The Atari 2600 VCS Thread

Started by TL, February 20, 2013, 20:48:48 PM

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TrekMD


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JoyFreak

Some impressive videos here. I miss having my atari, they used to be the best times.

TrekMD

Quote from: JoyFreak on June 09, 2020, 11:40:31 AM
Some impressive videos here. I miss having my atari, they used to be the best times.

Glad you enjoyed them.  You can always enjoy the 2600 games via emulation.  Stella is an awesome emulator.

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davyk

Stella is extremely impressive. Get some USB Atari controllers and it becomes hard to justify owning the console. I still have original hardware but for trying out games and sampling homebrew - Stella is where it's at.  It has a superb debug mode too that lets you look under the bonnet. I used it to create 60Hz versions of some PAL games that I play on my woody with a Harmony cartridge. One of the more geeky things I've ever done. :)

TrekMD


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davyk


Repurchased an old friend.  Complete with manual. I think it's the US version which means it will run at full speed on my US woody (have a PAL and a US one - the US one is modded for compsite).But this isn't for playing. I have a Harmony cart with every game ever made.

A special game to me this - especially the 2600 port. Has a pile of memories associated with it.


davyk


Sitting with my Asteroids tat. Badge collection and 2 mugs. The one beside the cartridge changes with heat and shows the box art. :)


TrekMD

That's awesome!  By the way, I sense a theme on that shelf.  ;)  As a fan of Asteroids, you should check out Space Rocks.

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davyk

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Asteroids is one of the few games I'd buy "tat" for. I'm a real sucker for that era of Atari but Asteroids especially so.

Aye - I've messed about with the ROM of Space Rocks but haven't put real gameplay time into it yet. An excellent job.

TrekMD

You should give Space Rocks a chance.  It really is excellent.

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davyk


My favourite home version of Asteroids is still the 7800 port. Nothing comes close.

TrekMD

Oh, that is an awesome version!  I love the cooperative game on it too.

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davyk

Played that 2600 cart I got last week. It's the US version so it runs faster than the PAL version and a lot smoother. Of course the colours are wrong on a PAL machine but with this game it doesn't really matter - multi-coloured Asteroids are "wrong" anyhow!! :)

I have my US 2600 as well with composite mod of course but that's boxed away at the minute - it needs some work to separate the audio and visual wires which need proper shielding as the picture - while very clear - gets interference when there is a sound made. The 2 wires are very thin and are wound together - so they need unsolderd and separated with some shielding (or maybe upgraded to thicker wire). I'll wait to my local electronics repair shop opens according to lockdown rules. I still need to teach myself some basic soldering.

The cart is back in its box though. I have the ROM and PAL60 version on my Harmony cart. But I like having the cart.

TrekMD

Very cool that you got the cart.  It's a fun game. 

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TrekMD

Another one of those top 10 lists.  Pretty good choices on this one, though his comment about ET is


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