Paul Slocum
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BTW: The ones you other guys have posted so far look great!
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Finally finished mine. I sure did learn a lot about Photoshop doing this! Here's a JPG version. I tried to put up a PNG version, but it showed up dark on my browser. Weird.
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That's GREAT! Thanks capturing it and putting it up.
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I hear 2600 Donkey Kong and Pac-Man all the time on TV and in movies. It must be in some widely used sound effect library.
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Emu EMAX II. I still use it all the time. ;o)
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I used shipping tape to laminate some stuff on my sampler about 10 years ago. It's been banged around in many smoky clubs and sat in my car in the texas heat several times. It's still holding up. It outlasted the power supply. ;o)
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I use three ring binders and photo sheets from container store. They have sheets for a few different sizes. Most I use the 5x7's.
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My best find was Flip&Flop and Bristles for the Atari 8 bit computers both still shrinkwrapped. I don't really collect 8-bit carts, so I sold them. I paid $3 each and sold them for $150 each! I put all the money into my 2600 collection.
My coolest 2600 find was Beat Em and Eat Em for $1. I thought it was funny to find that in a thift store.
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Do you remember which city the episode was in?
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I print mine on Avery 8764 glossy shipping labels. They're about the perfect size. To make them last forever, you can laminate them with wide clear tape, but it's tricky to apply it without wrinkles or bubbles.
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How did you build the cart? I've got one I made by removing the ROM from a Berzerk cartridge and replacing it with a socket. I haven't tried that many games, but I got Miner 2049er and Asteroids to work. Which ROMs are you having problems with?
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Looks like the work of Mr. Friendly to me.
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Now he's using the AtariAge rarity guide to auction Sega Genesis carts!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?V...item=1294497925
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I've got an update on using PROMs. I found out it is true that most modern EPROM burners do not support PROMs unless they are using EPROM technology. And even if I could find a burner that did support them, I can't find anybody who has the chips. The only other option is to have a chip-maker produce custom ROMs with the game data on them. I'll look into this, but I expect it will be too expensive. Looks like we may just have to buy new copies of homebrews and prototypes from Hozer in 20 years. ;c)
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I've never been able to find PROMs. I can only find EPROMs. I might use them if they were cheaper, but I only pay $2 for 2532s.
Yeah, a multicart board has to be twice as big because you have to put a big EPROM in the empty space in the top. They won't fit where the Atari PROM goes without modifying the case.
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I've read that to erase an EPROM in the sun, you'd have to leave it out for about a year. They need a very strong UV light at a specific frequency. So light isn't a problem. But I've done a little more research and found that EPROMs do have a limited life. Manufacturers guarantee 10 years they typically last from 20 to 25 years. Not only does this mean that it would be a good idea for homebrewers to start using PROMs instead of EPROMs, but that most of the prototypes out there will eventually lose their data!! I'll look into using PROMs instead of EPROMs. I think some of the guys use some PROMs at work.
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Yeah, I think you get the swirl all the time, and they all have the double-angle-shot-thing. It's tough.
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According to the manual:
70,000 blue
150,000 grey
230,000 pink
According to high score log in back:
My high score: 506,479 April 9, 1983
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I got mine today too. The picture from Codebreaker. One of my favorite Atari pictures.
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Joe Grand, the creator of SCSIcide has custom 2k/4k PCBs. I use old Pac-Man and Defender boards which is more work but cheaper and gives me gold contacts. None of the custom boards I've seen have gold contacts, which makes me wonder if they'll eventually have to be cleaned more.
http://www.mindspring.com/~jgrand/atari/
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Unfortunately, complex horizontal scrolling is next-to impossible on the 2600. But it would be nice to see another big-world platformer ala Pitfall II.
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I might eventually transfer the Testcart to Hozer if the demand gets to be more than I can handle. I'm not sure how many people trade or own enough 2600 hardware to want one. But I sure use mine a lot more than I thought I would.
My latest project is an 8k/16k bankswitching multicart with 96 games. I got one partially working yesterday, but the 16k games are having some problems. I might sell a few of these at some point if I get the bugs ironed out.
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I've made a better diagnostic cart called Testcart. It's for testing out consoles and controllers. It test joysticks, paddles, keyboards, console switches, etc. It's got a text display so it's easy to use.
I don't have time to make a whole lot of these, but I've got a couple extras right now. They're $30 (or equivalent trade) shipped, and they come with a printed label and instructions.
If you're interested, check out my projects page at:
http://www.mindspring.com/~paul-slocum/
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Definitely Laser Blast. You can master the game in a matter of minutes. Just figure out the easy pattern and you can play indefinately.
The million patch for this one sucks. I estimate it took me 20 minutes to get to 100,000. So that's about 3 hours to get to a mil. And there's no way to pause like Kaboom.
Man, I think Dragster is fun. It seems simple at first, but it's really hard to beat 6 secs. It's fun to figure out the tricks to shave a little more time off.
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Does anyone know anything about the person or people who did the art for the pre-silver label games? I've always liked those pictures and wondered who it was.
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