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I have my system and stuff here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/227227-my-current-collection/?p=3023499 The system has been a/v modded. Like shown in the picture. It has composite A/V and s-video. I've had no problem with it. I also have an NES controller that has been modified to work on the VCS. Any questions? Suggestions? Threats? Please send them in PM form. What's it worth? I know I know, you can sell it for buku money more if I sell everything individually, but cars don't wait and neither does my meachanic. -
Hello, everyone. I've found myself, more often than not, needing to pull a manual for a VCS game, to read it... After the 4,623,136,126,842nd time of doing so, I thought, "Gee, isn't there an EASIER way to deal with this?" Now, before I start sounding like a fucking Ronco commercial, I'll just get right to the point: I've created an Android App, which I am currently feeding every VCS game manual that I can get my hands on, for the purpose of being able to quickly find the game, flip through it, and read it. This first version of the app, has these features, and a small subset of the total # of games which will be available, when it's finished (I intend to go from A-Z, finding as many, as I can.). You can: * Select the manual from the list * flip through content * pinch-zoom and pan dirt simple. An upcoming release will add the ability to take photos of high-scores to attach to a game, for record-keeping. That'll be about it. There will be no full text search. Why? The manuals are on average 4 to 12 pages long...With an average of 350 words a page, lots of pictures. This isn't an index of law journals, nor is it an engineering cross reference of airplane engine block internals, nor is it even a historical text in the typical sense. I do not see the point, and it would drastically increase the complexity of the program, for no real benefit. What do you need? * An Android tablet. While it will work on phone, it was ultimately designed for a tablet. Feel free to share your experiences anyway, if you only have a phone. * Android 4.0 absolute minimum (Ice Cream Sammich) * 0.1GB of space. The final will need approximately 0.6GB of space. The manuals are stored on device, inside resources, so they do not clutter up your gallery. No on-line connection needed to use the app in its present state. You can get it here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxBzWnEPRL2Hd1FMSWViZF84ZFk Please let me know what you think. This is for my own use, but I always try, even with things for my own use, to apply the same standards as for something I do for commercial work. Since this contains copyrighted material, it will NOT go into the Android Play store, ever. It will be available from a site. Will there be an iOS version? Yes, at some point, BUT, it will require UDID registration, as it will never go into the Apple App store. -Thom
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I recently picked up a 5200 4-port. It's missing several case screws. Can anyone confirm the correct screws used for the case? I think the screws that came with this 5200 are type b #6-20 3/4 sheet metal screws. Is that what it should be or perhaps these were used to replace the original screws that were of a different type? Here's what was in my 5200: It didn't have a power supply, but I found one elsewhere. It's an 11.5v version. I tested it with a multimeter and it's outputting 14.5 volts. From what I've found the voltage regulators in both the case and the switchbox should be capable of handling over 30 volts. Do I have any reason to worry about using the power supply? 3 volts over seems like a big difference, is that typical or should I start looking for another power supply? The traces (or is it the soldermask) on the back side of the board on is wrinkly (see the POKEY to C104 wire image below). Is that normal or is it a sign of something I need to be worried about? It looks like the VCS adapter compatibility mod was applied to this board, but I also see a capacitor between pins 1 and 17 on the POKEY and a wire on the underside between pin 1 of the POKEY and C104. Is this a known mod? Any idea what it's for? Trying to smooth out power to the POKEY perhaps? In the middle of the rat's nest that is the VCS mod, I see a resistor and a capacitor (?) wired in parallel from between the two resistors connecting R11 and C10 as part of the VCS mod. There's also a diode wired to either side of R10. Any idea what they're for? The parts side of the pcb, marked CA018087, has no revision. The solder side, marked C018085 is rev 7. I will probably apply the mod to separate the power from the RF. I was also thinking about doing the mod for composite and/or s-video, but doing that would make the VCS mod pointless, right? If I did the composite/s-video mod I could pull the VCS mod out. If I did that would I need to reconnect pin 24 on the cartridge slot to ground? Thanks for any help/information you can provide. I hope to get this 5200 up and running soon.
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Hi all, I'm soon going to buy a Raspberry Pi 3 and turn it into an Atari 2600 emulation system. I already have a pair of joystick controllers, but I'll need adapters t use them on my system. I already know about the 2600-daptor and 2600-daptor II, I know they work great, and I'm going to get me some of those in the future, once I acquire paddles and driving controllers. But for the time being, I thought two of these might be enough for the time being: http://www.retrousb.com/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=70&osCsid=ebbd334c24342ad9ccbbab011d5b7ad1 These are the RetroUSB adapters, they only work with Joysticks, but that's also all I have right now, and over 90% of the VCS games used Joystick controllers, so I don't think I'll be getting bored anytime soon. Does anyone own one of these? Have you tried them? How good are they (say, compared to other adapters), have you had any issues with them? Do they work fine with Stella?
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This is just an interest check. I have the following modified Atari 7800 system and 16 games. What would they be worth as one lot? Would anyone want to buy these as a lot? If so, how much would one be willing to pay for the following as a bundle? Suggestions? Comments? Asteroids Ballblazer Barnyard Blaster Centipede Dig Dug Donkey Kong Jr. F-18 Hornet Galaga Jinks Joust Karateka Meltdown Ms. Pac-man Robotron 2084 Tower Toppler Xevious I had this system modded for s-video and composite stereo audio. I have the 7800 gamepad. I have the joystick as well.
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Welcome to my Summer Sale! I will be thinning out a few things in my overall collections. *NOTHING RIGHT NOW - SORRY! CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES* (last updated 2-15-2019) I have plenty of positive feedback on eBay and here. Will ship within 48 hours of received/cleared payment. All games, manuals and boxes are clean tested and packaged with care. Any other questions, just ask. PayPal or Cash (if local) only, please. Thanks!
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Hey everybody, I decided, since I was between work contracts, and had a little time after putting the little one to bed, that I wanted to experiment with glitch art in the same vein as the Wallflower experiments made popular on the C64, Atari 8-bit, ZX Spectrum, and other machines, and am deciding to try my hand at it with the VCS. I love the glitch scene (Alva Noto, et al), and wanted to produce something worthy of being part of this subculture. What is it? The goal is to produce a simple art piece, with soundtrack, that evolves organically over time, using purely 6502 code, in essence, producing algorithmic art. It will probably take me a considerable amount of effort to refine the piece, to where I see fit, but I will be posting my progress and code here for all. The current version is attached to this thread. So far, the current challenges revolve around timing and trying to produce stochastic but interesting effects on a system with very little video abstraction, one instruction change can drastically alter the video and sound output, and the RAM is part of the same page as the hardware, so trying not to make state matter so much, much less stomp all over it, is proving to be interesting. Let me know what you think. -Thom transmat-130625.zip
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Hello, everyone! After months in development, I am ready to start a label contest for my Atari 2600 homebrew game, Drive! In this game, you are an explorer with a fancy car who steals a booby-trapped golden idol from a temple, which causes the structure to collapse. You drive down a bridge as it collapses behind you, avoiding obstacles in your path, collecting treasures, and doing everything you can to survive. Download the ROM and try the game for yourself: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/250070-drive/ Screenshots: The setting of the game is something like if Indiana Jones meets flashy red sports cars, and ideally the art would reflect this, but generally you have full creative control! The winner will get: A free copy of the game Your artwork featured on the cartridge label and the front cover of the manual Your name written in the Credits section of the manual For now, I'll set the deadline to June 20th. If necessary, I will extend it. Have fun, and good luck!
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I'm looking for replacement controllers for my 2600 gaming. I have a pair of TG Enjoysticks, which are fantastic but seem to be on the verge of breaking. I would love to get more of the same but I've never seen them anywhere besides the original auction i got them from. Attached photos are some obscure items that appeal to me, in addition to the Enjoysticks. Some items I have for trade might include loose Vectrex stuff, Dreamcast console, Wii console soft modded for emulation, Game Boy games, Sears console, maybe other stuff. Or money.
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Hey all, I've posted about this before and got positive reception, so I'm trying to bring more attention to it. Any feedback is appreciated, although there's not much space left in the ROM for new features. This is an Atari 2600 homebrew game that's been in development for a while, and I believe it's finished now. It's a 4K, single player paddle game with SaveKey/AtariVox support. Plot: In this game, you must use the paddle controllers to steer your car left and right, avoiding obstacles in your path while collecting treasures. When you touch a treasure, you will get 1500 points and it will be added to your collection (the yellow dots on the left side of the status bar). You can have up to 5 treasures in your collection at a time. At any point, you can press the paddle controller's trigger to "burn" a treasure, giving you the energy to jump a short distance over any obstacles in your path. Any treasures you have left when your game ends will grant you an extra 1500 points. The game is won upon reaching 99,999 points. There are different kinds of treasures. Some of them will grant you unique powers: Gold coin: Does not grant any powers, is only worth points. Necklace: Gives you an extra life (the red dots on the right side of the status bar). You can have up to four lives at a time. Jar: Lets you pass through all barriers for a few seconds. Statuette: Lets you jump as much as you want with no penalties for a few seconds. The game will speed up when you get enough points. There will be a transition period where the game stops generating obstacles briefly, and the speed-up will occur while there are no obstacles on the screen. The difficulty switches toggle certain features. I highly recommend setting both to A for the full experience (Note: Stella sets both to B by default): - The left difficulty switch will make obstacles farther apart (B) or closer together (A). - The right difficulty switch turns moving obstacles off (B) or on (A). If the game feels too easy for you, enable Speed Freak mode! Simply press the game select switch at any point. When the title screen's background is red, this mode is enabled. Finally, the most important feature: if you press the paddle trigger while you have no treasures in your collection, you can honk the horn! Wow! As previously mentioned, the SaveKey and AtariVox are fully compatible for saving high scores (although there are no AtariVox speech functions). It saves unique high scores for Normal and Speed Freak modes. If you want to clear your high scores, press the game select and game reset switches at the same time. Drive! v1.4 NTSC.bin Drive! v1.4 PAL.bin Additionaly, here's a possible label I have for now:
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Been looking at ANTIC; how flexible is it - can you race the beam and run code in the vertical blanks? looks like with NTSC the entire screen is refreshed 60 times per second like a 240p signal. Looking at how feasible it would be to port the Virtual World BASIC runtime; I could write something specific to the 8-bit (maybe next) but it would be really cool to be able to cross-compile BASIC games for both systems, and cross-assemble assembly games that use the runtime. EDIT: Is it possible to load a 200 WSYNC loop into a single DLI routine and just draw the screen? Been doing some reading ... http://www.atariarchives.org/dere/chapt05.php Where can I get the source to BasketBall for the 400/800? Preferrably if someone has commented it so I can follow it; this program uses a kernel like the VCS, I will use it as a template.
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I just found this youtube series of videos and I think they're quite interesting. It's from an old VHS, so the quality isn't very good, and I noticed a couple of inaccuracies about how the 6532 is wired to the joystick ports, but it's still very useful for someone learning how the VCS works and how to fix the most common problems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc6CYLFjKoo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eGJdNxFuXw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rxuD4mxBZU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb6FZ8rB5gU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBHKWYJAPyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBVjD84nwNU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLYGMrUJado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvjdP79m4go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD1Ci9L1AuM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdh4vt8UEtI
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The NES version of Pac-Man is good (as I remember it), and this is a neat lil hack to make it stylictically similar to the VCS original. Well isit's like an NES/VCS mashup! http://www.mediafire.com/download/usq9nu6bp4aayjd/
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I recently bought a Hyperkin Retron System to play my Nes collection on, so I didn't have to put more wear and tear on my Nintendo (replacement cart connectors get expensive after awhile! ). I really liked it, its so easy to set up and small enough to take anywhere with a tv, plus it plays my games pretty easily. Well, it got me to thinking, maybe there is a similar system to play Atari 2600 games on? Well, I had no luck finding one , so, I contacted Hyperkin to see if they would consider making one for the Atari Games. They said they would forward my email to their R&D department and look into possibly making one. Long story short, there may be a new system to play your old Atari games on to where you dont have to hack up your old machine to play it on a newer tv. And yes, the original system is still best, (im not selling my sixers, either one) , but if they put out a Retron System to play Atari games on,( for about $20-25 USD) would you buy one?
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I was drawing graphics for the 5200/A8 Popeye Arcade, and I decided to go all out and update the NES and 2600 VCS port with a few tweaks. Here is a little twist on the 2600 Popeye. I don't want to call it "Arcade", because I am sure a better version could be created from scratch. But not a bad version for the time. POPEYE(UpdateBU).BIN
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Is the woodpaneled 4 switch VCS and the Vader compatible?
MemberAtarian posted a topic in Atari 2600
I'm gonna buy a not working wood paneled one for a small amount of money, because it's very rare in my country (Hungary), but you can find a lot of Vaders and Jr.-s. I'm asking you if the case of the Vader and the wood model is the same and could I just put the Vader motherboard into the wood one? -
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My first 2600 homebrew, project "F40", is still unfinished: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/179464-my-2600-racing-game-f40-aka-ferreira-40-kb/ My second 2600 homebrew is just started now: project "LEM". ** About the Project "LEM": ** Changelog/evolution of the project (pre-v0.0.0a): ** Changelog/evolution of v0.0.1a: ** Changelog/evolution of v0.0.2a: ** Changelog/evolution of v0.0.3a: ** Changelog/evolution of v0.0.4a: ** Changelog/evolution of v0.0.5a: Thanks. PS: it's better "in motion" than "in screenshots". It's a nice screensaver too. LEMv005a.bin LEMv005a_src.zip -
Hi! Why is my avatar a fast red European car? It's the main sprite of my first 2600 game. I started a brand new project a few years ago. August 2008 (damn, time flies). Version "0.0.1 alpha" was shown onto Stella Mailing List. Nobody remembers it? A few weeks later (october 2008), version "0.0.2 alpha" was about to be shown. But the project got lost and died. Damn. Sad story. A few years later (march 2011), I'm shameful and proud, because I found it back! Yeah. Not really the whole complete project. Just an old piece of dirty backup bits of the project. It's kind of "v0.0.1.9.9.9 alpha", in fact. Not really the final "v.0.0.2 alpha". A few things are missing (some characters missing from some texts, menu is present but useless, etc). I don't know if the project will live again and continue, or die again. There were nice things in this game; I loved working on it. I don't know if I can finish it and sell it as a homebrew. There is a fat lot of things to do more! (It's not a game today: it's just a WIP/PoC). After a few years (again) and after a few dead harddisks, I found v0.0.2a again (end of 2014). And I made it v0.0.3a after a few weeks of work (february 2015). I hope v0.0.4+ will follow in a few weeks. Note that: - V0.0.3a was not tested on real hardware (v0.0.1a was tested and working on real hardware), but it should run. - V0.0.3a sucks on real TV (CRT or LCD) (because of interlacing problems) but is very nice on emulation screen. "Phosphor off" is better. Later version should fix that. Old "v0.0.1 alpha" text: Old "v0.0.1.9.9 alpha" what's new: New "v0.0.3 alpha" what's new: Thanks. f40v003a.bin f40v003a_src.zip
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Looking for a complete copy (box, manual, instructions) of Stellar Track for the Atari 2600. If you have a copy, please PM me and figure cost plus shipping to 05052-0058. No paypal please. Thank you!
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Hello friends, I am happy to announce that the 11th OFAM - Atari Meeting will take place from 25th September to 27th September 2015 in Germany, 95213 Münchberg, Kirchplatz 7, approximately 35 km away from the Czech border. Would be great to see many of you! http://ofam.de.vu Best regards, Chris
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Hey guys, I am hoping someone can help me out with determining the value of my 2600. I bought an original 1977 Heavy Sixer at an antique mall/flea market type establishment, complete in box with the manual, warranty card, both original joysticks and paddle controllers, and all the cables, except for the switch box to hook it up to a TV. I purchased one of the coaxial adaptors so I could play it. In addition to Combat, it also had Riddle of the Sphinx, Starship and Air-Sea Battle in the box when I got it. I'm considering selling it, and I have no idea what it is actually worth. I would feel like a douche if I overcharged for it (I don't trust ebay prices as a guideline for anything) but I also don't want to give it away for too cheap either. I'm looking to either get a few more NES or Master System games instead, as I don't really care about having Atari hardware. I have an Atari flashback, and I love all the games on it. Any input would be most appreciated. Like I said, I have no idea what a fair asking price would be. Hope you experts can help me out! Thanks guys!!!!
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Combat was the pack-in for the Atari VCS. Did the game come as cart only or was it complete in its own box as if it were a retail release?
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Hey all, This is my first post here on the forums, so hi everybody! I adore classic gaming and I absolutely love my woodgrained six-switcher Atari VCS / 2600 System I bought a while ago. I love it so much in fact that I want to record the game footage off of the console. So I've searched the net and in many video's and topics I came across the word 'VCR' and 'DVD Recorder' so I went watching for one of those things. The thing is though that most of the topics are from overseas (I live in Europe myself, The Netherlands) so some inputs on the backs of the recorders are different. For instance, I don't have to connect a 'F-connector' to connect the output plug of the Atari into the VCR or DVD Recorder. So, in short; I did not find that much info about it in my own region. This is the method I think will work (I'm not into video electronics or anything, so please correct me if I'm wrong - just my intuition speaking here.) DVD/VCR Combo Player (HR-XV28S, Pictures & English Manual attached below). 1. My Atari VCS output plug will be connected to the AERIAL on the DVD/VCR Combo Player. 2. I will then use the RF.OUT to connect it to my ANTENNA IN on my television to see and hear what I'm actually playing. 3. I will then use the DVD/VCR OUT composite signal to connect it to my capture device and hit record on that. So, here are my questions: -Does a VCR/DVD player duplicate the antenna signal to a composite signal? (So that it comes out of RF.OUT and DVD/VCR OUT like I described above, I'm not certain about this.) -if it does, can I use it as a passtrough device (meaning, without recording anything on VHS or DVD-R) and send it directly into my capture device? Or does it need to record on physical media? -If not; does the signal only come out of one of the two outputs? (composite for example; I'm able to split this signal with some cheap AV 1-to-2 Splitters) Is this the correct setup (and way of thinking) for recording an Atari or any other coaxial retro gaming device? I really want to know! I hope you guys can help me with this, I've been struggeling with it for a while now. Thanks! HR-XV28S Manual.pdf
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