unixdude

Wow, this is super awesome! It would be cool if this became a production system.

I did play Tempest with the spinner, and I agree that a spinner would be a lot better, but at least it works with the CX53. I've said it before, and I'll say it here: the CX53 is the reason I bought a 5200. I enjoyed Tempest in the arcade, and I'm glad to have it on my 5200.

Thanks, all. I'm (obviously) not super familiar with the game. I enjoy it, but don't really know that much about it. I guess I've been lucky before now and just never hit a spike when zooming past that level.

Thanks, that's very interesting. I thought the level was cleared when it started zooming to the next level -- I didn't realize that I would have to do anything during the zoom itself. ?

Hey, all. I'm wondering if I found a bug in the cartridge (AA retail) version of Tempest. I was on the "avoid spikes" level (level 5 I think...?), and when I finished the level, my "character" was above a spike (the spike was toward the far end of the play field), so after I finished the level and the game was zooming to the next level, my character hit the spike -- and it ended that life. Then the game started my next life at the level I had just completed -- and since that level was finished, the game immediately zoomed to the next level again, hitting the spike again, which ended my game. I did a quick search here and didn't find any mention of this. Anybody seen it? I wonder what the chances are of getting this fixed. I assume this is not how the game is supposed to work.

I bought a new R77. I forget if it was a discounted warranty purchase directly from Hyperkin or if I just bought another at retail. In any case I don’t use it anymore: I now use my S-video (UAV) modded 2600.

Man, it sure is right there! Not sure how I missed it. Thanks.

Thanks, I was actually looking for that info on the site and did not come across it. I probably just missed it. I did reach out to Steven; hopefully he gets back to me soon. I really wonder what happened.

Anybody ever have an AtariMax SD multicart die? Mine died today, and I'm not sure why. The blue light doesn't come on anymore, and I have verified that the SD chip works fine and has exactly the contents I expect it to have. Super bummer here...

Thanks, I didn't figure it was something to worry about, just wondered what it was. And, of course the S-video output looks amazing -- thanks @-^CrossBow^- for encouraging me to not stop at composite. And, @x=usr(1536), thanks for the link to the FAQ!

Hey, all. I'm modding a 5200 for UAV today, and I came across a couple of oddities. Anybody know what these are? On the GTIA, pin 11 is pulled and is not connected to anything. On the bottom left of the board, there's a couple of wires, and one of the pins is pulled on a 74LS51. As you can see from the pic, this 5200 works fine. Thanks.

I think I noticed the same thing on Asteroids as well. And, you're making me wonder if I should reconnect RF for those games. I'm definitely much more impressed with the 5200's UAV/S-video output than I am the 2600's, but modding the 2600 for UAV + S-video was definitely still worth it.

Confirmed the issue was my cable: I bought 2 more, and using those I am now getting good S-video signal through the switchbox. It's nice to have this done. I am extremely happy with a setup of: 2600/5200 UAV -> s-video to RetroTINK 2X-MINI -> HDMI to TV. Thanks for all your help all through this journey, @DrVenkman and @-^CrossBow^-.

All done now - thanks guys. I wrote a blog post about it.

Thanks, I think that might have been it. I decided to desolder the UAV from the 4050, then solder a socket on top of the 4050 - kind of like what @DrVenkman did to his UAV-modded 5200. That way, I could easily solder all 16 pins (can't get 8 of them under the UAV if soldering that one directly onto the 4050!), then drop the UAV into the socket. Did that, and bam - perfect video - see pics. Thanks so much, @-^CrossBow^-, for suggesting that I add S-video. The difference really is quite something. I don't think it's going to get any better for my 5200, without going to something like a Sophia.