JetmanUK Posted Wednesday at 05:25 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 05:25 PM 43 minutes ago, pseudografx said: Just a little request regarding the first post - could you please include release dates in the change log? At least for the future updates. It's in the file name. 💁🏻 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted Wednesday at 05:25 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 05:25 PM (edited) When I get a minute I am going to check a large part of my cart library, just to see if there any regressions. Especially my PAL carts as I seldom put those in the slot. Edited Wednesday at 05:28 PM by JetmanUK 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted Wednesday at 05:25 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 05:25 PM (edited) Hopefully my PAL Cristal Castles will be here by Friday/Saturday so I can check that too. Edited Wednesday at 05:29 PM by JetmanUK 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad5200 Posted Wednesday at 06:19 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:19 PM 5 hours ago, Striker667xbl said: Alien Abduction doesn't unload. Playing Audacity Games Alien Abduction, I noticed the game doesn't unload when you pull the cartridge out of the slot. You're forced to shut the 2600+ off then back on to load any new games. Maybe I need to update to latest ant try it out there too. I know this isn't system breaking, but it is unusual behavior. 1.1-r3 Confirming that this happens on mine also. Pull the cartridge out and the game keeps running. I am running 1.1x-r5 and dumper x.02. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted Wednesday at 06:20 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:20 PM 52 minutes ago, JetmanUK said: Hopefully my PAL Cristal Castles will be here by Friday/Saturday so I can check that too. My PAL Crystal Castles is Red label. Wonder if the black screen issue is with silver label also? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted Wednesday at 06:27 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:27 PM 6 minutes ago, shane857 said: My PAL Crystal Castles is Red label. Wonder if the black screen issue is with silver label also? The one I've ordered is the silver label one, so let's see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicodemusLegend Posted Wednesday at 06:48 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:48 PM 5 hours ago, Striker667xbl said: Alien Abduction doesn't unload. Playing Audacity Games Alien Abduction, I noticed the game doesn't unload when you pull the cartridge out of the slot. You're forced to shut the 2600+ off then back on to load any new games. Maybe I need to update to latest ant try it out there too. I know this isn't system breaking, but it is unusual behavior. 1.1-r3 There was a conversation some time back about folks pulling out cartridges while the 2600+ is live, but this is still mind-breaking for me. I treat it like a classic 2600, where we were told never to do such things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striker667xbl Posted Wednesday at 06:50 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:50 PM Just now, NicodemusLegend said: There was a conversation some time back about folks pulling out cartridges while the 2600+ is live, but this is still mind-breaking for me. I treat it like a classic 2600, where we were told never to do such things. I figure it's a little less wear on the switch and skips the boot-up. But I know what you mean. It feels so wrong haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamazaki Posted Wednesday at 06:56 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:56 PM 22 minutes ago, JetmanUK said: The one I've ordered is the silver label one, so let's see. There seems to be at least four PAL label variants, three of which are silver. Mine has 'Printed in Hong Kong' at the bottom (and works fine), there's a silver label with no bottom text at all, and one with 'use with Joystick Controllers'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz0red Posted Wednesday at 07:12 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 07:12 PM (edited) 5 hours ago, Striker667xbl said: Alien Abduction doesn't unload. Playing Audacity Games Alien Abduction, I noticed the game doesn't unload when you pull the cartridge out of the slot. You're forced to shut the 2600+ off then back on to load any new games. Maybe I need to update to latest ant try it out there too. I know this isn't system breaking, but it is unusual behavior. 1.1-r3 Just to confirm, if you put in another game, it doesn’t recognize it? Thanks, Chris. Edited Wednesday at 07:13 PM by raz0red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted Wednesday at 07:31 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 07:31 PM 32 minutes ago, yamazaki said: There seems to be at least four PAL label variants, three of which are silver. Mine has 'Printed in Hong Kong' at the bottom (and works fine), there's a silver label with no bottom text at all, and one with 'use with Joystick Controllers'. Interesting. I've just looked at my eBay purchase history, and assuming they are both photos of the two actual carts, which I believe they are, I had and have the silver variant without any text. Hopefully the missing one will turn up one day, I'm looking forward to testing it's replacement soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dionoid Posted Wednesday at 08:35 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:35 PM 2 hours ago, shane857 said: My PAL Crystal Castles is Red label. Wonder if the black screen issue is with silver label also? Yes, mine is a silver label, "Printed in Hong Kong", and has the black screen issue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz0red Posted Wednesday at 08:37 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 08:37 PM Just now, Dionoid said: Yes, mine is a silver label, "Printed in Hong Kong", and has the black screen issue. Black screen is due to an overdump. Will put together a potential fix and send it to you for testing later this week. Thanks to everyone for reporting the issue. Thanks, Chris. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striker667xbl Posted Wednesday at 09:03 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 09:03 PM 1 hour ago, raz0red said: Just to confirm, if you put in another game, it doesn’t recognize it? Thanks, Chris. Correct. You can put another game in and it won't recognize a new cart. Infact you can keep playing Alien Abduction as normal with a completely different cart in the slot. heh. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stamos Mullet Posted Thursday at 12:59 AM Share Posted Thursday at 12:59 AM It is kinda funny how John Van Ryzin came here to complain about all the 2600+ enthusiasts only wanting to play “old games”, and bitched about Atari not giving him the deal he wanted to release his game, so when it finally released from Audacity and it doesn’t work with the console correctly and forces users to reboot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striker667xbl Posted Thursday at 04:05 AM Share Posted Thursday at 04:05 AM 3 hours ago, John Stamos Mullet said: It is kinda funny how John Van Ryzin came here to complain about all the 2600+ enthusiasts only wanting to play “old games”, and bitched about Atari not giving him the deal he wanted to release his game, so when it finally released from Audacity and it doesn’t work with the console correctly and forces users to reboot. Don't know about any of that... but I do know the game is very addictive and has a pretty cool online leader board system. The way it's displayed on the website could use a redesign though. Also looked like you could earn patches, if I read the instructions correctly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad5200 Posted Thursday at 04:38 AM Share Posted Thursday at 04:38 AM 3 hours ago, John Stamos Mullet said: and it doesn’t work with the console correctly and forces users to reboot. You are talking about the most minor thing ever. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stamos Mullet Posted Thursday at 05:05 AM Share Posted Thursday at 05:05 AM 26 minutes ago, chad5200 said: You are talking about the most minor thing ever. I didn’t say it was major. It’s just a funny coincidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dionoid Posted Thursday at 07:05 AM Share Posted Thursday at 07:05 AM 5 hours ago, John Stamos Mullet said: It is kinda funny how John Van Ryzin came here to complain about all the 2600+ enthusiasts only wanting to play “old games”, and bitched about Atari not giving him the deal he wanted to release his game, so when it finally released from Audacity and it doesn’t work with the console correctly and forces users to reboot. I'm sure no one but you thinks that's funny. After you trolled and insulted JVR multiple times (calling him drunk?), he turned away from AtariAge. And he had valid criticism on Atari IMO. We had a chance to interact with the original Atari 2600 H.E.R.O. game designer, but we've ended up with you trolling people on this forum. Rather sad than funny. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted Thursday at 07:12 AM Share Posted Thursday at 07:12 AM 10 hours ago, Dionoid said: Yes, mine is a silver label, "Printed in Hong Kong", and has the black screen issue. You guys may want to take a look at Phil's website. https://www.videogamevariations.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted Thursday at 07:23 AM Share Posted Thursday at 07:23 AM 17 minutes ago, Dionoid said: he turned away from AtariAge There is always more to a story, let's just leave it at that. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted Thursday at 07:47 AM Share Posted Thursday at 07:47 AM (edited) 2 hours ago, John Stamos Mullet said: I didn’t say it was major. It’s just a funny coincidence. No, you are just bitching. Again! Edited Thursday at 07:47 AM by Thomas Jentzsch 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted Thursday at 07:55 AM Share Posted Thursday at 07:55 AM 41 minutes ago, CPUWIZ said: You guys may want to take a look at Phil's website. https://www.videogamevariations.com/ Thank you. That is an interesting site. Here's the Crystal Castles section: https://www.videogamevariations.com/AtariCompanies/AtariGames/CrystalCastles/crystal_castles_cartridges.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted Thursday at 01:35 PM Share Posted Thursday at 01:35 PM My PAL Crystal Castles arrived today. The label has no words at the bottom of the front label, as expected. It works fine. Firmware R5, Dumper 02 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted Thursday at 02:22 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:22 PM 19 hours ago, NicodemusLegend said: There was a conversation some time back about folks pulling out cartridges while the 2600+ is live, but this is still mind-breaking for me. I treat it like a classic 2600, where we were told never to do such things. Yes, I used to do the same. Now that I've boxed up my original VCS I hot swap carts on the 2600+ all the time. It's perfectly safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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