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Absolute & Activision: Atari Style
The Absolute and Activision carts always bothered me. Activsion carts for the 2600 always invoked a feeling of quality, but for the 7800 they just felt cheap to me. They don't even fit well into the...
View ArticleProject: advanced internal IDE adapter with opt. TOS upgrade/switch
Features: reliable work with new Compact Flash cards very fast - up to 3MB/sec reading possible - fastest seen on ST(E) TOS 1.04 - 2.06 for ST machines. 2.06/1.62 switchable for...
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Dead Gebelli Firebird cart help
I recently bought a Gabelli firebird cart with no label. Unfortunately the cart does not work even after cleaning. The prom inside is marked D2732A-4 Would a 27c32 eprom be a suitable swap so I can...
View ArticleBuilding PAL 5200 from XL?
Hi fellows, I have a spare 800 XL PAL board around. Yesterday I thought: "Hey, what if you mod this into a PAL 5200?" Probably it's a dumb idea, as the software for the 5200 is written for NTSC. Also,...
View ArticleThe NEW High Score Club 1.16 ~ Burgertime
Week 16 Burgertime DO NOT POST ANY SCORES UNTIL MONDAY Build beautiful burgers by dropping buns and patties onto a plate. Dodge horrible hot dog. Defy brawling bread sticks. Pepper enormous eggs and...
View ArticleShamen Demo (Move any Mountain)
Bit of a long shot but here goes. Many years ago a friend and I did an ST Demo that basically did a fairly crap slide show of some digitised images but its main feature was that it played a remixed...
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Picked up some some V-Case carts
Hey, so I'm waiting on the V-Case guru, Nofrills to get back to me, I thought I'd post a few pictures of the games I picked up today: Base Attack Car Enduro Sea Guesting Reever Raid Football Spider...
View ArticleWhite flicker w/7800 - Remedies?
With my new apartment, I got a new flatscreen TV and just recently hooked up my Atari 7800. Unfortunately, it was hard to play because the game screen was blocked by snow and static. I remedied this...
View ArticleSecret Atari DRAM Resale Operation Revealed by FBI
Remember the DRAM shortage of the late 80s when the US government worked with the Japanese government to limit DRAM imports to help protect American semiconductor manufacturers? Website:...
View ArticleWhat kind of wire to do A/V mod in the 7800?
I got the 2600/7800 A/V mod kit from Vintage Gaming and More, followed the instructions to the letter, and...got no video signal. Audio works, but not video...and I really think the wire connecting the...
View ArticleHow much can i get for my loose Bumper Bash?
Im asking because i search on ebay and no results was found, so I think this is harder than before to get this game...
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Microscreen Art Restoration
Hi Everyone, This topic is for restoring old microscreen images that were featured in Antic magazine, but whose original picture files have since been lost. For each microscreen, I will upload a...
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A8 PAL 'Blending' Bitmap Brothers
Hi. As I was saying on the Progarmming Forum it sure can be an A8 version of Xenon or something like around the same type... PAL Blending cannot be all those changes scan by scanline. You can even have...
View ArticleMoody drive 1050 (stock) always read but write only after warmed up
Hi everyone. I got myself a stock 1050 drive some weeks ago and played with it for the first time this weekend. While testing, I noticed some strange behaviour. I always have to allow the drive to read...
View ArticleSuperquerg vs Colossus Chess 4.0
Time ago I made a program to make play Superquerg vs Colossus Chess 4.0. The idea was to do a Blitz, but finally I got only one game:...
View ArticleAt what point do you become a serious 2600 collector?
Is it when you have the comics (Yar's, Bezerk, Defender, etc...)? Is it when you keep a spreadsheet to remember what games you own? I am just a person who has built this thing, but no one in my life...
View ArticleWhat should I do with a dead cart?
Hey guys, I have a game called 'Combat', which I am sure everyone has... Anyways, I know it's not rare at all because I always see copies of it at Tradeposts and Game stores. I have always been the...
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Altirra 2.20 released
Finally got around to releasing version 2.20 of my emulator, Altirra. Link to download and full changelist: http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html Some highlights:Hardware support: MyIDE II and...
View ArticleThe UK home computer market (circa 1983)
Linky only http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/03/charted_1983_home_computer_sales_in_uk/ Interesting that the Speccy pipped the c64 to top spot on some occasions and also the BBC series did as well...
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