Illtiger1

September 22

very cool

September 21

Hey Spear, sorry to hear about that. Hope everything is ok and works out. Wishing you the best during a difficult time.

August 24

2 hours ago, wolfy62 said:

Do me a favor,take out the heaviest item in the box!

I gotta ship it to Canada a couple people from now.😄

Hahaha, well, it'll be up to First Spear then. It's packed and I'm shipping it out today! Highly recommend X-Ray and Dilligas for those who haven't played. I'm not very good, but I couldn't stop playing.

August 24

X-Ray and Dilligas are both very addictive for sure.

August 21

I found that the thumb stick option is the best by far. The disc option that is provided out of the box can be difficult for some games that require quick, precision movements (BurgerTime for example), however, after switching it out for the thumbstick I had a much better experience. Overlays don't completely fit into the slot (the top of the overlay sticks out), but that's a minor quibble that does not affect the gameplay.

August 14

Busy summer. Will look to ship it out next week when I return from vacation.

June 14

DK3 is super underrated. Fun game. Is the NES port the only console version? It's the only one I can recall.

June 8

List as of Dec 16 2022

US:
1. ~~Humblejack (completed)~~

~~2. JoeM Intellivision (in posession)~~

~~3. cvga (next)~~

4. zendocon

5. Illtiger1

6. First Spear

7. Colormesticky

8. Wolfy62

Canada:

9. rietveld

10. mr intv

US:
11.Tlinder

12. Psycho Strormtrooper

13. Coleco Gamer

14. ???

June 8

I'm next on the list, but haven't been contacted by Zendocon yet for my address.

May 11

On 5/9/2023 at 5:44 AM, zylon said:

that looks like "dirty channel switch" snow

I cleaned everything that connects or comes from the TV with 91% alcohol and it's still snowy.

May 8

So of course, I didn't play my 5200 for a few days and powered it up over the weekend and the snow is back. I cleaned the terminals to and from the switchbox and tried changing the channel option on the back of the system and neither fixed the issue. Here is what it looks like now again.

May 3

This game still absolutely rules. When I was very young, my dad had an Intellivision and it was my first experience playing videogames. It was my dad's favorite game along with football which he always said/says were both way ahead of their time. Whenever I have friends over and break out the Intellivision, this is one I always have everyone try and they are always blown away by how good it is. Bats are the most annoying, but I hate the blobs most.

April 25

Good idea. I'll clean give them a good cleaning with some alcohol even if everything seems to be ok currently. As far as interference, I had the same issues with it when I used to set it up in my old game room as well. It's the only system I have that has this issue. I have other rf connected systems like INTV, VCS, and Odyssey 2 that I never have snowy screen issues with.

April 25

9 hours ago, Allan said:

If you have any more issues with it, let me know. I am in Connecticut and could help switch things out to see what the problem is. I have a bunch of 5200 consoles and parts.

Wow, that's very kind of you. Thank you! I'm hoping it stays fine this time, but it has been having this issue on and off the past few years. Really enjoying the 5200 lately. Just cleaned my trackball bearings which were giving me major issues and it's working great. Having a blast with Centipede and Missile Command. Might be the best trackball I've ever used.

April 24

Yes, the original switchbox and power supply are still in use which originally came with the system. I have it hooked up to a late 90s Sony Trinitron CRT. I had the power supply hooked up to a power strip sharing power with the TV and a phone charger.

April 24

Thank you all for the replies. I turned the system back on this morning to play and the snow is gone. I played quite a bit with Missle Command and Super Breakout with no issue. I didn't do anything different or adjust the wires. I remember this being an issue in the past with this system. Strange.

April 23

I've been having an issue with my 4 port 5200. When I hook everything up and put the power on, the screen is very snowy. I bought another switch box thinking that maybe mine was the issue, but it does the same on the newer one. Here is a picture:

April 16

From the info on here CVGA was sending it to zendocon. I'm next!!!

March 25

Wow! Great score. Love that game

March 20

Love these videos. Thank you!

March 17

3 hours ago, BIGHMW said:

Yes but there are about a dozen 5200 titles that have still not been ported over to the A8, one of them, is a heavy hitter, that one, is Tempest.

Sorry, meant original run 5200 games.

March 16

Ah, the age old question appears again. I have both a XEGS and 5200 that I purchased much later in my gaming days as I never had either (or an Atari 8 bit computer) growing up. In my opinion, the 5200 is a unique experience that can't really be duplicated. If you're willing to spend some extra money to get a good working 5200 controller from best electronics for example, I highly recommend getting a 5200. If you just want to play the 8 bit/5200 library and don't really care too much about the experience of the 5200 analog controller, then an 8 bit is the way to go since all of the 5200 games have been ported and homebrewed. You could then get a flashcart from Atarimax and basically get the entire library for it.

March 16

That Madden is strange for sure. I think the first game came out in the late 80s on Apple II. Domino kind of reminds me that Tapper was never on deck to be ported to the INTV to my knowledge. That would have been great.

March 2

One of my all time favorites. Love it

January 10

This is the github link for Runner-Z here: https://github.com/JosueCom/Runner-Z

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