insertclevernamehere Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 I recently took delivery of 4 games off eBay and tried them out tonight to make sure they work. Lock'n'Chase worked fine. Then I tried Frogs and Flies. Again, no problem. Next I tried Towering Inferno. The game displayed without a hitch. i pressed reset to start a game, the building burst into flames and the helicopter flew down to ground level. The game screen then changes to a burning room with my blue fireman at the bottom. Trouble is, he wouldn't move. Nor would he spray any water. My joystick was completely unresponsive. I thought it weird that my joystick would decide to break just as I start a new game so I put in the fourth game. Spacechase worked fine. Put Towering Inferno in again and just as last time, joystick unresponsive. I cleaned all 4 games before I played them and just to make sure, I cleaned Towering Inferno again but still no success. I read a manual online to see if there was anything weird I had to do like plug the joystick into the right port. Nothing out of the ordinary. I now have close to 150 Atari 2600 games and I've never experienced this before. Can this happen? Is there anything I can try to fix it or should I just get my money back and buy another copy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glurk Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 (edited) Try the right joystick port anyways... ... it's an undocumented "feature" LOL. Edited January 12, 2023 by glurk 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psionic Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 You're not the first person to have this problem, nor will you be the last. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insertclevernamehere Posted January 12, 2023 Author Share Posted January 12, 2023 Thanks guys. So bizarre to use the right port instead AND not even mention it in the manual. I even tried the right joystick before I posted but after reading the above responses, I looked behind the console and the right joystick wasn't even plugged in😂. Plugged it back in and gave the game another quick try. Works fine now of course. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Have to admit... wrote this game off years ago because I thought it was a paddle game or something. Probably tried to start it as so many have, and... wtf?! Put it away and never gave it a second thought. Today I see even the VGC doesn't mention this most important tidbit. Yet, he recognizes Wizard Of Wor's right joystick (Arcade accurate) idiosyncrasy? 🤪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insertclevernamehere Posted January 12, 2023 Author Share Posted January 12, 2023 8 hours ago, save2600 said: Have to admit... wrote this game off years ago because I thought it was a paddle game or something. Probably tried to start it as so many have, and... wtf?! Put it away and never gave it a second thought. Today I see even the VGC doesn't mention this most important tidbit. Yet, he recognizes Wizard Of Wor's right joystick (Arcade accurate) idiosyncrasy? 🤪 It's a conspiracy is what it is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Glad you got that figured out. Since we're talking about Towering Inferno I have a question. Is it even possible to get past the second building (or 3rd I forget which one)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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