[Atari 2600+ Beta Update 1.1]

1 hour ago, Ben from Plaion said:

Just sent you an updated IMG. Give it a whirl on the none working 7800 games please.

Will do that tonight for sure.   

[Dragon Trilogy 7800 - (in VCS Store)]

Purchased the trilogy of games and thanks for the heads up.  

[Atari 2600+ Beta Update 1.1]

7 minutes ago, RevEng said:

Are you sure this one just doesn't need a clean? It's working on my 2600+

Yep, working now and thanks for the heads up.   Fixed in my list.  

[Atari 2600+ Beta Update 1.1]

I made this video to inform the public that an update is planned as well as show what is currently working with primarily 7800 homebrews with the 1.1 update

 

Here is the video but will post my findings below as well.  

Now working with updated beta:  

What is now working on this beta update:

7800 Alpha Race

Armor Attack II

Asteroids Deluxe

Astro Blaster

Astro Fighter

Baby Pac Man

Beef Drop

Blockem Sockem(Using DragonFly Cart)

B*nk

Combat 1990

Crazy Brix(only working with joystick control)

Crazy Otto

Crystal Quest(control with CX 40 only, not working with 2 button)

Donkey Kong PX

Donkey Kong XM

Dungeon Stalker

Fail Safe

Fat Axl

Frenzy

Froggie

K.C. Munchkin

Kessel Attack

Klax

Knight Guy in Low Res World Castle Days

Lava Lamps and 8 Track Theatre

Meteor Shower

Missing in Action(Prototype)

Moon Cresta

Pac Man Collection

Pac Man 40th Anniversary with XM Sound!

Pac Man Jr.

Pineapple

Pit Fighter(Prototype)

Plutos

Popeye

Rip Off

Santa Simon

Scramble

Sentinel

Serpentine

Sirius

Space Duel

Space Invaders Collection

Star Wars(Xevious Hack)

Super Circus Atariage

Super Cobra

Super Pac Man

T:me Salvo

Tubes

Venture

Wasp

Wizards Dungeon

Worm

 

2600 Working

Circus Convoy

Tunnel Runner

 

7800 still not working

8 in 1 Multicarts

Attack of the Petscii Robots

Rikki and Vikki

 

2600 Not Working

Omega Race(controller)

Mountain King

[Atari 2600+ Beta Update 1.1]

I am on it

[STEAM on PC Mode]

I know that I successfully used steam in PC mode using Debian 11.   This does not fix your issue with how you are using windows but there is an alternative.  

[What is your favorite Recharged game?]

14 hours ago, jeremiahjt said:

I have not watched the video yet, but since you used a VCS 800, I hope you covered both versions of Missile Command.

I did

[Atari VCS Store Order Number High-Score :)]

61,375 an d 61,378 for Skinny & Franco!, and Avian Knights

[Final remaining homebrew game stock for the year! SNES and Genesis Blockem Sockem, 2600 Game Panic, Game Panic 3, and Retro Game Quest]

Updated sales list.   I have a few left if anyone is interested.  

[The Official Atari Age Secret Santa 2023 Thread!]

My Secret Santa gift was opened and I am grateful for what I received.   It came from far away and was nice balance of sweets and oddball items.    I also got a $20 gift certificate to AtariAge which will come in very handy.   

Thank you!  

 

[Immortal John Hancock on Youtube]

I got some requests for this one, so here is the ranking of all the Atari Recharged games

 

 

[What is your favorite Recharged game?]

Recently I did a ranking of all the Atari Recharged games.   I captured footage from all these on the VCS so I will post it here.   What is your favorite?

 

 

[Options to play Apple II and TI -99/4A games using Debian 11?]

I am trying to capture some footage for an upcoming video and trying to play a few different games on Apple II and TI 99/4A.  Are there options to play those through the VCS in PC mode using Debian 11 stick?   

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[When will there be a scheduled firmware update for the 2600+?]

Nice to hear an update coming.    Cant wait

[Atari partners with Playmaji (Polymega)]

13 hours ago, Atari_JaguarVCS said:

Someone asked David this question on one of his Twitch streams last week if i recall correctly and he said its still actively being worked on at the moment but he hadn't checked back in to see how it was progressing for a few months. Hopefully it shows up next year, its something that will add more value to the Atari VCS 800 experience.

Thanks for responding to my post.   This would absolutely be a great addition to the VCS.    

[Refurbished One X/Series X frustration]

Owned an Xbox Series X now for three years.   It gets moderate usage from my daughter and I and I use it for my main media player as well.    I have had zero issues with it.    Paired up with Game Pass, a great gaming device that now is on sale for a reasonable price.   

[Atari partners with Playmaji (Polymega)]

Any update on the Polymega remix?   Still coming out?

[Why, in 2023, the 5200 is a better system then the XEGS despite having 1/4 the RAM (16K vs. 64K)]

I support most all classic Atari systems, but prefer the 8 bit setup for the reasons mentioned.   Every now and then I setup my 5200 to experience true trackball gaming though.  

[The Official Atari Age Secret Santa 2023 Thread!]

My package safely arrived from far away and going to wait until Christmas Day to open it.   

[Food Fight (by Mega Cat Studios) - (in VCS Store) (VCS EXCLUSIVE)]

Went back again to play the unlockable arcade games.   Confirmed with a friend of mine that they are indeed the arcade roms through a bad filter.   He was able to recreate a cool secret warp in Crystal Castles.   Yars Revenge for the 2600 is playable too.  

[Food Fight (by Mega Cat Studios) - (in VCS Store) (VCS EXCLUSIVE)]

3 hours ago, MrTrust said:

I checked this out again this morning.  @swlovinist is right; these do not appear to be emulated.  They're the same games, but they appear to have been re-coded for this.

 

Can anyone shed some light on why they would do that?  That seems like an enormous time sink for no discernible purpose.  Maybe they're a little easier than the originals with the lowest difficulty settings?  Maybe to make them more playable for kids or something?

 

It's really weird.  Why do this?  

It is a strange move.   For this, I might have to unlock them just to experience how well they play.   Just unlocked a few and found Crystal Castles to be fairly frustrating to control.   Food Fight plays okay but eating the ice cream to clear a stage I found that you have be pixel accurate.   

[List your homebrews here that DO currently work on 2600+]

While my games DO work, I just noticed that a batch of Game Panic 3 that use the Pixels past PCBs are not working yet. 

 http://www.grandideastudio.com/pixels-past/

 

Game Panic

Catacombs of Chaos

Retro Game Quest

Game Panic 3

[Food Fight (by Mega Cat Studios) - (in VCS Store) (VCS EXCLUSIVE)]

Went back and played a few hours of Food Fight today.   Not terrible, but needs some room of improvement for sure.   I think the Cone platform levels are too difficult for them to be enjoyable.   I like the hidden art pieces, but want more of them to unlock.   The actual game I think could be fun, and unlocking coins from it for arcade games was pretty easy.   The games you unlock are not 1/1 arcade roms but their own thing.   There are no graphic settings playing these either.   I want to know how to unlock some of the other areas of the game.   I would compare this game to Atari Mania, which many people did not like.   Atari tried something different and it might not be what they wanted.   I still like this game, but do understand why people would want something different.   

[Food Fight (by Mega Cat Studios) - (in VCS Store) (VCS EXCLUSIVE)]

That is a pretty salty take on the game if you ask me.   You dont like it and you have that right to your opinion.   Comparing this to Bubsy is extreme IMO.