MrFish

Really nice job!

Interestingly, the shrinkwrap is neither shrunk nor wrapped, right around the spot where one would open it up and extract the contents. That puts it in open box territory for me. "...never been opened." It's a nice story (for someone who happens to be selling it). At that price and condition, I'd say it'll be available for some weeks (months... years...) to come. And why is he calling it "Karate Man" in the auction title?

Along with an MIO, it's one of the great pieces of Atari hardware I would like to own some day. I think my chances of finding an MIO are better though.

Hahahaha...

Just because people don't comment, doesn't mean they're not paying attention.

Actually, I may have more. I don't have access to all my files right now; but I should by the end of the week; and I'll check it out.

Those that I posted are supposed to all be 300 dpi, btw.

I could only find these end labels on my hard drive. Maybe Atari8bit.net has end labels for brown carts.

Really sorry to hear about your ordeal Geezer. I'll be praying for your ability to rest and recover soon.

You're welcome; but I guess I wasn't clear enough. You need to post that information in this thread: Atari Freezer 2011 Declare Interest Thread

No problem (btw, I'm not the one selling them, I just own one). The way things are currently operating is that anyone interested in purchasing a Turbo Freezer 2011 right now, just needs to state so by posting in the "Declare Interest" thread and state how many of the devices they would like. The one producing them (Panos) will then contact them by PM and give the necessary instructions for making the purchase. As of the last statement by Panos (the producer): The final cost is 85$ plus 12$ shipping cost tracked. My device took about 2 weeks to arrive from Greece after payment was made.

Yes, just post in this thread: Atari Freezer 2011 Declare Interest Thread

Regardless of whether you can select games using a joystick, there are a lot of games for the 8-bit computers that require use of the keyboard during gameplay; and even for games that don't require keyboard use for gameplay, often keys such as the <SPACEBAR> are used for pausing the game; and with many games requiring the console keys for selecting options and starting, you can hardly count on not needing the keyboard close by during a gaming session.

This was announced in January 2020, well before the gravity of COVID-19 in U.S. could be realised; and planning and conceptualizing would have been far before that. I remember hearing about it on AtariAge somewhere in the early part of the year.

This guy is coming to the 8-bits as a 5200 owner. So, he's used to their joystick that has special buttons along the top for <START>, <PAUSE>, and <RESET>. Pretty advance controls for the time.

@flashjazzcat has a couple of multicart comparison videos where -- among other important details -- he talks about which carts have joystick interface operation and how well they work with it. The videos focus a lot on XEX loading (as this is the main point of them), but there are plenty other useful details about the carts, which can be helpful to know before purchasing one of them. Atari 8-bit Multicart FAT XEX Loader Shoot-Out Part 1 Atari 8-bit Multicart FAT XEX Loader Shoot-Out Part 2

That, my friend, is what validates their authenticity, and makes them such a great deal at that price (especially considering the free shipping ). Personally, I wouldn't let those babies go for less than a grand -- if I was so lucky to be the owner. Museum-piece condition IMHO. Anther thing is, he's providing this extremely valuable piece of information in the listing description -- which I'm sure most sellers, and buyers, are totally unaware of -- and really shows his knowledge and expertise in the field. "Wired paddle controllers (one pair) for Atari Flashback 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. This unit contains two paddles connecting to one socket. You need to purchase two units and connect to two sockets for four players." For high-end, discerning customers only...

I was living in Michigan (Bay City) when I first started using POKEY Player. I believe I found it in a store that sold Atari PD disks somewhere in Flint, or thereabouts.

Looks more like perplexed. This would probably be a good game for you: Perplexity

My main point is -- whatever type of gamer a person may be considered by the gods of gaming -- not having an ECI port may limit them from having the option to utilize a desirable piece of kit.

Is that the officially enshrined definition of a "real gamer"? I rather like the idea of being able to turn the machine off and start my game where I left off the day before, week before, month before, year before... It's not "cheap"; the Turbo Freezer 2011 currently costs $85.00.

Ah, you mean the ones that curse, scream, and throw their controller across the room, because they lost their game on the last level at the last enemy and have to start all over from the beginning?

The Turbo Freezer provides game freeze states, which is a pretty important and useful capability to have on hand for a serious gamer. What non-PBI/ECI devices currently provide this feature?

I disagree. I highly prefer external devices for upgrading memory, in part because you can swap them between different machines with a single device, rather than needing something like a U1MB for each machine. I own a Turbo Freezer 2011 which does exactly that and does it well; and I used to own a RAM 320XL (XE model was available too), which was great also. As Mellis mentioned, the SysCheck is another great PBI/ECI device. The other nice thing is not needing to mod the machine to get there when using such devices. Plug and Play all the way...

Looks pretty good to me. Nice work.