[7800 Qix]

I'm in for a cart let me know.

[Wanted: 7800 that doesn't work with Pac-Man Collection or Santa]

I have three consoles all three worked with Pacman Collection.
One was very fidgety with it but did let it play - maybe the unit was warm by then.

[Announcing 7800 Anniversary Multicart #2 - Limited Availability]

I want one... nobody told me... please??!?!

[If You Owned An Atari 7800 Growing Up, What System Did You Buy After It?]

Atari 7800.... to a wii... I did Gaming PCs though in between, also picked up a trs-80 because the one my parents had disappeared at some point.

[AtariVox 7800 case]

very nice!

[tight carts]

Would you Like a picture of mine on boot up... it really looks JUST like the JOUST except the red line.

I promise ...



20160823_215647.mp4

It's NOT upside down on my TV- the AA messageboard picture handler does that... I don't know why.

[Fried Whitewater... (Williams Pinball)]

This is the board end, the other end has no pictures but was worse. most of the damage terminates at the D9 plug at the transformer- Also pictured is the board where the melting plug pulled a header pin.

[Fried Whitewater... (Williams Pinball)]

So J101 was 1 pin off the previously repaired connector was NOT keyed so he didn't notice, 13Vac was hot shorted to 9Vac ... the result was the two 13V wires fusing and dead shorting from the backboard to the transformer.

So I'm down 1/3 of the wiring harness (only the blue-white wires cooked, and possibly a WPS transformer for Whitewater... *sigh*

[Fried Whitewater... (Williams Pinball)]

My husband friend the WhiteWater...
We did the lithium conversion to the battery- he tested it before screwing the board all the way in, it worked.... then-

THEN... a screw fell out... he picked it up and put it in the wrong hole - (Near the hole by j202)

He shorted the machine replaced fuses F105, F106- and we got verticle lines on the DMD and we lost music and voice...

Pulled the boards - took pictures looked them over...

put everything back in and had nothing, no power past the Power controller board (LED 7 lit) and the Topper chaser board (2 leds of some # lit)

THEN J101 MELTED!!!

Aaaaahhhhhhhhhh

[tight carts]

Anyhow- the JOUST intro is normal except the red line on the far left- that might be a TV issue...

[tight carts]

I think choplifter on some 7800's glitches. I have one that does and one that plays fine.

The one that plays 2600 robot tank glitches on choplifter.

cart/I have a 7800 combo that glitches- choplifter -you can find it in the search

[Ature, my homebrew action adventure game for Atari 2600.]

Just an update for Folks: A third run of 20 carts will be done Parts ordered just need time to make them this next month. Proceeds of the Third run will be to help with putting on Cowlitz Gamers for Kids Expo and have some exclusive games at the show. For those who have purchased the game thank you very much.

I swore I read everything, I must be getting old and missed the price...?

[tight carts]

Based on your info it's the connector and you need to tighten the contacts (ever so slightly)

[tight carts]

put in the cart and tilt forward, if that works great.
if not tip back (still holding) if that works great...

one of these directions should work and it means the connectors in the 7800 are 'squishy' and not tight enough- there are tutorials for fixing that.

[Nes DogBone Controller to Atari 7800/2600 Mod]

I have a pair of these. (modded already)

[Dead 7800 carts]

Put that nonworking one back in and have it pushed forward (or back) and power on- if it comes up and stays you have a squishy cart connector.

Try both forwards and back-
I have over 400 carts and only one was 'bad' (it got a salt water or soda bath in it's distant past)

[In High Need of Atari 7800 Power Supply!]

http://www.atariguide.com/

left side of the screen '7800 power supply'

I have one form them and it's perfect.

They have expensive controllers, look more here.

[why will my 7800 not play 2600 games?]

I think my 7800 may not like 2600 homebrews. There's a part in Princess Rescue that's impossible to pass because you get stuck if you jump at the top of the screen instead of gliding forward. I suspect Zippy The Porcupine might have control-related issues with it, as well, because it feels harder to play than one would think (I haven't actually tried it in a 2600 yet), especially compared to Princess Rescue.

 

Then again, my 7800 also occasionally wigs out with certain 7800 games; in Xenophobe, after a while it will randomly start acting like the fire button on joystick #2 is being held down...even when no joystick is connected to that port. So Player 2 will jump in, stand there, get killed, and jump back in again, rinse and repeat. I think I just have a weird 7800.

Check heat issues- either something is heating up and shorting closed or ???

 

I have a 7800 that cannot play Choplifter... the 'warmer' the console the quicker it would fail to play...

 

I have one that only plays 2600 games ... I guess Maria died... and I have one that plays perfectly even the 'sometimes non-compatible' ones

[Where's Traveller?!]

Just wanted to say I love the space invader "don't shoot" t-shirt.

I must add one to my collection. Do tell where you purchased it.

:-)

That was YEARS ago- still have it though... um...I'll look back and try to find it.

 

um... here's one in GBP... I'm sure they can be found

 

http://www.juzee.com/t-shirts/space-invaders-grey.html

 

Google:

 

"Space Invaders" "Don't Shoot" shirt

 

 

Here's another style:

 

http://www.use.com/Hell_Yeah_Space_Invaders_Dont_Shoot_T_Shirt_4579b8fb957550633a33#photo=1

 

I may have sent someone money for it a long time ago that was local to where they were being printed. neotokeo2001 comes to mind...

 

Why are all of them form GB?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DONT-SHOOT-VINTAGE-80S-ARCADE-GAMER-NERD-FUNNY-T-SHIRT-/221200135402

 

[Where's Traveller?!]

Hi everyone, I am sorry my intentions were not to be rude, however my comment comes off that way! OP says "him" which to me didn't appear so. I'll delete my post

Apology accepted, That was -me- as a Travi host years and years ago- I'm one of the handful of female Atari enthusiast-

 

(I also game both TT and PC...).

 

 

 

 

[SOLD: MEAN SANTA unlimited for the Atari 2600]

CUSS CUSS CUSS the lack of funds fairy!!

[Graze Suit Alpha]

*watches*

[Atarivox 7800]

...mine came nakid... hummmm

[Where's Traveller?!]

Where in the World is 7800 Traveller?

I remember him from a long time ago and wonder who has the cart.

Also I apparently missed out on a repo Traveller cart somehow I thought I was only missing v61 titles.

[SOLD: MEAN SANTA unlimited for the Atari 2600]

...grumble grumble... I missed this one too? Great... Can't now maybe later...