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I haven't tried that yet, but I did start using ethernet instead of wifi as one thread suggested, in which the person was having the same issues as I. That person inevitably had to RMA their machine, so I'll probably have to do the same. I opened a ticket with Atari.

Because I'm hard headed, I still haven't contacted anyone. What I did do is remove the ssd and put the orginal ram back in and then rolled back the firmware. I connected it to my wifi and let it update and when it was finished, same dang thing. Cant use any of the preinstalled apps as they just say waiting for updates that never occur. So I rolled the firmware back yet again, and instead of letting it connect to the internet I skipped that part of it. VCS vault is fine and I can play games through it. Definitely some weirdness going on!

Same deal. Everything (VCS companion, VCS Vault, and Chrome) says waiting for download and nothing's downloading. Going to have to contact Atari Support I suppose.

Thanks for all the recommendations, especially the ones that I already stated I already performed. I rolled the firmware back again, and it connected to my wifi with no troubles. It's currently updating (is the number inside the rolling circle the number of updates it needs to do? If so, there's 83 of them). This time I'm not hooking anything foreign (meaning nothing that wasn't originally included with the unit) to it in order to see if maybe it was something with the wired keyboard I was using or the Series X controller causing conflict. Fingers crossed!

Have had the pleasure of purchasing things from Dopy25 several times. Always been a great experience.

Purchased a slew of DS/3DS cases and manuals. Everything was packed nicely and shipped promptly. Thanks!

It says it's fully updated. OS version is 20220415.13941 Build P#1492. Bios is 1.0.24. Wondering if I should try rolling it back again?

I picked up one of the $99.99 Gamestop VCSess, along with the ram and ssd that ETA Prime suggested. Then I let it all sit unopened until yesterday. (I can't be the only one that wants something until he has it and then other things become more important...can I?) Yesterday I installed everything, did the bios rollback (thanks to the guide in post 474 on page 14 of that other thread), and things seemed alright except...I couldn't get the system to pair with a Series X controller. Bluettooth is on, that stupid symbol is mockingly blinking in the lower left corner of the screen. I tried plugging it in via USB on the front of the unit and there'd be a message stating a controller was plugged in, but no matter how many times I pressed any and all of the buttons nothing would happen. After futzing around with it a bit, I plugged it in to one of the rear USBs, and then it worked! Only so long as it was plugged in. So then I was trying to check out the VCS vault. I spent several minutes trying to figure out how to access the games. I'd click on the vault and I'd get a screen that said Atari VCS Vault, rating, compatibility, and an update button. Click the update button and a "waiting to download" progress bar would appear...and nothing happens after that. I turned it off for the night, and went back to it this morning. Now it's telling me that it can't connect to my wifi. Ok, I'll plug in an ethernet cord. It says it's connected but when I click on the vault I'm still met with nothing to do except press the update button, which again gives me the waiting for download bar that doesnt do anything for about 20 minutes and then goes back to nothing but the Update button (and now a rate button). Oh, and the USB keyboard I had plugged into the other front USB stopped working until I plugged it into the other rear USB port. I've tried power cycling, reinserting the OG ram, checking the wifi wire connections (which I never disconnected in the first place, I just removed the wifi card while upgrading the internals and plugged it back in when finished- and it was connecting to wifi and the atari controller fine after that) and the few other suggestions an hour of googling offered. Anyone have any fresh ideas? Are the servers down? Do I need to buy a t-shirt that says I bought an Atari VCS 800 and all I got were two controllers I wasn't much interested in anyway?

Sure it does, in the context of both it and the post stupus was replying to. Someone was confused why a years old thread was bumped- not understanding that even though the thread was old it was updated with new content, which is what stupus explained. I wasn’t saying you posted multiple threads or wtb posts. I was asking if things changed around here because people these days often post multiple sales threads as well as WTB ones.

I thought multiple threads (and posting WTB) was frowned on, did the community change its mind or moderators don’t care anymore? Also, uh, bump!

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OMFG WHY DIDNT WE THINK OF THAT?!!!

I've a friend that's obsessed wtih Donkey Kong and wants to play an old port with all four levels. He bought a Colecovision not understanding that he'd need an Adam to play the "real" Donkey Kong on that. So I'm looking for a cheap 8bit for him. Doesn't have to be pretty, doesn't have to be able to do anything more than run the DK cart. Thanks!

thanks!

I don't know how deep your nerd goes but do you know that most of time, unless your tv is trash, you'll get a better picture out of a laserdisc's composite signal than an s-video?

Guess I’m out of the running. Congrats to whoever lands the Mister!

Theoretically, I could mail you my system, you mail yours to him, he mails me the Mister. I’d be willing to do it in that order so that I take on all risk of getting screwed. Whatcha think Zeppo?

Nerds gunna nerd. Our motivations are beyond explanation and judgment.

Is that the real reason why you’re ditching your Mister? Because it’s white?

Not to hijack the thread (but hey, free bump), but what games for 3do? Not asking prices, just curious what ya got.

I have a white Mega SG in the box with the master system, game gear, my card, and mark iii adapters…

Glad $3000 wouldn’t affect my marriage.

ETAPrime has a good video for upgrading, and includes the password.

It is, but you go ahead keep thinking it. No harm in it.

Or, GameStop has no intention of ever stocking a money loser like the VCS again, but as a favor to Atari raised the price back up so other retailers don’t look silly asking $400 for an item GameStop has listed for $100. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t really think that’s the case, but it’s far more realistic than the expectation of a slim model or VCS 2.