Heavy 6-switch with AV mod advice, and a big Hello!

[WakeyTiger]

Hi all, after a few barren years without a 2600, I took the plunge again recently and picked up a heavy 6-switch model, which had the AV modification fitted.

 

I'm not sure if this is a common problem, but a few carts (eg. Asteroids, Space Invaders..) have alignment issues down the left side of the screen. Other games are fine.

 

Is it worth fitting another mod, or is this just something I'll have to live with?

 

This is my first post, so thanks in advance for any help, and it's good to have found this place from Wakefield, UK!

[+Omegamatrix]

The left side of the screen in a lot of Atari games has a long black bar, or sometimes several small dashes that kind of look like a comb. These are caused by the game itself positioning objects on the screen. Unless your TV has a horizontal adjust then there is not too much you can do about it.

 

These bars are always black. Often programmers make the background color of the game black too in order to make them less noticeable.

[WakeyTiger]

Wow, amazing how I never noticed that on my old RF console! I guess I was consciously looking more closely at how the AV mod would affect the graphics and picked up on this.

 

Many thanks for the quick reply and best wishes!

 

Next task is to repair a faulty cx40 which came with it. :-)