Lost Johnny Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Hello, Can someone help me with the above please? The game boots up to the title screen and the music plays, but when you try and start the game, the cart just re-boots to the title screen again. You see the first level start screen briefly for about half a second before it re-boots. There are some yellow pixels/blocks on the bottom of the screen under the level and player indicators which appear to move in time with the music. I don't think they should be there. My other 7800 carts, Galaga (NTSC), Ms. Pac Man (NTSC) and Impossible Mission (PAL) play fine. Do I need to do an update? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Johnny Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 Hello, Can anyone give me a few pointers on this issue please? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russell_nash Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 According to the compatibility list it works. Broadly speaking the possible problems are bad contact or firmware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dionoid Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 (edited) This is a known issue with the 1.0 firmware. Please install the experimental firmware, which will fix the problem. Edited July 2 by Dionoid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Johnny Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 Dionoid, thanks for the heads up, I'll update the firmware then. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Personally I would update to experimental firmware 1.1 revision 5 and use dumper version 2. Then see if you get the same result 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 On 6/26/2024 at 1:06 PM, Lost Johnny said: Can someone help me with the above please? Follow the below linked post, and the issue you're experiencing and many others are fixed: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Johnny Posted July 4 Author Share Posted July 4 Thanks all. I'll get the unit updated and let you know the result. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Johnny Posted July 11 Author Share Posted July 11 Hello all, Now running the latest experimental firmware and dumper as advised, it's all good! Commando running great and I can finally play Mountain King, definitely a RTFM game. Might have to pull the trigger on Tunnel Runner soon as I've been considering that one for a while. An added bonus is that I can now see my bullets on the Mothership screen of Phoenix (PAL), which improves the gameplay somewhat! Will have to check if the colours have improved on my PAL QBert next, some of the screens on that were unplayable with the original firmware. Thanks again everyone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEANJIMMY Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 1 hour ago, Lost Johnny said: Hello all, Now running the latest experimental firmware and dumper as advised, it's all good! Commando running great and I can finally play Mountain King, definitely a RTFM game. Might have to pull the trigger on Tunnel Runner soon as I've been considering that one for a while. An added bonus is that I can now see my bullets on the Mothership screen of Phoenix (PAL), which improves the gameplay somewhat! Will have to check if the colours have improved on my PAL QBert next, some of the screens on that were unplayable with the original firmware. Thanks again everyone. Good to hear🤙 With the z26 PAL palette for 2600, Qbert should be fine, can't remember something odd on latest release. The original palette caused trouble in the black and grey levels of PAL HERO too, so I can imagine what happened to Qbert levels with similar colors. The PAL colors for 7800 games improved too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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