shane857 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 11 hours ago, AtariYMás009 said: did you test this function on original hardware, stella dosen't pause this game in the PAL version Yes, the game pauses on my original 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastic_man Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 There seems to be high score corruption happening with Home brew games that use a save Key, could this be possblly fixed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larsvonhier Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 15 minutes ago, mastic_man said: There seems to be high score corruption happening with Home brew games that use a save Key, could this be possblly fixed? Not sure if you hint at the "interlace" problem (should be ok on a "real" TV tube or if you change the settings of your LG panel) or the rather strange entries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastic_man Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) 1 hour ago, larsvonhier said: Not sure if you hint at the "interlace" problem (should be ok on a "real" TV tube or if you change the settings of your LG panel) or the rather strange entries? It happens what ever TV you use, if you reflash the software then the the score is unscrambled. I have attached another picture of a different game, notice postion 2 on the scores. I got about 47000 and entered the initials MRT, as you can see its scrambled. Edited February 9 by mastic_man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 2 hours ago, larsvonhier said: Not sure if you hint at the "interlace" problem (should be ok on a "real" TV tube or if you change the settings of your LG panel) or the rather strange entries? This can be alleviated by enabling Phosphor mode in Stella (using a USB/OTG keyboard setup) but that causes additional performance issues for the already currently inadequate performance of the 2600+ with any demanding games (including Mappy / ARM shown) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastic_man Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) 1 hour ago, remowilliams said: This can be alleviated by enabling Phosphor mode in Stella (using a USB/OTG keyboard setup) but that causes additional performance issues for the already currently inadequate performance of the 2600+ with any demanding games (including Mappy / ARM shown) The problem does not go away with enabling Phosphor with a usb keyboard. The only way it goes away (for me) is when you reflash the image and save key is effectively set back to 0. Edited February 9 by mastic_man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 1 hour ago, mastic_man said: The problem does not go away with enabling Phosphor with a usb keyboard. The only way it goes away (for me) is when you reflash the image and save key is effectively set back to 0. Yes, I was talking about the perceived video issue comment, not the save key. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastic_man Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Good example below. Robot Wars with save key enabled and then another version with the save key disabled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stamos Mullet Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Hold up. how are you getting Robot Wars and Mappy to play on a 2600+? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastic_man Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 13 minutes ago, John Stamos Mullet said: Hold up. how are you getting Robot Wars and Mappy to play on a 2600+? Burning them to a 32k eprom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmmbeh Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Has anyone had trouble with Journey Escape on the Atari 2600+? I have two copies of it, and the music is very laggy and the game is slow. Perhaps this can be reported for a future update fix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad5200 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 23 minutes ago, John Stamos Mullet said: Hold up. how are you getting Robot Wars and Mappy to play on a 2600+? Special ROM that won't work on the classic 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastic_man Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 10 minutes ago, chad5200 said: Special ROM that won't work on the classic 2600. The rom will work on a classic 2600. However the pcb I am using does not contain the arm hardware to run on the older system but will work on the 2600+ The required hardware for the game to run is already emulated in the 2600+ firmware. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laladien Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 30 minutes ago, mmmmbeh said: Has anyone had trouble with Journey Escape on the Atari 2600+? I have two copies of it, and the music is very laggy and the game is slow. Perhaps this can be reported for a future update fix? Yeah, I had this issue as well and mentioned it. It's the only game I've had so far that has any true issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 22 hours ago, AtariYMás009 said: did you test this function on original hardware, stella dosen't pause this game in the PAL version How come the function works on the NTSC version? 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stamos Mullet Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 2 hours ago, mastic_man said: Burning them to a 32k eprom Do they run at full speed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 1 hour ago, John Stamos Mullet said: Do they run at full speed? No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEANJIMMY Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) For Omicron 2600 the twinstick mode does not work on the 2600+ The joystick in port 2 does not get recognized! No worries about the pad, with normal joysticks I got the same result 😊 On my real 7800 it worked right away and is a great twinstick shooter😞 Edited February 9 by DEANJIMMY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stamos Mullet Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) 6 hours ago, mastic_man said: The problem does not go away with enabling Phosphor with a usb keyboard. The only way it goes away (for me) is when you reflash the image and save key is effectively set back to 0. I have an OTG cable with keyboard working, and I can access thr Retroarch menu, where is the phosphor setting? it’s not under core or video like I would expect in retroarch. Edited February 9 by John Stamos Mullet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Manic Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 There's no Touchpad Support for Star Raiders - you can play the game but without the touchpad its kinda useless without this working the 2600+ I've tested my copy of star Raiders and the touchpad I have and nothing no response from it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 If you have an OTG cable and a USB keyboard can you use the USB keyboard for the touchpad in Star Raiders? Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 24 minutes ago, Mitch said: If you have an OTG cable and a USB keyboard can you use the USB keyboard for the touchpad in Star Raiders? Mitch No. The libretro Stella core has no input devices for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Christmas Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 16 hours ago, mastic_man said: There seems to be high score corruption happening with Home brew games that use a save Key, could this be possblly fixed? I don't... know that SaveKey should be a concern before we get the homebrew games in general to a playable state. Heck I don't even know what Byte Before Christmas even _is_ since my original hardware no longer works with my TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastic_man Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 8 hours ago, remowilliams said: No. They work very well with the test roms I have been sent to try. I have compared them side by side on an original console and the 2600+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastic_man Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mr. Christmas said: I don't... know that SaveKey should be a concern before we get the homebrew games in general to a playable state. Heck I don't even know what Byte Before Christmas even _is_ since my original hardware no longer works with my TV. Most home brews are already playable by either adding a usb port and side loading (covered in another thread) pitfall 2 can be played this way or burning the game to an eprom. (Pitfall 2 does not work with eprom method) The main problem is the dumper which is being worked on. There also a few other minor problems such as the 2600+ software has quadtari detection enabled and this will stop controls working on certain home brew games. This ideally needs disabling or an option added so we can have it on it off. Same goes for the save key as it is detected in port 2 and is causing controller problems. As you can understand all these issues need to be looked at for when the clever folk hopefully fix the dumper and then all of us can fully enjoy our home brew games by just plugging our carts in. Edited February 10 by mastic_man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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