BillLoguidice Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Bed bath and beyond had about 12 in stock this morning in my area...I have just started to play with it...pre loaded games seem buggy though...quite a few have caused the unit to reboot...no chance to load roms until this evening That's obviously not normal behavior (hopefully it was fully charged when you tried it). You should run the system test referenced earlier, or, barring that, play some more games. If you get the same results, you should exchange it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhig1 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Just got one today at Bed Bath and Beyond. Been playing atari 2600 pacman and superman on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdubya Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 It was not fully charged...it is charging now. If it is still glitches I will exchange. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan88 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Bed bath and beyond had about 12 in stock this morning in my area...I have just started to play with it...pre loaded games seem buggy though...quite a few have caused the unit to reboot...no chance to load roms until this evening Which ones? I haven't had that issue so far... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan88 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Just got one today at Bed Bath and Beyond. Been playing atari 2600 pacman and superman on it. In case you missed it, the homebrew PacMan 4k works great off the SD card and it's way more like the arcade version than the 2600 version! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdubya Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Super breakout, wizard, I can remember off the top of my head...it flashes loading and then nothing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Can anyone point me at a web review that is not YouTube? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillLoguidice Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Can anyone point me at a web review that is not YouTube? Hopefully others can chime in, but I'll have mine posted on Armchair Arcade in a day or two (keeping in mind my association with the product and company, but I still post as honestly as possible, of course). I just haven't had a chance to record the embedded game videos yet. Everything else is written and done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyd97 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 I can't get sd menu to load. I have 8gb sdhc card (sandisk). Folder named Game and .bin file with first letter capitalized. I don't know what the problem is. I have tried multiple roms. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan88 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 I can't get sd menu to load. I have 8gb sdhc card (sandisk). Folder named Game and .bin file with first letter capitalized. I don't know what the problem is. I have tried multiple roms. Make sure you do not have spaces or characters like "@$!#&?" In your filenames. If you meet that criteria, I would erase your card and reformat it. Then load a couple games at a time on it to test it out. I am using a 2GB SanDisk card and have had no issues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhig1 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Tooth Protectors - can't get off the title screen. qbert - glitchy playfield. kool aid- pitcher stuck in upper left corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Can anyone point me at a web review that is not YouTube? Here's my review: Fifty bucks for the first official Atari 2600 portable ever, 60 included ROMs, many others supported via SD card, lots of AtariAge community interest. Buy it while you can, because these AtGames things get scarce around mid-year. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyd97 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Make sure you do not have spaces or characters like "@$!#&?" In your filenames. If you meet that criteria, I would erase your card and reformat it. Then load a couple games at a time on it to test it out. I am using a 2GB SanDisk card and have had no issues. No spaces or characters. I have reformatted it. I don't know what the problem is. It is frustrating, maybe at some point somebody will put up a youtube video with step by step instructions. I don't know what could be wrong. I am trying the roms from atariage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWoo Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Unfortunately it appears that the Atari Flashback Portable can not play Homebrew games written in Batari Basic using DPC.. I just ran through a bunch of tests.. Bummer! One example of many. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/233975-the-gizzle-wap-and-the-strange-red-tree-final-version/ Regards, Dr.Woo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 I can't get sd menu to load. I have 8gb sdhc card (sandisk). Folder named Game and .bin file with first letter capitalized. I don't know what the problem is. I have tried multiple roms. Try the folder at the start of the Compatibility List topic, it's known to work. Just a single bad character will stop the directory from loading. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan88 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 No spaces or characters. I have reformatted it. I don't know what the problem is. It is frustrating, maybe at some point somebody will put up a youtube video with step by step instructions. I don't know what could be wrong. I am trying the roms from atariage. Did anyone confirm an 8GB card works? Are you able to try a smaller capacity card 4GB or 2GB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Here's my review: Fifty bucks for the first official Atari 2600 portable ever, 60 included ROMs, many others supported via SD card, lots of AtariAge community interest. Buy it while you can, because these AtGames things get scarce around mid-year. So... How does it actually play? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 These are even more elusive than the NES Mini's around here! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillLoguidice Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Did anyone confirm an 8GB card works? Are you able to try a smaller capacity card 4GB or 2GB? 32MB - 8GB should generally work fine regardless of brand. It's the contents and naming conventions that are most important. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyd97 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Try the folder at the start of the Compatibility List topic, it's known to work. Just a single bad character will stop the directory from loading. I used this on both my 8gb and also a 1gb now. It won't load. I get to the SD Card Browser and hit A. It says loading and then kicks me back to the sd card browser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 So... How does it actually play? This is where the dreaded YouTube videos actually work better than words. I think it plays great! The D-pad and buttons are responsive, the screen is bright and clear, and the sound is recognizably Atari-esque. Everything runs at full speed with all sounds intact. Paddle games are understandably hard to control with digital controls, and collision detection is off for some games running from SD card (see compatibility list for community feedback). If you liked the TV-based Atari Flashback units, this is all that and more, in your pocket. 32MB - 8GB should generally work fine regardless of brand. It's the contents and naming conventions that are most important. Card format can be a factor, too. The SD card association's official formatter seems to do a better job with formatting cards than Windows or Mac OS in my experience. https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 I used this on both my 8gb and also a 1gb now. It won't load. I get to the SD Card Browser and hit A. It says loading and then kicks me back to the sd card browser. You unzipped it and placed the Game folder in the root of the card, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyd97 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 (edited) You unzipped it and placed the Game folder in the root of the card, right? I extracted it. Thanks for the help. I didn't have the game folder moved to the root of the card. Edited November 30, 2016 by garyd97 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 I extracted it. How do I place game folder in the root of the card? Drag the extracted (unzipped) Game folder over to the SD card. Don't put it in any subfolders, and don't add any folders or extra files to it. Make sure it's named "Game" (no quotes). If that's not working, you might want to try reformatting your SD card with the utility linked a few posts up. I had an old SD card that was in a exFAT format from a Linux machine that needed this tool to make it usable again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Unfortunately it appears that the Atari Flashback Portable can not play Homebrew games written in Batari Basic using DPC.. I just ran through a bunch of tests.. Bummer! One example of many. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/233975-the-gizzle-wap-and-the-strange-red-tree-final-version/ Regards, Dr.Woo DPC+ is a complicated and AtariAge only thing. Reports so far are hit and miss with batari BASIC made games in general. Which, I guess is better than the Flashback 2. John Hancock reported C@tacombs of Chaos worked but Game Panic had graphical aberrations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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