River Raider

It would be great to have a walkthrough posted here at AA (after the FB 2.0 hits the market, of course) on how to install a cartridge port on the Flashback 2.0...for those of us who are not quite as handy with a soldering iron as the Solder Gurus. I will be very curious to see how good the picture is on the FB 2.0 as compared to the original 2600 with old-style video connections. I'm kinda assuming that the picture will be sharper, more vibrant, and have less ghosting effects...Does anyone here know if I am assuming correctly?

Yeah, because of this thread, I got 2 Tac-2's off of Ebay for $30. At first I wondered if I had paid too much, but when I finally got them, I knew I got a bargain! They look like new, and after I tweaked one of them, (cleaned the contacts inside) they both work great! Far superior to the CX40's. Much lower chance of getting carpal tunnel with 'em. Thanks guys for making a great recommendation!

D'oh! I feel like a real nimnul! Ah well...winning a real Activision patch (or four)would have been cool....Didn't know you could do that when I was a kid...

I might have to get a leather bomber jacket to put the patches on.....heh heh

So you can earn a patch with the GBA Activision Anthology? Does anyone know if you can earn a patch with the PC version of the Anthology? (That would be sweeeeet!)

Heh heh...I remember doing quite a few things to get the NES working, but never talking to them! Unless you count swearing at it when it wouldn't work.....(You son of a *%#[email protected]!) I kinda prefer the Atari's slap the cartridge in and play approach. Although NES's Super Mario was addictive...still can't get that darn music out of my head.....

I just recently discovered my original 2600 4-switch woody out in the garage and brought it inside to see if it would play. I figured my Atari had been lost in the mists of time and was ecstatic when I found it. I thought, " Man, there is NO way this thing will fire up and play after having been in Florida heat and humidity for YEARS..." But to my surprise and delight, the beast powered up and played! Now, granted, I did have to clean some of the cartridges' contacts with alcohol and a Q-tip, but I still find the durability of the 2600 and its cartridges to be impressive. Heck, I remember the 'voodoo' I used to have to perform to make our Nintendo NES play...Blow on cartridge contacts, shake cartridge, blow on NES cartridge bay, tap NES 3 (the Number shall be 3!) times, repeat if necessary. And that was when the NES was brand new and residing in air-conditioned splendor! Nope, the boys from Atari apparently knew what they were doing when they engineered the 2600. God bless 'em. And God bless the people here at Atari Age. I have already picked up lots of cool info here on parts and mods for Ataris that will help get my 2600 beastie up an running. It's great to know that there are still many, many Atari fans out there. Now if Atari2600.com would just get some those S-video mods for the 2600 in stock, I will have acheived 'Atari Nirvana'!

I would like to get my hands on an S-video mod kit from Atari2600.com for my 2600. But alas, they never seem to be in stock. <sniffle>