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  2. Posted

    3 hours ago, tschak909 said:

    Considering as of right now there are roughly 400 of these things out there, since they went on sale in late September?

     

    That's pretty impressive. I can't argue with that.

     

    Where's the order thread, or how could I get one? I didn't see any particular thread in the subforum (on a quick search)?

     

  5. Posted

    31 minutes ago, Atari Nut said:

    Good job on this.  I noticed that the .xex version has a much longer attract mode.  It shows all the enemies and their point value along with other various instructional screens that this .rom version doesn't have.

    Yeah, the XEX version is apparently a conversion of the disk version of the game, which includes the extra parts you mention.

     

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  9. Posted

    39 minutes ago, Mr Robot said:

    Just changing the rotate to happen on button release rather than button press would make all the difference

    Yes, but it was discussed before that a more responsive way to implement a similar behavior is to allow rotate on "button press", but not to accept another "button press" until a "button release" has been registered.

     

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  10. Posted

    18 minutes ago, tsom said:

    I just tried Atari800MacX and it has an option to create a .car file from a .rom file. I just need to pick the proper type. Now it's just a matter of running the .bin files through the convert process.

     

    Robin Edwards (Ultimate Cart author) made this ROM to CAR utility.

     

    RomToCar.html

     

     

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  12. Posted · Edited by MrFish

    6 hours ago, Ripdubski said:

    Season 6 Episode 3 featuring DataSoft Crosscheck has been released:

    https://inverseatascii.info/2020/11/21/s6e03-datasoft-crosscheck-supplement/

     

    Thanks, it seems like a pretty well-done and interesting game.

     

    One negative, the word-entry/editor mechanism seems to lose keystrokes (at least in Altirra) when typing at my normal speed.

     

  13. Posted

    47 minutes ago, tsom said:

    I did have to try different cart types to get some to work. I also have a .car file (synassembler.car) that doesn’t quite work-just shows a blank green screen.

     

    That SynAssembler cart file is most likely the 400/800 version, which requires OS-B in order to run. There is an XL/XE version too.

     

  14. Posted

    22 minutes ago, Allan said:

    Here is another CRAZY Atari 8-bit auction.

     

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Atari-800-XL-Rhiannon-Software-Cave-Girl-Clair-Computer-Game-Video-Disc-/363173705003

     

    I think Satan bought it.

     

    I put a MUCH SMALLER BID on it to archive it. Not the type of archive were you put the unsealed box on shelf where no one sees it. The other archive, where you scan the box, manual and disk and make the program into an ATX so everyone can look and use it.

     

    I'm not surprised with something from Rhiannon Software. The titles are rare and seem to be pretty high quality, with nice artwork and in a bound book from Addison-Wesley. They're also unique titles, aimed at young females.

     

  15. Posted

    2 hours ago, ivop said:

    I'm sure this can be faked. Look at at counterfeit paintings that even experts could not tell apart. They got wood from the same period to make the frame, or strip an old painting of all its paint (with stuff that was available in the particular time you are aiming for), make it look older by adding some coffee or tea or dirt mixture. Use the same paints of that period. Add grease to the surface, heat them in an oven to make the paint crack, et cetera....

     

    To make matters worse, you have these "validation" houses that are certifying repros as being authentic protos -- like what happened a few years back with the plentifully available Super Pac-Man repro from B & C (or wherever), which was put on Ebay for thousands of dollars.

     

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  16. Posted

    47 minutes ago, Preppie said:

    The other problem is that he's got crates of the things from an old warehouse.  Wouldn't alter what you have but will be a little annoying when he's selling the 10,000th copy in a few years time for $10.

    Well, he's got to get something back for what he paid on the crates of goods. In the auction, he just said they were "vintage" not "rare". Haha...

     

  17. Posted

    1 hour ago, ivop said:

    I'm sure this can be faked. Look at at counterfeit paintings that even experts could not tell apart. They got wood from the same period to make the frame, or strip an old painting of all its paint (with stuff that was available in the particular time you are aiming for), make it look older by adding some coffee or tea or dirt mixture. Use the same paints of that period. Add grease to the surface, heat them in an oven to make the paint crack, et cetera....

     

    The question then comes as to whether something that meticulously faked is any less valuable than the original; and if the guy is never going to open the boxes up, does it matter what's inside?

     

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  18. Posted

    I've said this before: shrinkwrap ages. Something shrinkwrapped in the late 80's is typically not going to look like something shrinkwrapped 2 weeks ago.

     

    Case in point:

     

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    This kind of aging is a bit extreme; so, it's not going to be the norm; but rather to make the point.

     

    In the photos he's posted, it's a bit hard to tell if there's anything that can be said to look aged; but maybe something can be seen on close visual inspection of the real articles.

     

    As far as opening them up goes, I open everything, unless I plan on selling it; but, I've also never paid $350 for two pieces of software, which would heavily influence my decision of whether to open them or not. I'd certainly be closely examining those two boxes and shrinkwrap, once I got them in my hands, after making such a purchase.

     

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