Hi guys,
I recently got out my old 4-switch Vader that had an old original Cracknell mod in it. It was very overdriven and wavy on modern TV's, so I decided to pull it out and replace it with a simple transistor mod from the RF box wires like this:
http://www.made-by-b...php?f=101&t=842
I think this mod is also on AtariAge somewhere, and someone seems to be selling one on eBay.
http://www.vintagega...-guide-4switch/
It is very similar to the "Easy 7800 mod" here:
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/127926-easier-7800-composite-video-mod/
Even though video is crystal clear, it seems the contrast or brightness is off. If I run Pac-Man, the maze is not yellow, it's brown. The maze background is super-bright blue, instead of darker blue. When I run the game on Stella, it is quite different. The pot inside the 2600 cannot turn the colors anything like that of the emulation.
I hooked up my 2600 Jr. with RF and find that it's a lot brighter, but Pac-Man maze still seems "wrong" colored.
Am I just spoiled by emulation all these years and the Vader won't look as good, or is this just a bad mod since it's based on the existing RF box signal?
I recently got out my old 4-switch Vader that had an old original Cracknell mod in it. It was very overdriven and wavy on modern TV's, so I decided to pull it out and replace it with a simple transistor mod from the RF box wires like this:
http://www.made-by-b...php?f=101&t=842
I think this mod is also on AtariAge somewhere, and someone seems to be selling one on eBay.
http://www.vintagega...-guide-4switch/
It is very similar to the "Easy 7800 mod" here:
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/127926-easier-7800-composite-video-mod/
Even though video is crystal clear, it seems the contrast or brightness is off. If I run Pac-Man, the maze is not yellow, it's brown. The maze background is super-bright blue, instead of darker blue. When I run the game on Stella, it is quite different. The pot inside the 2600 cannot turn the colors anything like that of the emulation.
I hooked up my 2600 Jr. with RF and find that it's a lot brighter, but Pac-Man maze still seems "wrong" colored.
Am I just spoiled by emulation all these years and the Vader won't look as good, or is this just a bad mod since it's based on the existing RF box signal?