending time in the a2c.chat channel it seems the ideal combination is to own the oldest Apple II or II+ you can find in working condition, and the newest IIGS (most memory and latest rom, and most peripherals.) I had the IIc from 1984 to 1994 when I gave it away.

Thanks for the responses. I am going to be getting a rebuildable power supply, along with another Atari 600XL, I hate to throw the ingot away, but it can't be used safely. While I wait for shipment, I continue to familiarize myself with this site and play with Altirra.

Update: after fixing my "lock up" problem by ordering a new CPU and OS Rom, I have encountered another more serious problem. My 600XL will not display correctly, lots of horizontal lines and static on the screen, as well as not booting. Some research has alerted me to the fact that the "ingot" power supply I am using causes major problems. I am not sure if I should try to order the ANTIC and GTIA chips now, or is it permanantly destroyed? I am highly considering ordering a rebuilt Atari from B&C, if they have any. I have caught the Atari bug, and I can't wait to play the 6 carts I have just ordered.

I am going to get the ones I had as a kid first: Donkey Kong, Pac Man, Ms. Pac Man, Dig Dug, Moon Patrol, Millipede. I already bought 2 from Video61 and 3 from 4Jays.

I am so glad I found this thread. I recently purchased an Atari 600XL on ebay, and it arrived with the same ROM Test Error pictured above. This link was the first one I clicked on, because I know and respect the AtariAge site. With no previous experience fixing 8 bit computers, I confidently ordered the 6502 CPU and the 16K OS ROM. They arrived a few days later, I popped the old ones out and the new ones in, and everything works perfectly. Thank you Rybags and atari_thomas for this topic, and thanks to B&C Computer Visions for having the parts at an affordable price. By the way, I have since become a member of atariage, I think this is my third post.

My 600XL stopped working about a year after I got it in 1983. I tried to take it apart, but as a 14 year old kid, I couldn't get past the shielding. (I guess I was an idiot.) Recently I purchased an inexpensive but broken 600XL, and have ordered the 6502 CPU and the 16K OS ROM to fix it. Maybe I can redeem myself for the mistakes of the past.

Hello All, I have returned to Atari after many years. Just bought a 600XL on ebay last week. I have bought some cartridges that will arrive soon. The emulator Altirra got me interested again. The 600XL was my first computer for xmas 1983. I particularly like the arcade ports, which I think are really well done. Hope I posted this in the correct place. Airsoftmodels.