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  2. Posted

    This specific joystick coupler was designed & intended for use with Spy Hunter. Period. That's why one joystick is perpindicular to the other. Yes, you could use it to play Raiders of the Lost Arc, but it would cause frustration & mistakes to be made while playing; at least until one was to force themselves to get used to it. But why?

     

    I guess what I'm saying here is: by all means, make a reproduction (with a 3-D printer) of this device, but don't "guess" at this dimension or that thickness. Get it right the first time. Have whoever is spearheading this get their hands on an original (borrowed from some other member here) so that the reproductions are done properly. Half ass guessing & close enough assumptions is WORTHLESS man!

     

    Secondly, again, by all means, design another similar device that allows dual joysticks to be coupled side by side for whatever application (Raiders of the Lost Arc, any others?) as intended. But keep that a separate and different project from the initial one.

     

    Agreed for the printing, mistakes get expensive with a 3d printer, but for my vacuuforming plan I'll have somewhat of an easier go with the measurements. Planning on using 2 controller cases to make the form to draw the plastic over, so those measurements should be an exact fit thanks to the nature of the process used. The only variable I'm going to run in to is going to be the thickness of the plastic itself, and I plan on going as thick as I can for durability. More thank likely it won't be exact, but i'll be functional. As for other configurations of the tray, all I'd have to do is rotate one of the controller bases from the spy hunter configuration, so that'll be easy enough. Biggest thing for my efforts will be finding a thick enough plastic and the right amount of vacuum pressure, but mistakes are cheap enough in the process that it won't really matter if it takes a few tries to get the right balance.

     

    Honestly, judging by the pictures and the low production cost associated with vacuuforming, I wouldn't be surprised if that's how the originals were produced in the first place.

  3. Posted

    No sorry, maybe a couple of mm's?

    Close enough to give me a basis to test some things. If it's close to 2mm, I could probably manage that with the vacuum I have, if it's closer to 4mm I might need a bigger one, or a couple of shop vacs. I'll look in to it. Been thinking about building a new vacuu-form table anyways for some other projects. I'll bump this in a couple of months when I have the time to really mess with it. Might be able to make some viable reproductions on a small scale.

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    Andrew, If you handle it a bit like an interview of you that I read (which mentioned the game that shall remain nameless :P ) I'm sure you'll do fine.

     

    Also for what it's worth, a friend and I rented the game when we were young, and thought it was odd, but didn't think it was the worst we played. We did however think part of the problem was us not having the right controller (We were 5, we didn't know any better).

     

    All joking aside though, I think the flack the game catches on the net is a bit undeserving, especially considering the details you mentioned in the interview I read. I think you giving them the back story should go over decently well, and I seriously doubt anyone will say anything negative on the subject, unless it's a hilarious joke they've been sitting on since the 90's.

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    ***Other note I tied a string to my reset switch on my 4 switch so I could sit back on my couch and pull when necessary***

     

    That's not a sin. You were just an innovator and redneck engineer. Reminds me of my dad's first remote control for the Magnavox, me sitting on a bigwheel. Good times.

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    Definitely. Thinking about it, there were several on that list that I like much better now than I did back then. Atlantis being a major one of those, probably because I'm much better with leading targets now. Journey Escape was my favorite game to get friends who had one too many beers to play. Watching them try to figure out what the hell was going on there was priceless, and them sometimes getting Don't Stop Believing stuck in their head later and not realizing why was the icing on the cake.

  12. Posted

    Possibly capacitors, kits are available and relatively cheap. Double check with a good cleaning of the contacts though. I had one I was trying to power up with a Sonic 2 cartridge, and after a really good contact cleaning on the system and the cartridge, I managed to get visual on the screen to come back. I liked the Sonic Drift games pretty well, Road Rash was a must have as far as I'm concerned(i'm biased though, I love most of the Road Rash games). Also it's got Streets of Rage, Ninja Gaiden, Shinobi, a decent Paperboy and the other good news is the game gear is region free, so you can play any country's carts. Also, if you get one of the Master System adapters, it opens up the library a bit further.

  13. Posted

    Got curious. From the bottom of my 2600, the California number (800-672-1404) and the US main line(1-800-538-8543) are an advertisement multi line. I've sat through a few, and got State Farm Insurance, T Mobile, Direct TV, a Cash Giveaway sweepstakes, a singles line, and one of those "get a free vacation" timeshare companies before I lost interest in pressing # to decline the offer. Think I might have hit a new low. lol

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  15. Posted · Edited by EdwardK

    I've often thought about sending off some photos for the Activision patches just to see what happens. I look forward to seeing if you get a letter back asking if you have been living under a rock for the last 30 years.

     

    Edit: Probably should have done some Google searching and checked if Atari even has any facilities in Milpitas, California anymore. Maybe whoever has the PO box now will have a sense of humour.

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    I did buy a 4 controller adapter for my Genesis before getting any games that went with it, but the plan was to pick up Gauntlet 4 and Mega Bomberman as soon as I found a good deal on them. Loved those games with 4 players, and with my wife and step-kids, that was a very real and regular possibility. So I'd say that one paid off.

     

    Otherwise, the closest I've come is buying controllers when I see them in the dirt cheap range, but I have the systems they go to. You know how it goes, nothing worse than being in the middle of a game and a button decides to quit working. Always nice to have a couple of spares.

     

    I've also intentionally bought extras for systems I didn't have with the intention of giving them to a friend who did have the need for them. Figure I owe him that much since he gives me regular shots at his duplicates for systems I do have.

  20. Posted

    I'd go with Megaforce. Probably my favorite game that's based on a movie. Unlike alot of other movie games on the VCS, the gameplay is somewhat representative of the movie instead of a pac man or frogger type game.

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  21. Posted

    4. I enjoy playing Atari Pac-Man on the black & white setting.

     

    You're not alone on that one.

     

    Thought of another thing I do that's probably an Atari sin. My favorite paddle game is Super Breakout on progressive mode. All other modes could be left off of that cartridge and I would never notice.

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  22. Posted

    I actually like Night Driver, ET and the infamous Pac Man(still can't figure out why this one draws so much hate)

     

    I have multiple working VCS's, some in the attic in a box somewhere, and I don't care if any of them are light, heavy, 4 or 6 switch. They were all bought on the cheap, or traded for under the assumption that eventually one of them would break, and I didn't want to be without one or at very least without repair parts. Haven't had to make a single system repair to date. The fact that they're collectable never occurred to me until I got on the internet. Still don't care if one model is more sought after than the other.

     

    I once got a group of people hooked on Warlords with the Catch option turned on, when they'd all gotten proficient with that variation and in a very competitive spirit, I switched the game mode to normal for the next round, didn't tell them they didn't have catch, and laughed my ass off at the chaos that ensued. For whatever reason (probably the beer and lack of an xbox controller) they couldn't figure out how to get catch mode back, and kept trying to use the same tactics they employed in the other game mode. (Note: I don't feel any guilt for this one. Best moment of the whole thing was one of the players getting the ball between his paddle and wall, resulting in his death as he yelled "Catch Catch Catch!" and frantically mashed his button.)

     

    I like the way mine looks hooked up via RF and can't understand why anyone would want to do any AV mods to the system.

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  24. Posted · Edited by EdwardK

    Sold

     

    All are very common per my experience, but I figured I would offer them up to the forum before I just took them to the game shop for a trade in. All are in playable condition.

    List is as follows, all are US releases, NTSC

     

    Atari 2600 - All cartridge only, no box or instruction manuals.

    Atlantis - Minor scratches on label

    Amidar - Damage to label

    Circus Atari - Missing end label

    Pac Man - Sears version, discoloration/spots on label

    Pac Man - Atari Version, similar wear to the sears cartridge, missing end label

    Haunted House - some wear/fading to label

    Race - Text label, One is missing end label, other is not

    Pitfall! - wear to label, especially on edges. label has been re-glued in some spots

    Pitfall II - no major wear on label, only minor fading

    Stampede - wear and discoloration on label, some spotting. label bubbling up in some spots, tear on label on the part where it curves over to the end

    Grand Prix - Fading on label, looks to have been re-glued. wear on edges of label

     

    Sega Genesis

    NHL 95 - includes case, no manual. Couple of small tears on outside of case. Case still holds the cartridge firmly and closes correctly. Minor wear on edge of cartridge label.

     

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    I'm open to trades for Atari 2600, or Colecovision games, I have a small Colecovision collection and I am not picky about condition so long as it is playable, so it would be pretty easy to trade me some common titles for that system if anyone is interested. I was expecting to get a buck or less per cartridge as store credit at the shop I was looking to trade them at, and they probably wouldn't even take the sports game, so i'm not expecting much. I figure at very least they'd make good shells for anyone doing any homebrews.

     

    Thanks for looking

  25. Posted

    I will say this though, Atari 2600 has a game based on the show M*A*S*H. Discovering that game exists for the first time out in the wild is one of the most magical experiences in my time as a gamer. I still have trouble believing it.

     

    They had a Porky's game and a Megaforce game too. The Megaforce game is still graphically one of my favorites on the 2600. My vote for weirdest has to be the 2600, based entirely on their games based on movies. Seriously, what about the movie Alien made the designers think, "yeah, that would be great as a game that plays somewhere between Pac Man and Wizards of Wor, Lets make that!!"

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