Cleaning an Atari 800 - best products in US?
Picked up an Atari 800 at a yard sale yesterday. Full 48K and works great, but damn is it dirty! Does NOT need a retrobrite, it is not discolored, but it look like it spend 20 years in someone's...
View ArticleHow many 4 player games?
All I can think of is Warlords.  Are there any other out there (retail or not)? Hopefully I can get a consolidated and updated list going here. 4-Player Simultaneous Warlords Medieval Mayhem Video...
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Aspeqt on OS X
Hi, I just received a SIO2USB/1050USB cable and tried to compile Aspeqt for OS X (10.8.4). I installed Qt 4.8.2 and XCode. I got to run qmake with qmake -spec macx-g++ aspeqt.pro but make broke off...
View ArticleMake your 1050 produce less heat
Hello guys (m/f) Atreju found some nice replacements for the good old 7805 and 7812, resulting in the 1050 using 25% less power and creating a lot less heat.  I've translated the article, you can find...
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Do all Sega 8-bit carts have this stamped on the back?
I picked up this cart and I didn't recall seeing it before, and I'm betting it is on every cart, but it's neat anyway. Kinda makes me want to put paper over it and scribble out the pattern. ian
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HSC10 Round 11: FireFleet & Fire Chief
Fight Fire with Fire it's two of the best games from English Software Co. FireFleet & Fire Chief both games full HSC points. Firefleet can be very tricky will take a lot of goes - orhp can you...
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GUICH DOS, anybody heard of it?
I got this from a former developer a while back, did some looking around and haven't come up with much on it. Any ideas? ATM, my SIO2PC is down due to lack of a real serial port. I hope to have a...
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Nice storage bins on sale
Periodically people will post queries asking "What do you store your Atari cartridges in?". I use these small bins from The Container Store.  I just received a mailer about their 35th anniversary sale...
View ArticleAtari 7800 just crapped out
So, for the first time in a long time, I just decided to hook up my Atari 7800.  When I hit the power button the initial time the power light came on for about 1 second, and then the whole unit shut...
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Is this Shamus Cartridge real or a fake?
Is this a real Shamus cartridge? So far I have only seen the ones in red translucent plastic like this but the label on this one looks the same.
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XF551 power supply circuit revisited
For the sake of authenticity, I am considering implementing the Atari XF551 power supply circuit on my clone board.  That way one can use the original brick power supply.  I know I said I would not...
View ArticleWas Baseball a Sears exclusive?
I was thinking that Atari had released Baseball as they did Football but don't see it. Sears baseball isn't the same as Realsports Baseball?
View ArticleDoes the hero in Berzerk have a name?
I was looking at the Atari Smash Bros thead and wanted to add the hero from Berzerk but didn't know his name. Was he named in Berzerk or in Frenzy? I know the enemy is Evil Otto.
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One Sears light sixer got across the pond
The more I get involved on AtariAge (on the forums, that's all) the more I get interested in the good old VCS. Nothing new here, I was interested before, but... The VCS is an old system and never...
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The curious case of the 16mhz 68000......
A longggggggggggg time ago I picked up a Mega STE for a pretty low price, about 70 bucks, unfortunately it was faulty as it was stuck in mono mode (and attaching a TV or Atari SC1224 made no...
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Where can I find the latest version of Elite WIP for A8?
I seem to remember someone was converting Elite to the A8 (maybe even more than one person) but I don't know where to get the latest version of this project(s). Anybody care to give me a link? Elite is...
View Article"Please Don't Break My Atari" by Weird Paul Petroskey
Funny music video and song from Pittsburgh lo-fi extraordinaire Weird Paul Petroskey, way back in 2000.
View ArticleUnreleased Games need info?
I was thinking about buying few of these just not sure if there worth it? I cant find any info or any good pics. Wisconson Political 2-Pack: MacIver and Balloon Protest Swordfight StripOff! Shield...
View ArticleAtari memories from the past
I loaded a few old Atari pics from my hay day into my Google + account. https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/108120967529688951081/albums/5896612055656957329 In 2003 I had a chance to be in the...
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Atari 800 sticky Atari key
When pulling my 800 from storage I found the Atari (Fuji) key to be sticky. I can't really remember but maybe it was a bit "weak" already 30 years ago.... Sometimes it just sticks in the depressed...
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