ulao Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 (edited) ok I used a much smaller card now. 256 MB ran Xevious from flash cart , played first musical bar. Hung on last note. Ran real cart, runs ok. ran Xevious from flash cart, played first musical bar. Hung on second from last last note. Do I need to do something with the POKEY? Edited June 7, 2022 by ulao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, ulao said: Do I need to do something with the POKEY? Other than install it the right way round, no. Xevius doesn't use POKEY anyway What ROMs are you using? Best to use Trebors pro pack from this forum Edited June 7, 2022 by mimo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulao Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 (edited) this Trebors is a helpful guy huh... I do not see it in a sig, is there a link to archive or something? Oh I found it. Edited June 7, 2022 by ulao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Thinking the roms are important, thinking the smaller card is important- Haha, you have a think tank helping you out, I'm sure you'll get it eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulao Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 yeah I used a random romset for this because my good roms I know are scrubbed are 7z'd. So maybe, so best to test a known good rom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, ulao said: yeah I used a random romset for this because my good roms I know are scrubbed are 7z'd. So maybe, so best to test a known good rom. Absolutely, Trebors pack is tested and a great starting point to troubleshoot any further issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulao Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Nope these roms act the same way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 (edited) Well, you have to try about every little thing now. Even "new", clean the contacts. If your other carts are working fine, your system must be ok, but that's what I'd consider as well otherwise. Dunno if a "bad" pokey can muck things up, but mebbe take that out and get the cart going, then put it back in and see what happens. Edited June 7, 2022 by Rogerpoco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulao Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 So I do not really get this POKEY thing, and when I ordered my cart it said it didnt come with one. I just was not sure if it was something I had to be aware of. but yeah I will keep playing with it for sure, planned to really clean up the pins anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 50 minutes ago, ulao said: So I do not really get this POKEY thing, and when I ordered my cart it said it didnt come with one. I just was not sure if it was something I had to be aware of. but yeah I will keep playing with it for sure, planned to really clean up the pins anyways. I assumed by you asking "do I need to do something with the pokey", that you had installed one, my bad. No, if you haven't put one there, there isn't one there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 28 minutes ago, Rogerpoco said: I assumed by you asking "do I need to do something with the pokey", that you had installed one, my bad. No, if you haven't put one there, there isn't one there. I thought the same. Anyway, I'm out of ideas now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulao Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 So I just tried a handful of atari 2600 games they all work. The Xevius from this rom pack does not even boot, black or white screen, the other one booted. I did give the cart a good clean up as well as the port. yeah drawing a blank here... Is there a later version then 95? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulao Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 (edited) So playing DK I was able to play for nearly a minute. Strange you do not descend. when I jump, I do not come back down? Thought that was interesting. Edited June 8, 2022 by ulao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulao Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 I finally found 2600 game that does the same thing Zaxxon. Just adding this for the notes, not sure it helps or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulao Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 (edited) sorry for all the posts I'd edit them but the edit times out.. I just feel some if this info may help. I also contacted the author but he is rather busy I think. After all this is beta, so one should report the findings... I have the harmony cart also, and I played on it for a good hour, with no issues. Some times with the concerto I get rolling images, and lately lots of booting the game to a black screen. I have the same roms on both the Harmony and the Concerto but no issues with the Harmony at all. I keep resorting to wanting to clean the cartridge connector on the system as it seems like that changes the condition but I think its a false positive. All of the 7800 carts and the Harmony work fine every time. I really can only suspect the Concerto at this point. I do have another 7800 coming to me, and will test it as well. Edited June 14, 2022 by ulao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulao Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 (edited) Ok, the author finally had a thought and felt the chip (batch) he used was having issues. He sent a replacement out and that one works like a dream. Edited June 17, 2022 by ulao 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Why won't you take PayPal????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 1 hour ago, atari2600land said: Why won't you take PayPal????? He does: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/314517-concerto-sd-card-multicart-ordering-info/?do=findComment&comment=4963232 Search is your friend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Thank you for letting me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ataribud56 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 Does concerto work with an av (composite) modded 7800? Mine has the pokey mod as well to go with the av mod. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealOC Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Hi just wondering if anyone knows if there’s been updates regarding HOKEY availability? thank you ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+batari Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 56 minutes ago, TheRealOC said: Hi just wondering if anyone knows if there’s been updates regarding HOKEY availability? thank you ? I've been meaning to post about HOKEY. HOKEY is basically ready to go, but before I release, it is important for me to get the next version of the Concerto firmware ready for the best possible HOKEY support. I have been working on that this month and will almost certainly have something ready in a few weeks. 9 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealOC Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 17 hours ago, batari said: I've been meaning to post about HOKEY. HOKEY is basically ready to go, but before I release, it is important for me to get the next version of the Concerto firmware ready for the best possible HOKEY support. I have been working on that this month and will almost certainly have something ready in a few weeks. @batari Thanks. That’s great news been looking forward to this ever since getting my concerto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lymang Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 I'm hoping this is a good place for this question, if not please feel free to let me know where I should post it. I would like to play some Atari 2600 games, will the Concerto support them directly or do I need to do something special? Or should I get another Concerto-like device to do this? I have three of my favorite A2600 games CIB to play on my A7800 (Pitfall 1, Pitfall 2, and Yar's Revenge) but Pf2 is super picky on cart insertion, and I'd rather reduce wear and tear and have them on my Concerto. Is this possible? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Pitfall! and Yars' Revenge both work fine with Harmony Concerto. Pitfall II: Lost Cavern is not supported (yet). Harmony Encore or original Harmony Cartridge play all three titles without issue. For a better 2600 homebrew compatibility experience, best option is Harmony Encore: Quote Should I get a Harmony or Harmony Encore? Harmony's design philosophy was to bring you a versatile, inexpensive flash cartridge for the Atari 2600. It was a design decision to balance cost and compatibility, and as such, Harmony is indeed inexpensive yet supports more than 99% of past and present games. Hamony Encore was conceived in response to concerns that Harmony could not play 100% of games, such as the BoulderDash demo and some new 64k and up homebrew games, such as Zippy the Porcupine, which is currently in development. Currently, new homebrew boards are being devised to support these larger games, and the Hamony Encore will support games with up to 512k ROM/RAM. Not everyone wishes to wait for the Concerto cartridge or to pay the extra cost to buy it, and not everyone owns an Atari 7800, so Harmony Encore is intended to serve that niche. More info here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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