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My understanding is the pattern is:

Steps 1-5: Clean the cart with iso

Step 6: Gently clean contacts with metal polish (this step is very divisive)

Step 7: Bust out the soldering iron to reseat/replace chips

For Kaboom, unless you happens to have the stuff for the latter steps around, it's better to replace it.

Kaboom is the cart currently in my 2600... mine took quite a bit of cleaning to get to work the first time around. Maybe I'll fire it up later today. Cool that the seller sounds cool about it, but as mentioned it is pretty common so I'm sure it's no big loss for them.

What is an "RCA RF to AV adaptor"? Is that a demodulator full of electronics, or just a passive adaptor? It sounds like you're feeding a RF signal to the capture device expecting a composite video signal, which won't work at all.

Three options as I see it: 1) use a TV tuner, either a separate device or an old VCR, 2) use a AV capture device that has built-in analog TV tuner or 3) perform a composite video modification of your 2600, which involves a deal of soldering and results may vary.

Thanks all! I used an old VCR I found laying around and started using it with my USB capture device and it works! Now to make adjustments to the video quality.

Let me know what your solution ends up being- I've got a standing bet/offer with a friend that if I can hook my jr. up to his capture card, he will stream ET.

I've always used a cheap USB TV tuner plugged into my laptop.

I think an A/V mod is the first step, to get somewhat decent video and audio from the console. Then use some video capture device on the PC, that records from A/V signals but here is where YMMV in terms of what gives good results and what doesn't.

@HoshiChiri: You're lucky as the JR model is the one considered easiest to do an A/V mod with good results.

Thank you. Just as I thought. I just want one that's complete, comic book and poster included.

I actually really like playing the Swordquest games. I never had any clue how to finish them, but they were some of my favs back in the 80s.

I oddly like them as well, as the contest was very legendary. They are pretty great puzzle and adevnture games.

Didn't even know that chasing video game records was still a thing.

58 hours straight of Asteroids? Ahuh

Being interested in 40-year-old video games is inherently weird. In for a penny, in for a pound.

There's no way..

I think it is a larger problem than a simple hack will solve. Check out the Jaguar game by game podcast episode about Doom. He talks about it a little bit more in that episode. \\//,

There are places that make small runs of patches for not too much money. Some patches have already been made by AtariAge members before. Star Fire had a high score patch available for it, for example.

It's probably more of a logistical challenge than anything, since it's already a lot of work just producing cartridges, manuals and boxes.

I agree though - it would be cool to have some patches made for homebrews. Never hurts to suggest it.

This was done at least once: http://www.atariage.com/2600/archives/StarFireEliteSquadron/index.html

We do that for Intellivision homebrews all the time. I say, yes, AtariAge should do it.

Castlequest. Did someone seriously think this was fun? Tell me who so I can punch them.

Double Dragon III. After really enjoying the second, this one disappointed. Not the same cool moves, choppy graphics, long and boring fight scenes - had to hit the same guy many, many times till death. I don't know why it did not get worse reviews. To me, this one felt rushed to market.

You should try the arcade version (or better yet, don't).

Oh, and I like Infiltrate also! Apollo is probably my favorite "2nd tier" 2600 publishers.

@FJ Man I am a child of the arcade era (arcades with EM and space invader machines were my babysitter) so I know all about that. I think ESB would have benefitted from "waves" where you beat a certain number (or ever increasing number) of walkers before the next more difficult wave starts. i.e. Same inevitable death, but granting a sense of progression / accomplishment.

I should say that 2600 Donkey Kong suffers from the same thing.. you NEVER feel like you rescued pauline. It didn't have to be fancy.. just delete DK, or put mario up on top of the screen for a second and boom, you "win" and repeat the 2 stages again, ad-infinitum

Not this time Jin. It's supposed to start in October.

Ok. It sounds really fun, I have a limited library but I'll take part in any competition I can!

It's fine if you don't have the game, use of emulators is allowed.

It's fun to dream...

Yep.

Umm, the hell with that... Have Nukey Shay come up with something and the world will rejoice.

@Nathan: Action, Adventure, Blood and Gore at a bowling alley. Gr8 premise.

And with alittle Hong Kong 97, Atari Bowling and Swordquest all in one game. Beautiful. "A herd of fuckin' angry reds have invaded your bowling alley."

But anyway, I truly believe that the Swordquest contest needs to have a proper ending.

I seem to recall that there's a hack of Battlezone out there with Doom monsters instead of tanks and spaceships.

You're gonna need a lot of RAM

DoctorSpuds - Yep, which I'm starting to think the 7800 is a better system to port it to.

DZ-Jay - Lol, I don't have an Intellivision at the moment but I might get one later on.

Then you can check out my game. It's consistently at the top of users' top home-brew lists: http://www.CarolVsGhost.com

I will most definitely! and have fun hanging with your grandkid today!