Experimental 2600+ Firmware and Dumper

[MrChickenz]

13 minutes ago, John Stamos Mullet said:

I mean, I'm sure there would be a ton of grousing from the impatient ones in the peanut gallery, but I get it.

 

 

My first system was a Colecovision. So I’m use to the slow boot screen. lol

[shane857]

Personally I think the original Atari 2600+ boot logo is fine. Priority should be better game compatibility PAL/NTSC equally.

[DEANJIMMY]

1 hour ago, shane857 said:

Personally I think the original Atari 2600+ boot logo is fine. Priority should be better game compatibility PAL/NTSC equally.

Yep, get the dumper even dump the tiny rest, improve the paddle support (+7800) and let my Trakball roll🤙

Edited Friday at 10:27 PM by DEANJIMMY

[JetmanUK]

13 minutes ago, DEANJIMMY said:

Yep, get the dumper even dump the tiny rest, improve the paddle support (+7800) and let my Trakball roll🤙

Don't forget the Driving Controllers and keypad. 💁🏻😋

[m.o.terra kaesi]

16 hours ago, JetmanUK said:

Don't forget the Driving Controllers and keypad. 💁🏻😋

Thats why we are not at 100% yet. But I'm confident we get there. 

[tradyblix]

I do miss the 7800 boot logo. We still do have that on the emulators on handhelds, and I kind of consider it part of the original 7800 experience. So I would kind of like it if we could get it back.

Edited Saturday at 03:24 PM by tradyblix

[DhaemonX]

Can we get a sticky thread on how to update. I have never updated mine and I would like it all in one sticky thread please.  With the links to what I need to download please.

[DEANJIMMY]

12 minutes ago, DhaemonX said:

Can we get a sticky thread on how to update. I have never updated mine and I would like it all in one sticky thread please.  With the links to what I need to download please.

Please go to page one of this thread, there you find what you need.

[MrChickenz]

13 minutes ago, DhaemonX said:

Can we get a sticky thread on how to update. I have never updated mine and I would like it all in one sticky thread please.  With the links to what I need to download please.

First page on this thread is where you’ll find the latest files you need and a link for the instructions. It’s really not complicated. Fairly simple, there is also a great video on YouTube that explains it well. If you need help with any part of it just ask someone will gladly help.

 

EDIT: @DEANJIMMY beat me to it! lol.

Edited Saturday at 03:44 PM by MrChickenz

[DEANJIMMY]

4 minutes ago, MrChickenz said:

First page on this thread is where you’ll find the latest files you need and a link for the instructions. It’s really not complicated. Fairly simple, there is also a great video on YouTube that explains it well. If you need help with any part of it just ask someone will gladly help.

 

EDIT: @DEANJIMMY beat me to it! lol.

 

Instructions:

 

 

Files:

 

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361600-experimental-2600-firmware-and-dumper/#comments

 

Edited Saturday at 03:48 PM by DEANJIMMY

[yamazaki]

I picked up a complete copy of Acid Drop which is marked as working on the 1.0 compatibility list, but on 1.1x-r4 displays the title screen but wont progress into the game and crashes, despite cleaning and having been reported as working on the seller's 2600jnr.

 

Does anyone have a copy they could test to see if it's an r4 issue or if I've just picked up a bad cart?  

[Dionoid]

1 hour ago, yamazaki said:

I picked up a complete copy of Acid Drop which is marked as working on the 1.0 compatibility list, but on 1.1x-r4 displays the title screen but wont progress into the game and crashes, despite cleaning and having been reported as working on the seller's 2600jnr.

 

Does anyone have a copy they could test to see if it's an r4 issue or if I've just picked up a bad cart?  

I just tested my copy of Acid Drop (PAL) and for me this game is also *not* working. It shows the splash screen but pressing fire doesn't bring me to the game. When pulling the Reset switch, the screen gets scrambled (while vaguely showing "Acid Drop"). I'm running the latest 1.1x-r5. My other Salu games (My Golf and Pick 'n' Pile) are working.

Edited Saturday at 07:32 PM by Dionoid

[yamazaki]

13 minutes ago, Dionoid said:

I have also tested by copy of Acid Drop (PAL) and for me this game is also *not* working. It shows the splash screen but pressing fire doesn't bring me to the game. When pulling the Reset switch, the screen gets scrambled (while vaguely showing "Acid Drop"). I'm running the latest 1.1x-r5. My other Salu games (My Golf and Pick 'n' Pile) are working.

Ah, exactly the same symptoms as mine.  Thanks very much for checking.  I wonder if it did work on 1.0 or the tester only got as far as the title screen and assumed all was ok? 

[raz0red]

33 minutes ago, Dionoid said:

I just tested my copy of Acid Drop (PAL) and for me this game is also *not* working. It shows the splash screen but pressing fire doesn't bring me to the game. When pulling the Reset switch, the screen gets scrambled (while vaguely showing "Acid Drop"). I'm running the latest 1.1x-r5. My other Salu games (My Golf and Pick 'n' Pile) are working.

Can you please capture and post the debug info?

 

The PAL version of Pick 'n Pile it was being detected as NTSC and we needed to force it.

 

Thanks,

Chris.

Edited Saturday at 07:46 PM by raz0red

[shane857]

I tried Crystal Castles PAL earlier and it boots to title screen, thou when you try to start game it goes black screen.

Anybody else experience this issue? I'm on 1.1 r4

[raz0red]

10 minutes ago, shane857 said:

I tried Crystal Castles PAL earlier and it boots to title screen, thou when you try to start game it goes black screen.

Anybody else experience this issue? I'm on 1.1 r4

Can you please capture the debug info is possible?

 

Thanks a lot,

Chris.

[shane857]

Just now, raz0red said:

Can you please capture the debug info is possible?

 

Thanks a lot,

Chris.

Will do 👍🏻

[yamazaki]

21 minutes ago, shane857 said:

I tried Crystal Castles PAL earlier and it boots to title screen, thou when you try to start game it goes black screen.

Anybody else experience this issue? I'm on 1.1 r4

Also 1.1r4 and PAL Crystal Castles seems to be working ok. 

[Dionoid]

31 minutes ago, raz0red said:

Can you please capture and post the debug info?

Here is the debug info. Seems like it's correctly detected as PAL, but the bankswitching type should be F6. Please also see this thread for more info.

[Dionoid]

17 minutes ago, raz0red said:

Can you please capture the debug info is possible?

 

Thanks a lot,

Chris.

For me, Crystal Castles PAL also shows a black screen after the title screen. I'm running 1.1x-r5.

[Trebor]

12 hours ago, DhaemonX said:

Can we get a sticky thread on how to update. I have never updated mine and I would like it all in one sticky thread please.  With the links to what I need to download please.

See this post for a thorough step-by-step instructions on how to update, including a one file zip archive download containing all necessary files:

 

[DhaemonX]

7 hours ago, Trebor said:

See this post for a thorough step-by-step instructions on how to update, including a one file zip archive download containing all necessary files:

 

So can I go straight to updating to the latest dumper  (x.02)? And the R5 firmware from my stock 2600+?

[+Atari_Warlord]

2 minutes ago, DhaemonX said:

So can I go straight to updating to the latest dumper  (x.02)? And the R5 firmware from my stock 2600+?

Yes. 

[DhaemonX]

Thank you to all that helped. Updated everything and my games run smooth! I do notice the games take a few seconds longer to load on Rev 5. But it's stable!

[Striker667xbl]

Sorry if this is buried in this topic somewhere...

I'm on 1.1r3 and Received a Defender 2 cib. It's not being recognized as in the slot.

 

Has this game been verified working? It's the first cart I've received with green on the copper pins. It's probably just going to take a lot of electronic contact cleaner but I want to rule out compatibility too since I've already cleaned it a lot.

 

Thanks!