Atari 2600+ Beta Update 1.1

[Happytoe]

I'd Love to test the 1.1 FW Update.

 

I Have 20+ homebrew games for my 2600 and 2600 +M (many of which do not currently work) I also have several hundred 2600 games along with most peripherals and add-ons (like the Atari Vox+, Save Key, etc...

 

[chad5200]

1 hour ago, Thomas Jentzsch said:

Weird. Have you tried both paddles? The game not only has the ports swapped but also the paddles themselves. Though, for the official NTSC version, Stella fixes that.

 

BTW: Do you have a PAL version of the game? The Atarimania collection only contains PAL hacks and pirates.

Tried both paddles.  Not working.

 

My game is NTSC.

 

BTW, paddles works fine in the Retron 77 with latest community Stella build in the LEFT port.  Does not work in 2600+ (1.0 or 1.1 beta) in either port.

 

 

[JetmanUK]

My 2600 games that were not working, retested!

 

Working:

Tutankham

 

Not working:

Moonsweeper PAL - Still the same, it has a weird double screen glitch. It has been mentioned in another thread by another user too. The cart works fine on my woody. 

 

Pick & Pile PAL - Still the same, after the initial screen I get a super flickery screen. The cart works fine on my woody 

 

This means that I now only have three games in my collection that don't work. The two 2600 games above and 7800 PAL Karateka. Not bad at all! Thank you. 👍🏻😊

Edited December 31, 2023 by JetmanUK
Added a video of Pick and a photo of Moon

[Thomas Jentzsch]

47 minutes ago, remowilliams said:

 

I tried Tac-Scan earlier, no control with either paddle in either port.

I vaguely remember there is a pirate which uses the joystick. 

[Der Justy]

Hi,

 

I would like to test the betaFirmware.

 

I got Astroblaster, Mooncresta and SCramble for the 7800 and Circus Convoi for the 2600 and several other games... All Pal version.

I got a Windows PC.

 

Best regards

Justy

 

[Thomas Jentzsch]

4 minutes ago, chad5200 said:

Tried both paddles.  Not working.

 

My game is NTSC.

 

BTW, paddles works fine in the Retron 77 with latest community Stella build in the LEFT port.  Does not work in 2600+ (1.0 or 1.1 beta) in either port.

No more ideas from me. 

[tradyblix]

1 hour ago, karri said:

Thank you for the update. My Christmas jam game works perfectly 😁

I wanna save the rainbow.... cart support anytime soon ?

[tradyblix]

11 minutes ago, JetmanUK said:

This means that I now only have three games in my collection that don't work. The two 2600 games above and 7800 PAL Karateka. Not bad at all! Thank you. 👍🏻😊

And nothing of value was lost. 

[Thomas Jentzsch]

12 minutes ago, JetmanUK said:

Pick & Pile PAL - Still the same, after the initial screen I get a super flickery screen. The cart works fine on my woody 

Pick & Pile does really odd stuff on the initial screen. Maybe that causes a detection problem.

[JetmanUK]

3 minutes ago, tradyblix said:

And nothing of value was lost. 

Is it that bad? 

[tradyblix]

7 minutes ago, JetmanUK said:

Is it that bad? 

It's a joke. Karateka ( the 7800 version ) is notoriously a bad port. 

[Ben from Plaion]

4 hours ago, AtariYMás009 said:

@Ben from Plaioncan you upload the 1.0 image until the 50Hz issue is fixed for the people that want to play some PAL games without dissapearing things?

Here you go

AtariDumper1.0.0.0.exe update.img

[JetmanUK]

10 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said:

Pick & Pile does really odd stuff on the initial screen. Maybe that causes a detection problem.

I've updated my post to include a short video of Pick & Pile (also a photo of Moonsweeper too). 

[Ben from Plaion]

3 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said:

Conspiracy theories are folklore over there.  

I suspect the driver is finding a previous install which was labelled with the other brand cause its a similar chipset. Its a nothing.

 

We should though be seen as a Atari2600+ rather then a generic rockchip device! But thats for another day.

[+Atari_Warlord]

Two updates on the NTSC testing:

 

After setting the difficulty switches properly for Crazy Brix the Joystick works and I wasn't able to repeat the crash from toggling game select that happened earlier.

 

Karateka

  It loads and I was able to perform the punches and kicks as well as use both buttons, but it is really sluggish.  I would need to try it on a real 7800 for comparison.  I'll get a unit out tomorrow morning to help with the testing.

 

 

[+swlovinist]

17 hours ago, tradyblix said:

which version. there's 2 versions. 2600 and 7800. 

 

Also guys... you need a 2 button controller to play some 7800 games. Even if before it was "working" because the "main" button was the second button and that was first on 1.0. That's not a bug... 

I tested the 7800 version and the focus of my testing with homebrew and aftermarket games.   

[tradyblix]

1 minute ago, swlovinist said:

I tested the 7800 version and the focus of my testing with homebrew and aftermarket games.   

Well, I still gotta find a copy anyway, so I can wait

[Ben from Plaion]

49 minutes ago, Der Justy said:

Hi,

 

I would like to test the betaFirmware.

 

I got Astroblaster, Mooncresta and SCramble for the 7800 and Circus Convoi for the 2600 and several other games... All Pal version.

I got a Windows PC.

 

Best regards

Justy

 

here you go

 

 

[Ben from Plaion]

57 minutes ago, Happytoe said:

I'd Love to test the 1.1 FW Update.

 

I Have 20+ homebrew games for my 2600 and 2600 +M (many of which do not currently work) I also have several hundred 2600 games along with most peripherals and add-ons (like the Atari Vox+, Save Key, etc...

 

 

[r_type2600]

6 minutes ago, Ben from Plaion said:

here you go

 

 

Ben, maybe you could add the update (and instructions) to your first post, as that's where most will check for it and your initial (and this) posting of the update will easily be overlooked within all the thread pages and you'll then continue to get requests for it.

Cheers, and thanks for your and your team's work and commitment to continue optimizing the 2600+ experience.

Edited December 31, 2023 by r_type2600

[Ben from Plaion]

8 minutes ago, r_type2600 said:

Ben, maybe you could add the update (and instructions) to your first post, as that's where most will check for it and your initial (and this) posting of the update will easily be overlooked within all the thread pages and you'll then continue to get requests for it.

Cheers, and thanks for your and your team's work and commitment to continue optimizing the 2600+ experience.

Yeah, putting out the @Albert bat signal.

[tradyblix]

We're not trusted to edit our own posts on this forum software after an hour. lol. 

[Albert]

5 minutes ago, tradyblix said:

We're not trusted to edit our own posts on this forum software after an hour. lol. 

Yeah, you can thank all the people who abused the edit feature when everyone could edit their posts indefinitely.  

 

 ..Al

[Albert]

11 minutes ago, Ben from Plaion said:

Yeah, putting out the @Albert bat signal.

You can now edit the first post in the thread. 

 

 ..Al

[AtariYMás009]

1 hour ago, Ben from Plaion said:

Here you go

AtariDumper1.0.0.0.exe 5.26 MB · 9 downloads update.img 68.85 MB · 6 downloads

Thank you so much ben, at least I can see the ghosts again haha

I look forward to an improved 50Hz implementation.