Games Beaten In 2020.

[Games Beaten In 2020.]

I sacrificed the My Queen to get the King out.

It was a do or die at that point.

I did see the Queen coming. I just beat her to the punch.

Thank you for the comments.

[Games Beaten In 2020.]

This took a few attempts but I did win against my Atari 2600 In chess.

This was at the beginning of the covid outbreak.

Than the movie The Queen's Gambit came out.

Now chess is all the rage now.

(A great show B.T.W. Anya Taylor-Joy did just an outstanding job.)

After that I've tried to play. Get a few moves into the game and loose interest. Have to turn it off.

In middle school I was obsessed with this game. Now I couldn't tell you haw to castle. 

But I digress.. I beat my Atari.. Yea Me...

[Odd defender]

I got this defender in a lot a few days ago.

At first I thought this was someone slapping on a home made label because the old labels fell off or something.

But the label underneath is a plastic sheet.

Its odd. I have never run across anything like this.

This is not a prototype? Is it?

Its not the normal label for a loaner for Beta testing.

If anyone knows what this is please tell me.

Thank you for your time...

[How to reinforce crushed boxes]

This seems pretty obvious, but I hope someone may benefit from it.

you cut a width of cardboard 7/8" by 18" go up the inside of box to the top. bend along bottom.

The remainder goes up the other side. Folding the excess to support the cart.

Doesn't matter that much if its thin or corrugated cardboard.

I added some pictures to help explain the process.

Hope this helps. Thank you for your time.

[Atari 2600 4 switch console woody 3 games bundle Seller refurbished]

Atari 4 switch console 3 games bundle

 

Seller refurbished

 

 

Tested and working.

 

Some light scratches and scuffs from age and use.

Given the age, the console is in good shape.

 

 

 

 

Please check out this an other Items at my ebay store. thank you

 

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[help with a sparkly picture]

hello, just needing some assistance with this. I MODed one of my ataris. I get little Sparklies and interference. (the whole reason I did the mod was to get rid of this.) I changed the 2400fu cap and voltage reg. no change change chips. changed out the cap on C241 c214 and the c206 and 207 that controls sound since I was in their anyways.

It was a basic MOD.

I have this same issues with some other ataris(not MODed yet) I have that I'm trying to repair. I normally just replace the rf cable but good ones are getting hard to come by. If I can get the MODing down than I wont need the cables.


I can get the picture to come in clear, but I have to hold the mod board in my hand and contact the resisters.
I've tried different T.V.s
I've tried plugging the console in the wall socket.(I normally use a multi plug.)
I've tried it with out my computer in the room.
I tried adjusting the coil (did less then nothing.)
tried multiple carts and cleaned them all before trying.

I'm getting interference and I don't know why.
I'm missing something on this and my other ataris

I am open to suggestions.

thank you

[river raid cart. PAL?]

hello, I have this river raid cart that I got in a lot. Its unusual. The graphic art is different.

I looked it up and its rear, but I think it's pal format. I've tried it on several consoles and different types of tvs.

the best I could get it to play is without a portion of the right side and bottom of the screen.

the tube tvs I would get the screen scrolling and the flat screen I get this funky shades of gray.

the only way I haven't tryed is Pal format.(I don't own a Pal format console)

 

Is this PAL? does any know if it's the cart.?

thank you for your time

[What was the crash of 1983 like?]

Hello, I was 9 at the time. I got my atari for Christmas the previous year. It came with pac-man and another game I can't recall. Not long after I remember my family and I walking through the mall in front of toys R us or maybe KB toy store, and seeing a gigantic bin out front full of 2600 games for like 3 for a dollar or something close. My dad bought one of each game in the bin. My sister and I had a secondary Christmas that year. It took us a few years to finally grow tired of them. We had some great memories. My parents never had a lot of money and I know the crash hurt a lot of people, but my sister and I made out like bandits. So there was an upside if you were poor, and willing to snatch up an opportunity.