T.A.P. Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 I just assumed they would ship around the same time. Was A delay announced or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 31 minutes ago, T.A.P. said: I just assumed they would ship around the same time. Was A delay announced or something? No delay has been announced, but hey, why not invent yet something else to complain about. ..Al 2 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E. King Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Albert said: No delay has been announced, but hey, why not invent yet something else to complain about. ..Al Actually there have already been at least one shipping delay on Atari.com. When the 2600+ was first listed for preorder, it had a shipping date of November on Atari.com. The date was later changed to November/December and then changed again to December. Currently Amazon has a date of November 17th and Atari.com says December so if Amazon starts shipping on Nov 17 as listed and Atari.com starts shipping in December as listed then I's say it is a concern for those who ordered first on Atari.com. Maybe there is a good reason for the conflicting shipping dates which is why I asked the question in the first place. Edited November 4, 2023 by E. King correction 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 14 minutes ago, E. King said: When the 2600+ was first listed for preorder, it had a shipping date of November on Atari.com. Edit: I see you changed "October" to "November" while I was working on my response... No, the shipping date was first listed as November when the 2600+ hit the Atari.com store, which has already been stated in this thread. It later changed to December for later orders. Those who ordered when the date was November will have their order shipped in November. This was also stated in this same thread. They are not conflicting shipping dates. ..Al 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E. King Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Just now, Albert said: No, the shipping date has first listed as November when the 2600+ hit the Atari.com store, which has already been stated in this thread. It later changed to December for later orders. Those who ordered when the date was November will have their order shipped in November. This was also stated in this same thread. They are not conflicting shipping dates. ..Al Ok then that makes much better sense, thank you for the explanation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 1 minute ago, E. King said: Ok then that makes much better sense, thank you for the explanation. You're welcome. ..Al 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+tcmultimedia Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Could these delays possibly be caused by Atari tweeking the units? I know there were a lot of people out there concerned about compatability. Maybe something being looked at to improve those potential problems to change before production? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 14 minutes ago, tcmultimedia said: Could these delays possibly be caused by Atari tweeking the units? There have been no delays. Please read my post on the previous page about this. ..Al 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recycled Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Any word on how long they expect these delays to be? (JUST KIDDING)😁 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+tcmultimedia Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Sorry, didnt mean relay false info about a delay, I shoulda read the previous responses rather than skimming thru. Related, since the release is going thru on time, is Atari currently developing a patch or update to help with compatibility? I have a good many homebrews, and hopefully they will be able to improve in the near future, thx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariYMás009 Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 (edited) Does anyone know which color pallete it uses to run the games? The PAL games look too dark with the standard pallete and they look so better with the z26 pallete. Edited November 5, 2023 by AtariYMás009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseystyle Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 12 hours ago, Albert said: There have been no delays. Please read my post on the previous page about this. ..Al If only Cindy Margolis was here to save the day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben from Plaion Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 14 hours ago, tcmultimedia said: Could these delays possibly be caused by Atari tweeking the units? I know there were a lot of people out there concerned about compatibility. Maybe something being looked at to improve those potential problems to change before production? Als answered your first question. Regarding the compatibility question, no changes have been made to the launch software since going gold just prior to commencement of mass production in late summer. What has been done since then is that many more cartridges have been tested from the compatibility list that were 'not tested' and the vast majority are now a 'Pass'. I did post a list in this thread giving an update whilst I was doing this further testing. The official compatibility list will be updated around launch day. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben from Plaion Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 14 hours ago, tcmultimedia said: Sorry, didnt mean relay false info about a delay, I shoulda read the previous responses rather than skimming thru. Related, since the release is going thru on time, is Atari currently developing a patch or update to help with compatibility? I have a good many homebrews, and hopefully they will be able to improve in the near future, thx. Yes, we've now moved to testing homebrew and it's likely a patch will be released in the future to improve homebrew compatibility. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben from Plaion Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, AtariYMás009 said: Does anyone know which color pallete it uses to run the games? The PAL games look too dark with the standard pallete and they look so better with the z26 pallete. All games included on the 4 cartridges released with the 2600+ are NTSC. Edited November 5, 2023 by Ben from Plaion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashv Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Here’s hoping there is a breakthrough with the touchpad. Star Raiders is calling my name. Spent so much time on that as a kid. Really psyched to see the UK gamepad on deck for release!!! I’ve debated importing a pair for a long while. I have only been lurking through half of this thread so maybe I missed it. But how healthy is the relationship between the Atari+ project and the emulator authors whose work is being leveraged? Love seeing all the behind the scenes stuff! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariYMás009 Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 4 hours ago, Ben from Plaion said: All games included on the 4 cartridges released with the 2600+ are NTSC. yes,I know, but I'm spanish and all my games are PAL, do yoy know which stella color pallete uses? or if is it updatable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 38 minutes ago, AtariYMás009 said: yes,I know, but I'm spanish and all my games are PAL, do yoy know which stella color pallete uses? or if is it updatable? I am pretty sure it will always use the NTSC palette. And without access to Stella's UI, there is no way to correct this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tavi Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 7 hours ago, dashv said: Here’s hoping there is a breakthrough with the touchpad. Star Raiders is calling my name. Spent so much time on that as a kid. Really psyched to see the UK gamepad on deck for release!!! I’ve debated importing a pair for a long while. I have only been lurking through half of this thread so maybe I missed it. But how healthy is the relationship between the Atari+ project and the emulator authors whose work is being leveraged? Love seeing all the behind the scenes stuff! I have been wondering this as well. There was mention made some time ago by Atari here on the forum about doing something for the Stella team, seeing that it is their software Atari is selling. A lot of radio silence since on it, and I still see no mention on their webpage about Stella. I am really hoping this was more then a bit of lip service by Atari. Without the Stella team and their work, Atari would not have a 2600+ to sell. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 8 hours ago, Tavi said: A lot of radio silence since on it... Yup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariYMás009 Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 16 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: I am pretty sure it will always use the NTSC palette. And without access to Stella's UI, there is no way to correct this. Wait wait, are you saying that all my games will have altered colors? isn't stella suposed to run both NTSC and PAL games? The colors should look good, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 (edited) 55 minutes ago, AtariYMás009 said: Wait wait, are you saying that all my games will have altered colors? isn't stella suposed to run both NTSC and PAL games? The colors should look good, right? PAl-50 games should look fine, PAL-60 games not. The latter because Stella assumes they are NTSC. Edited November 6, 2023 by Thomas Jentzsch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad5200 Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 22 hours ago, Tavi said: I have been wondering this as well. There was mention made some time ago by Atari here on the forum about doing something for the Stella team, seeing that it is their software Atari is selling. A lot of radio silence since on it, and I still see no mention on their webpage about Stella. I am really hoping this was more then a bit of lip service by Atari. Without the Stella team and their work, Atari would not have a 2600+ to sell. I was wondering the same thing. Can anyone provide an update? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 5 hours ago, chad5200 said: I was wondering the same thing. Can anyone provide an update? 19 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparkleFork Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 I'm loving the interaction between the fanbase and the developers. This is so often overlooked for projects like this so thanks to the devs for the updates and for the hardcore Atari fans for sharing their knowledge. Despite having a ton of devices that run 2600 games, I'm very excited about the 2600+ and have been stocking up on carts. My wishlist for purely cosmetic stuff (once they've actually got all the actual running games properly up and running obvs) is for access to some filters. I love this uses HDMI but to get that warm, fuzzy feeling from playing your childhood console, some warm, fuzzy visuals would really help. Even that hi-res Atari logo that flashes up jars a little, how about an option to switch to a lovely blocky VCS style version as well? I'm really hoping this machine continues to get support and updates after launch and we get to see that compatibility list increased (I will buy a copy of Circus Convoy if you can get it up and running). Not long to go! My VCS back in the late 70's was still the best Xmas present I ever got and possibly ruined Christmas from that moment on. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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