Would you call the Atari2600+ a Atari Flashback model...?

[Sean_1970]

1 hour ago, fluxit said:

Assuming your 2600+ is okay, I would guess that the cart has *almost* been dumped successfully, but the dump contains a relatively small amount of corruption, leading to the crash of the game.

Hmmm, but wouldn’t the rom either work or not work? Well, I won’t question it unless it becomes chronic 😉

[fluxit]

23 minutes ago, Sean_1970 said:

Hmmm, but wouldn’t the rom either work or not work? Well, I won’t question it unless it becomes chronic 😉

It depends upon where the corruption is in the rom dump, and how much there is.  A small amount of corruption in the 'right' place wouldn't even necessarily cause a crash, for some games at least.

[Sean_1970]

51 minutes ago, fluxit said:

It depends upon where the corruption is in the rom dump, and how much there is.  A small amount of corruption in the 'right' place wouldn't even necessarily cause a crash, for some games at least.

That’s interesting. I guess Atari games are more sophisticated that I thought 😉

[tradyblix]

13 hours ago, Sean_1970 said:

Hmmm, but wouldn’t the rom either work or not work? Well, I won’t question it unless it becomes chronic 😉

No. Sometimes it loads them badly. We think some of the games haven't been played in a while and have some oxidation which is why anectodally some seem to work better after several insertions. They get "cleaned" but not as much as the original "cart scraper" 2600 port did. 

[Sean_1970]

On 12/7/2023 at 1:56 AM, tradyblix said:

No. Sometimes it loads them badly. We think some of the games haven't been played in a while and have some oxidation which is why anectodally some seem to work better after several insertions. They get "cleaned" but not as much as the original "cart scraper" 2600 port did. 

Well I’ve done the cleaning, so hopefully I won’t be seeing that issue again 😁🤞