cybermarco Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 (edited) Today I got 20 new cartridges. They needed some cleaning, but even after that 8 of them won't work. They all have rolling screens ( see pictures). I tried them on both my 4switch woody as my 6switcher on different channels. All of them are from 1988. Are they not compatible with my older 2600's? For example, the silver lable ms pacman and digdug won't work properly, but older silver labels in my collection with the same games work fine. I've got three Desert Falcons from 1988, but all have the rolling screen!? Edited May 8, 2014 by cybermarco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 You could try with another TV. Desert Falcon is known for having 281 scanlines in NTSC mode. Are you sure your new Dig-Dug / Ms-Pacman aren't PAL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybermarco Posted May 8, 2014 Author Share Posted May 8, 2014 I live in the Netherlands so they are all PAL for as far as I know. I also have a PAL 2600 and tv. I'll try another tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybermarco Posted May 8, 2014 Author Share Posted May 8, 2014 YOU WERE RIGHT! The tv was the problem (sony Trinitron). I tried them on another one and they all worked. Strange that only the newer ones won't work on this tv. Never had the problem with the 70 cartridges I owned already. Now 8 in one lot. Thanx for your help! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah98 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I had a similar problem with a Toshiba TV, but someone on these board posted a solution that worked for me. Turn on the Atari while your TV is on another input, then switch to the correct input while the game is already running. That fixed my interference, static, and black and white picture on my Colecovision, 2600, and. PC Engine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+xucaen Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I got 5 carts today. Starmaster needs some fiddling to make it work. pushing it straight in causes rolling and vertical lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybermarco Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 (edited) I had a similar problem with a Toshiba TV, but someone on these board posted a solution that worked for me. Turn on the Atari while your TV is on another input, then switch to the correct input while the game is already running. That fixed my interference, static, and black and white picture on my Colecovision, 2600, and. PC Engine. Thanx, I'll try that. If it works, it's better than moving around tv's. I like playing on my 'modded' Trinitron :-) Edited May 9, 2014 by cybermarco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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