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  3. Posted

    Hello everyone, I received this cartridge in a lot of regular games, I booted it and it plays, looks like regular tennis to me with different sprites. Is this an older hack? Looks like it from a lone video on youtube. Also, is it worth anything more than the average repro cartridge otherwise I'll probably just hold onto it. Thank you all. 

     

     

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  4. Posted

    33 minutes ago, fdurso224 said:

     

    OH WOW! :-o

     

    What a pic of all those MVS cartridges John. Amazing that the seller has them and making them available to for you to choose, I'm sure that they look legit by the labels like you mention. But the real way is to open up the shells and see the boards. But man! What a haul of games to buy bro. :)

     

    To answer your question, the Metal Slug X in the blue shell is official. On the Neo Store and the cart pics section, they show of it in that particular color as well. So it's good John. Here a pic to show.

     

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    Thank you for stopping by to share this with us John. Glad to see you back with us and we would love to see them in your collection bro.

     

    How's that arcade unit that we talked about not too long ago bro?

     

    Anthony..

    Hey Anthony, glad to be back too :). Yeah I would just inspect them myself in person but I'm actually having a family member pick them up for me since they are far away from me at the moment and they don't know how to open them + I don't think the seller can either he just seems to be selling them in a junk lot basically and doesn't know a ton about them I think. I'm thinkin that they are most likely legit by the labels too but just wanted to be sure. Do you think that other second squad in the white shell is legit too? Label looks okay, but I've not seen one myself in a white shell. 

     

    Yes my set up is okay at the moment haha, only have magician lord and baseball stars always on the look out for some decent ones tho haha. 

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  5. Posted

    Hey friends, can you guys give me a second opinion on some mvs cartridges, just wanting to double check that they appear legit before purchasing them. No description available.

    The ones I'm after are the blue metal slug x, neo geo cup 98, spin master (which i'm pretty sure is a bootleg), samurai showdown iii and shcok troopers 2nd squad (the black copy). I checked the site with the mvs labels and they looked good to me but im no expert,  is a blue shell normal for metal slug x? Checked those 5 on ebay and seems like what the seller told me lines up, all legit excet for spin master. Also if anyone sees any gems in the lot le me know. Thanks!

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  6. Posted

    Hello everyone, looking for some loose hu-card games again, specifically I'm looking for Dungeon Explorer (If this one has the case and manual that's fine), Blazing Lazers (loose preferred),and Nuetopia II (loose preferred). If you have any other games your looking to sell too I'd be more than happy to look. Thanks everyone. 

  7. Posted · Edited by INTVCruise
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    6 minutes ago, Nezgar said:

    That is the connection to the read/write head magnetic coils. Your picture shows the connection offset by 1 pin, hopefully you've corrected that. Worst case 1 broken wire would prevent reading, writing, or both. Shouldn't be linked to any permanent damage.

    I see, yeah I took the picture after I disconnected the little header so I could try and get a clearer picture. It looks like it's offset by one pin but the header was in the correct orientation the whole time. It must be a problem with the chips you suggested then since before I fixed the wire and properly attached the connector the drive activity was the same, not able to properly load the game. I do have three total drives, 1 I opened was very different from the mechanism in the broken drive, I'll have to take a look at the other two and see if they are similar. Is it okay to swap chips into the bad drive to see which one may be failing or is there a risk of burning out a good chip by doing so?  

  8. Posted

    11 minutes ago, Nezgar said:

    Sounds to me like bad RAM. Either the 6810 which is used for the stack, or next the 6532 PIA/RIOT which is used for the sector buffer, or the ROM...

     

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    I would first start be re-seating all the main IC's at U7 U8 U9 U10 U13 and see if it helps. Ideally this scenario would be next troubleshot by swapping these IC's in from another known good drive...

    Thank you Nezgar for the info, quick question, that little red cable that was disconnected when I initially opened the drive, what does that control? Does that have anything to do with the way the drive is controlled, or is the main issue possibly with the Ram as you suggested. 

  9. Posted · Edited by INTVCruise
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    Hey everyone, I just got an Atari 1050 Drive thrown in with a 800XL computer. The computer works just fine, tested it with a working drive, no problems at all. The non-working drive though is super finnicky and I have no real clue what may be wrong with it. It seems to have multiple problems though. About every other power up the drive head does not seek the 0 position at all. Basically the drive either does not spin with the disk inserted, or if the disk is inserted and it does seek, it finds the zero position and continuously spins. Sometimes I can power up 5 or 6 times in a row before the drive responds at all. Most of the time the computer does not seem to recognize it at all as it displays the ready prompt. Maybe every 10th or so power up, the drive will be recognized and the beeping noise when the computer talks to the drive starts going. The disk I'm testing is with is Galahad: Quest for the Holy Grail. If the drive and computer do manage to communicate the Quest for the Holy Grail start up screen comes up. With the cover off I can see the drive head clicking up one spot as it seeks out the tracks. After about 5-15 clicks though it stops seeking and the game doesn't load. Most of the time the screen makes like a fart noise when it fails to read/load the game. One time, it did actually manage to make about 30 clicks or so and the game actually booted to the field with the little church, but the drive didn't stop spinning ever, I had to shut it off after about a minute or so. It only ever fully booted that one time and probably 100 power ups. I did clean the head and that seemed to do nothing at all. When I looked at the underside of the drive mechanism I did notice a problem that was obvious. The red cable on the connector that connects to the front of the board was severed somehow. I re-attached it with some solder and used a multimeter to check the continuity. It seemed like the connection was made once again, but there was no change in the activity of the drive at all. If anyone has any ideas on how to trouble shoot let me know. I included a before picture of the red wire that I'm talking about as well. Also forgot to add, none of the caps seem to be bulging. Thanks to all! 

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  10. Posted

    59 minutes ago, Justin Payne said:

    Where does your cousin live? It's possible he could stop by someone's house and try it out.

     

    He lives in Mexico, which makes sense based on the info TGB posted, unfortunately I don't think there are too many Atari 400's in Mexico so I'll probably just have to wait to pick it up from him. Looking at the screenshot on the website it looks like its just a utility cart in Spanish.  

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  11. Posted

    Hello everyone, my cousin just found a copy of this and other than a 400/800 cart shell he doesn't know what it is. He doesn't have Atari computer to try it on, my question is, is it just a pirate cartridge or did someone just stick a random piece of paper on a game cart. Thank you. 

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  12. Posted

    Hello everyone, not sure where to post this, but I thought this might be the best spot. I just got my original Magnavox odyssey out yesterday and today to mess around with it and now it is not working all of a sudden. Had some very minor problems yesterday, but all in all there was a picture on the screen and I was able to play game card 1 for the most part. Today I plugged in an Atari 2600 adapter in the back using a small converter for external power to save on batteries and couldn't get a signal to come onto the television. So I switched to using the c-batteries for the bottom battery port putting, removing the external power before putting them back in but had the same problem, so I removed the cover of the console and plugged in the game card 1 and still nothing. Removed the card and for some reason I just tried gently putting in the game card and the game came on the screen. Wiggling the card very very gently on the screen got the net to come down and spawned players 1 and 2 and the ball, but the console would "shut off" and the picture would go away. When I say wiggling I mean just resting the card at the edge of the cartridge slot and if it wasn't placed on the very edge of the connector the odyssey couldn't read it essentially. Even trying to push it in a little caused the console to "shut off". I was wondering if someone has experience with these console and could help me figure out what is going on or if some small electronic part failed or something like that. The picture was working great yesterday with the card fully inserted and now nothing. I opened up the console and reflowed the cartridge slot but there is 0 improvement. Hopefully me explanation makes sense, any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you all. 

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  13. Posted

    2 hours ago, roadrunner said:



    Maybe try folding up a piece of paper after you insert the cart and shove it between the cart and slot so the cart is tight.

     

    I ended up just returning it to the store actually. I did try all of the tricks like getting it centered in the game slot etc, even 3 different Atari 5200 consoles and all gave the same error in the exact same spot.

  15. Posted · Edited by INTVCruise

    49 minutes ago, jaybird3rd said:

    Unfortunately, the Activision 5200 cartridges have a few problems that I've seen many times.  The card edge contacts seem to corrode worse than most cartridges of the same age, and the cartridge board is just a bit too short, so it doesn't sit deeply enough in the cartridge port.  You really have to scrub those boards clean to get a good, reliable connection, and they'll probably require regular cleaning thereafter; with only the very tips of the contacts making a physical connection with the pins in the cartridge port, it doesn't take much dirt to prevent good contact.

    I did try cleaning it a handful of times and inserting it without the cartridge shell as far as it would go but the corruption is still the same on those two screens. Could cleaning it some more fix it you think. I do know that every activision game on the 5200 I have does take multiple times to get it to read but this one doesn't seem to change at all other than sometimes the corrupted graphics flicker but don't correct themselves. 

  16. Posted

    10 minutes ago, -^CrossBow^- said:

    Exact same issues on two different 5200s?

     

    Normally I would say this is indicative of a dirty cartridge contact pins and the cart and the cartridge port on the console likely need a good alcohol bath. But you have it happening on two different consoles so that pretty much isolates the issue to the cartridge itself. Make sure to give it a good clean on the contact pins to see if anything changes. Otherwise, it could be a bad cartridge. My guess if it is the cartridge is that there is a cold solder joint on one of the pins from the ROM chip or a broken trace on the cart PCB somewhere.

     

    I did just manage to open it up without damaging the label, tried reflowing all of the solder points to see if there was a cold solder joint and check continuity for all traces but seems like the rom chip is the problem as it behaves in the exact same manner.  

  17. Posted

    Hello everyone, I've read that Pitfall I has some problems on 2 port 5200 consoles but wasn't sure about the second game. I have a copy of Pitfall II that has a glitched enemy on the second screen and glitched water and rocks on the 3rd screen. The rest of the game seems to be fine after that other than the game crashes quite a bit randomly to a black screen while the music keeps playing. It never happens in the same spot, sometimes a few seconds after turning the consoles on, sometimes after 1 minute. Does anyone know if the game has issues running on 2 port 5200's? I've tried two Atari 5200's and both have the exact same issue. Here are some pictures of what happens... 

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  18. Posted

    12 minutes ago, bcprs1 said:

    Been going through my collection and have a flashback portable I bought years ago that I don't really used anymore.  I recharged the battery and it still works great.  Includes power cord and an 8gb card that I loaded some additional games on to.  Few minor scratches on the screen.  PM if interested.  Just pay shipping.  Lower 48 only though.

     

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    PM'd. :)

  20. Posted

    58 minutes ago, 4decadesofgaming said:

    Let me know if you have one in nice cosmetic and working condition.  Thank you

    Hi, you might have good luck finding one for sale in the coleco adam facebook group, they pop up pretty often there in good shape and tested. 

  23. Posted

    Hello everyone, just got a working jaguar with a controller but only have 1 game for it: Checkered Flag, which looks and plays terrible haha. If anyone has any loose games they are willing to sell I would be interested in looking at that. I would really like a copy of Alien vs. Predator if anyone is willing to part with one. Condition doesn't really matter to much to me. Thanks! 

  25. Posted

    7 hours ago, nesfangirlyes said:

    Hello!  I decided to post here because I am hoping somebody more knowledgeable than myself will reply.  So I acquired the NES game "Chiller" and when I turn the game on in the NES the title screen starts, and then when I press start the screen goes black.  I can hear sound in the background but the screen is totally black.  I took the cartridge apart and cleaned the lens at least three times and still got the same result every time I tried to start up the game.  I don't think the NES itself is the problem since all my other games work fine.  Here are a few images.  The quality is not the best but if anybody is knowledgeable about this issue I would love for you to post!  Thanks!

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    I think I've read somewhere on the old nintendoage website that chiller carts like to go bad for some reason, it could be that it just need s a cleaning but I think I specifically remember reading about chiller carts failing, but can't remember why. Hopefully you can get it working though! 

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