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  1. Posted

    Just played the 5200 version of Super Cobra last night. Now I know why the original poster hates it so much. I find the 2600 version to be a million times easier and therefore better.

     

    Vanguard seems to have similar issues.

     

    Maybe I'm just not used to the sensitivity of the 5200 controller yet but it can make lots of stuff difficult.

  2. Posted · Edited by HammR25

    :thumbsup: congratulations, is this the first mod you have done?

    Be careful it gets addictive :D

     

    Yep it's the first mod I've done. I've already bought a soldering iron to attempt the power mod and to put a Pokey in my CC2 someday. :D

  3. Posted

    woohoo, just tested it out and it works great. Some of the stuff blended together in countermeasure and now I can actually see the stuff with this mod..........plus a crystal clear picture.

     

    The main reason I wanted to do this was so I didn't have the RF thing to the tv because it causes interference with some of the channels regardless of whether the 5200 is on all the time. I had the same problem with my 7800 before I had OSG do that mod for me.

  4. Posted · Edited by HammR25

    Dudes, just put him on ignore - I did it ages ago, and the forums have been significantly more bearable since then. I only wish the ignore function worked for his signature as well...

     

    You can turn off all signatures. I do that on every board I can. I get tired of scrolling past stuff that has nothing to do with the thread topic......especially on boards where people like to put pictures in them.........and then that's when Adblock comes in handy. ;)

  8. Posted · Edited by HammR25

    You have a choice between two different A/V mods now. The other one is by Longhornengineer.com

     

    This mod isn't really that hard to install. The biggest PITA is getting off the RF shield. My only advice on that one is to make sure you get the board out of the case first and then it won't be as bad.

     

    The only thing you'll need that doesn't come with the kit is a drill and 1/4 inch drill bit. A pocket knife would come in handy too.

     

    The thing about the 8bitdomain.com mod is Mike can sometimes take a long time in shipping your board.

  10. Posted

    I finally got around to messing with this again. I've got the RF shield off and have located the GTIA but what do I need to do next? I haven't been able to find any pictures of what to do exactly. I see the mod board is now in place over the GTIA in the pictures but I'm not sure exactly what I need to do to do this.

  12. Posted · Edited by HammR25

    The 5200 is worth picking up. I personally like the 7800 a lot more than the 5200 but then I had a 7800 in high school and never had my own 5200. Now that I have a 5200 it has no nostalgia value for me so I don't particularly care for it.

  14. Posted

    Space Giraffe looks like Tempest/Beamrider with a ton of bright flashing colors and crap all over the screen. It's probably being outsold because nobody wants to get a headache or an epileptic seizure. If that's what he calls new and innovative, give me old and boring. At least I won't fall out of my chair, crap my pants, and flop around on the floor.

     

    That pretty much sums up why I deleted the demo after about 3 minutes.

  15. Posted

    Nope, no horror stories. MS made my experience very easy. Frankly, MS does everything for you in this situation, and they were very nice and understanding everytime I talked to them on the phone. You'll get your 'coffin' box in about a week, then you'll get the system back in about 3 weeks after that.

     

    Very inconvenient to not have the console for a month, but you don't pay a dime for the process (other than gas money to the UPS store).

     

    The last one I sent took about 2 weeks from the day I mailed it in. They also threw in a months free Live card.

     

    Same here

  16. Posted

    Can't beat the FULL 1 YEAR Manufactory Warranty!

     

    I pity anyone who buys from scalpers. They are going to regret paying $400 for a console that will, eventually, be plentiful. Preventing someone who wanted to give their kid a Wii this holiday from getting it by grabbing it up and reselling it to that person at a $150 mark up is just low. In ten years that $150 profit will be long forgotten. But the regrets of paying $400 for a $250 product will die hard.

     

     

    I doubt someone who can afford a $400 console will have much buyer's remorse. If they do then they've got many other more serious problems than whether or not they bought a console for $400 instead of $250.

  22. Posted · Edited by HammR25

    I have seen 5200 and Colecovision modules personally but never really paid attention as to if there was one for the 7800. :|

    I don't know what you mean. But I saw this some where:

    Most Atari 5200 games will work in Atari 2600 and Atari 7800 systems. (totally untrue).

     

    He's referring to the fact that the 5200 and ColecoVision have adapters to allow play of 2600 cartridges on those systems.

  23. Posted

    The CC2 is most definitely a form of emulation. It uses different parts than original to emulate those different parts. Will it cause the 7800 to play differently than the parts it replaces? No. That's why I'd personally rather use a CC2. It replaces lots and lots of parts.

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