I was playing Missile Command and Phoenix and others.
I was playing Missile Command and Phoenix and other VCS games the other day. But mostly Missile Command. I was testing out a newly made homebrew composite & RF -to- HDMI converter and I observed...
View ArticleCurious about the Atari 5200
Yesterday in the chatroom, a few people peaked my interest in the Atari 5200. I always heard bad things about it (IE: controller easily broken, unit was HUGE, and it didn't really offer much). Needless...
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Commando game schematics for 7800 Anyone?
Hello to all. Have anyone a schematic diagram or pcb photos from Commando game? Thank you Panos.
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Do you prefer PAL or PAL60?
As a North American 2600 developer interested in supporting everyone in their preferred formats, I'm asking those of you in PAL countries who play 2600 homebrews on real hardware: Do you prefer your...
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Cannot get Atari800MacX to work on OS X 10.8.4
Greetings, everyone! I'm having a difficult time getting Atari800MacX to work here on OS X 10.8.4. Is it even possible? I have the necessary ROMs, but they crash on me upon attempting startup....
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Need Help Identifying Atari 400/800 console and game values.
Hello, I recently received these items as part of a Craigslist Deal that I was only interested in for the SNES games that it came with. Atari stuff is not my era so I really have no attatchment to...
View Articlebasic to xex compiler that keeps original basic speed
Hi! If I compile a few of my favorite Basic Games to XEX with the MMG compiler, I get games that run perfect, but far too fast. Ofcourse I could built in slow down routines, but it would be more...
View ArticleWin a free 2600 cartridge!
Win a free atari 2600 cartridge from The I.M.A.G.I.C. arc by naming your favorite pre-crash game for an Atari system (or an atari arcade or standalone,) Winner will be chosen at random!...
View Article28 years later... Finally got my Atari ST!
Hello All, I just found a deal on Craigslist and purchased the following for $75.00: Atari 520STm - Upgraded to 1MB RAM External SF354 Floppy drive SM1224 Monochrome monitor Boxes, manuals, power...
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Atari 800 Cartridge door issue
Hi, Over the weekend I did the peroxide trick to my A800 case. The good news, is that worked. I'll be posing pictures on to that thread. The problem I'm having now is that while cleaning the...
View ArticleJag@Gamescom 2013, Cologne, Germany.
Hi folks, spent my weekend to visit the 2013 Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. Had great fun, met great people and enjoyed playing - among others - TEMPEST 2000 on the Jag in the Retro area. Back home I’ve...
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HSC10 Round 15 Poll
OK one more regular round before the multi game spectacular as my abbuc game is going right to the wire Links etc to follow Download the games from atarionline.pl or your regular atari site!...
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Re-Edition of Elansar CD for PC, Mac, Linux, Atari Falcon
I made an update to my adventure game Elansar, this time as an universal CD version with some new stuff. The CD will contain the version for PC Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Atari Falcon / Firebee The...
View ArticleUsing CD-ROM drives & blitter upgrades on the ST machines?
There are various options for the Amiga world (none particularly cheap though) to use CDs but I wondered which, if any, machines I could use a CD or even DVD-rom drive on and exactly how (SCSI external...
View ArticlePossible Model Number Issue?
I was going through my collection of Atari 5200 games, taking notes on variations in labeling, and I noticed something rather odd. So I visited the handy-dandy AtariAge 5200 database for some...
View ArticleQuestion for Sloopy
Sloopy, As you know it's been a year since I bought Fast Rob's place in line for the VBXE card. You agreed to the transaction, and now a year has passed. I have contacted you in private, in fact I...
View Article800XL problem
I have this 800XL which works perfectly in stock configuration (or at least it does when no PBI device is connected). My first attempt to mod this computer was with a U1MB and it failed. The device...
View ArticleAlpha Data Trackball
Hi All, I've got one of these but the left mouse button, of the track ball cover is messed up....it doesn't depress the actual button. I can depress the actual button, if I remove the cover and depress...
View ArticleAltirra and emulated addons, help.
I am playing around with Altirra and it emulates quite a few of the addons for the 8-bit, U1MB, SIC! flash cartridge and several 1Mbit and 8Mbit cartridges. The problem, how to use them? Anywhere I...
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