Flojomojo Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 This is for Atari Flashback 9 and Atari Flashback 9 Gold (same file works on both) 1. Download this file atari_update.img.zip 2. Unzip it (will uncompress to 36MB file named atari_update.img) Put it on an SD card, insert into console, power on. 3. Push LEFT on the joystick to start the update process once it's done, bush RIGHT to skip the prompt Reboot! The SD card option is now enabled. To add ROMs, it's like how the Flashback Portable worked. Make a GAME folder in the root of your SD card. You may need to rename your ROMs and avoid any special characters. Both .bin and .a26 files should be recognized. This thread has some relevant troubleshooting info, and you might even find some other downloads there. this message has been brought to you by the firmware fairy 14 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 This is for Atari Flashback 9 and Atari Flashback 9 Gold (same file works on both) 1. Download this file atari_update.img.zip 2. Unzip it (will uncompress to 36MB file named atari_update.img) Put it on an SD card, insert into console, power on. 3. Push LEFT on the joystick to start the update process once it's done, bush RIGHT to skip the prompt Reboot! The SD card option is now enabled. To add ROMs, it's like how the Flashback Portable worked. Make a GAME folder in the root of your SD card. You may need to rename your ROMs and avoid any special characters. Both .bin and .a26 files should be recognized. This thread has some relevant troubleshooting info, and you might even find some other downloads there. Now get to work on putting together the compatibility list. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 This is for Atari Flashback 9 and Atari Flashback 9 Gold (same file works on both) 1. Download this file atari_update.img.zip 2. Unzip it (will uncompress to 36MB file named atari_update.img) Put it on an SD card, insert into console, power on. 3. Push LEFT on the joystick to start the update process once it's done, bush RIGHT to skip the prompt Reboot! The SD card option is now enabled. To add ROMs, it's like how the Flashback Portable worked. Make a GAME folder in the root of your SD card. You may need to rename your ROMs and avoid any special characters. Both .bin and .a26 files should be recognized. This thread has some relevant troubleshooting info, and you might even find some other downloads there. Actually, Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Now get to work on putting together the compatibility list. The foundation is Stella 3.x, so it should be much better than the Portable. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugcatcher88 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) I'm using the same SD card I did with the portable. I didn't have to change the file names for the games. The console recognized them. The save slots also work with the roms in the SD card, which is really neat. Sadly, I'm still having the issue with the action button not registering when pressed sometimes on the FB9. Kinda ruins the experience. Does anyone else have this issue? Edited October 25, 2018 by bugcatcher88 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+phoenixdownita Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 @flojo are you the firmware fairy? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 I'm using the same SD card I did with the portable. I didn't have to change the file names for the games. The console recognized them. The save slots also work with the roms in the SD card, which is really neat. Sadly, I'm still having the issue with the action button not registering when pressed sometimes on the FB9. Kinda ruins the experience. Does anyone else have this issue? Were you able to get in touch with support? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugcatcher88 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 (edited) Were you able to get in touch with support? Yes, I was. Very friendly people. They couldn't replicate my problem but said they would keep looking into it. Their suggestions (rebooting console, using P2 port) didn't help. My unit may be defective and I should probably look into replacing it. Another poster on here said his friend also encountered the same problem though. Hmmm. Anyways, so far all of the game roms I tried have worked very well. Rampage, Moon Patrol, Mario Bros, Galaxian, Bugs Bunny, Pac-Man 8K have played wonderfully (among a few others). Edited October 26, 2018 by bugcatcher88 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Yes, I was. Very friendly people. They couldn't replicate my problem but said they would keep looking into it. Their suggestions (rebooting console, using P2 port) didn't help. My unit may be defective and I should probably look into replacing it. Another poster on here said his friend also encountered the same problem though. Hmmm. Anyways, so far all of the game roms I tried have worked very well. Rampage, Moon Patrol, Mario Bros, Galaxian, Bugs Bunny, Pac-Man 8K have played wonderfully (among a few others). Your last statement is fantastic to hear, your earlier statement not so much. If at all possible, you should definitely try to do an exchange at the store. This way we can try and eliminate more possible failure points. Sorry for the inconvenience! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WD_GASTER Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 @flojo, may i ask how this was acquired? It sounds like Atgames is being very helpful with this. I would like to port an alternative launcher like i did the sega flashback, for some of these devices and any info would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartman72 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Sorry if this was obvious to everyone else, but it appears you can't have any spaces whatsoever in your game titles. Panicked a little at first, but am having a blast now. Thanks At Games! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyR Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Starpath games work! (BTW I was Atariboy's friend with the button issue. Mine seems to be the joystick itself, I put the the P2 stick in the P1 port and didn't have any more problems with the fire button, while plugging the P1 stick in the P2 port they still showed up playing in 2P . As I don't play 2P, I don't really care, but unfortunately, the menu function doesn't seem to work with the 1p stick in the 2p port) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 The foundation is Stella 3.x, so it should be much better than the Portable. That is... disappointing. I was hoping they were going to improve where Hyperkin stumbled. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan88 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 That is... disappointing. I was hoping they were going to improve where Hyperkin stumbled. As with Hyperkin, the issue was hardware support for the emulator. Apparently Stella 4.0 and up require a different confirguration. On the plus side, it sounds like there will be more compatible games with the AtGames product than then Hyperkin, so that part of it is a win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan88 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 This is for Atari Flashback 9 and Atari Flashback 9 Gold (same file works on both) 1. Download this file atari_update.img.zip 2. Unzip it (will uncompress to 36MB file named atari_update.img) Put it on an SD card, insert into console, power on. 3. Push LEFT on the joystick to start the update process once it's done, bush RIGHT to skip the prompt Reboot! The SD card option is now enabled. To add ROMs, it's like how the Flashback Portable worked. Make a GAME folder in the root of your SD card. You may need to rename your ROMs and avoid any special characters. Both .bin and .a26 files should be recognized. This thread has some relevant troubleshooting info, and you might even find some other downloads there. Many thank you's to Flojomojo! Since you have not answered the question "are you the firmware fairy?", I'm going to take a guess and say it might have been someone else who didn't want to be named and gave you the file to upload. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 @flojo are you the firmware fairy? Why yes, yes I am. Many thank you's to Flojomojo! Since you have not answered the question "are you the firmware fairy?", I'm going to take a guess and say it might have been someone else who didn't want to be named and gave you the file to upload. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Asked and answered. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Nut Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Is it true that there cannot be spaces in the filenames? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 As with Hyperkin, the issue was hardware support for the emulator. Apparently Stella 4.0 and up require a different confirguration. On the plus side, it sounds like there will be more compatible games with the AtGames product than then Hyperkin, so that part of it is a win! Yes, it's been covered rather extensively and the basis is the need for SDL2 support in the OS that is running (the hardware is already SDL2 capable) Unless AtGames has done something special with the Stella code the compatibility will be the same as the R77 with the latest update - i.e. Stella 3.9.3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamemoose Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Well, I know what I'm putting on a future shopping list.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan88 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Starpath games work! (BTW I was Atariboy's friend with the button issue. Mine seems to be the joystick itself, I put the the P2 stick in the P1 port and didn't have any more problems with the fire button, while plugging the P1 stick in the P2 port they still showed up playing in 2P . As I don't play 2P, I don't really care, but unfortunately, the menu function doesn't seem to work with the 1p stick in the 2p port) Jeremy, did you try an original Atari joystick in port 1? If it does not register every button press, then I would say you have a bad port and to exchange the system. Hope this helps! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartman72 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Is it true that there cannot be spaces in the filenames? That was my experience at least. I had tried Miner 1979er's custom list which is filled with spaces so as to look awesome on the Portable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugcatcher88 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Sorry if this was obvious to everyone else, but it appears you can't have any spaces whatsoever in your game titles. Panicked a little at first, but am having a blast now. Thanks At Games! I learned that the hard way yesterday lol. Selecting a game with spaces in the title will make it crash back to the selection screen. Starpath games work! (BTW I was Atariboy's friend with the button issue. Mine seems to be the joystick itself, I put the the P2 stick in the P1 port and didn't have any more problems with the fire button, while plugging the P1 stick in the P2 port they still showed up playing in 2P . As I don't play 2P, I don't really care, but unfortunately, the menu function doesn't seem to work with the 1p stick in the 2p port) After reading your post this morning I decided to try playing a game using the P2 controller, and thankfully it worked properly. I played a game of Missile Command and then Pitfall and it worked perfectly. All button presses registered. I don't know why that's the case but whatever, I'm happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Nut Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 I learned that the hard way yesterday lol. Selecting a game with spaces in the title will make it crash back to the selection screen. This is too bad. There will be a lot of time involved renaming everything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 This is too bad. There will be a lot of time involved renaming everything. Use a computer to rename your computer files. Automating repetitive tasks are the point of computers.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batch_renaming 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Nut Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Use a computer to rename your computer files. Automating repetitive tasks are the point of computers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batch_renaming I know how to do that but if we can't have spaces then I'm going to want some other naming convention like removing extra detail. Does upper or lower case matter? Does special characters like underscores matter? Can the filenames be longer than 8 characters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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