Spikes Peak/Ghost Manor Problem

[Atari-Jess]

I own a 6 and 4 flippy VCS and a 7800 to test this out but, it the SP/GM xonox cart

doesn't seem to work on a 6 flippy machine

can anyone else verify this or what?

[Mindfield]

I can only verify that it worked on the Coleco Gemini and the 4 switch "darth vader" model. Never had a heavy sixer, unfortunately... but I can't see any reason that it shouldn't work. The circuitry isn't really that different -- the chips are the same, anyway.

[Genki]

To answer that one, I pulled out as many variations of 2600 I have: original heavy 6 switcher with no channel selection switch, Sears heavy 6 switch, later Atari model 6 switch, later Sears 6 switch, 4 switch woodgrain, 4 switch Darth Vader, jr with wide rainbow, jr with narrow rainbow, Gemini, and the Expansion adapter. Also in Atari 7800 with expansion port pads but no pins.

 

Ghost Manor and Spike Peak works OK in all of them. My only thought would be some of your 2600 system has dirty connector.

[Lemmi]

Cool your calling the 4 switch the "Darth

Vader" model

i just tried my SP/GM cart on my 6 switch and it worked

[Ze_ro]

This cartridge (both ends) works fine on my heavy sixer... this topic came up before though, so there's a chance that there are some 6-switch models that (for some unknown reason) won't play this game.

 

--Zero

[Ze_ro]

Well damn, you're right... Ghost Manor actually doesn't work properly on my heavy sixer. If you keep playing, the game resets as soon as you beat the ghost tag game. I tried plugging it into my 2600 Jr and it works perfectly

 

I guess I should have tried playing through the whole game before I claimed it worked properly...

 

--Zero

[Atari-Jess]

See?? now, only to find out just WHY it does it.

[Scott Stilphen]

There's a few games that don't work with the original-model 2600. Why? Don't know, but obviously something was changed in the later revisions since it's not 100% compatible.

[Ze_ro]

To the rest of you who said it worked properly: Did you play it past the first level? I'd like to know if there's actually heavy sixers or Ghost Manor's that work together...

 

My heavy sixer has the serial # 51074G, and it definitely doesn't work.

 

--Zero

[Lemmi]

I dont have my 6 switch out at this time i use my 7800 , but when i first got the game back in the 80's all i had was the 6 switch and me and my friends played Ghost manor all day and night at times

 

ill look at my serial # a bit later when i dig it out