New(ish) 7800 Games and Accessories announced by Atari and Plaion compatible with the 2600+

[+GoldLeader]

30 minutes ago, Bitsized said:

I received word today that my US shipment is on the way.

^ S A M E ! !

 

WOOHOO!!!!

[ChopperCommando]

I got my pre-order of Food Fight today, June 24.  I live in the southern-midwest USA.  Haven't had a chance to play it yet since I'm still "working."  

[Dionoid]

On 6/23/2024 at 4:23 PM, Fred_M said:

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It is possible to buy the new games and accessoires from Amazon.de but the shipping costs are quite high. I guess none of the Dutch sellers were interested anymore?? 🙄

I'm also from the Netherlands and I indeed ordered the CX78+ from Amazon.de. Shipping costs are a bit higher (€ 6,99), but I'm happy with my CX78+. It feels nice and robust.

[+Intellivision Master]

Atari emailed me yesterday that my shipment is on the way.  It's arriving on 7/1.

[tmop69]

I've just received the CX78+ gamepad from Amazon Italy and I've done a quick test on Windows with the Deamonbite USB adapter. Is it normal that the button #2 is always detected as pressed? The d-pad and button #1 seem to work correctly.

 

[Draugr]

Most of the Atari items I pre-ordered on Amazon are set to arrive in the coming days, but Ninja Golf still shows "Not yet shipped. We will email you when we have an estimated delivery date." Is Ninja Golf still being released and if so is there any idea when it will start shipping from Amazon?

 

Thanks.

[MarcinJ]

I’ve played today Crystal Quest using the new CX78+ controller and the new cable extension. The need to press two buttons for a big jump is weird, but I could manage it quite well with the CX78+. Extra length is really useful, as I could sit comfortably on a sofa few meters away from my TV.

I took the advice of @Ben from Plaion and unscrewed the little joystick, indeed it works better without it. 

Edited Tuesday at 08:18 PM by MarcinJ
Forgot to mention the extension cable

[DEANJIMMY]

14 minutes ago, MarcinJ said:

I’ve played today Crystal Quest using the new CX78+ controller and the new cable extension. The need to press two buttons for a big jump is weird, but I could manage it quite well with the CX78+. Extra length is really useful, as I could sit comfortably on a sofa few meters away from my TV.

I took the advice of @Ben from Plaion and unscrewed the little joystick, indeed it works better without it. 

Yes, to press two buttons at the same time on a pad is tricky, therefore I play it with a joystick and therefore later pads got shoulder buttons😊

[Ben from Plaion]

31 minutes ago, MarcinJ said:

I’ve played today Crystal Quest using the new CX78+ controller and the new cable extension. The need to press two buttons for a big jump is weird, but I could manage it quite well with the CX78+. Extra length is really useful, as I could sit comfortably on a sofa few meters away from my TV.

I took the advice of @Ben from Plaion and unscrewed the little joystick, indeed it works better without it. 

Make sure the run / fire button is 1 and the jump button is 2. Much easier to play this great game like that.

 

I think you need both difficulty switches to A for that particular button config

Edited Tuesday at 08:45 PM by Ben from Plaion

[DEANJIMMY]

37 minutes ago, Ben from Plaion said:

Make sure the run / fire button is 1 and the jump button is 2. Much easier to play this great game like that.

 

I think you need both difficulty switches to A for that particular button config

Ah, therefore you can swap the buttons... I will try that game with a pad again😊

[Ben from Plaion]

3 minutes ago, DEANJIMMY said:

Ah, therefore you can swap the buttons... I will try that game with a pad again😊

Yeah I played it first with jump on 1 and fire jump on 2 and it was not comfortable.

Edited Tuesday at 09:28 PM by Ben from Plaion

[Plumbob]

I’m here in the US, and I ordered the CX78+ from Atari on Feb 11, and it is finally here!!!     

[Brad_from_the_80s]

Here’s me ordered everything from Atari back in Jan, waiting waiting to hear something.  Oh well, still early days yet I guess.

[Maztr_0n]

On 1/29/2024 at 7:59 PM, MikeM_ said:

I think the reason Nintendo and Sega don’t follow suit is because they don’t have to. 
 

Their strength is in their 1st party titles that they still own. Mario, Sonic, Zelda, etc. it’s super easy for them to release greatest hits collections for modern consoles and satisfy a majority of the consumers. 

A lot of Atari’s top hits were licensed from, or produced by 3rd parties. Space Invaders, PAC-Man, Donkey Kong, Pitfall!…

 

Atari can’t easily repackage 2600 games that other companies own, so building a replica console that allows us to replay all our games, regardless of who owns the IP makes great sense. Plus they can re-release the IP they do have and generate new buzz in addition. 

I mean, it also means more retro-revival goodness for atari, hopefully even a few Third Parties eventually try their hand at 7800/2600 stuff, at least for licensing.

We need more atari these days anyways, a fun thing to play off and on regularly

[Maztr_0n]

also i did get my stuff a few days ago, actually maybe on monday, which funnily meant i came home from Driving School to head home and practice what i learned on Fatal Run. Controller is comfier than i expected, but sometimes the joystick thingy isn't helpful and taking it off means your thumb rubs against a metal hole and also doesn't help too much, but it is great and is just because of accuracies sake which is beautiful, i need more 7800 games now...

[MarcinJ]

15 hours ago, Ben from Plaion said:

Make sure the run / fire button is 1 and the jump button is 2. Much easier to play this great game like that.

 

I think you need both difficulty switches to A for that particular button config

Thanks! I’ll try tonight.