2600 Stereo Modification?
I just saw on Medevil Mayhem that it will output stereo sound if used with a 2600 console modified for stereo. I have not yet heard of this modification. Currently I have a 2600 modded to replace the...
View ArticleGalaxian calibration fix
I heard a while ago that the wonky control in Galaxian is due to a case of two swapped pointers somewhere in the machine code. Has there ever been a rom which had this problem fixed? If not, how hard...
View Article1050 not booting
Hi All, i have a problem with one of my 1050s in that it wont boot. here is a scenario: 1) turn on 1050. light turns on, head goes back and forth with activity led on. then activity led goes off (head...
View ArticleWhats the first sign a 5200 cart is "dying"
I have a copy of Centipede that just today started acting strangely. It began playing fine until I shot the first Spider then froze, hen glitched out. I shut off the system and cleaned the cart...
View Article600/800xl keyboard needed
Looking for a replacement keyboard for a 600xl. (Picked it upmoff ebay about 10 years ago as dead unit) finally got round tomlooking at it, managed to fix a few faults and get it to boot and run tests...
View ArticleNEW HSC CLUB CHAMP and announcing Season 2
Lets us all congradulate GORFY For winning the NEW High Score Club Season 1. Much deserved and many years of practice! Here are the final results: Please look for your name in the Medal Bracket...
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HSC10 Round 5: Hard Hat Mack
Stand by for some riviting gameplay and plenty of purile puns no doubt in round 5 of HSC action! Hard Hat Mack and Hard Hat Willie Mack offers Classic platform action over 3 stages and Willie is a fun...
View ArticleIt's finished! My rotary duo mod! See the facebook photos here..
At last it's done. Firstly thanks to Sh3 for donating the incremental encoder. I found a knob with a red blob to match the buttons and it has a grip on the edge which is handy. I have used the black...
View ArticleCan the Flashback 2 work with Harmony software hack/update
There is quite a long thread regarding an Atari 2600 clone been crowded funded and imho I think it would need some form of harmony support. At the moment the Flashback 2/2+ which contain the 2600 on a...
View ArticleAirball... never released, but reviewed. Anyone know any details?
Copied from nesworld.com: Airball (Tengen) "It's a new fantasy adventure game where you are turned into a pink bubble gum-like ball by an evil wizard. Find your way through 250 rooms of the mansion in...
View ArticleA slow year
all sold out, anyone here buy the $500 version? http://www.opentexture.com/products/aslowyear/limitededition.aspx
View ArticleSpartaDOS X 'distros'
I think FlashJazzCat runs the 'http://www.atari8.co.uk' "A8" website? I wonder if he could explain to me the differences between the version of SDX446 that comes from the official website - with a SIDE...
View ArticleMega ST2 Bombs when powered on
I have an old ST2 that bombs out when powered on. Most of the time its 3 bombs, sometimes 2, then sometimes looks like the bombs never end.. Ive reseated everything, from TOS to video shifter, every...
View ArticleAtari 800 Screw Help
Hopefully someone can help me out with a picture or something. The five screws that go into the Atari 800 from the bottom. Two of them are not like the others, but I don't know what they look like and...
View ArticleCouple Atari items I have questions on?
So rummaging through the stash in the basement I re-discovered 2 items. A Sealed/Shrinked ICD US Doubler package. Boxed Atari 400 Keyboard. Now the keyboard isn't the membrane, but the other one with...
View ArticleSome Questions You'd Love To Answer About R10s.
Hello Atariage, So here's the deal, I want to gage opinions on the matter of Rarity 10 (or Unbelieveably Rare) 2600 titles. 1. First of all, how many copies do YOU think exist of the following games,...
View ArticleLight 6er BLUE switch PCB
Having opened a couple hundred Light 6ers over the years, my wife and I were shocked to see a blue switch PCB inside of one today. I looked around and did a few searches but didn't see any threads...
View ArticleGray cartridge list
Has anyone ever figured exactly how many A8 carts were rereleased in the gray XEGS shell? I'm starting to collect these and I'd like to know how many games were released like this aside from the unique...
View ArticleCurrent draw of XEGS?
Just a little question here, does anyone know how much current the XEGS typically draws?
View Articlecopying 2 sides to xf551
hello, first time a want try copy A and B side of diskette to one xf551 diskette.. how do that.. normally i making copy with q-meg..
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