Atari 800 XL Power On Problems Help!
Had this atari for a while and always worked fine. Was playing the other day, turned off, came back later. Now it will not turn on. Flipped power switch and nothing. Any ideas?
View ArticleBoing!
In case anyone is interested, I picked up a clean First Star Software Boing! Cart. I also just picked up the manual, making this cart more valuable. I collect 8-bit Atari primarily so let me know (PM)...
View Articleso my girlfriend dropped my 5200
I'm building a game room in my basement and was transporting systems and she drops the 5200. So now the front plate is cracked and comes off...should I dump her or let this one slide?
View ArticleAsteroids video problem
I posted about this before but no one really responded. I have two copies of "Asteroids". This problem occurs with both cartridges in both my regular Atari 2600 and my Atari 2600 Jr. The TV is an...
View Articleburning OS-B on EPROM question
If you decides to burn the OS-B 400/800 OS on a 27128 (16K), does the 10K ROM fit on the first 10K (0000-27FF) or the last 10K (1800-3FFF)? I think the OS resides in the last 16K block of the memory...
View ArticlePOKEY version of Radiohead? Anyone?
Found this today. Some sounds are more NES-style (Triangle bass, ...). However, it seems doable for teh POKEY, doesn't it?
View ArticleAchieveable Achievement
Long story short I got the collecting bug and have been looking for cool games for the 2600 lately. Now to give myself some direction I think I need a goal in mind or else I'll mindlessly buy stuff. So...
View ArticleTempest 2000 Question
So what's the secret for dealing with the pulsars? I can blow through the first 16 or so levels with a whole rack of 1-ups and everything's fine. Spikers? Flippers? No problem. Demon heads? No problem....
View ArticleGameplay sub-forum idea
I have an idea about the creation of a new sub-forum here. It would be a sub-forum geared completely towards the gameplay side of the Jaguar. I've always wanted every game to have it's own *official*...
View ArticleWTB - Braindead 13 & Aircars
I've had this in the Marketplace section for a few weeks and haven't received many contacts so I thought that I would try in the Jaguar-specific forum. I'm looking to complete my pre-JTS collection...
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Interesting Space Invaders Label
Just received a Space Invaders that has a Text 3 style (slanted e) main label but a Text 2 style end label. Havent seen this listed in any variations.
View ArticleText Label Color Variations
Does anyone know if the different text color variations were produced in tandem or did one particular color come first? Black Jack, Brain Games, Flag Capture, Indy 500, Slot Racers, Street Racer are...
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Puzzle Bobble on A8 using PCIN character mode
Was doing some experimenting with the PCIN character mode (Graphics 12 + 10 interlace) and I had an idea ... it might be possible to do a port of Puzzle Bobble / Bust-a-Move (as it's called in Linux...
View ArticleThe NEW HSC 1.2 - Fast Food
There's a celebrity, one who very few know of, or rather of his identity. His name is Mighty Mouth. He's known for appearing in commercials and pictures where all you see are the lips and the mouth...
View Articleideas for $C000-$CFFF
I broke my 400 (again) and have recently fixed it (again). Basically, the symptoms were that BASIC did not work (tried 3 different carts, same problem, everything else worked fine). Anyway, the problem...
View ArticleAtari 850 Interface
Hey got what may be a silly question. I was looking into making an sio2serial interface for my newly accqired 800xl . I happen to have an atari 850 interface. I was wondering if there is anyway to...
View Articlebroken lynx
Hi guys, just wandering if it is possible to turn on a lynx 2 without a cartridge inserted. I have bought a lynx 2 but have no games yet. I have tried to turn it on, but the power light only flickers...
View ArticleSky Diver - perfect score?
Has anyone ever gotten a perfect score of 99 on Sky Diver? Back in the 80's I hot 98 once. But 99 was never meant to be. I started playing it again recently. The best I've been able to get is 93. So...
View ArticleDisplay Problems - any advice gratefully received!
Hi folks, Noob alert - sorry! Well, old noob that is. My folks moved out of the family home a month back and whilst helping clear them out I rescued the old 2600 out of their attic. I've tried...
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