AtGames Officially Unveils Legends Ultimate Home Arcade (full-size machine)

[AtGames Officially Unveils Legends Ultimate Home Arcade (full-size machine)]

8 hours ago, WizWor said:

Lots of 'collections' showing up on ebay.  MAME, obviously.  The console collections include Atari 2600, 7800, and Lynx.  Not much love for the 5200/A8.  That said, I bought my Atari 400 to play arcade games.  The weakness of the better home consoles has always been the controllers.  The Legends Ultimate Arcade plays the actual arcade games with excellent controllers.  Not sure I *need* to emulate an Atari A8 on the LUA.

 

Anyone seen/built a USB stick of A8 games for the LUA?

You can download them one at a time here:

 

http://www.atarimania.com/pgemainsoft.awp?type=G&system=8

[How Good Is My PC?]

I recently bought a Dell Optiplex mini tower with i5-3570, 500GB HD, 8GB RAM for $121 on eBay (with Windows 10 64bit activated). I upgraded the GPU to GTX 750 for $32. So I spent $153 (including tax & shipping). Haven't tested it on recently released games yet, but it seems to meet at least the minimum on most things I've looked up. Older games (early 2010s) play great on high settings.

[full size "the 64" coming]

I believe I read that for the full size version they are not make regional versions--the same version will be used in all regions. The outlet adapter would be different though.

[The Official Nintendo 64 Thread!]

I got the EON 64 new on eBay on Nov. 30 for $99.98 with free shipping (and no sales tax at the time). At the time I thought the price had been dropped, but the seller has since increased the price to $149.95 so he probably made a mistake on the listing I bought. I agree I wouldn't pay $150 for it.

[The Official Nintendo 64 Thread!]

20 hours ago, Tanooki said:

Yeah EON is kind of a fraud purchase for those who want to just eat or wear the brand label because all the aggressive marketing told you to do it.  EON isn't about anything unique or special in function, in enough cases subpar against others in the field, yet they're happy to 3D print up a pretty enclosure to their borrowed tech and charge a fat premium.  Fools buy EON, if you want a one off you can do better or equal, and cheaper, or if you want multi, that retrotink 2x is really the best option given you're not stuck to one device for HDMI output.

That's a bit harsh. I bought a Retrotink 2X in 2018 with the older firmware. It's buggy, and the audio quality is not very good on N64. I never used it on anything besides the N64 as I haven't had a need for it. I picked up a new EON 64 recently for $100 (less than I paid for the Retrotink), and I prefer the EON 64 since I don't need to use a USB power cable or N64 S-video cable.

[The Official Nintendo 64 Thread!]

The RetroTink 2X and EON 64 line double without adding lag. Both have a smoothing option. Neither will add black bars on the side to force the picture to 4:3 so make sure your TV is able to do that. If you go with the RetroTink, you can use it for multiple consoles, but you'll also need a video cable for each console (S-video cable for N64), and the RetroTink uses a power cable. The EON 64 does not need a power cable or S-video cable.

 

I'm not familiar with the LevelHike cable, but the Hyperkin cable has a similar price with poor reviews.

[Now paying taxes on eBay in US]

If it's based on the buyer's location, why is it that sometimes eBay charges me sales tax and other times not (I'm in Illinois by the way)? And I can't seem to figure out if sales tax will be charged until I put something in my cart--which means I don't know for auctions until after I've won.

 

I just checked the last 15 items I've purchased on eBay, and I was charged sales tax only once. I looked at that particular listing--seller is from another state and I couldn't find any indication in the listing that sales tax would be charged. It just says "Taxes may be applicable at checkout" but it says the same thing for the items for which I didn't pay sales tax.

 

I recall at least one other item last year that I was charged sales tax unexpectedly so it's not just this one seller.

[Hyperkin Ranger is out.]

3 hours ago, reallybrett said:

Tested with Kaboom, Food Fight and Super Breakout on an Atari 800 XL.  Gamepad works great, paddle does not work in any of the paddle games I tried.

Try a 2-player game and see if the Ranger works for player 2. Don't use the second port though as that's for players 3 and 4; you'll have to hot swap controllers in the first port. I believe player 1 and 2 are reversed for 800XL compared to 2600.

 

[FB 9 Paddles]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Paddle-Controller-Pair-for-Atari-Flashback-9-HDMI-Console/264581464144

 

[Hyperkin Atari 2600 Ranger Controller]

Is there a way to switch between the left and right paddles? I believe the Atari 2600 uses the left paddle for player 1 whereas Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64 computers use the right paddle for player 1. This may vary by game, but I just tested a few games on each system.

[Best Home Console For Arcade Ports?]

The 8-Bit Guy did a video on this topic just under 3 years ago:

 

 

[AtGames 2019 speculation thread]

 

This is the most comprehensive video I've seen. Not my video although his name is similar to mine.

 

If I do a Google Shopping search, the non-deluxe version shows up as available at a Walmart store about 1/2 hour away for $44.88. Not available for shipping.

[Atari Flashback 9 vs 9 Deluxe vs Atari Flashback X]

On 10/27/2019 at 5:02 PM, chad5200 said:

Here is a visual waveform analysis comparing the Retron 77 and the Flashback 9 HDMI.

 

Using the same HDMI cable plugged into the same TV input.  Also using the same Joystick.  The ONLY difference is the Retron 77 vs. the Flashback 9.

 

The spike at 3.00 is the pressing of the fire button... after that is the sound of Pitfall Harry jumping.

 

The audio of the jumping sound on the Retron 77 plays .20 seconds after the button press.

The audio of the jumping sound on the Flashback 9 plays .37 seconds after the button press.

 

 

I'm assuming you have Stella 6 on your R77 compared to Stella 3.9.3 on the FB9. Would it make sense to compare the FB9 to Stella 3.9.3 running on a PC (connected to the same TV using the same HDMI cable)?

[AtGames Officially Unveils Legends Ultimate Home Arcade (full-size machine)]

30-day warranty. Customer pays for shipping & handling if you have a warranty claim. Wow.

 

https://www.atgames.net/arcades/faq/

[RetroTink2X and Commodore Vic/C64...awesome!]

On 10/24/2019 at 7:19 AM, cbmeeks said:

In the meantime, I've never been a fan of these converters/upscalers.  But, I've never heard of this one so thanks for that. 

It's a line doubler rather than an upscaler, which is how it avoids adding lag.

[Flashback X found (in the wild) today!]

12 hours ago, rmr_md said:

Colecovision doesn't work with the Legends Flashback 2018. Only MAME, "Sega" (Genesis,SMS,GG) and NES.

From the thread I linked to:

You can emulate consoles (with specific romsets, dats are also in the [dats](dats/) directory) by prefixing the name of the roms with `XXX_` and removing the `zip|7z` extension, or using the `--subsystem XXX` argument in the command line, here is the list of available prefix :
* CBS ColecoVision : `cv`
* MSX 1 : `msx`
* Nec PC-Engine : `pce`
* Nec SuperGrafX : `sgx`
* Nec TurboGrafx-16 : `tg`
* Sega GameGear : `gg`
* Sega Master System : `sms`
* Sega Megadrive : `md`
* Sega SG-1000 : `sg1k`

[Flashback X found (in the wild) today!]

On 10/20/2019 at 5:52 PM, toiletunes said:

I am interested in the Legends Flashback, if it is able to play added colecovision games. Last year's model could add Genesis games, but not other systems iirc.

I don't have one, but supposedly you can add ColecoVision roms (along with other consoles and MAME) on the 2018 Legends Flashback. See here if you're interested:

 

https://gbatemp.net/threads/custom-firmware-for-atgames-legends-flashback-with-support-for-arcade-games.527550/

[Atari Flashback X (10) spotted on Instagram?]

Any particular reason why the SD card slot was dropped? Will paddles be available this year and/or will the unit work with original paddles?

[What is the latest Commodore PC compatible that sold in the US?]

Have you seen this video?

 

[Commodore 64 Issue]

Yes, I've got a website but the site you found most likely is Ray Carlsen's site, which obviously is not me.

http://personalpages.tds.net/~rcarlsen/cbm/

 

He has a new website although the repair information seems to still link to the old website at least for now:

 

http://carlsenelectronics.net/

[AtGames Officially Unveils Legends Ultimate Home Arcade (full-size machine)]

[How to run Atari800 emulator on RetroPie without a keyboard?]

Are you using lr-atari800 or standalone Atari800?

 

If using lr-atari800, see if this helps: https://docs.libretro.com/library/atari800/

 

Option = L1

Select = Select

Start = Start

 

Reset and Exit Emulator should be the same hotkey combinations that you use with other lr emulators.

[How to remove yellowing from an old Atari case]

I read through the comments to the video. One person said if you see a computer that is yellow only on one side, it's actually the non-yellowed part that was in the sun. Several others mentioned that their computers turned yellow while stored in the attic (heat but no sun).

[The Raspberry Pi and Retropie discussion thread]

There was a major update to Recalbox recently. Atari 8-bit and 5200 are now supported.

[What's the best Commodore emulator currently?]

What kind of games are you looking for? Do you want to play the C64 version of the games you enjoy on your Atari computer? Or are you looking to discover games that aren't available on Atari? You said you are looking for "old" C64 stuff, but I recommend also trying new C64 games, which are constantly coming out.

 

I prefer the forums here, but lemon64.com is another resource to check out.