Vintage Video Game Night in Mesa Arizona on FRIDAY night
If anyone is local to Mesa, Arizona we are having a Vintage Video Game this Friday night starting at 6pm. We'll be gaming on dozens of vintage systems including the Atari 1450XL that I built last...
View ArticleLight gun/VBXE/Nintendo Wii
Hi all, Two questions I've been speculating about - as someone not very deeply knowledgable (yet) on the hardware side of things... 1. Does a standard light-gun still work on a VBXE modified machine -...
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SIO2SD
I'm having a hard time getting my SIO2SD to start up I've format the SD card and put the ATARI folder SD card all I get on the LCD screen is a row of squares. can any one help thanks!
View ArticleWhat is type of this Disk Drive?
On this picture: http://www.bovinedawn.com/index.php?showtopic=339&view=findpost&p=3675 Anyone know about this? I newer seen this type and I want add article to atariki.krap.pl - can you help...
View ArticleWhich carts in the store are PAL60?
As at least one of my "modern" (i.e. LCD) TVs freaks out when fed a PAL60 signal via the aerial input (not, when I use my composite modded VCS though), I want to know which homebrew cartridges in the...
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Can no get ATR files to boot , Side 2 + ultimate 1mb
Hi everyone !! Received my side 2 Tested ok Formatted card, all working xex loader working spartados working great But can not run atr files with the button on "UP" i press select and reset , and go to...
View ArticleUridium can be fixed?
Uridium looks quite nice and sounds OK too but has anybody hacked it to double/triple the speed? It's almost there it just needs some hacking to improve it with what we know about getting the most out...
View ArticleGood place to tap +5v power/ground on 800xl?
Hello, I picked up an s-video mod board on ebay that I would like to install in one of my 800xl. The instructions calls for connection to regulated +5 power and ground. Do you guys see any problem...
View ArticleWhich company would have released which homebrew?
Playing Halo 2600, it seem like an Imagic game. Toyshop Trouble IMO is Activision Vault Assault is Data Age Just for fun, pick a homebrew and what company may have released it back in the day based on...
View ArticleDOS 2.5 Enhanced Density Disk Detection
Can any DOS experts explain to me why DOS 2.5 would attempt to access sector 1024 (VTOC2) on a 720 sector disk? We're getting SIO errors following a directory read when 720 sector DOS disks are mounted...
View ArticleBest A8 SD card type interface?
I'm thinking of buying some SD card adaptors for various 8 bits because tapes and disks are so flaky to load 30 years later. I know about ones for other machines but I don't know what emulator file...
View ArticleBest ST Golf Game
Hi All, I've been looking at all the different versions of Leaderboard (there are several on ebay right now) and I was trying to determine which was the "best" not merely the newest. Though I'd be...
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The new Vgdex has save me money!
At the risk of sounding like a fanboy. I went ahead and registered my collection on Vgdex.com it really helped me with registering all my atari games. Not so much with my 5200 collection since I...
View Articlewhat games have incompatibilities
What games have incompatibilities, between different consoles? Such as in Cosmic Ark, on some 2600 machines, the star field is different. I would think it would be any game that uses illegal opcodes....
View ArticleIs the IDE PLUS 2.0 still available (not at Lotharek)
Hi! Yesterday I asked Lotharek if he still offers IDE PLUS 2.0 for sale, but he is only selling SIDE 2. Although I still am thinking of purchasing SIDE 2 (I think this is a very cool device!) , I'm...
View Articlerun address in SDX?
Hi! How do I something like run $4000 on the SDX prompt? Is this possible? Thanks M.
View ArticleMy Top-10 Best Atari 2600 Games You've Never Played
I prepared this for our RetroGamingRoundup podcast - Atar-Rewind segment. Thought I would post it here as well. What do you guys think? Any more to add to this list?...
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another round of "Name that Mod!"
Can anyone ID this mod? I'm assuming it's a homebrew 48K upgrade for the 400 (the jumpers are soldered on the motherboard), can anyone confirm? thanks! Bonus question - if I toss an unmodified 16K card...
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Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator......
Seeing GB's 'Rocketeer' in the Inty forums has made me feel like 'putting right what once went wrong'... Anyway, here's about an hours worth of effort. I'm actually having some fun with this, and a lot...
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