player 0ne Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 thanks for the links! i look forward to sorting through these files with yall! this is gonna be great! can these files be played into a supercharger? what do you use to convert the file to audio? can i do it in linux? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 "Complete" according to who? Good2600 expects that you include all the garbage (bad dumps, overdumps, duplicates, etc) that RH has been working hard to eliminate from his collection. You'll always fall short according to it (and there's so much misinformation regarding "verified good dumps" that I don't even bother using GoodTools anymore). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 (edited) can these files be played into a supercharger?Provided that they are only 4k or 2k roms, yes (2k roms need to be doubled in size to fill the entire "unbanked" sections of the Supercharger's memory). However, certian games access the "hotspot" addresses that the Supercharger hardware implements to reach beyond the native 4k limit (i.e. for it's own games). Such rom programs would need to be altered to remove these address calls...or the user could "mod" the Supercharger hardware to add a physical "read-only" switch that can be toggled once a romfile has been loaded - virtually making the entire 2k/4k library executable, but there are a handful of exceptions (usually due to "bad" programming) which may not function correctly using the Supercharger hardware whether it was modded or not. Romfiles greater than 4k in size which were not made specifically for the Supercharger are incompatable. However...there was a Supercharger-type product made in Brazil which can also load games that used the "standard" 8k bankswitching method (no added RAM, etc) in addition to all the rest that Arcadia's version can handle. what do you use to convert the file to audio?Bob Colbert's "Makewav" program...to convert a binary rom image into the audio pulses compatable with the Supercharger (which then can be played back using pretty much any audio device that has a headphone jack...or recorded to an actual cassette tape). Keep in mind that if you use a CD-rom burner to create a disc compatable with standard CD players, you are bound to the "99 track limit" present in the CD audio format (i.e. you'd only be able to put 99 games on a single CD audio disc). MP3 players and such have no limits. can i do it in linux? Nick Bensema's page says that you can. Try his files made specifically for Linux:http://www.prismnet.com/~nickb/atari/bin/linuxVCS.zip Edited August 25, 2011 by Nukey Shay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_79 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 can i do it in linux? Nick Bensema's page says that you can. Try his files made specifically for Linux:http://www.prismnet.com/~nickb/atari/bin/linuxVCS.zip I can confirm that Makewav works fine in Linux. I use version 4.2, which you can find here. The zip file contains the dos/windows executable and the source code, so you can compile it in Linux. There's also Playbin: this one will play directly the audio through the soundcard (no wav file is generated) and has a graphical user interface. This is a windows-only application, but you can run it in Linux with wine. The latest version should be the one for the Cuttle Cart, which you can download here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 so does any one have a 100% COMPLETE collection of atari 2600 roms? I know rom hunter is missing a few of them in his latest collection. EDIT: Also nicely sorted and organized? Thanks! You know my collection only contains 1977-1992 ROMs, right? And trust me: a 100% COMPLETE collection of Atari ROMs will NEVER be nicely sorted and organized. It will be complete mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I just appreciate the effort that has already gone into these collections, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
player 0ne Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 thanks for the wav file tips yall. I am looking forward to playing with this when i get one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethaniel Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Sorry to dig this up, but is there any update to the collection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 Sorry to dig this up, but is there any update to the collection? Funny you should ask as i'm just working on an "update pack" for this collection. I plan to post it just in time before Xmas so stay tuned... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snstay Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Funny you should ask as i'm just working on an "update pack" for this collection. I plan to post it just in time before Xmas so stay tuned... Jawsome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stephena Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Funny you should ask as i'm just working on an "update pack" for this collection. I plan to post it just in time before Xmas so stay tuned... Please let me know when you do this release, as I'd like to get the ROM database in Stella updates afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Not sure if I saw all of our AtariAge homebrew in there. here are links to mine: Nitebear on Sleepystreet CandyBar Drunken Pooper Uppa Creek! Cyber Willy M.M.S.B.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 Please let me know when you do this release, as I'd like to get the ROM database in Stella updates afterwards. Sure, i'll let you know when i'm posting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junosix Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 (edited) Happy for you to include my homebrew game from last year, The Wicked Father: https://www.facebook...dfather?fref=ts Edited December 11, 2012 by Junosix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 Not sure if I saw all of our AtariAge homebrew in there. here are links to mine: Nitebear on Sleepystreet CandyBar Drunken Pooper Uppa Creek! Cyber Willy M.M.S.B.C. Yep, this collection is far from complete so there are still many ROMs missing. I already added all of your games but just to be sure - is the final version of Nitebear on Sleepystreet the one in the first post?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Yep, this collection is far from complete so there are still many ROMs missing. I already added all of your games but just to be sure - is the final version of Nitebear on Sleepystreet the one in the first post?? Yeah. A newb mistake. Somehow I confused everyone into thinking the first post didn't contain the final game. It's been haunting me ever since Thanks for adding the games Impaler_26! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 Here's a tiny pack with all the holiday/winter themed roms from my collection, just in time before Xmas. I'll post the update pack next week, i still have to double-check all included roms (~500) and create a text file. 2600 Holiday ROMs.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snstay Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Here's a tiny pack with all the holiday/winter themed roms from my collection, just in time before Xmas. I'll post the update pack next week, i still have to double-check all included roms (~500) and create a text file. 2600 Holiday ROMs.zip Awesome nice work. cant wait to see the rest!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Nice! Thanks for your hard work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junosix Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Great work! Looking forward to the update pack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 Ok, here's the first small update pack with 514 roms. I still have to sort in a lot of roms so i will post a second one around spring 2013. And hopefully i'll get around to relase a completely overhauled V1.3 collection in 2013... Enjoy! 2600 Hacks and Homebrews Update Pack 1.zip 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Good work THANKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snstay Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Good job on pack 1. But wow thats quite a wait for the rest. Did you rename them to give the creator props cuz thats cool. Anyway awesome job! Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 Good job on pack 1. But wow thats quite a wait for the rest. Did you rename them to give the creator props cuz thats cool. Anyway awesome job! Scott Of course i renamed all the roms to give the creators proper credit (except for maybe 6 where i don't know who made them). Digging through a bunch of roms is fun but also quite tiresome so i'll just take a little "time off" before i release the next pack. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Peccin Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 (edited) Excellent collection! I am using it right now to test the various ROM formats for the next release of http://javatari.org So far so good.Thank you! Peccin Edited January 4, 2013 by Paulo Peccin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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