joeatari1

Agreed. The VCS has been out for three years already and most people that wanted an SSD have already gotten one. I put a 500GB WD Blue in mine about a month after I got it. This is an accessory that should have come out simultaneously with the VCS. Although the USB thumb drive seems to sell like hotcakes and they can't seem to make them fast enough so...

I did buy a repro BSG from ETSY a few years ago. It was advertised as such and was about $28. It came without a box but did have a box insert, manual, and cartridge, flocked in the aforementioned gray shell. It boots and plays great and that's all I wanted it to do. I wasn't about to spend $500+ on a real one. I collect stuff, but I'm frugal about it (says the guy that just bought an AES).

Yeah, this is great, thanks Atari. I picked up Days of Doom. I have a good selection of games on my VCS but this is one I wanted and was just holding out on.

I am in the same situation. I had placed two orders and only received one of them. I had assumed that they would have been grouped and shipped together, but with the amount of orders placed I realize this may have been false assumption on my part. I am sure Al is working on them as quickly as he can and will ship them as soon as they are ready. I think we also need to remember that Al is also an official Atari employee now and I'm sure he has many other responsibilities in addition to the AA store and website. I at least got Halo 2600 to tide me over for awhile.

Ugh. I think there is a fix for this but you'll have to make contact with @davpa or Ashlee on the VCS Discord. They will also want you to fill out a support ticket at atari.com and log your concern. Good luck.

Try plugging in via ethernet. If that doesn't solve the update issue then you'll have to flash a USB with the newest OS image and update it that way. Please join the VCS Discord server if you haven't already and go to the troubleshooting channel. There you will see pinned messages at the top of the page with video guided instructions. As for the account, there is no connection to the Atari website account you created previously. That account is just for the website.

Definitely, good luck to all participating. I don't know who all is attending but I'd like to see Mockduck and Hippy Kenny in the top 3!

A game is a game is a game. It matters not whether it's delivered digitally or on some other medium. All of the game data is digital anyway. Do I prefer carts? Yes, but that's probably because I grew up with them. It doesn't matter if the VCS gets 500 games on it or not. Buy what you like, not what someone else is telling you to buy. If you don't like the digital delivery of the VCS then maybe the 2600+ is more your speed. 🙄

Are you being served?

I'll leave that to you boss.

Why so cynical? Which games are you describing as "overpriced mobile game shovelware"? So far I've not seen, nor played anything that resembles that description on the VCS.

It's funny, I have the opposite situation. I have purchased some home brew games in the past and felt very ripped off for the price I paid. Those who frequent the Jaguar forums will know what I mean. Good on the OP for getting a good deal. He is assuming all the risk here, but it looks legit to my untrained eye. I wish I could find a deal like this some time too, maybe some day.

The keeper has spoken! Please count me in. Thanks again for doing this, it's fun every time.

My apologies, setting the VRAM to a higher allocation will not hurt graphics performance, but it won't help it either. The APU cannot recognize any more than 4GB of VRAM. So if you set it higher you are just taking RAM away from other operations. This was posted today by one of the game developers in the Atari VCS Discord. It has been stated by others previously as well. "More ram won't change performance. The embedded GPU can't use it or access it. It maxes out at 4GB." I was also looking on Discord for other confirmation of this statement, but perhaps my Google-Fu is weak. Or I'm just lazy and not going to go through 15 pages of RAM mentions...

There are some of those in the store for purchase, but if you want to put your "already owned" library on there you are going to want to investigate PC Mode. Then you can install the emulator of your choice in either Windows or Linux to play them.

There is only one M.2 slot and it is open for you to put your own drive in there. When you install the drive, you will need to format it using the format function under storage settings. The VCS will then seamlessly use the M.2 drive as additional storage for games purchased on the VCS storefront. When you purchase new games, you will have the option to chose the games storage location at download (eMMC or M.2). So it will play games downloaded from the VCS storefront, from the M.2, natively. If you are really into PC gaming, you can partition the drive and install GRUB and Windows or some flavor of Linux and run retroArch or Steam or whatever that way. For information regarding that I would refer you to the PC Mode parts of this forum.

You do not need to "clone" the internal drive. It isn't even removable. The internal drive is a 32GB eMMC that is soldered to the motherboard and it contains the Atari OS and a minor bit of game storage. If you are just adding storage, there are two options. The first is just any USB thumb drive that you might have laying around. It is recommended that it is USB 3.1 or higher to ensure good transfer speeds. The second is an internal M.2 SATA drive. Any size will work, just make sure it's SATA and that you get one with enough storage. This option requires you to open the VCS for installation, which is not difficult as long as you are careful of the antenna wires. The M.2 option is semi permanent but does make for a much cleaner look in your home theater setup. Good luck with whatever you choose, and if you need any further assistance, you can ping me in these forums.

Power port maybe? You also might try contacting Atari, they may be able to assist you in getting the correct one.

Ah, then yes, just what @scifidude79 said. As long as it meets the same specs. Must be 19.0V and at least 3.42A. Voltage matters but as long as the amperage is not lower than 3.42A, you'll be good. Do make sure you pay attention to the polarity on the plug too, you don't want to fry your VCS.

The whole power adapter or just the wall plug end?

7 1/2 Gigs for just the demo... How big is this game going to be? No wonder they don't have the VCS listed. With only a 32 Gig drive, the VCS doesn't allow large games to be downloaded easily, especially since they need to be unpacked and need twice the space of the finished game to do so.

Phew! That's a crap ton of games! 330 orders? How many games is that?

Never read through this thread before. It's pretty entertaining though, four BANNED members in the first four pages. Is that a record? Well, this is the Jaguar forums after all.

Get a Samsung. Problem solved.