Commander Keen Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 Hope you can help with this puzzle. I picked up a 2600A with 10 games. The games each turn on, but not one of them works correctly. Tried qtips and rubbing alcohol, they're clean now, but no change. Cleaned the system inside and out, the only visible damage was to the foil that joins the four switches. The reset switch causes static, so I know it may need replacing soon. I tried cleaning the contacts on the system, and bending the pins to make it tighter. No change. Here are the problems: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Frogger: invisible sprites, constantly killed by non-existant trucks and logs. Astroblast and Empire Strikes Back: Flickering sprites International Soccer, Video Pinball, and RealSports Baseball all have the dreaded vertical line wiping across the screen right to left. Bowling, Circus, Dodge Em, and Combat: controllers don't work correctly. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Should I scrap it and buy another one? Perhaps I should buy a newer game and test it to determine that it is, indeed the system failing. Thanks everyone! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/12908-is-it-the-system-or-the-games-giving-me-all-this-trouble/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 It sounds like you have a flaky system. Mitch http://atari7800.atari.org Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/12908-is-it-the-system-or-the-games-giving-me-all-this-trouble/#findComment-127169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelen Posted August 24, 2002 Share Posted August 24, 2002 I think it wouldn't be normal if all 10 games won't work properly. I think it's your system Thelen Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/12908-is-it-the-system-or-the-games-giving-me-all-this-trouble/#findComment-127273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted August 24, 2002 Share Posted August 24, 2002 I'm thinking the TIA has issues...you are having graphic problems and controller problems. And I believe the TIA controls both of those items... TIA is one of the chips on the 2600 system. One of 3 used for its main logics. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/12908-is-it-the-system-or-the-games-giving-me-all-this-trouble/#findComment-127308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggplant_casserole Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 Give the games a try on another system that you know is ok. Sounds like it could be the console, but check just in case Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/12908-is-it-the-system-or-the-games-giving-me-all-this-trouble/#findComment-130041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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