Outlaw

[0078265317]

The outlaw I got off ebay is not working. Text label. The problem is the cart has the cart has the cover thing on the bottom hiding the contacts so I can't clean them. And I can't remove it without breaking the cart.

 

[Fixitguy74]

Take a small flat blade screw driver and gently insert it in one of the slots on the dust cover then push the cover back.

[Mxyzptlk]

What Fixitguy said.

[0078265317]

Ok, so I was finally able to peek inside the cart bottom contacts. Looks like one of the gold things if all rubbed off.

[Mxyzptlk]

Ok, so I was finally able to peek inside the cart bottom contacts. Looks like one of the gold things if all rubbed off.

To be honest, I have never seen that on any of my carts. before, and I have owned and still own hundreds of 'em. I would guess someone like CPUWIZ or Bennybingo or Ax have an idea on how to help this problem. Or you could tell the guy that you bought it from that it does not work and get a refund or an exchange. Good luck. Edited February 1, 2013 by Mxyzptlk

[0078265317]

It was ebay and I got a good deal. $9.43 for 9 carts. So it's not worth complaining. All the rest work.

[karokoenig]

You sure it's really rubbed off, or just extremely dirty/oxidized?

[0078265317]

Its white. There is no gold there.

[karokoenig]

Got ya. Well, then I would say that Outlaw, being as common and worthless as it is, is the perfect playground to practice your soldering skills.

 

Edit: there are quite a few games out there which don't HAVE all the contacts in the first place. I don't have an Outlaw cart, so I can't verify if it's the case for this game. The screenvideo you put up actually just looks like a bit of bad contact. If one would be completely missing, I doubt the game would respond at all. May be wrong there, though.

Edited February 1, 2013 by karokoenig

[dave01253]

could this be a pal/ntsc issue?

[rolandg]

Hi, just joined :-)

 

 

I too have a non working Outlaw cart - PAL version. It has a missing gold contact - but I'm sure its supposed to be like that as its pin 20 which is address line 11 (A11). Outlaw is only a 2K game and A11 is not needed 2K games. My COMBAT cart is the same (well actually the bottom of the contact is there - but it clearly doesn't join up to anything in the cart).

 

 

I've rom dumped the cartridge and tried in in Stella. There is clearly Outlaw on it - though its corrupt and doesn't play properly. My 2600 won't even display a picture from it. Unlikely as it seems this cart seems to have a bad rom - but I may yet take it apart for a proper clean.

 

 

Roland.

[0078265317]

Thanks for the reply but I gave my copy to the.golden.axe. So I can't do any further testing.

[Dauber]

Waitaminit, I agree with dave01253 -- in the video, it looks like the game actually works fine, but the "televators" tell me that you have an NTSC TV but a PAL cartridge or vice versa. I know from my Amiga days that if you try to display PAL on an NTSC screen, your vertical hold goes outta whack. Same thing happened when I unwittingly bought a PAL Pitfall 2.

[+atari2600land]

I have two NTSC carts that roll on my older TV like it was a PAL cart.

[0078265317]

I got it off ebay. It was a lot of 9 carts. All worked except the outlaw. So all others have to be ntsc. Weird that its a pal outlaw if all the rest are ntsc. My tv is NTSC. And I'm from IUSA. Not europe.

[rolandg]

Atari branded PAL cartridges are usually marked as such. Text label ones have a part code which ends in P eg CX-2605-P. Picture ones have a P on the end label after the title.

 

Roland.

[0078265317]

Taken from the ebay auction page. I never realized. It probably is a pal. Hence the "-p" in the middle

 

 

 

 

[Frostbite Bailey]

Yes, it is a PAL cart, henceforth the rolling screen which is an easy fix:)

[0078265317]

Yes, it is a PAL cart, henceforth the rolling screen which is an easy fix:)

 

Easy how?? y getting a pal 2600 and pal tv??