Dr Karnov Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 5 minutes ago, JetmanUK said: Encouraging then! Thank you for this update. I can't believe they are working on this on Saturday 23rd December. 😬 Any news on the release? I can't personally comment on when this will be released (because I don't know!) but I believe that @Ben from Plaion will be giving us all an update on this soon 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 13 minutes ago, Dr Karnov said: I can't personally comment on when this will be released (because I don't know!) but I believe that @Ben from Plaion will be giving us all an update on this soon Cheers, I understand. On a side note, it's my birthday tomorrow, maybe I'll be updating my console as a gift to myself. 🤷🏻🤣 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbug Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 45 minutes ago, Dr Karnov said: I can't personally comment on when this will be released (because I don't know!) but I believe that @Ben from Plaion will be giving us all an update on this soon That would be nice, because I was hopping to play a few 7800 PAL games I got (like Joust) during the Christmas break 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Atari will serve no update before its time. 1 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_from_the_80s Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 13 minutes ago, sramirez2008 said: Atari will serve no update before its time. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Karnov Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Also, the glitching on the title screen of Planet Smashers is fixed now 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 12 minutes ago, Dr Karnov said: Also, the glitching on the title screen of Planet Smashers is fixed now How's that troublesome Polaris? Mine works fine in the woody, still hard work on the Plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Karnov Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 I just gave it a go and it started up first time 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Just now, Dr Karnov said: I just gave it a go and it started up first time 😱😱😱😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Karnov Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 15 minutes ago, JetmanUK said: How's that troublesome Polaris? Mine works fine in the woody, still hard work on the Plus. I never realised that if you leave it on the title screen it cycles through loads of colours 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSetIlly Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 minute ago, Dr Karnov said: I never realised that if you leave it on the title screen it cycles through loads of colours A lot of early 2600 games do that. It's a screen-saver in the original sense of the word - to avoid burn in on a CRT 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevEng Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 hour ago, sramirez2008 said: Atari will serve no update before its time. But Orson may sample the "update" a bit before the public does... 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben from Plaion Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 (edited) Good news from Dr Karnov, every one of his 7800 PAL and NTSC games work. I tried about 20 carts (mix 2600 7800 PAL NTSC) all fine. Stuff like difficulty switch reversal, 7800 fire button reversal, PAL / NTSC auto cart detection works fine. There is one further change missed in todays build regarding 7800 homebrew cart reading that needs to be added. Once I receive the build and test again I think we are good to go. Edited December 23, 2023 by Ben from Plaion 11 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Just now, Ben from Plaion said: Good news from Dr Karnov, every one of his 7800 PAL and NTSC games work. I tried about 20 carts (mix 2600 700 PAL NTSC) all fine. Stuff like difficulty switch reversal, 7800 fire button reversal, PAL / NTSC auto cart detection works fine. There is one further change missed in todays build regarding 7800 homebrew cart reading that needs to be added. Once I receive the build and test again I think we are good to go. Wow, you guys have put some work in, thanks again for going over and above what you needed to do, we all could have waited, so it is very much appreciated. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben from Plaion Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 5 minutes ago, JetmanUK said: Wow, you guys have put some work in, thanks again for going over and above what you needed to do, we all could have waited, so it is very much appreciated. Nothing stops this train. 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, Ben from Plaion said: Nothing stops this train. In that case, can you squeeze in Driving Controller support please? 😋 Edited December 23, 2023 by JetmanUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben from Plaion Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Just now, JetmanUK said: In that case, can you squeeze in Driving Controller support please? Still a fair bit to do after this update. Driving controller we look at in the new year, I asked about it before and got a 'not possible' response. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Ben from Plaion said: Still a fair bit to do after this update. Driving controller we look at in the new year, I asked about it before and got a 'not possible' response. It's ok, I was joking. I hope it will be possible to make them work as Indy 500 is what is currently keeping my Woody hooked up, but that picture quality is rough! It's hard to use, especially after the super crisp display of the 2600 Plus. Edited December 23, 2023 by JetmanUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben from Plaion Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 minute ago, JetmanUK said: It's ok, I was joking. I hope it will be possible to make them work as Indy 500 is what is currently keeping my Woody hooked up, but that picture quality is rough! It's hard to use after, especially after the super crisp display 2600 Plus. Driving Controller and Video Touch Pad incompatibility are frequently brought up. Its interesting to me as they are just electrical messages being sent to the machine and if the CX40 Joystick and CX30 Paddles work then whats up with that? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 13 minutes ago, Ben from Plaion said: Driving Controller and Video Touch Pad incompatibility are frequently brought up. Its interesting to me as they are just electrical messages being sent to the machine and if the CX40 Joystick and CX30 Paddles work then whats up with that? Yeah that's what I've been thinking too, the 2600 had 'simple technology' controllers, you would assume them to be simple to emulate. I've not actually looked, I wonder if Stella supports the Driving Controllers right now anyway. I have a USB Mayflash Megadrive adapter which I use with my laptop to play Stella with a CX40, I should plug a driving controller in and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Created a temporary spot in my Atari Room for the 2600+. I’m going to really start playing it tomorrow and Monday with both of my sons. I’m expecting to permanently swap places with my S-Video modded 2600 Jr, once the “update(s) have been provided. The Jr. is currently connected to our living room TV. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 32 minutes ago, Ben from Plaion said: Still a fair bit to do after this update. Driving controller we look at in the new year, I asked about it before and got a 'not possible' response. That doesn't really make any sense. The driving controller just pulses the left and right joystick inputs (it can push both together). Diagonals work obviously, so if up + left can register, why wouldn't left + right register? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben from Plaion Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, sramirez2008 said: Created a temporary spot in my Atari Room for the 2600+. I’m going to really start playing it tomorrow and Monday with both of my sons. I’m expecting to permanently swap places with my S-Video modded 2600 Jr, once the “update(s) have been provided. The Jr. is currently connected to our living room TV. *Chefs kiss* Not a fan of dust I see. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microjak Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 3 minutes ago, Ben from Plaion said: *Chefs kiss* Not a fan of dust I see. Yep I’m liking them there dust covers 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 3 minutes ago, Ben from Plaion said: Not a fan of dust I see. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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