Good choice for a "Screensaver" cart

[Pioneer4x4]

I still have one of those! Mechanical tuning and all! It's sitting in my kitchen, all dark and lonesome, not having been used since the transition since I don't have it hooked up to cable. Poor thing. Guess I'll have to hook a VCS up to it and make it feel better. lol

 

-tet

Getting way off topic now, but it is my thread, I the Salvation Army they had a TV for blind people, no joke! AM/FM/UHF/VHF, all mechanical dials with braille on the top edge of each dial. No picture tube. It looked like a clock radio with no clock.

[DickNixonArisen]

Does it muffle the dirty channels instead of blurring them?

[+Nathan Strum]

Looks promising, has the bin been released? (bin been) sounds funny...

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/58521-boing2600-update/

[Pioneer4x4]

Looks promising, has the bin been released? (bin been) sounds funny...

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/58521-boing2600-update/

Thanks! I just tested it via RDP, so framerate sucks, I will check it out when I get home tonight.

The flicker version is at least grey, not white background.

[Pioneer4x4]

Does it muffle the dirty channels instead of blurring them?

LOL, That sir, is funny!

[supercat]

Speaking of replacing the TV. Yesterday I stopped in a Salvation Army, and there was TV I thought would be nice to grab. But since there is not analog broadcasting, I couldn't test it! That sucked, I guess I need to bring something that puts out a channel 3 signal to test a TV.

 

As of a few weeks ago, at least in my area, there are still low-power analog broadcasts.

[tetrode kink]

There's always this.

Looks promising, has the bin been released? (bin been) sounds funny...

Yeah, wasn't he that guy that was on that HBO series, "Dream On?" Yeah, I remember now, his name was Brian Binbeen.

 

-tet

[Pioneer4x4]

There's always this.

Looks promising, has the bin been released? (bin been) sounds funny...

Yeah, wasn't he that guy that was on that HBO series, "Dream On?" Yeah, I remember now, his name was Brian Binbeen.

 

-tet

WOW, just WOW

[FLANNERY]

Frogger looks ok as a screensaver but I really like Defender my self. I love the ship flying around and the aliens trying to shoot it. I doesnt look the best but definitely not the worst, and it keeps changing colors which hopefully wont burn a image into your tv.

[tetrode kink]

Looks promising, has the bin been released? (bin been) sounds funny...

Yeah, wasn't he that guy that was on that HBO series, "Dream On?" Yeah, I remember now, his name was Brian Binbeen.

 

-tet

WOW, just WOW

I'm sorry, Pioneer, I'm a little confused. I'm not sure of the exact reason for your exclamation. Was it because:

 

• You were amazed, and couldn't figure out what dark corner of my a** I pulled that from?
  
• You admire my entertainment trivia knowledge?
  
• You were mad at yourself for not thinking of it first?
  
• You love puns (the badder the better), and I just blew your mind?
  
• You cannot stand puns, and you wish I'd just stop hijacking your g**d*mn f***ing thread?
  

Please let me know. I'm anxious to:

 

• Make you laugh some more, or
  
• Not aggravate you more
  

 

 

-tet

[Pioneer4x4]

[*]You love puns (the badder the better), and I just blew your mind?

This one, I am all for the punny comments!

I even googled ben binbeen or whatever his name was!.

I wish there is an Emoticon for lowly shaking head back and forth.

[tetrode kink]

[*]You love puns (the badder the better), and I just blew your mind?

This one, I am all for the punny comments!...

Heh, just remember, by the above you have given your express permission! :emoticon combining with wringing hands: ...

 

That reminds me of a story. A parable, if you like.

 

Disclaimer: The following may include facts not known to be true, assumptions possibly based on gossip, and outright, baldfaced lies. OK, I made the whole thing up. If any of the following is, in fact, true, it is completely coincidental. Also be warned, I shall not be held responsible for your despair, nor any acts you commit immediately thereby, should you read the story to its conclusion. The most sober discretion is advised; continue reading at your own risk.

 

Actor Michael Biehn had been thinking about returning to his family's ancestral city on the Rhine. He had fond memories of trips with his grandfather to the former West German capital as a child, and had been longing to return there.

 

He was living with actress Bonnie Somerville at the time, and their relationship was getting pretty serious. His and Ms. Somerville's careers hadn't exactly been on fire of late, so it didn't take him long to convince her to pick up and move away with him, at least for a while.

 

They decided to ask their mutual friend, another actor, Brian Benben to accompany them. His career was on terminal life-support and he was quite down about it. They thought a change of location might brighten his spirits, so they asked him if he would like to go with them. Brian thought the change of scenery might be nice, and he loved his friends, so he agreed.

 

They traveled to Germany and it didn't take long for Michael and Bonnie to settle in. They bought a tiny eatery together. He always wanted to try his hand at owning a restaurant, so when they passed by the place for sale he couldn't resist. It was so small it didn't even have a full kitchen, but it did have an oven and a restaurant-grade coffee maker, one of those big stainless steel jobs.

 

Bonnie and Michael got the place spiffed up and were open in a few days. Initially they had little more than coffee to offer, so to expand the menu Ms. Somerville decided to bake oleo rolls from her Scottish grandmother's recipe. The rolls were a big word-of-mouth hit. Everyone raved about them, so the couple's simple little shop with coffee and rolls became very popular.

 

Michael and Bonnie's success inspired Brian to start a business of his own. His only real interest, besides acting, was Atari 2600 games. Specifically, he collected pirated 2600 ROMS. He decided to open a store where people could buy them. He had to keep it on the down-low, of course, since Germany was part of the European Union and all its confounded international copyright treaties. So he opened a small, unmarked storefront facing an alley, located coincidentally behind the coffee shop. The store consisted of shelves of little boutique baskets, the kind whose openings were at an angle for easy access. Each basket was labeled with one game title and displayed a pile of memory cards containing the labeled game.

 

OK, it wasn't a business built for growth, but it was something to do. Brian kept tabs on all the Atari fan forums on the internet, and if someone local expressed interest in acquiring a bootleg game he'd discreetly make them aware of his little store.

 

Brian would invite his prospective customer to the coffee shop. If they wanted access to the ROM store they'd have to buy him one of Ms. Somerville's rolls. This rule was strictly enforced, soup-Nazi style: Coffee shop, buy a roll for Brian, access to illicit ROMs.

 

It worked, but as you can guess it wasn't a high-traffic (hence high-profit) concern. Still, Brian was happy. He ran his own business and he could hang out with his friends all day in their coffee shop.

 

One day Brian was expecting a visit from a contact he had made online. The guy wanted a game, and Brian told him the "score." The man came in and immediately spotted Brian. Brian nodded toward the counter and the man went over and bought a roll. The roll smelled so good that he decided to try the roll himself. It was so delicious he bought another and devoured it. He bought a third with the intention of giving it to Brian. He started to walk over, but couldn't resist and started eating the third one as well.

 

He approached Brian and asked if he could go into the ROM room. Brian said no, access would cost him a roll. The man went back to the counter, bought another roll and tried not to eat it, but he couldn't help himself. He begged Brian to give him access to the ROM area, but Brian wasn't having it. Finally Brian ordered the man out of the shop, disgusted that the man obviously wasn't serious about buying a pirated game.

 

Moral: (best when read out loud)

 

 

Don't Bogart Bonnie's bonny buttery buns at Biehn's Bonn bean-Bunn bistro or you'll be banned from Brian Benben's .BIN bin boutique.

 

You were warned.

 

-tet

 

[edit]Added the 'read out loud' suggestion[/edit]

Edited April 11, 2010 by tetrode kink

[Pioneer4x4]

You were warned.

 

-tet

Yes I have .bin warned and I quote myself. (as opposed to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FGk63Fv7t4)

WOW, just WOW

[Video]

I have 4 13" tv's just for Atari. I pick them up whenever I can. I especially like the analog tuner ones that you can fine tune. A must for Atari.

 

Hells yeah. IMO the old POS 13" TV's are the only way to go with classics. And I just love the old analog tuners, those things were built to last forever too

 

There's always this.

That's awesome!

That's cool, why 32 k though? It's a ball rolling around the screen, wouldn't changing banks cause problems for smooth animation?

[Animan]

This could make an interesting programming contest...

[keilbaca]

This could make an interesting programming contest...

 

I like this idea the most. ^_^

[Nukey Shay]

EDIT (wrong page)

Edited April 14, 2010 by Nukey Shay

[Pioneer4x4]

This could make an interesting programming contest...

 

I like this idea the most. ^_^

I guess I should have thought of that! I am very interested in the Batari Basic. I need to make something myself. Too bad the harmony cart, cant cycle carts after a preset time. Ah to dream...

[tremoloman2006]

I wish someone would make a StickyNotes Cart that owners could customize the message at their own leisure. If one existed I'd buy it in a flash!

 

I used to pause Turmoil when the game started with the cool scroll screen. When you pause it on this screen, everything keeps moving but the game remains paused.

[Crimefighter]

Ahem...the extremely obvious choice Star Raiders, after you lose the game. It's the same as the Windows Starfield screensaver.

[Pioneer4x4]

Ahem...the extremely obvious choice Star Raiders, after you lose the game. It's the same as the Windows Starfield screensaver.

OOHHH, I have to LOSE to see it...

Actually I never play it, I always play Phasor Patrol. I'll check it out, thanks!

[Video]

I wish someone would make a StickyNotes Cart that owners could customize the message at their own leisure. If one existed I'd buy it in a flash!

 

I used to pause Turmoil when the game started with the cool scroll screen. When you pause it on this screen, everything keeps moving but the game remains paused.

Heck yeah, I was all excited by the stickey notes cart, and then found out it was only for a preset message (though you get to select it, it's not much use after you get it) If saving is a problem, isn't AA still selling a save card for the 2600? (I don't remember what it saved, High scores or something, but a simple text message should be doable, or maybe it's time for a bigger save cart )

[Pioneer4x4]

Ahem...the extremely obvious choice Star Raiders, after you lose the game. It's the same as the Windows Starfield screensaver.

So far, this is my choice, thanks for the idea!

It is not very interesting, but it is a black background, and the stars are blocky enough to look Atariish. (is that a word yet?, if not it should be)

[littleman jack]

I believe Centipede could work as well. I think it switches between the title screen and a demo, so the field changes.

 

And Desert Falcon does the same.

Edited April 22, 2010 by littleman jack

[Atari2600Lives]

I have always enjoyed Demon Attack as a screen saver when not playing my 2600 or an emulator.