sweetf2a

For what it's worth, here's my current set up - just the theme that Draxxon uploaded that i like and a modified .ini file. Just added back in a couple of Starpath games mentioned in a thread on tha AtariAge facebook page which I tried and enjoyed. All credit due to Draxxon and others for their hard work. There's a back up of Draxxon's ini file, just a matter of pasting them back in to mine if you wish to add any others. You'd also need Draxxon's ATARIV1.1.RAR and ATARIVX.1.RAR from elsewhere in this thread too. Copy my .ini into the rom folder and you'll have a reduced set which shows artwork and info but it will be quicker to navigate through and the menu will appear faster. sweetf2a.zip

Cheers Draxxon, been doing exactly that - backed up your ini and then edited it to leave in the ones I wanted and can then paste back in any others as I go along.

Had a look at it Ron, i like what you’ve done with the game info but I prefer my set up, the “light fiver” theme Draxxon did is superb. Surprised you haven’t included Donkey Kong VCS and Scramble in your rom folder, they’re superb imho.

Might take a look Ron, thanks. Got my main Rom file down to about 130 games already, and there’s a few I’ve got in there only because I’ve heard of them. Of homebrews just Scramble and 4K and 8K pac-man made the cut. Dropped a lot of the included games, can remove the usb stick to play those if I ever wanted to.

All sorted now. Copied the .sh and .ini file the same time as the update and the custom fw all works now. Love the new woody artwork and bezels I got from here.

Ok I now have upgraded to AR3060_v0.1.18 - it seems the fw on Bill Loguidice’s page wasn’t the latest one and possibly wasn’t the correct one either, this is from the ATgames firmware portal. now if I put the Atari update custom fw image on the usb stick it does give the option of installing it but nothing seems to change. I’ve also flashed it from the Android tool, again nothing seems to change.

Did the upgrade yesterday. Version I have now is AR3060s_v0.1.2 according to the About section. Strangely I can’t upgrade to the custom fw via either putting it on the usb stick or flashing with the Android tool, the usb stick method doesn’t attempt to upgrade and after using the Android tool it only boots into the Android bootloader menu not the fbx menu. Very strange. I have the 110 game normal version so the official fw I have being 3060s not 3060 is a bit odd.

Might try that later, thanks. Still have the custom fw stage to do.

Got a fbx yesterday and spent literally hours trying to get the official firmware update to work! My usual windows 10 pc I tried turning off driver signing, that didn’t help, ended up buying a windows 7 licence and replacing the Linux on my old netbook with that. Still didn’t work. The drivers on the atgames website don’t seem very good at all. Anyway did eventually get the Android loader thing to detect my fbx, here’s my tips to save anyone else the time I spent. Don’t bother with windows 10, get a windows 7 install. Get a usb cable you know will transfer data not just charge (only 1 of my 5 usb cables actually did). I confirmed this with a sandisk MP3 player I’ve had for years. Connect the usb cable to the pc and connect the hdmi lead to your tv. Press the reset button and switch the fbx on. You should see the Android set up screen on your tv. At that point windows 7 will look for working drivers for the Android tool etc and will install them, might take a while but they worked for me unlike the supplied ones I kept reinstalling with no joy. Once windows gives the message that the device drivers have been set up you can launch the Android update tool and it will detect the device and allow you to load the updated firmware. Would just be easier if Atgames shipped them with the usb-ready firmware. Mine has the reset button underneath btw. I still have the custom fw step to do, I’m planning on having a reduced set based on Draxxon’s work in the roms so it’s quicker to load and navigate, the bulk will just be in the usb storage section. Thanks Draxxon and thanks Brad_from_the_80s.

Ive got two of these. TV Boy 2 and a TV Boy 3. The 2 uses a rf cable and the 3 is a joypad with av out. Every Atari fan should have a 3 imho!

Thanks but sounds complicated! Yeah ive got USB game controllers, maybe ill stick to those whilst waiting to see if the R77 gets fixed or the FB9 is worth buying later in the year.

Shame those joystick adaptors are so expensive though... any recommendations or do I have to bite the bullet and pay $35 for the 2600 D9?

Id really been tempted by this R77, it sounded great and id have preordered it if they shipped to the UK but now im thinking id be better off buying Atari joystick adaptors for my Pi and playing either on that or my 7800. That said a couple of joystick adaptors isnt far off the price of a R77.