digitalman Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 To make a long story short, I borrowed the RIOT chip from my Atari 2600 (2nd gen wood grain) to test some other equipment. When I put the chip back I put it in the wrong direction (of course this one goes the opposite way of the other chips on the board). I was just getting a scrambled screen. When I realized what I had done I flipped the chip back but was just getting a black screen. However I had the metal casing disassembled and thought maybe the board wasn't grounded or something as the plate on the back of the case seems to make contact with the board. I assembled the metal case and viola! Console was working. I played a few mins of Berserk (my only cart) and thought I was back to normal. I then assembled the entire console and ran one last test. Now I get a very distorted screen, almost like it is zoomed in on the upper left corner. The Berserk cartridge seems to start but as if it is already in a game and the player is constantly shooting. If I plug in my joystick (game port 2) The player acts more erratically. If I start the console with the joystick attached I get nothing. I took everything apart and the conditions remain the same. any thoughts? Is this a bad RIOT chip issue? It's frustrating because it was working. it's like a short or something but the screen is also gone wacky. Any feedback is appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroGamer79 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 I would try with another RIOT and see if it works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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