John Stamos Mullet Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 (edited) So I pulled out my Donkey Kong 7800 XM cart I bought long, long ago from Tep on here in anticipation of the 7800XM add-on, which sadly never made it to production. And now all these years later, it works 100% perfectly (with Pokey Audio!), on a GENUINE ATARI commercially released console, in original Cart form! Wherever in the vast ether of the great beyond, I hope Curt is smiling down on this. His legacy lives on. Edited January 5 by John Stamos Mullet 17 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 That is great news! Is this with the Beta firmware? I thought I read that it didn't have sound with the original firmware. Or maybe that was the PK version that someone tested. It's been to long for me to remember, but my guess is that I would have disabled the external XM POKEY when the chip was added to the cart for the PK version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stamos Mullet Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 (edited) 45 minutes ago, tep392 said: That is great news! Is this with the Beta firmware? I thought I read that it didn't have sound with the original firmware. Or maybe that was the PK version that someone tested. It's been to long for me to remember, but my guess is that I would have disabled the external XM POKEY when the chip was added to the cart for the PK version. This was on the Firmware it shipped with, and on the subsequent beta upgrades. I had the OG release of the XM version, with the cool pre-release 1984-style 7800 label. I had the ROM you sent me which I could always use in my Concerto on a real 7800, but there's something about this original XM cart working on a genuine Atari console that made me giddy. Edited January 29 by John Stamos Mullet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 It is cool to see the 2600+ enabling some of those XM features. If the firmware gets to the point where it can support POKEY/YM sound, RAM and High Score Cart, then it will have the most useful features of the XM. I have four games, Beefdrop VE, Froggie, DK XM and PMC 40th that don't have sound chips in the cart and would benefit from those features. I wasn't planning to buy the 2600+, but seriously considering it now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) I wish I had bought a DK XM or PK. Life got busy and I missed the boat. I did buy the Rom, for my Concerto, however. I tend to use my vintage games in spurts. Edited February 7 by Zonie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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