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Omg, now I noticed that you found those unique roms before me. My fault, did not notice that. I made the same checking and found the same result

Ok, so what it means? Those games are some hacks, but they could be included in Atari 2600 VCS ROM Collection?

@Rom Hunter according to my calculations, 83 from 128 games in that console is UNIQUE: I made md5 comparision using script from Chat GPT: Here is the list: 001_Venture_[85bafb24].bin 003_Racing_Car_[1a89d2aa].bin 006_Keystone_Capers_[e6759e2d].bin 007_Robot_Fight_[384980d7].bin 009_Ice_Hockey_[284ed23e].bin 010_Frogs_and_Flies_[aecc03bc].bin 013_Katastrophen-Einsatz_[eb3f2a02].bin 014_Fantastic_Voyage_[b5628d69].bin 015_Walker_[c77ba76b].bin 016_Pitfall_[bf82552c].bin 018_Pac_Kong_[fa287be8].bin 021_The_Empire_Strikes_Back_[ab7c9fb6].bin 022_Sub-Scan_[ae33c430].bin 023_International_Soccer_[9d61ea04].bin 024_Seaquest_[662d57c0].bin 026_King_Kong_[3b6af366].bin 027_Fire_Fighter_[574528e4].bin 029_Zoo_Fun_[d69fe87c].bin 030_RealSports_Volleyball_[46dd57c5].bin 031_Ram_It_[cc43b359].bin 032_Nuts_[340c2659].bin 036_Save_Our_Ship_[6b7520f4].bin 038_Panda_Chase_[08f4cb02].bin 041_Assault_[d68c86c7].bin 042_Bermuda_[8acc7246].bin 044_Pac-Man_[1623dbc0].bin 045_Oink!_[6d5fe561].bin 046_Grand_Prix_[574ad7ee].bin 047_Demolition_Herby_[654db351].bin 048_Condor_Attack_[e32d146a].bin 050_Master_Builder_[e126eeed].bin 051_Farmyard_Fun_[6d4dc130].bin 053_Great_Escape_[bb0f530d].bin 055_Pyramid_War_[e141c8ce].bin 057_Dragon_Defender_[fde923a1].bin 058_Gas_Hog_[475beab3].bin 059_Seahawk_[6f12b370].bin 062_Mysterious_Thief_[01956ef5].bin 063_Sky_Jinks_[78c67d7a].bin 064_Cosmic_Ark_[27108ca5].bin 065_Frostbite_[3cdc8d04].bin 067_Fast_Food_[e5eff601].bin 068_Commando_Raid_[63ce5a53].bin 069_Mouse_Trap_[2e614043].bin 070_Base_Attack_[aacab908].bin 071_Astrowar_[d7e6ea5e].bin 072_Cross_Force_[40ac34d6].bin 074_Mines_of_Minos_[c7fd17e4].bin 077_Demon_Attack_[76148906].bin 079_Sea_Monster_[dfceb688].bin 080_Mafia_[b17a65e9].bin 082_Megamania_[7d4fc750].bin 083_Infiltrate_[ad975834].bin 085_Air_Raiders_[a5bd6448].bin 086_Tac-Scan_[f8f1bad9].bin 092_Inca_Gold_[5c46b5b5].bin 093_Snail_against_Squirrel_[26fba22d].bin 094_Barnstorming_[0e930fb8].bin 095_Spinning_Fireball_[07e62964].bin 096_Go_Go_Home_[ca1221b7].bin 097_Yars'_Revenge_[d8052d03].bin 098_Missile_Control_[6ec3a8df].bin 099_Wall_Break_[7e17aed8].bin 100_Space_Jockey_[9d6097d0].bin 101_Planet_Patrol_[166cc3a8].bin 102_The_Challenge_Of_Nexar_[527421f6].bin 103_Spider-Man_[cf981301].bin 104_Space_Cavern_[4b65ea53].bin 105_Phantom_Tank_[bbb854d6].bin 106_Cosmic_Creeps_[cbe1770f].bin 107_Karate_[e8c5efad].bin 108_Dice_Puzzle_[e1ff5b09].bin 110_Ski_Hunt_[47b3236e].bin 112_StarMaster_[e55a3ab6].bin 113_Berzerk_[d3f742ee].bin 115_Name_This_Game_[7db9084f].bin 116_Room_of_Doom_[4cc87670].bin 118_Mariana_[34e9f4b4].bin 120_Worm_War_I_[495f4784].bin 121_M.A.D._[40c5fe36].bin 122_Racquetball_[7b6eccfd].bin 125_TRON_-_Deadly_Discs_[a52cf15f].bin 127_Immies_and_Aggies_[1df967a1].bin Also found 3 games from my old Video Computer Console / Video Game System consoles and they are also unique, in attachment. Superman (1979) (Atari) (PAL) [a].bin International Soccer (Unknown) (PAL).bin Cross Force (Unknown) (PAL).bin

When you press Alt+L, Stella will display the information about current game, also PAL or NTSC format. We could also try to check each game according to md5 dump to see if there are some unique roms, I believe, they are.

Thank you very much for dumping that machine. For me it is extremely inretesting cause I thought those clones were only for PAL system. These games are really NTSC but they are mostly the same as PAL equivalents of the console I had and similar clones. I would say that some games may be even unique, for example Mariana is only PAL version in ROM Hunter's roms and this is NTSC! Also Curtis is only PAL version and this one is also NTSC. I think that also a lot of others games may be some unknown clones or hacks.

Thanks, I tried it. It works, it really looks like generic Debian. It is useless for power users, but may be usable for Linux newbie.

I think you should not brick it by installing better firmware. Cannot you flash the original firmware?

Batocera or Retroarch in Linux/Windows?

Hi, there. I made a simple script for myself to play some games on my VCS (or PC or Chromebook) without having the roms on local storage. https://github.com/WizzardSK/gameflix I hope not to violate any rule or something. The script does not contain any links to copyrighted contents, it just uses the commands to mount remote content that is publicly available (Internet Archive and Myrient). If it is not allowed anyway, I am sorry, delete this thread. So, what it does. It treats the remote files like local files so EmulationStation Desktop Edition can see them and use like local files. It also mounts the thumbnails databases so some games also display the screenshot or another graphics. It is for Linux only for now and it needs some prerequisities, everything is explained in readme on my github project. If you have any question, I am here to help.

I can connect it without problem in Linux, but I have problem setting some buttons in EmulationStation DE. Like Right Trigger is not defined, when I press it. Also Right Thumbstick Left is not detected. What kind of problem is that? It works perfectly in cable mode, but not in BT mode.

Have you checked that? Ok, good to know. I thought there were some special emulators or custom games or something. They really could add the AtariOS store at least

Could you please share the image of that USB on Internet Archive? I think that many of us would like to try this OS. You can use software like https://www.osforensics.com/tools/write-usb-images.html

I like that unique graphics, Activision colors of the dawn/dusk and all those simple and nice atmospherical effects, you know.

If you plan to refund the cost, you really should have some fb profile or page. Anyway, it is great that you were able to create it. In my opinion, the best would be to have RGB output to support all types of PAL and NTSC games. I know, RGB board is expensive, but anyway. It might be an optional part that anyone could buy and install on their own.

I found a good working Android version. Bliss OS 14, Standard version, Android 11 based. Runs fast, seems like it supports accelaration and also sound. It has a classic mode view (I dont know how I enabled it) https://sourceforge.net/projects/blissos-dev/files/Android-Generic/PC/bliss/R/gapps/BlissOS-14.3-x86_64-202106181339_k-google-5.4.112-lts-ax86_m-r_emugapps_cros-hd_gearlock.iso/download

Yes, and we have to buy it for high prices on ebay

I tried Android x86 8.1 and it does not run bad, just it does not support sound according to my tests. Also tried 9.0, but it has problems with wifi, even that Virtwifi does not work right.

I found it: menuentry "AtariOS" { insmod fat insmod chain search --no-floppy --set=root --fs-uuid FILESYSTEM_UUID chainloader /EFI/Linux/linux.efi }

Guys, is there any simple way how to boot Atari OS from GRUB? I dont want to mess with EFI, just to add some simple boot entry, like I did for Batocera. My problem is that I dont know how exactly to reference that root fs for Atari. Thanks.

Vote submitted - Continental Europe (Slovakia) Atari VCS 800 Onyx All In Bundle Got it from ebay from one of $99 GameStop buyers, I believe (auction started at some $100)

I just got my VCS today and went through all upgrades to the latest version. So there is still not known BIOS password for that $99 GameStop version?

I never had NES neither any other console except Atari 2600 Taiwanese clone in early 90s that all of my schoolmates had PC, Game Boy, Sega Genesis and similar consoles I had 128 PAL games integrated, mostly modified or hacked version. I still play these games on my PC, Raspberry and also on original Atari using PlusCart.

Yes, seems like Atari is generating less rows than another source. I wonder if is it normal or a bug.

I have noticed that the picture generated by my RGB modded Junior is a little narrower than the picture from another source. There is some empty black strip on the left side. This is not when I am using another source, like Raspberry via analog AV input. Is that a problem of RGB mod, Pluscart or my TV? I do NOT have any other cartridge to test, neither another Atari. Atari 2600 Junior RGB: Raspberry Pi using Retropie with analog output:

I got working MX2000 for 30 € and non working MX3000 for free, just trying to get the parts to get it repaired