yuppicide Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 (edited) .. and does anyone have one for sale? If anyone has a very cheap 2600, I might just take that instead. Must work. Must not be 2600 Jr model. Need joystick. Edited February 2, 2010 by yuppicide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 .. and does anyone have one for sale? If anyone has a very cheap 2600, I might just take that instead. Must work. Must not be 2600 Jr model. Need joystick. Longhorn Engineer will do it for you for about $100-$120. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanhq Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Longhorn Engineer will do it for you for about $100-$120. I highly recommend the Longhorn Engineer modification. It's totally worth it to get both composite and s-video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holygrailvideogames.com Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 .. and does anyone have one for sale? If anyone has a very cheap 2600, I might just take that instead. Must work. Must not be 2600 Jr model. Need joystick. Check with Kaze. He does great work. Here is a link to some of his mods. http://gametz.com/?user=platinumfungi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuppicide Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 Now that you mention that site I might have seen it before. I remember his Turbo Duo or PC Engine light color mod. Thanks for refreshing my memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Do it yourself with one of these... eBay Seller: comexpress_346 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Do it yourself with one of these... eBay Seller: comexpress_346 That looks suspiciously like the 8bitdomain mod. Same pic used in his guide; http://www.8bitdomain.com/Atari%202600%206%20switch%20NTSC%20Video%20Mod%20Installation%20Guide.pdf If so I highly recommend avoiding him. Absolutely bad seller and all-around scam artist. Screwed over a lot of people. If not my apologies. I stand corrected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanhq Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Do it yourself with one of these... eBay Seller: comexpress_346 That looks suspiciously like the 8bitdomain mod. Same pic used in his guide; http://www.8bitdomain.com/Atari%202600%206%20switch%20NTSC%20Video%20Mod%20Installation%20Guide.pdf If so I highly recommend avoiding him. Absolutely bad seller and all-around scam artist. Screwed over a lot of people. If not my apologies. I stand corrected. It is the 8bitdomain mod. If you look at the large version of the picture, you'll see the "retrokidz" logo stuff on the board. I've used both the 8bitdomain mod and Longhorn Engineers mod, and my personal preference is the Longhorn mod. As you mentioned, a lot of people got screwed over my Mike (8bitdomain) but my dealings with him were over a year ago and I never had an issue. Of course your mileage may vary. Bottom line, if I needed another mod now, I would use Longhorns. Great product, quick turn around and decent price all things considered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 That looks suspiciously like the 8bitdomain mod. Same pic used in his guide; http://www.8bitdomain.com/Atari%202600%206%20switch%20NTSC%20Video%20Mod%20Installation%20Guide.pdf If so I highly recommend avoiding him. Absolutely bad seller and all-around scam artist. Screwed over a lot of people. If not my apologies. I stand corrected. This dude ended up with the remaining stock from that 8bitdomain guy, I bought a 5200 kit from him last week and had it in 4 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 That looks suspiciously like the 8bitdomain mod. Same pic used in his guide; http://www.8bitdomain.com/Atari%202600%206%20switch%20NTSC%20Video%20Mod%20Installation%20Guide.pdf If so I highly recommend avoiding him. Absolutely bad seller and all-around scam artist. Screwed over a lot of people. If not my apologies. I stand corrected. This dude ended up with the remaining stock from that 8bitdomain guy, I bought a 5200 kit from him last week and had it in 4 days. Unfortunately, the new owner ignores emails just as much as the last one. When he took over, he promised to send out all pending orders. Mine was for a 6-switch, the kit he sent was for a four. I emailed him several times after asking to switch for what I ordered and he never bothered to reply. I guess he has no obligation to fix problems created by the last owner, but if he bought out his business, he needs to accept the problems as well as the profits that come with it imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaWarrior Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Why the hell it cost so much for just a AV mod for the 2600 any model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 That looks suspiciously like the 8bitdomain mod. Same pic used in his guide; http://www.8bitdomain.com/Atari%202600%206%20switch%20NTSC%20Video%20Mod%20Installation%20Guide.pdf If so I highly recommend avoiding him. Absolutely bad seller and all-around scam artist. Screwed over a lot of people. If not my apologies. I stand corrected. This dude ended up with the remaining stock from that 8bitdomain guy, I bought a 5200 kit from him last week and had it in 4 days. Unfortunately, the new owner ignores emails just as much as the last one. When he took over, he promised to send out all pending orders. Mine was for a 6-switch, the kit he sent was for a four. I emailed him several times after asking to switch for what I ordered and he never bothered to reply. I guess he has no obligation to fix problems created by the last owner, but if he bought out his business, he needs to accept the problems as well as the profits that come with it imo. You are smoking crack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 That looks suspiciously like the 8bitdomain mod. Same pic used in his guide; http://www.8bitdomain.com/Atari%202600%206%20switch%20NTSC%20Video%20Mod%20Installation%20Guide.pdf If so I highly recommend avoiding him. Absolutely bad seller and all-around scam artist. Screwed over a lot of people. If not my apologies. I stand corrected. This dude ended up with the remaining stock from that 8bitdomain guy, I bought a 5200 kit from him last week and had it in 4 days. Unfortunately, the new owner ignores emails just as much as the last one. When he took over, he promised to send out all pending orders. Mine was for a 6-switch, the kit he sent was for a four. I emailed him several times after asking to switch for what I ordered and he never bothered to reply. I guess he has no obligation to fix problems created by the last owner, but if he bought out his business, he needs to accept the problems as well as the profits that come with it imo. You are smoking crack. Whatever. I still advise avoiding this guy. I'm not the only one who had promises made by the new "owner" that never happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Dude, I just bought a kit from him and it was well packaged and shipped fast. WTF? That's like saying people should stay away from stuff I made with the remaining Sunmark stock (not that people had problems with Mark), it's stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Why the hell it cost so much for just a AV mod for the 2600 any model because people dont like to work for nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Why the hell it cost so much for just a AV mod for the 2600 any model It takes time to do it properly/nicely. Parts cost money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuppicide Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 Well, he can't be as bad as the guy from CMD and the C=64 hard drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuppicide Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 You know, though, if anyone in New Jersey has a 2600 they'd like to unload cheap I'd take one not composite modded for now... maybe I can come pick it up. System with working joystick/s. The company who I bought my bedroom set from delivered it with a 4" scratch on the back of the headboard and two holes back there as well. They're giving me $50 cash back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 (edited) You can buy a kit from Longhorn Engineer for $25 unassembled, which is what I did. I am way too cheap to drop $100 for someone else to do something like that when I am perfectly capable of doing it myself. Takes some time obviously, but I enjoy doing that type of stuff. http://www.longhornengineer.com/Videomods/Videomods Chris EDIT: And I just want to add that the increase in video quality using LE's s-video is RIDICULOUS. If you really enjoy playing Atari, it is worth the $100 to have him do it if you aren't comfortable with a soldering iron. Edited February 6, 2010 by Jibbajaba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanhq Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 And I just want to add that the increase in video quality using LE's s-video is RIDICULOUS. If you really enjoy playing Atari, it is worth the $100 to have him do it if you aren't comfortable with a soldering iron. I agree, the quality of Longhorn Engineer's video kit and the picture produced is truly amazing. I would never use RF again on an Atari after having this mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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