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  1. I'm not far off you age, 6 months ago I had never done any assembly in my life. About 6 months ago I just happened to see a youtube video about how to use an nes emulator debugger to change things in nes games, after seeing that I was now convinced I needed to learn assembly. Many times I had put it off because I would start an online tutorial but it was just too confusing so I started messing with an nes emulator called messen, I looked up some of the simplest instructions and noticed how changing the hex values in the memory editor would show me what the new instruction did so I experimented a few days changing values and things. Next I wanted to see what it was like do the same thing on the master system, I found z80 not that different to 6502. I used an emulator called emuliscious for the master system, and in that I could also mess around with the memory editor to change instructions mostly by experimenting with copy and pasting. The main thing I learned is how the instructions changed with I modified the hex values. After that I was eager to learn so I got as many assembly programming books that I could find. I got Steven Huggs 2600 book and also another one by Oscar Toledo also for the 2600, I wanted it to be as simple as possible but both books have advantages so I think it was good to get both. Next book I got was one called Learn Multiplatform Assembly Programming with ChibiAkumas which is used a referenced since I forgot how to do things. Those books literally show you what to do step by step. I also watched an entire series by Mark Hefernan on youtube about the z80. I think I had a simple grasp of z80 after 2 weeks and 6502 was similar. I spent 2 weeks learning the VDP of the sms and about 2 weeks after that I was able to display whatever image I wanted on the sms. I then switch to learning 2600, I think after 2 weeks I was able to write some simple programs but actually I used what I learned to make a rom hack of nes games. I was also able to romhacks of sms games and make sms graphical demos. So I went from no assembly experience to being able to hack nes and sms games, makes sms demos and make 2600 demos in about 2 months.
  2. One of the funnest things with the system is actually playing breakout with decent paddles, I never used good ones before. Changing switches is real quick, after a bit you can do it even when its in the system. I also figured out a technique to open the games while still keeping them sealed, you cover the games with clear contact and then when you open it the seal stays secure and shiny, I practiced on a blu ray first so these turned out real good. 😃 Was playing bezerk and wondering where crazy otto was, just found out I may have been using the wrong difficulty but he mustn't appear on the first few rooms. I also think the packaging looks amazing.
  3. Recently I've been buying a lot of homebrew games for retro systems so if a game is fairly cheap I don't even have to think about it to buy it but if its more expensive then I have to think what other game for another system I will decide not to buy. If you buy the file and its only a little less then buying the full box its hard to justify since you have a nice thing on your shelf. Sure $20 a game isn't much but there are a heap of retro games coming out every month for c64, sega etc. It will interesting to see the new store to see if I should buy some stuff in bulk, I really like the look of Gorf, I just brought a stack of Dreamcast homebrews to save on the postage. Actually buying the boxed version might be cheaper since you can sell it later for the same you paid so theres a lot of disadvantages to buying the file so to buy the file I have to be super sure I won't want to buy the cart. Overall you have the right to choose how much you will sell your game for.
  4. I think asking for pal versions of the carts is going a bit far really, just get an rgb kit if you care so much about the colours and then you can play all the USA games
  5. The retro six kit https://retrosix.co.uk/Atari-2600-CleanComp-Composite-Video-Out-p537997297 ok it is half the price but even then the difference in price is not that much, I think paying a little more for Tim's kit is worth it if he makes new ones since it includes palletes and it is easier to install. It reminds me how people forget that Benn Venn lynx cart is available and cheaper than the other one you see.
  6. I'm really surprised because his website and ebay store were working fine just a few weeks ago. I've been using his 2600 kit since it was new and it has been working perfectly even to this day but actually I just use the composite output. An extra bonus is that I didn't know when buying this is that NTSC games work with the correct colour on my PAL system if you change the pallete which can be changed using the extra button mod. The extra button on the controller is super convenient for games that you need to reset a lot like in dragster. Now I see there is a new composite mod that is about as expensive as this kit was that people are getting when they could have just got this one instead years ago.
  7. You can fry chips in the c64 just by touching the controller port pins and even just plugging and unplugging controllers in when its turned on.
  8. Hi Ben, nice to see you. Don't have a question but want to say I'm happy to see new Atari games in store and I hope you might decide to do more 2600 games or even some old 7800 games or new games for the 7800. It would be cool if for next year had the 2600+ in the jr shell or the Darth Vader shell. Keep up the good work. OK 1 question, are you able to achieve a 5.51 in Dragster. 😄 Anyway on the eb games website it now shows that Bezerk is out of stock. The paddle bundle sold out really quick but I wasn't sure how people would take to buying carts so this means sales are pretty good 😄. I really don't know what reaction someone who hasn't played atari for 30 years would have seeing newly programmed games for Atari. Really if you buy the all the games and the system thats 16 good games, a pretty nice bundle I think. Surprised to find Hero is now $50, I own it because I brought a box of junk back in the day for $5 because I mainly wanted the boxed copy of columns for Sega Megadrive and it just happened to have some extra stuff including Polaris and Hero. I had noticed that Atari stuff had been getting cheaper since about 2007 which is why it was surprising. Possibly the best Willyvania on the system As for not working with Pitall 2 etc, the developers were upfront in the video saying that this is for someone who has 10 old games and no way to play them anymore and it will do that. This should be enough to decide if this is for you, for certain people this is perfect. A fortnight player having fun with the gamestation, yes I think they will. I have personally never known anyone owns these 100 in 1 systesms or keeps it near their tv for long, I always thought they get played for a couple of months after christmas then get thrown out. I don't think there will be anyone in 5 years still playing their gamestation. I mean there are lot of good games on the old 100 in 1 systems but they are now all broken or old or have some other reason not to use them. I can certainly see people still using the 2600+ in 5 or 10 years.
  9. This person gives a good idea of whats included. Looks similar to what came with the VCS or the Atari 50 collection. 2600 games not usually seen I found were Adventure 2 Aquaventure Combat 2 And it looks like drag race is a rename of dragster Also comes with a bunch of piko games. If you haven't tried them they can be pretty good, Jim Power was an unfinished Genesis game and they were able to finish off the music and the levels.
  10. Never had a problem with terraonions stuff, their stuff takes a long time to come out but when it does it feels complete. I've had a couple of krizz's things which were made obsolete because a better cart came out soon after i brought mine. Never had a problem with updates, don't see the big deal with having to sign in. I've got the mega sd, neo sd pro and super sd. Would be nice if in game reset worked for sms but the speed up for the sega cd asic speedup is useful in some games and demos. I would just get the cheapest flashcart because you just know it won't be that long and a cart with an fpga 32x will come out and then the upgrade cycles happens all over again. I've been using flashcarts since the tototek genesis one and we have come such a long way. My latest Krikkz card is for the gba, so nice to have a gba cart that just works. Also krikkz usually has a halloween sale each year.
  11. I have never seen any evidence of this ever happening in real life. I have witnessed newer generations playing old games on compilations and mobile, they tend to like games that a lot of us might not give much consideration to but has something interesting about it. I would like to make 2600 games that work on this system that also use the arm like in the harmony. I wonder if a new type of bankswitching could be created that uses the arm that would be easy for this system to detect. You could have a sort of header in a specific place in the first page to tell the dumper how many pages your rom uses and if the arm should be emulated. I haven't programmed the arm yet so I'm not sure if the 6507 is supposed to upload the payload to the arm after start up or another way.
  12. Its just about guaranteed that this system will be hacked and open soon after release just like the snes mini was. The fun with this is using original carts and controllers so I won't personally bother doing it. You don't really need a picture, it will be a small circuit board with 2 chips interfacing the cartridge connector and buttons.
  13. nice, the nes and sms can only do about 16 sprites when they are that size
  14. I was hoping it would have an extra button like the VCS has, it works really well there and a lot of the images hide the front. I think if they manage this launch properly this could really get a lot of people back into atari and buying retro games again which is why I don't rag on it too much. Being able to sell real retro games in stores is one of the most impressive things a game company has done. I am far more excited to get Mr Run and Jump and Bezerk than if something like gta 6 was announced. At eb games the paddles sold out really quick but they got more so I was able to get before they sold out the 2nd time. Actually the system on the box does look far smaller than the real thing or even the videos if the joystick is used for scale so I think it will be far lighter than the real thing. I did preorder every game and a joystick. I was going to get a 2nd stick but I'll hold off and see if I'll get the system too, if you take the cost of the joystick and the cart out the system could be a good deal depending on how well done the shell is.
  15. Backbit pro is what I was thinking of getting, it has pokey but not the yamaha that more homebrews are starting to use but the gamedrive is pretty expensive compared to most flashcarts I own.
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