[MicroVision Commercial]

I might have seen this commercial sometime back while randomly browsing Youtube. I have a fully working MicroVision with the box and a copy of Block Buster with the manual for it that I got for about $50 on ebay a couple of years back. I really should get more games for it as I barely touch it.

[Looking for A8 computer model recommendation]

I'd recommend a 800XL, a 600XL (The model I own) is also nice if you're willing to preform a simple 64K mod, or hunt for a rare Atari 1064 memory expansion module.

[The Ultimate Atari Flashback!]

Perhaps I could use this to breed new life to my Flashback 3.

[Up-to-jump game recommendations for a custom controller]

The Great Giana Sisters for the C64. I can't play that game without my Microblaster joystick.

 

I also noticed that this old hybrid arcade/starplex stick has all the possible button-related bases covered

The design of that joystick reminds me of a Micro Moog.

...and now I kinda want a Sansei joystick because of that.

[How You Survived the AA Forum Outage of 12.27.17]

Didn't even know there was an outage until now.

[Ion Patrol]

In Volume 2, Number 5 of Atari Age magazine, they did an April Fools section with articles on faux Atari products.

On the "Sneak Pokes" section, they had this gem of a game:

Makes me wonder if anybody attempted to recreate this game as described in the article, despite the fact that this game sounds like a sure fire way to ruin your 2600's switches.

[Images generated by RastaConverter]

This one I made as sort of a test.

The_Mr_Video_LavaLamp.xex

[Built in Pokey?]

One thing I've been wondering about recently is if it's possible to make a Pokey piggy-back cartridge in which you plug the game cartridge into a pass-through slot on top of the Pokey cartridge with that plugged into the 7800. Kinda like the High Score cartridge.

[Classic COMPUTER Games you'd love to see ported to the 7800]

Not sure if this counts but I'd love to see someone finish the Rescue on Fractalus prototype.

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

I suppose I should've been surprised by this... but I'm actually not. What I am surprised by, is how closely this is paralleling the Coleco Chameleon.

I wasn't surprised either, and yes, the similarities are quite striking. Despite the fact that I would probably never buy this thing, I really don't want it to be just another Coleco Chameleon.

[Ataribox pre-order poll.]

In a decision between the Ataribox and Tacos, I'd pick the tacos.

[Arcade Games You'd Like To See Ported To The Atari 7800]

Doubt anyone's heard of this game, but it looks fun and I kinda wanna see a 7800 port.

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

Had to catch up on this thread a bit. I honestly think I read this thread less because barely any updates on the Ataribox come up, I'm not even sure what the thing does.

[Atari 1010 only plays one channel]

try different sio cord/wire, try different original tape that was from software company, check 1010 head alignment...check connection on sio sockets and to pcb...

after that it may be time to work one the 1010 itself...

 

I have witnessed a person who reversed tracks when making their cassettes and re aligned their 1010 head so it loaded but would never play the audio....

Tried every duel track cassette I have and still only heard one channel, the strange thing is it used to play both channels.

[Atari 1010 only plays one channel]

Hi, yesterday I got some Atari 8-bit cassettes that make use of the tape drives duel track feature, but when loading one of the cassettes, I noticed that I only heard the program data channel playing and not the voiceover channel. But when I play the same cassette in a normal tape deck, I can hear both channels just fine. Because it plays the program channel the programs load fine so it isn't too big of a problem, but it would be nice to hear both channels.

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

Tac 'o' clock? It's almost midnight here, wish I could get me a taco...

It's taco time all the time with the TacoBawx!

[Hack List]

Got two Hacks.

Robot Panic: A graphical hack of Jawbreaker changing the player and enemy sprites into robots.

Crazy Invaders:Another graphical hack, but this time it's for Space Invaders. It changes player, enemy, and shield sprites to a bunch of random things.

 

Robot Panic.zip

Crazy Invaders.zip

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

I'm looking forward to a meltdown like Mr. Kennedy had right here in this thread.

...or it could be a Natalie888 like meltdown.

[Ever change your mind on which Atari 2600 you prefer?]

I'd say the Jr. is my favorite model with the 7800 being second. Though I have been using the 7800 more because my Jr. needs a new power supply.

[Make page mobile friendly]

I got so fed up with the "Make page mobile friendly" message that I managed to somehow turn it off. Forgot how I did it though.

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

Been going through Twitter and they have those cookie-cutter posts about Ataribox like that other thing with that whole Coleco™ thingy.

 

ataribox_tweets.jpg

But what about the one with the Russian text at the end?

In all seriousness, I never had any interest in getting the Ataribox and stuff like this is most definitely not gonna win me over.

[Keeping track of your high scores]

I write them down using a good ol' pencil and notepad. Mainly because the notepad's small enough for me to quickly jot down high scores and I don't have to turn on a computer or anything to look at them.

As of now my high score list is about 5 and a half pages long!

[What's your fav B/W game?]

For arcade games theres Space Invaders, Sprint 2, Break Out, and Asteroids. For Game Boy there's Dr. Mario, Super Mario Land 2, Bust A Move 2, Tetris, and a lot more!

Also for B/W Macintosh games there's Crystal Quest, Mac Man, Shuffle Puck, Air Borne!, and Pararena.

[Unpopular games that you like?]

For me it's Laser Gates, Pac-Man, and Gorf.

[Do you research a game before buying?]

Yup. I watch reviews and gameplay videos, and even play the game for myself through emulation if I can.