ehoofprint Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 What is the difference between the 6 switch and the 4 switch? Which one is better? Do they have all the same games? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 See here: http://www.atariage.com/2600/archives/consoles.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Two switches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepesc Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 WELCOME! Never mind the local riff-raff. There is no real functional difference between the 4-switch and 6-switch. Both play the same games and the 4-switch still has the same 6 switches, 2 of them were just moved. Most people agree though, that the early 6-switchers with the extra shielding (heavy sixer) put out better color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mental Vortex Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Most people agree though, that the early 6-switchers with the extra shielding (heavy sixer) put out better color. 841332[/snapback] How is it compared to the 7800 when playing the same games? Is it that much better, if at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepesc Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Don't know. I never played a 7800 or a heavy. I'm just repeating what I heard, like a parrot WARK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Actually I have a heavy sixer, and the colors do seem a bit more vivid than the later 2600s and the 7800. It's a really minor issue, though. Unless you were really paying attention, you might not even notice. I used a 4 switch for years. The main thing is making sure you have good quality hookups etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 For some reason, River Raid II does not work on 6 switch atari's. I don't know why, no one does. To boggle your mind more, I got the HES River Raid II (Its PAL) and that RRII works perfect on my big sexy (I have a TV that can play both). Why this happens, no one knows. But, to answer your question, yes, the big sexy has a better quality picture to it. However, nothing beats out my Audio/Video mod for my Atari 4 switch, and when I get my Atari 7800, I am going to try to use the same resistors on the 7800 to see if it works like that as well. I sure hope so, I'd love to get my 7800 working perfectly with A/V... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsoper Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 I always thought the 7800s had dim color on 2600 games. It seems like a engineering decision to keep the 2600 chroma from interfering with the 7800 chroma signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 For some reason, River Raid II does not work on 6 switch atari's Really? Never heard of that before. I have RR2 and it works fine on my heavy sixer! I wonder why it would work on my 'sixer and not on every one elses? Weird. Devil's magic most likely... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 For some reason, River Raid II does not work on 6 switch atari's Really? Never heard of that before. I have RR2 and it works fine on my heavy sixer! I wonder why it would work on my 'sixer and not on every one elses? Weird. Devil's magic most likely... 841495[/snapback] Many people tell you that it doesn't work on the heavy six. for some reason, it always glitches out. Same on light six's. But on a 4, it works perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xot Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 For some reason, River Raid II does not work on 6 switch atari's Really? Never heard of that before. I have RR2 and it works fine on my heavy sixer! I wonder why it would work on my 'sixer and not on every one elses? Weird. Devil's magic most likely... 841495[/snapback] Many people tell you that it doesn't work on the heavy six. for some reason, it always glitches out. Same on light six's. But on a 4, it works perfect. 841549[/snapback] For the record, I played mine for a while on a Sears Heavy 6er and no issues, FWIW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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