bigferret Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 Help! I received my multicart from Sean today and was bummed to find that at least a third of the games don't work. This includes, Pacman, Xari Arena, Space Dungeon and many, many more. The Atari logo will come up on the "bad" games, but when the game screen should appear there's nothing but gibberish. Has anyone else had this happen, or could there be a problem with my 5200 two port? The games that work are fine and are a blast, but I'm bummed about those that won't work..... Any thoughts would be most appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 I would contact Sean directly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRetroGamer Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 Contact Sean, but have you tried cleaning the contacts of the multicart - I don't think that is a new board, so maybe a good cleaning would help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 I would contact Sean. It sounds like one of the EPROMs may be bad. Mitch http://atari7800.atari.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holygrailvideogames.com Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 Sean is great with everything he sells so I would contact him. I just got a new multicart as well and everything I tested worked, but I guess I need to test some more games just to make sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigferret Posted January 6, 2003 Author Share Posted January 6, 2003 Well I've cleaned the contacts and emailed Sean - both to no avail. I'm sure Sean is busy so I'm not concerned that I haven't heard back from him. What does bum me out is the inability to play all the cool games. Seriously, Centipede, Space Dungeon, Star Raiders, Joust, Ms. Pacman, et al - don't work and I've been dying to try them. I even ordered the joystick holder for Space Dungeon and now I can't play it...... On a brighter note, Robotron is way cool with the dual sticks. I think it looks better than the 7800 version, it just doesn't play quite as smoothly. But hey, Gorf works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEBRO Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 Take a look at the 4-port & 2-port 5200 Game Incompatibilities thread and scroll down until you see the Super Pacman screen shots. Is this what your games look like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 That seriously sounds like one of the EPROM's went sour. Just send the cart back to Sean with return postage and I am sure he'll fix it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigferret Posted January 7, 2003 Author Share Posted January 7, 2003 Debro; That screenshot of Super Pacman looks much better than what I get... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 That seriously sounds like one of the EPROM's went sour. Very good to hear my opinion backed up by a competent authority. Mitch http://atari7800.atari.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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