Thomas Jentzsch Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 1 hour ago, Albert said: That's great, thanks for the update! Now if we can get Star Castle Arcade, Zippy, and Stella's Stocking working. All three of those use bankswitching schemes that don't appear to be supported by the dumper yet. There are more (to come): Penult (??), Chetiry (CTY), Toyshop Trouble (not sure if the carts use 0840), Boulder Dash (3E). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben from Plaion Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 11 minutes ago, 2LTIME6100 said: Is there anything new to report about Pitfall 2? I think if you get this game to run it would be a very good advertisement for the console. By the way, I personally would be very happy about it 😉 Not yet, but we are getting close, just getting throug these Superchip homebrews. I think PFII will be the last 2600 game we fix (or attempt to I should say) and then thats it, it'll be finished and I'm off! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariYMás009 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 I've just tested the latest rev2 of this experimental firmware, maze craze has correct colors and framerate, but there's still the issue with the music in games like E.t. or Q*^bert @raz0red @Ben from Plaion How did you fixed this problem on NTSC games?, because I belive that it happened on 1.0 firmware and was sloved in 1.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2LTIME6100 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) Thanks Ben, that sounds good. I'm keeping my fingers crossed 😊 Edited February 27 by 2LTIME6100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 I downloaded and installed Experimental firmware 1.1x-r2 latest dumper Aardvark NTSC runs Great! Strategy X NTSC loads 5 out of 5 berfore it was 2 out of 5. Circus Convoy NTSC no longer works first picture. Juno First won’t load second picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Update Strategy X NTSC still hit and miss on loading. I guess I got lucky before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laladien Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 27 minutes ago, MrChickenz said: I downloaded and installed Experimental firmware 1.1x-r2 latest dumper Aardvark NTSC runs Great! Strategy X NTSC loads 5 out of 5 berfore it was 2 out of 5. Circus Convoy NTSC no longer works first picture. Juno First won’t load second picture. I’m using the same FW and current dumper and my copy of Circus Convoy is working. No issue. Are you using the dumper version ending in .9? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeM_ Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) 2 hours ago, Ben from Plaion said: Not yet, but we are getting close, just getting throug these Superchip homebrews. I think PFII will be the last 2600 game we fix (or attempt to I should say) and then thats it, it'll be finished and I'm off! Are the dumper issues with some Coleco games and James Bond still being looked at? My testing with the experimental FW was pointing at the dumper not pulling all 8k in these for whatever reason. That and PFII are the last issues I really have on the NTSC side of things so resolving them would satisfy me for sure. 👍🏼 Edited February 27 by MikeM_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 8 minutes ago, Laladien said: I’m using the same FW and current dumper and my copy of Circus Convoy is working. No issue. Are you using the dumper version ending in .9? Yes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Here is Strategy X working and not working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 13 minutes ago, Laladien said: I’m using the same FW and current dumper and my copy of Circus Convoy is working. No issue. Are you using the dumper version ending in .9? Circus Convoy was working before I installed Experimental firmware. I’ll keep trying maybe it’s the dumper. Strategy X is hit and miss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stamos Mullet Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 13 minutes ago, MikeM_ said: Are the dumper issues with some Coleco games and James Bond still being looked at? My testing with the experimental FW was pointing at the dumper not pulling all 8k in these for whatever reason. That and PFII are the last issues I really have on the NTSC side of things so resolving them would satisfy me for sure. 👍🏼 Which coleco games? I ahve Time Pilot and it's working fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stamos Mullet Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 4 minutes ago, MrChickenz said: Circus Convoy was working before I installed Experimental firmware. I’ll keep trying maybe it’s the dumper. Strategy X is hit and miss! Circus Convoy is working here on the r2 experimental firmware. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeM_ Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 12 minutes ago, John Stamos Mullet said: Which coleco games? I ahve Time Pilot and it's working fine. Smurf: Rescue, and Zaxxon have consistently not been working for me and are verified on my 7800. when I was testing the Experimental FW it was pointed out that they were showing as 4k carts when they are actually 8k. Same issue exists with James Bond. So it’s a dumper issue rather than an emulation problem. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varanis Ridari Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 1 minute ago, MikeM_ said: Smurf: Rescue, and Zaxxon have consistently not been working for me and are verified on my 7800. when I was testing the Experimental FW it was pointed out that they were showing as 4k carts when they are actually 8k. Same issue exists with James Bond. So it’s a dumper issue rather than an emulation problem. I second this. I have a copy of Smurf that dumps corrupt and apparently it's a very common problem. Hopefully before anyone's done with fixes, they'll address that issue so we're not locked out of using it on the 2600+ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeM_ Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 I will say, my #1 hope is to have all my carts working by the end of the fw/dumper work. But If I had to choose, I’d rather see PFII work over the other 3 of mine that don’t; but only if I had to choose… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari_Warlord Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 My Circus Convoy is still working with the latest dumper and FW also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m.o.terra kaesi Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) 3 hours ago, Ben from Plaion said: Not yet, but we are getting close, just getting throug these Superchip homebrews. I think PFII will be the last 2600 game we fix (or attempt to I should say) and then thats it, it'll be finished and I'm off! to be honest, I totally lost track where we are. I check back once a week in this forum but it has gotten confusing on the state of affairs 🤪 (I have no idea if ARM games work now neither the driving controler or over 32kb games... you name it) Edited February 27 by m.o.terra kaesi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEANJIMMY Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) 3 hours ago, AtariYMás009 said: I've just tested the latest rev2 of this experimental firmware, maze craze has correct colors and framerate, but there's still the issue with the music in games like E.t. or Q*^bert @raz0red @Ben from Plaion How did you fixed this problem on NTSC games?, because I belive that it happened on 1.0 firmware and was sloved in 1.1 What is your problem with music in ET or Qbert? I am on 1.1x-r2 ET and Qbert (2600 PAL) sound Ok🤙 Journey Escape PAL sounds Ok 🤙 Medieval Mayham NTSC sounds awful (music in demo mode sounds like an amplifier is dying)😞 Game runs fine. Can anyone dupe this??? @raz0red I have found an issue with Crazy Brix 7800 PAL. The game starts fine in PAL mode but I can not play. It does not take fire press on joystick in port 1. Paddle does not work in port 2. I had to downgrade to 1.1 Rev1 to get it working again. Kicked it with escape sequence into PAL and could play with joystick in port 1. So it got broken in 1.1 Rev2 and fails in x1 as well. You can use the joystick to select game and start it by fire but 2nd fire press to release the ball fails in any release higher than 1.1 Rev2. If I put a joystick in port 2 and press right (fire on paddle), it releases the ball but i can't move the paddle as the games looks for paddles on port 2 which are not supported yet in 7800 mode. Edited February 27 by DEANJIMMY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariYMás009 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 19 minutes ago, DEANJIMMY said: What is your problem with music in ET or Qbert? I am on 1.1x-r2 The music starts like 2 or 3 seconds later, and that didn't happened to me on any of the builds, just after the 1.1x-r1. I'm also using 1.1x-r2. I read that this issue was also present for NTSC games on 1.0 relase firmware but was sloved on the following build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 1 hour ago, John Stamos Mullet said: Circus Convoy is working here on the r2 experimental firmware. I doubt if this matters but I just switched to the r2 experimental ( standard ) Circus Convoy loaded on the first try! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEANJIMMY Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 8 minutes ago, AtariYMás009 said: The music starts like 2 or 3 seconds later, and that didn't happened to me on any of the builds, just after the 1.1x-r1. I'm also using 1.1x-r2. I read that this issue was also present for NTSC games on 1.0 relase firmware but was sloved on the following build It seems to play right after ET starts🤔 20240227_215135.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) Medieval Mayhem doesn’t work but it did with beta 1.1 rev 2. Although it was on the first Atari2600+ I will install the experimental debug version again and see what happens Edited February 27 by MrChickenz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Now Circus Convoy is working with 1.1x-r2 debug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChickenz Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Here is Medieval Mayhem debug version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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