2600 homebrew compatibility

[OldAtarian]

I'm just curious if anyone has experienced any issues with any of the 2600 homebrews or hacks available here or elsewhere with the 7800.

[Atarifever]

On my first 7800, which didn't have the expansion port if you're looking for specifics, some of Bob's 7800 homebrews (Asteroids Deluxe, Space Duel, PacMan Collection IIRC) had a minor issue. The system wouldn't play them until it had "warmed up." I had to turn the system on and either leave the game in not working for a few minutes and then try again, or I had to play something else. Either way, as long as the system was on for about 5 minutes first the games would start working. On my current system (with expansion port) they work the first time, every time.

 

Meanwhile, I have about 7 or 8 2600 homebrews and they all work 100% on both 7800s. So even on my 7800 that has some problems with 7800 homebrews, 2600 homebrews work fine.

[OldAtarian]

Sounds good then. I wanted to start getting some of the homebrews but since I use the 7800 to run all my 2600 games I didn't want to find that they didn't work. I have plenty of actual 2600's I could use but limited space to set up systems.