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I'm interested in 2 controllers whenever they're available.
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11 hours ago, sngwriting1 said:
Hi group. I apologize if there was a earlier post but I just received the concerto cart and having Pokey sound issues. The issue is: it is not working at all. The Pokey chip I installed was from a working 5200, (at least last year it was). Can anyone let me know if I am missing something? The games load, just not the Pokey sounds. For example; Comanndo works but only the sound effects are present. I tried the Pokey utility and it recognizes the chip but does not play any sound. I was just hoping if someone here go lend assistance before having to find a replacement chip. I have included a picture of the Pokey installed. Thank you in advance.
Are you using the stock RF output?
If you still have that 5200 and a game, I would see if the chip works there. That would rule out if the chip is at fault. I remember reading about an unlucky user extracting a working chip from an Atari 8-bit and somehow it failed during the transition.
It wouldn't hurt trying to re-seat the chip or clean the console's cartridge connectors.
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On 8/10/2022 at 8:49 PM, DrVenkman said:
Thanks for the updated BIOS to test! ALIEN BRIGADE now loads for me, so that's great progress. However, there are some TIA sound artifacts - some odd, bum tones during the title screen animations, and at least sometime, a stuck "rumble" sound during playback, which persists through to the little "cinematic" cut-scene between levels.
I did minimal testing though - more in the coming days. Any other titles we should specifically check?
I've got the same sound artifacts on the Alien Brigade title screen. I didn't notice the tone during cutscenes though.
51 minutes ago, Lymang said:Has anyone else confirmed this? Before I waste my time upgrading firmware on my Concerto.. I am using a UAV modded 7800 with s-video and don’t want to use the new firmware if my concerto stops working.
I've got the UAV installed and it's working fine.
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52 minutes ago, Ataribud56 said:
Question - does concerto work with the av (composite) mod? I also have the single Pokey sound wire with the av mod. Would like to know before ordering one. Thanks!
My Concerto works with the UAV S-Video mod. You'll get POKEY audio along with the stock TIA as long as wherever you're grabbing the audio has the 2 signals mixed, or that you mixed them yourself.
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5 hours ago, batari said:
I cannot replicate the jittering alien finger problems, and now I am thinking the startup issue I experience is unrelated to this. I rewrote the 144k driver from scratch to see if this helps. I will post the daily build here so you can tell me if there is any difference Alien Brigade.
In this driver:
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Minor bug fixes:
- Fix question mark in place of 9 when number of pages ends in 9
- Text file viewer fixed
- Rewrite of 144k driver
- Support for controller in left or right port
- Game loading speed improvements
- Driving controllers, mouse, and trackballs no longer interfere with menu
- Select+Reset navigation
- Fixed pixel shift and graphics glitches on some 2600 games
WARNING!!!!!!
This is merely a daily build, far from a final version, and it has not been heavily scrutinized. Please only install this for testing the above features. More features and fixes are coming soon, of course.
Thanks for the update! Now with right controller support and Select+Reset navigation, Alien Brigade is recognizing the gun in the left port each boot. Before, it seemed like it didn't always work swapping the controllers.
Though this is a daily build I'll still go over some findings I noticed in case the info is helpful.
- There's some new minor graphical glitches in the flashing text on the title screen that I don't believe were present before.
- This may or may not be new, but engaging the radio in the top left goes to the mission briefing screen and then quickly resets to the title after a second or so. Seems to be the same behavior as the alien finger intro screen others are experiencing.
Other than that I played up to stage 3 and everything else seems to be in order.
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19 hours ago, batari said:
Thanks, that may help pinpoint the problem. Initially I tried the game and it seemed to work, but now that you mention this, on my consoles, the alien finger comes out for a second then it just jumps to the title screen.
My 7800 doesn't have this issue, and the finger draws out the name without any stuttering.
What other titles are known to be problematic?
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I'll try that Y adapter out, which should do the job thinking about it. The hot swapping isn't so much an inconvenience doing, I'm just scared of ESD frying any IC's in these old consoles. Not sure about the 7800, but the C64 and Colecovision are pretty susceptible to it.
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Well, think of menu navigation with the 2nd port as adding better compatability to the 5 or so light gun games. ?
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Can menu navigation control be added to the 2nd controller port? I just made up an adapter for my sega light gun to work with the 7800 and I notice that the games expect the gun in port 1. I really don't like hot-swapping controllers.
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11 hours ago, Jinks said:
Do the 2600 games on the concerto work? I have one console that does not do the 7800 games at all with concerto. I just have to use my other 7800 and let it warm up enough so it does not crash.
From what I tested, 2600 games all work fine.
10 hours ago, Resto Ron said:I suggest that you contact Fred and ship it back for a replacement. I had a similar problem and after following Fred's troubleshooting steps just exchanged mine. I did not pay $100+ USD to have nothing but problems, I need the product to just work. Good luck.
Did you ever get a replacement that did work?
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I let the console sit on the menu for around 30 or so mins, but still no 7800 games work. Tried a ferrite choke on the power, but I didn't see any changes.
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I got my Concerto Cart the other day, but I'm having no luck with it. Menu fires up and navigation is good, but not a single 7800 game works. If a rom boots I have graphical bugs all over, and the games usually crash. Official 2600 and 7800 cartridges work.
I've tried all the firmwares available, using the verified rom archive download listed here, tried multiple SD cards, and cleaned the cartridge connector with no changes.
Looks like a have an A1 model, serial A1 7C5183642. Is there anything I can do?
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I have the audio fluctuation as well. Seems like the issue always starts acting up in the 2nd area for me.