Cartridge Read Errors

[XeniaXMD]

So I found an Atari in my grandparents basement (along with a Coleco Telstar) and I decided to hook them up. The Coleco is perfect so I'm not worried about the cord to the TV.

I hooked up the Atari and without a cartridge it's a solid black screen. When I put in a cartridge I get a distorted image. I used rubbing alcohol to clean both the cartridge and the slot and used pressurised air to clean it all out and the same thing. Today I got a 2nd game just to make sure it wasn't the cart and I got the same result.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

 

Images of Screen and System

[BONEMAN]

It looks like you tested it with Pitfall. What was the second game? Activision games are the most problematic games.

[The Strangest]

I find I get the best fit and read from Atari’s games and the worst from Activision as mentioned above. Try a cartridge or two from Atari if you haven’t already.