John Stamos Mullet Posted Thursday at 02:30 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:30 PM (edited) 8 hours ago, Dionoid said: 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. You don’t know the backstory. I do. and - for the record - I didn't actually "accuse him" of being a drunk. I made a variation on the "Go home, you're drunk" meme/joke that people have been using on forums like this and social media when someone shows up and starts posting erratically, since... forever. I did accuse him of being an imposter, yes. Because it seemed odd to me that a guy who worked on Atari games 40/50 years ago would suddenly turn up here out of the blue and start shitting on Atari and it's fans. But then I found out there was a pre-history to his outbursts that explains it. He was disgruntled with Atari. Edited Thursday at 03:13 PM by John Stamos Mullet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted Thursday at 02:36 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:36 PM 12 minutes ago, shane857 said: 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. Until it is not, especially on original carts, people have killed carts with "frying" on the original systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striker667xbl Posted Thursday at 02:43 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:43 PM 4 minutes ago, CPUWIZ said: Until it is not, especially on original carts, people have killed carts with "frying" on the original systems. The carts are dumped into memory and not read anymore once loaded. It's safe to remove them, but nothing wrong with playing it extra extra safe either. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted Thursday at 02:53 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:53 PM Going through my games again just to double check with 1.1x-r5 and Dumper x.02. So far all of my Homebrews work great! 2600 Circus Convoy Medieval Mayhem Wall Jump Ninja Robot City Juno First Aardvark Fall Down 7800 RIPOFF Frenzy All my 7800 games work great! Asteroids Galaga Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Jr Ms. Pac-Man Centipede Dig Dug Joust Pole Position Choplifter Robotron 2084 Fight Night Food Fight Hat Trick Karateka Xevious Ace of Aces Super Skateboardin Tomcat I’m going through my 2600 games now. I’ll report my findings when I finish. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted Thursday at 02:58 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:58 PM 16 minutes ago, Striker667xbl said: The carts are dumped into memory and not read anymore once loaded. It's safe to remove them, but nothing wrong with playing it extra extra safe either. READING has nothing to do with it, it will only be safe, if the circuitry inside cuts the power to the slot! EDIT: This is especially the case for the original cart slot, without the dividers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted Thursday at 04:04 PM Share Posted Thursday at 04:04 PM (edited) 8 hours ago, CPUWIZ said: There is always more to a story, let's just leave it at that. How do you get Banned from AtariAge? That’s like getting Banned from AOL! Edited Thursday at 04:05 PM by MrChickenz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted Thursday at 04:40 PM Share Posted Thursday at 04:40 PM (edited) 37 minutes ago, MrChickenz said: How do you get Banned from AtariAge? That’s like getting Banned from AOL! I heard that he said that the NES was better than the 7800. 😱 Edited Thursday at 04:41 PM by JetmanUK 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stamos Mullet Posted Thursday at 05:29 PM Share Posted Thursday at 05:29 PM 1 hour ago, MrChickenz said: How do you get Banned from AtariAge? That’s like getting Banned from AOL! I take it you’ve never ventured into the “off topic” section of the board. LOL! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striker667xbl Posted Thursday at 05:39 PM Share Posted Thursday at 05:39 PM 1 hour ago, MrChickenz said: How do you get Banned from AtariAge? That’s like getting Banned from AOL! He was asking for it.... No, I mean he was literally asking them to delete his account! A few times! It was an interesting conversation... I went back to read the thread. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted Thursday at 06:05 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:05 PM 33 minutes ago, John Stamos Mullet said: I take it you’ve never ventured into the “off topic” section of the board. LOL! I have never visited that place. Heading there shortly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted Thursday at 07:39 PM Share Posted Thursday at 07:39 PM 5 hours ago, CPUWIZ said: Until it is not, especially on original carts, people have killed carts with "frying" on the original systems. I suppose it depends on what cart your risking 'frying' 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted Thursday at 08:00 PM Share Posted Thursday at 08:00 PM 20 minutes ago, shane857 said: I suppose it depends on what cart your risking 'frying' 😂 I'll happily try out Karateka. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted Thursday at 09:18 PM Share Posted Thursday at 09:18 PM 3 hours ago, John Stamos Mullet said: I take it you’ve never ventured into the “off topic” section of the board. LOL! I never really ventured to far outside Atari 2600+ topic. lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amidarman Posted Thursday at 10:51 PM Share Posted Thursday at 10:51 PM 15 hours ago, CPUWIZ said: There is always more to a story, let's just leave it at that. He asked for his account to be removed and instead it was banned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TornadoTJ Posted Thursday at 11:21 PM Share Posted Thursday at 11:21 PM 3 hours ago, JetmanUK said: I'll happily try out Karateka. It wasn't good on the ST or the C64 either. I've tried several times to play my 7800 version and I just don't get it, it's like I'm stuck in molasses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slider271 Posted Thursday at 11:26 PM Share Posted Thursday at 11:26 PM 1 minute ago, TornadoTJ said: It wasn't good on the ST or the C64 either. I've tried several times to play my 7800 version and I just don't get it, it's like I'm stuck in molasses. I used to have this on the 7800 back in the day, UK owner here bought it never having heard that much about it as it wasn't available on the ZX Spectrum or Amstrad home computers that I had. I remember enjoying it on the 7800, even though it wasn't the most fluid of games, but unfortunately I've lost all my 7800 collection so can't try it now to see if I was just a bit uncritical back then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyOasys Posted Friday at 04:22 AM Share Posted Friday at 04:22 AM 5 hours ago, amidarman said: He asked for his account to be removed and instead it was banned. Not before stirring up drama over "Alien Abduction" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted Friday at 06:56 AM Share Posted Friday at 06:56 AM 8 hours ago, amidarman said: He asked for his account to be removed and instead it was banned. Like I said, there are 2 sides to every story, you have yours. I am not going to go into details, which is why I said "leave it at that". 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetmanUK Posted Friday at 08:38 AM Share Posted Friday at 08:38 AM 9 hours ago, Slider271 said: I used to have this on the 7800 back in the day, UK owner here bought it never having heard that much about it as it wasn't available on the ZX Spectrum or Amstrad home computers that I had. I remember enjoying it on the 7800, even though it wasn't the most fluid of games, but unfortunately I've lost all my 7800 collection so can't try it now to see if I was just a bit uncritical back then! My advice, stay away. As a Speccy owner play Ik+ or The Way of the Exploding Fist. Karateka is truly one of he worst commercially released games I have ever played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean_1970 Posted Friday at 11:44 AM Share Posted Friday at 11:44 AM 12 hours ago, TornadoTJ said: It wasn't good on the ST or the C64 either. I've tried several times to play my 7800 version and I just don't get it, it's like I'm stuck in molasses. I had a pirate copy for my 800XL and enjoyed it 🤷♂️ Still have the retrospective game from Digital Eclipse on my PS wish list 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariYMás009 Posted Friday at 01:31 PM Share Posted Friday at 01:31 PM I have a PAL multigame cartridge in which two of them display the wrong colors and the screen is scrolled down, making it impossible to see your lives in one of them. Apart from that, these two games run at 60Hz despite being a PAL cartridge. Here I leave an example of one of them (I am aware that those are the colors that the NTSC version must have but this version should be PAL and run at 50Hz) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz0red Posted Friday at 02:24 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 02:24 PM 51 minutes ago, AtariYMás009 said: I have a PAL multigame cartridge in which two of them display the wrong colors and the screen is scrolled down, making it impossible to see your lives in one of them. Apart from that, these two games run at 60Hz despite being a PAL cartridge. Here I leave an example of one of them (I am aware that those are the colors that the NTSC version must have but this version should be PAL and run at 50Hz) Can you please provide the debug info? Thanks a lot, Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striker667xbl Posted Friday at 03:56 PM Share Posted Friday at 03:56 PM On 7/3/2024 at 3:12 PM, raz0red said: Just to confirm, if you put in another game, it doesn’t recognize it? Thanks, Chris. I can confirm that this does not happen with Circus Convoy. Seems like the same circuit board. Odd.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amidarman Posted Friday at 05:42 PM Share Posted Friday at 05:42 PM 10 hours ago, CPUWIZ said: Like I said, there are 2 sides to every story, you have yours. I am not going to go into details, which is why I said "leave it at that". That is not my side, that is the public side. That is what John Van Ryzin twice asked for here. Maybe deleting the account isnt an option with the forum software and ban is all that is available? If that is the case it does not look to see him banned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariYMás009 Posted Friday at 08:18 PM Share Posted Friday at 08:18 PM 5 hours ago, raz0red said: Can you please provide the debug info? As soon as I have a chance I will show it here 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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