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SOLD FS - Atari 800 Great Looking and Works Great!!
800_Rocks posted a topic in Buy, Sell, and Trade
SOLD but I have others. PM me for details. I have an Atari 800 for sale 48K. Really good condition. Looks and works great. I’m asking $250 + shipping within the U.S. (which is generally $65). I gave it a nice bath inside and out and lubricated the cartridge door otherwise it was in great condition. I have been using it a lot and have done all testing I know how to do. No discoloration, no cracks, no chips, no major scratches. Keyboard is in great shape, all keys work, no keys sticking or loose. I will include a power supply and BASIC cartridge. We can also talk about other items I have for sale including: 100+ cartridges, books, manuals, joysticks, great working (restored) game paddles and many other items as well. Note: I have sold several 800s in the past few years. I know how to pack them well protected and have never had an issue with breakage on the receiving end.
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Hi, This is a cool project of controlling Atari 2600 Defender game using the hands pose as a virtual joystick The project demonstrate how can we replace the traditional joystick with our hand and fingers The code estimate if the second finger is open or close for simulating “Fire” button , and the directions of the finger In order to simulate : up, down, left and right You can watch the enjoyable result here : https://youtu.be/iQGDvn3bZrI The project is based on OpenCV , Mediapipe and Python Eran
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Hi, This is a cool project of controlling Atari 2600 Defender game using the hands pose as a virtual joystick The project demonstrate how can we replace the traditional joystick with our hand and fingers The code estimate if the second finger is open or close for simulating “Fire” button , and the directions of the finger In order to simulate : up, down, left and right You can watch the enjoyable result here : https://youtu.be/iQGDvn3bZrI The project is based on OpenCV , Mediapipe and Python Eran
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Morning all, poster from Ireland here, TLDR version: I am utterly clueless when it comes to AV hook-ups for the original Odyssey (and also when it comes power networking more generally). Would really appreciate if someone could review my Youtube/Wikipedia research, so I don't destroy a vintage console. The Console: I have an original Magnavox Odyssey (1972) that I picked up from another guy living in Ireland. I don't know much about Magnavox's distribution history (was the idea of PAL consoles even a thing back in 1972? ) but I'm assuming it's a standard NTSC unit that was imported, as there's a sticker on the bottom saying 120V/60Hz. The guy I bought it from just had it out on display, so there's no game power cord or antenna game switch with it, and I'm just trying to figure out what my best options are to power it on (without wearing out the battery compartment), and connecting it to a CRT. Power (Problem): In Ireland, we run the UK-style "Type G" electrical sockets, that output a standard supply of 230 volts AC (frequency 50Hz). I do have a step-down transformer but would prefer not to use it if possible, as it heats up very quickly. So I guess what I'm looking for is a) a modern power supply that can accept an input range of 100-240V, 50/60 HZ), b) that's well suited to the MA1 console, and c) that has those Irish/UK style pins. Like I said, I don't have one of the original power supplies that Magnavox manufactured for the Odyssey (I have been waiting for a few months for one to pop up on eBay with no joy...), but in an earlier thread linked below, @Clong80 notes that the specs on the original power supply are: INPUT 117 VAC 50/60HZ OUTPUT 9 volts 400ma 3.5mm mono headphone jack Tip positive for polarity Power (Solution?) So after a bit of online browsing, I found this website that sells modern power supply adapters for the Atari 2600. The specs on this unit are: 9V DC 1A Tip: 3.5mm jack (Centre tip positive) https://www.retrosales.com.au/collections/atari-power/products/accessory-power-supply-atari-2600-power-supply-adaptor-pack-9v So that will supply more current than the console needs; I know these numbers don't need to match exactly, but is the difference (9V, 1A vs 9V, 400ma) reasonable enough? I'd also need a standard travel adapter to convert the Australian plug to UK pin-style. Found this unit on Amazon ("This Adapter does not convert Voltage. Please make sure your device supports 220-240 Voltage.") Per Jakob Schuler on YouTube, it looks like the Magnavox Odyssey needs a 2.5mm tip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzXlJSa_VP4&t=6m22s), so I found this 3.5mm-to-2.5mm adapter on Amazon AV Hookup: I don't have one of the original antenna game switches with the hanging hooks, but my CRT doesn't accept NTSC RF anyway, so I don't think that would be the best option for me. However, it will accept NTSC through the composite ports. And I have an NTSC RF-to-composite conversion box, which works great either on its own or with composite switches. I've had no luck finding an original MA1 video cable like this one https://atariage.com/forums/uploads/monthly_06_2016/post-32949-0-81329000-1466475134.jpg On the TV end, the little RF adapters are obviously no problem to get from Amazon, but I understand that the other end which connects to the console is proprietary? (I'm not 100% sure about this). End of an entirely-too-long post Would be super grateful if anyone could advise me on 1) whether I've made any huge screw-ups in my choice of power accessories, and 2) how to find a video cable that will connect to the console Many thanks if you stuck through to the end of this post -
I Am a Child from the Dawn of the Video Game Age
GrizzLee posted a topic in Show Us Your Collection!
My Retro/Vintage Gaming Hobby I Am a Child from the Dawn of the Video Game Age Taking a side trip here away from my adventures here. Anyone who knows me personally, can attest that I am somewhat of a geek and so it’s no surprise that I became an mechanical/aerospace engineer by trade. With that stated, I always had an interest in building things and tinkering with electronics, etc.. As I was growing up in the 70's I was fortunate to experience and be able to participate in the dawn of a new era. It all started simple enough with my father coming back from a business trip in Texas one year with one of the first ever digital calculators. I was hooked. I loved the display, the tactile feel of the buttons and the ease of use. I was further inspired when I saw advanced calculators becoming available and even into my high school and college years where I always had to have the latest programmable calculators for my science, math and eventually engineering courses. Now this seems pretty minor in this day and age, but back then, looong before cell phones, home computers, high level object oriented programming languages, etc.. this was an exciting era for me. Read more here... http://rubikonadventures.blogspot.com... A long time friend of mine came by for a visit one day and asked if it was OK to shoot video of my old video game collection and my "man cave" where I hibernate during the winter months when I am not out exploring. Enjoy another facet of my persona here: https://youtu.be/818OZog0Y4I Me Meeting Nolan Bushnell, Founder of Atari and founder of the industry.
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I ended up with my daughter this weekend so she was along for Black Friday this year. My town has several thrift stores including a very large Salvation Army, and some odd pawn shops run by odder characters. I thought lets throw in a dash of Wally World to see if anything was left too, we went around noon this year. Smaller thrift stores were a bust. They usually are here unless you need cheap work clothes or old Nat Geo mags going back to the 70's. Worth a look though. Odd pawn shops were closed for some reason, I like to at least look at their overpriced games on offer. Plus they're the true one stop shop. Porn, guns, videogames, clothes, and you get a hotdog if you buyover $50 ?. Wally World was a bust too except we snagged the last 2 game related ornaments they had there. Sonic for me and Minecraft pig for the daughter was all they had. I figured all Switch and on sale games would be picked over, it was almost noon after all. One plaza over was the giant Salvation Army store. They have old Atari games and cool old electronics in there from time to time. Sure enough, 3 2600 games. They were only a couple dollars. I don't own an old Atari except the Lynx and Jaguar right now but I'll ask my friend if he needs them for his collection. Now one more plaza over is a pet store. Not on my radar at all. Like a Youtube video rabbit hole I ended up in there with my daughter holding a baby guinea pig. The pet store lady trying to sell me all kinds of extras and talking my ear off since the second I walked into the store. We already have 2 so what's 1 more I guess. Plus if I take them and set them on the couch while playing a game, they sit and watch me play. I think they like the colors on the screen. I went looking for cheap games or anything still left to buy on sale, and ended up with another guinea pig. It reminds me of Peter Griffin goes to the store to buy cheese but comes home with a retarded horse instead.
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Hi! I made an Atari adapter for use on my colecovision. Just wired female adapters to a singular male controller cable. It works just fine on my 2600daptor but, I am hesitant to use it on my colecovision console. I just wired all the same wires to the same wires so my thought was both controllers have a common GND and the dpads matched but I can use an Atari stick rather than the colecovision? is this safe? Did I do something silly/not recommended?
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Hi all I have recently finished my Atari Flashback Raspberry Pi conversion. I have based it on the look of the Atari 2600 Vader edition. This is an Atari Flashback 6 with a Raspberry Pi 3b+ inside with Retropie. I removed the Flashback buttons and replaced them with arcade style buttons. I used black snakeskin style vinyl wrap to cover the brown wood effect front panel. I removed the old Joystick ports and added USB ports. I cut a hole in the back to add an HDMI port. Another hole was cut to add a Micro SD card reader so I can easily remove the SD card without opening up the whole case. I wired the Pi board to the power button and a white power LED. Hot glue, super glue and lots of filing was used for the project. The Pi board is currently sitting loose in the case as not a lot of room to bolt it in, but it is very secure as it is. I have converted an Atari Flashback 7800 joystick to work via USB by using a convertor. Also connected, an 8Bitdo wireless controller. Just for effect......I messed around with a couple of "free" retro wallpaper backgrounds and stuck my Flashback in the middle, which came out well.
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Are there any brave souls that use Windows 10 on the Atari VCS that are thinking of using the free upgrade to Windows 11? The only thing that really interests me on it compared to Win 10 is the Amazon Store Apps.
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Hi, Did you ever think that the Atari joystick can be a wireless one ? This video is demo of a project that transforms and original Atari joystick to wireless Joystick The joystick signals are captured using an Adafruit 433 Arduino , with a lipo battery and On/Off switch. The Arduino transmit radio signal for each position of the joystick and for the button as well Another 433 Arduino "listens" to the radio signals , and transfer it a another Arduino micro that simulates signals of a joystick, connected to a raspberry Pi with an Atari emulator This cool and functionality gives us a smooth and fun and modern experience using an original joystick You can watch the video in this link : https://youtu.be/5quNEPNrHyw Enjoy Eran
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----------- EDIT: Thanks for all the sales so far, guys. I'm hoping to move a few more things in larger lots, so for the next while I'm running sale: Spend at least $100 (any combination of games, without shipping) and get 30% off. Any amount over between $100 and $200 gets 40% off. Any amount over $200 gets 50% off!!! e.g. you pick out $210 worth of games. You'll get $30 off for the first $100, $40 for the next $100, and $5 for the final $10, and have to only pay $135! Again, shipping costs are always extra of course. ----------- After a year long hiatus, I'm back to selling off much of my boxed 8-bit collection (as well as some Atari ST, Amiga, and classic PC games). At least the pandemic gave me some time to organize. Instead of listing everything here, I put together a Google Sites page with lots of pictures and suggested prices. https://sites.google.com/view/game-sale-list/home A few things: 1) Prices are in US dollars. They tend to be on the higher side for individual titles, but that's because I take into account the hassle of shipping out individual games. I'm always open to offers, but especially willing to move on price for multiple titles. 2) Shipping is extra. I'm in Canada, so shipping within Canada is preferred and likely cheaper too. Shipping to the US is usually not too bad, but shipping to Europe is expensive - be warned. 3) Payment by Paypal Gift/Friends&Family only please (or, if you're in Canada, e-transfer works too) 4) I will update the site as titles sell. I'll try to answer quickly to questions, but life is busy and it may be a day or so before I can reply. Hopefully less, but just so you know. Thanks for looking. Hoping to find some good new homes for these titles. -
Hi, Did you ever think that the Atari joystick can be a wireless one ? This video is demo of a project that transforms and original Atari joystick to wireless Joystick The joystick signals are captured using an Adafruit 433 Arduino , with a lipo battery and On/Off switch. The Arduino transmit radio signal for each position of the joystick and for the button as well Another 433 Arduino "listens" to the radio signals , and transfer it a another Arduino micro that simulates signals of a joystick, connected to a raspberry Pi with an Atari emulator This cool and functionality gives us a smooth and fun and modern experience using an original joystick You can watch the video in this link : https://youtu.be/5quNEPNrHyw Enjoy Eran
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Hello guys The NOMAM 2021 meeting will be held next weekend, from Friday the 12th at 18:00 until Sunday the 14th at 15:00 of November 2021 at the "Clubraum des Itzehoer Hockey Clubs", Carl-Stein-Straße 32, 25524 Itzehoe, Germany. If you want to attent the meeting, you'll have to either be vaccinated, have had the disease or have been tested and be able to prove that. Maximum attendance is 24 people and you have to announce that you are coming on the ABBUC Forum here. Sincerely Mathy (who unfortunately can't be there this year :-( )
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Hi, I would like to share with you my project of fixing a non working Atari 2600 with a new interesting direction. I brought this Atari 2600 back to life within an Arduino and a Raspberry PI connected to the original board It is based of capturing and replacing the electric signals of the Atari 2600 buttons and Joystick through the Atari board to an Arduino micro, and then the signals are activated by the Raspberry PI and Atari emulator I kept all the changes encapsulated in the original Atari 2600 in order to maintain the external functionality of the buttons and joysticks. Watch the video here : https://youtu.be/EgE_EKp0-gA Cool !! You are most welcome to share it Eran
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On this day in 1992, The DarkForce! BBS went online, using an Atari 1040ST, Megafile 30 Hard drive, an SX212 modem and Michtron BBS software...
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Hi, I would like to share with you my project of fixing a non working Atari 2600 with a new interesting direction. I brought this Atari 2600 back to life within an Arduino and a Raspberry PI connected to the original board It is based of capturing and replacing the electric signals of the Atari 2600 buttons and Joystick through the Atari board to an Arduino micro, and then the signals are activated by the Raspberry PI and Atari emulator I kept all the changes encapsulated in the original Atari 2600 in order to maintain the external functionality of the buttons and joysticks. Watch the video here : https://youtu.be/EgE_EKp0-gA Cool !! You are most welcome to share it Eran
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Hello, good folks with AtariAge! Great forum. Was given a Telstar Alpha; hooked up to a TV using a 75ohm->RCA vid in adaptor. See the game, but it is in recycle/auto mode. None of the controllers do anything. Any advice? Many thanks. HelLenz
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Hi everyone. I'm putting together vintage computer and console related items which I hope to sell. Please click below to see the current items I'm listing. Items For Sale I'll be adding more as I test, and package the items. Thanks, John
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Ok so I have had this multiplayer arcade game around since I was a kid in the 1980 something. But I dont have a place for it and thought it might make some Atari fans out there happy. Its been standing inside all the time and because of this its in very good condition, not much rust, no damage. This was one of the first multiplayer arcade game ever made. I even heard stories that Steve (Woz) Wozniak (at apple) designed some of the games. Breakout. So its a classic. And its really fun to play 4 people all at ones. Everything works, but a bit glitchy as sometimes it starts up fine when connecting the power, other times only the buttons light up. It performs a self-test once in a while and after that it seems to work. A bit of maintance would probably make it work perfectly again. One controller is a bit glitchy, meaning the bar you play with on the screen sometime jumps up when using the contoller wheel but it works to play with anyway. As you see on the video the B&W TV monitor works fine when playing the games. I have started it up several times this year and played it with my son. Its also coin operated. And I will through in a bag of Swedish old Coins together. I am looking for a serious buyer. The game is in Jonkoping, Sweden. Contact me and place a bid. t.spare.jkpg@gmail.com MOV_0299.mp4 IMG_8237.MOV IMG_8236.MOV FullSizeRender.mov IMG_8253.MOV
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Been out of the collecting game for some time and came across a few drawers filled with loose Atari Carts. I still have a working console, but rarely bring it out anymore. So thinking of selling these as a lot. 94 loose carts. All were cleaned, tested and working when they were put away. Asking $600 plus shipping for all. That's just over $6 a cart. You can see what is there and do your own research on going rates. There are quite a few carts that currently go for $10 - $15 and a few higher end titles like H.E.R.O. in the mix to give some wiggle room. Since I have been out of the loop for a while, if you think the asking price is crazy, shoot me a pm with an offer. Worse case, I say no thanks.
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This caught my eye this morning, just going through some fleabay ads. https://www.ebay.com/itm/333882214573?hash=item4dbcee48ad:g:VFoAAOSwJpxgIFAw But wait.. this seller has 2 of these! https://www.ebay.com/itm/334140274403?hash=item4dcc4ff6e3:g:UhQAAOSw6zlgPXud $450,000 each?! Ummm... yeah. Thoughts?
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Here are pictures (and some video) from the VCF Midwest 2021 show. Amis, Paradroyd, and myself were fortunate enough to get to attend this year. Amis was kind enough to setup a message thread at his website (you don't have to create an account to view them): https://southernamis.wixsite.com/website/forum/general-discussions/on-the-ground-at-vcf-mid-west It was a great show and I personally had a wonderful time!
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Hello, I was wondering if their was anyway I could load a .cas file that was converted into a .wav file and play it through a mp3 player to my Atari XE system. I'm fairly new to the retro computer scene and I would like to try playing a few games on it instead of using an emulator. Any help would be much appreciated.
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