Skye Eusebi Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 I've been trying to load a game I made for my dad's birthday into a harmony encore cart to use with the Atari 2600+ Posts on this site made me believe there is a way, but I just can't find it! I've been trying for over a week now! I tried different games as well, with no avail. Any game it manages to load is either a black screen or a garbled mess with a static pitch noise, it took me a while to even manage to make the console detect harmony in the slot. Any help is appreciated, I just want this to work before the 18th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Did you flash the game using the Harmony Programming Tool? That's the only way it works. Also the bankswitching type of your game has to be supported by the 2600+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skye Eusebi Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 I did use the programming tool, with the development tab I do not use bankswitching with my program so I believe it's fine? It's not a big game or anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tradyblix Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 I haven't been able to get mine to work either. You're not alone. I've given up on it anyway and collected real carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skye Eusebi Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 Is there an alternative to harmony for loading games without burning a chip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stamos Mullet Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 1 hour ago, Skye Eusebi said: Is there an alternative to harmony for loading games without burning a chip? buy the real carts. If your Harmony wasn't an Encore, it works fine. as does Concerto for 2600 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skye Eusebi Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 I believe you didn't read the first post, I'm trying to load a game I made myself as a birthday gift for my dad.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorkbot Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) 4 hours ago, Skye Eusebi said: I'm trying to load a game I made myself as a birthday gift for my dad.. You can have one-off custom carts made for $30 here at Atari Age:https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=949 Edited January 13 by Glorkbot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 4 hours ago, Skye Eusebi said: I'm trying to load a game I made myself as a birthday gift for my dad.. Is it a standard 4K game or does it use extra ram and bankswitching? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KainXavier Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 The Harmony Encore has its own sub-forum. I believe the information you're looking for can be found in this thread. batari is the creator of the Harmony cart, so you'll definitely want to review any posts made by him. Also, I'm pretty sure there have been revisions to the hardware over the years, and you could be using the wrong software. Lastly, I know you're having trouble with your Harmony cart, but have you also verified your game works in Stella? That could be another barrier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 13 hours ago, Skye Eusebi said: I did use the programming tool, with the development tab I do not use bankswitching with my program so I believe it's fine? It's not a big game or anything Do other 4K games work that way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skye Eusebi Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 (edited) The game is standard 4k with no bankswitching, it works fine in Stella.. I can't burn a cartridge yet as I'm not sure if it's NTSC or PAL and I'd rather be certain it works first. I'm using the latest bios and eeloader for the cartridge as well. It doens't seem to be able to load any game however, PAL, PAL60, or NTSC, even tried from different sources, no game seems to load properly Edited January 13 by Skye Eusebi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skye Eusebi Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 (edited) 16 hours ago, KainXavier said: The Harmony Encore has its own sub-forum. I believe the information you're looking for can be found in this thread. batari is the creator of the Harmony cart, so you'll definitely want to review any posts made by him. Also, I'm pretty sure there have been revisions to the hardware over the years, and you could be using the wrong software. Lastly, I know you're having trouble with your Harmony cart, but have you also verified your game works in Stella? That could be another barrier. I want to thank you a lot for sending me to the encore sub-forum, I've found the problem. It's an outdated 2k4k.arm file sent with the harmonycart program, I'll link the file for anyone that might find this post, thank you. It must be put in the /arm folder. 2k4k.arm Edited January 13 by Skye Eusebi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, Skye Eusebi said: I can't burn a cartridge yet as I'm not sure if it's NTSC or PAL and I'd rather be certain it works first. Stella should tell you what it is. Try Alt+L. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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