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Awesome E.T. reference in today's Google Doodle.
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Nice feel! This would have been a big title back in the day. Congrats!
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Retrogaming Times Monthly Issue #71 Published
Jacob Rose replied to Albert's topic in Gaming Publications and Websites
Pet Peeve: "pixilated" is not how you spell something that appears blocky due to visible pixels. "Pixilated" is an old word for "confused" and literally meaning "led astray by pixies." Pixel is a modern word formed from "PICture" and "ELement" ("pic-el" would have been confused with the dill delicatessen delicacy, after all). If you want to talk about something having the appearance of pixels, use "pixelated" with an E! -
If anybody is looking for some ROM files to see what these games are like, here are some places where you can find development .bin files for Dungeon and Juno First: Dungeon: http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/127378-dungeon-2600-release-candidate/page__view__findpost__p__1590573 Juno First: http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/125269-juno-first-third-release-candidate-atari-2600/page__view__findpost__p__1590137 Both look fantastic!
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Drat...looks like it is fading regularly now. If I power cycle the non-MCR part of the machine a few times, it fixes itself. I guess the amps aren't on the MCR at all? Weird.
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Or, if you want to do it straight-up, see Andrew Davie's tutorial on how to program the 2600 directly: http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=47479
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Me three...with the VecFlash, not only can you play rare games on your own Vectrex, but you can tinker at writing your own.
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Hey Cassidy, Per your recommendation, I bought Arcadeshop.com's MCR power supply kit and got it installed today over an extended lunch break (you may have noticed my rear end hanging out of the cab here: http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/cams/kitchencam.jpg). I didn't use the snake-bite AC power connectors they included with the kit (no mention of them in the instructions...maybe they were for grounding, on second thought?! I'll email them and ask). I just soldered and bug-nutted two wires from a PC power cable between the new power supply and the main AC input for the cabinet (which I had already replaced, since my cab came without a ground prong...eep). I also couldn't get the little screws included for mounting the PSU to grab it, so I improvised the mounting. The good news: it powered on with no trouble, and after beating the default 2000-pt high score, it saved the new #1 score and 1UP score through power-off and unplugging...w00t! Only time will tell if the sound fades intermittently... Thanks again! Jacob
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Yeah! I'd love to see your collection some time. You know, I have been meaning to replace the high score battery for its own sake -- I didn't know it could cause side-effects like this. I have a battery box, and was simply going to solder it in with two NiCd AAs inside as a replacement for the funky NiCd that came with the machine.
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Hey all, Does anybody know what might be wrong with a TRON (Midway) cabinet where one of the audio channels is crackling and fading in and out? Thanks for any tips! Jacob
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Argh! If I'd known about this in June, I could have arranged to be there sooooo easily. I took a side trip after OSCON and came back to Portland late Saturday, but flew out first thing Sunday morning!