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Kung Fu Master PAL vs NTSC Game ID confusion
Hello All - been happily 2600ing for a couple of decades, but a curveball has come my way.... In order to play games as god intended, I disposed of my PAL 2600 and replaced it with an NTSC model. In...
View ArticleOdd video problems on PAL 2600
Hi I recently acquired a PAL light sixer but it wasn't very happy playing along with my TV using RF so I got a composite video mod and fitted it. It's mostly working, it's playable, but I'm getting...
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Flare Technology's design philosohy and the Jaguar
I've been thinking about this on and off for a while, and Crazyace brought it up at one point over at Sega-16, but I don't think it's come up on Atariage. Comments from Jaguar designers/engineers...
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Interview with Kevin MacFarland, author of Assassin
Earlier this year I finally managed to track down Kevin MacFarland, author of the Atari ST BBS door game "Assassin." Thought you guys might enjoy my interview with him. Back then he went by the handle...
View ArticleAtari mode E-Flicker, anyone heard about it
Link only Looks like it's in some A8 format, unfortunately the link in the text after the video clip doesn't seem to work Anyone heard of this, is it some sort of new gfx mode or just some...
View ArticleEagle PCB libraries
Before I go and duplicate effort... Has any built any Atari XL Eagle libraries for their projects that they are willing to share? e.g. PBI extender, ECI extender, SIO socket footprints.
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New Game: Assembloids 2600
Hi everyone, I want to announce a new game in development. Almost done basically (just some dozens of hours of work left . It is a fast paced reaction puzzler in 4k for the wonderful Atari 2600....
View ArticleNew Atari book projects, need your input
I'm starting work on new classic computing books, and would like your input and help. 1. Best of Antic Magazine While I was interviewing Jim Capparell for the Atari podcast (AtariPodcast.com) I got...
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Pot Auto Adjust & Phasing Color Shifts
Building off the cumulative knowledge, experience, and feedback from the community, incorporating both phase shifts and pot shifts and have never taken into consideration before that not only can the...
View ArticleSkateBoardin': TIA bug ?
Hi,PAL SkareBoardin' on PAL 2600 seems to produce TIA bugs depending on the PAL console one uses. With a PAL 2600jr, no bug. With an old UK PAL light sixer, the tubes show corrupted graphics. The color...
View Article"Deathchase XE" game
Hi, I'd like to present you our new game, an entry in ABBUC Software Contest 2013 - Atari XL/XE conversion of the legendary ZX Spectrum title "Deathchase" (1983) by Mervyn Estcourt. After the Great...
View ArticleThe 2013 Atari 2600 collectors Hall of Fame vote
Continuing the tradition, I think the 2013 Hall of Fame vote is due for all collectors of Atari 2600.In Homer's words from the previous year:So for those new to the process here is how it works. You...
View ArticleC16 Plus4 code into A8 and vice-versa
Is it simple and quick to a 6502 coder transfer/run a bitmap mode 4colours static screens and software sprites game between the two machines just changing adresses (the Plus4 with same 64KBs)?
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what's going on with this 520st?
Even without a disk drive hooked up it should display something different than this, correct? Any suggestions? I have a disk drive but I believe the power supply is dead. I don't want to put any...
View ArticleAbout Flashback2's Return To Haunted House
I've read that this game is the exact same game as the Haunted Adventure Boo! hack (http://atariage.com/hack_page.html?SystemID=2600&SoftwareHackID=247). Can anyone confirm if this info is correct?...
View ArticleLawless Legends
I was listening to the Open Apple Podcast and heard about a new game called Lawless Legends. It is being developed for the Apple II and C-64. They have a Github @...
View ArticleNolan, "Nintendo faces path to irrelevance"
As reported by the BBC in the UK, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23995569
View ArticleHigh speed patch for an 800 and mydos?
Greetings, Is there a high speed patch that can be autorun before mydos that will work on an Atari 800? Hipatch does not work with this os, and while Mypicodos works for loading programs, I am unable...
View ArticleST Hard Drive Backups
What are folks using/doing to back up their hard drives?? What I'd like to do is use my UltraSatan as a backup device. I know I could set up a TOS/PC configured card and copy the contents to the card....
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