The 2600+ Game Compatability Thread

[IPAWS]

Ok thanks Pan.  Just can't get mine working - partially loads and I just get a garbled mess.  Does this look like a correct cartridge?  Picked it up recently at a local Retro store.   I don't have an original Atari to try it on unfortunately.

[AtariYMás009]

7 minutes ago, IPAWS said:

Ok thanks Pan.  Just can't get mine working - partially loads and I just get a garbled mess.  Does this look like a correct cartridge?  Picked it up recently at a local Retro store.   I don't have an original Atari to try it on unfortunately.

Flash the dedbug firmware version, and upload a photo with the md5 info here, maybe @raz0redcan fix that.

Or is only a faulty cart...

[Pan]

@IPAWS

for you to compare

md5 hash of my working PAL copy is:

c31a17942d162b80962cb1f7571cd1d5

 

1.1x-r6

Stella 6.7

 

your cartridge looks ok and has a better preserved label than mine 😄

[IPAWS]

I was literally typing out my reply when you answered @Pan.  Many thanks.

As you've said the game works for you - I'm leaning toward a faulty cart at this point.  Though I do have another 2600+ with the original firmware that I could try.  No issues with any other games - except Boulder Dash which we all know does not work yet on the 2600+.

Not sure if my copy is PAL or NTSC.  Being in Australia I'd guess PAL but I've picked up NTSC copies of other games at markets and retro stores around me - so not entirely sure. 

Yes well.... my label is in pretty good condition - so much so that I wondered if it might be a fake but again - not sure.  It does load.... something  🤔

I do have the 1.1x-r6: debug firmware loaded with x.03: dumper.  Stella 6.7.

 

My own debug info as follows.

FPS:46.66(46.69)  MD5:308c78ba92738785dd8c688e36bcF9b4   SIZE:2048   Type:2K, C1:8, C2:8

So I think I'm only getting a partial load, and then it bugs out.

 

Edited October 27 by IPAWS

[Ripweade]

On 10/9/2024 at 6:25 PM, JNH1969 said:

Hi, I need to know this before I order it, will the OMEGA RACE 2600 cartridge by CBS work on the 2600+ ?  Thank you.

 

I can confirm that it does.  I have a cart and played it MANY times.  Keep in mind that you need either the original joystick sleeve or use a 7800 controller.  It needs two buttons.

[Pan]

32 minutes ago, IPAWS said:

I was literally typing out my reply when you answered @Pan.  Many thanks.

As you've said the game works for you - I'm leaning toward a faulty cart at this point.  Though I do have another 2600+ with the original firmware that I could try.  No issues with any other games - except Boulder Dash which we all know does not work yet on the 2600+.

Not sure if my copy is PAL or NTSC.  Being in Australia I'd guess PAL but I've picked up NTSC copies of other games at markets and retro stores around me - so not entirely sure. 

Yes well.... my label is in pretty good condition - so much so that I wondered if it might be a fake but again - not sure.  It does load.... something  🤔

I do have the 1.1x-r6: debug firmware loaded with x.03: dumper.  Stella 6.7.

 

My own debug info as follows.

FPS:46.66(46.69)  MD5:308c78ba92738785dd8c688e36bcF9b4   SIZE:2048   Type:2K, C1:8, C2:8

So I think I'm only getting a partial load, and then it bugs out.

 

Size should be 4096, so it seems to not read the whole cart. Maybe you should do another cleaning run with WD40 and Isopropanol

 

If you are lucky you can still read the oval sticker on the backside. 

It reads: Q.C. PASSED – and beneath that 'P' for PAL and 'N' for NTSC.

Besides that the modules look the same

[+Fred_M]

My PAL copy of Assault works fine. The cartridge looks the same.

 

When a cartridge does not load correctly it often displays the incorrect debug info.

 

Try to clean the cartridge again (and again) and sometimes it helps when you pull back the inserted cartridge a tiny bit.

 

 

[Thran]

Sorry for the dual post.  I put this in the wrong thread before.

 

Short version is that the Good Deal Games version of Possible Mission doesn't work on my 2600+.

I have installed the latest updates.