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4 hours ago, MarcinJ said:

I agree, I wish we would also get some modern paddle games. Breakout is rather a bit simplistic, port of Krakout would be great. 
BTW, with Medieval Mayhem paddles work quite well. This is really fun game. 

This is a great idea, more modern paddle games! 

 

 I often wonder why Atari never made an Arcade version of PONG for the Atari 2600. I know there is Video Olympics with many variations in the game. But for some reason I didn’t find it as entertaining as original Pong. Yes it was in color but I never really liked it in color, and the on screen paddles seem smaller. I liked the B/W PONG with the sounds and scoring. Video Olympics just didn’t have that feel to it.

One would think that the Atari 2600 has the capability for an Arcade version of PONG. It was released after the home versions of PONG correct?

 

Edit: Home version of PONG release date 1975

        Atari 2600 release date 1977

        Atari 2600+ release date 2023

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7 hours ago, John Stamos Mullet said:

I would think that game compatibility for the games that don’t run at all takes priority over the relatively small number of paddle games that *do* work, just not as smooth as some people would like them. 

I do have to agree with paddle enthusiasts. Super Breakout and Kaboom are two top paddle games for Atari. While playable technically I wouldn’t consider them working titles. Seems to me your limited to how far you can score in these games due to the paddles/emulation not having the response that it should for these games. And I know @DEANJIMMY is having an issue with Circus Atari and Medieval Mayhem as well. So paddle support should have priority especially if you want the Atari 2600+ to be as authentic as possible. This is where many Flashbacks failed. As well as Track Ball support!

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On 8/31/2024 at 10:43 PM, Gabe said:

I think that's the last time I'll ask any questions here.

No.  My opinion is to ask what you need to know.  That is how we learn.

 

I read through this thread and my opinion is that there were some fun, silly, answers to lighten the stress.  For me, R6 is a fantastic release and behind the scenes, I just know Plaion is working VERY hard to move forward.

 

I gotta admit, between the "Animal House" and "Mr. Bean" responses, they had me giggling.  :lolblue:

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On 8/31/2024 at 10:43 PM, Gabe said:

I think that's the last time I'll ask any questions here.

No.  My opinion is to ask what you need to know.  That is how we learn.

 

I read through this thread and my opinion is that there were some fun, silly, answers to lighten the stress.  For me, R6 is a fantastic release and behind the scenes, I just know Plaion is working VERY hard to move forward.

 

I gotta admit, between the "Animal House" and "Mr. Bean" responses, they had me giggling.  :lolblue:

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On 8/31/2024 at 10:43 PM, Gabe said:

I think that's the last time I'll ask any questions here.

No.  My opinion is to ask what you need to know.  That is how we learn.

 

I read through this thread and my opinion is that there were some fun, silly, answers to lighten the stress.  For me, R6 is a fantastic release and behind the scenes, I just know Plaion is working VERY hard to move forward.

 

I gotta admit, between the "Animal House" and "Mr. Bean" responses, they had me giggling.  :lolblue:

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5 hours ago, MrChickenz said:

I do have to agree with paddle enthusiasts. Super Breakout and Kaboom are two top paddle games for Atari. While playable technically I wouldn’t consider them working titles. Seems to me your limited to how far you can score in these games due to the paddles/emulation not having the response that it should for these games. And I know @DEANJIMMY is having an issue with Circus Atari and Medieval Mayhem as well. So paddle support should have priority especially if you want the Atari 2600+ to be as authentic as possible. This is where many Flashbacks failed. As well as Track Ball support!

Paddles for Medieval Mayham work fine!

Just my  NTSC cart wouldn't dump without glitches for many dumper releases but it will be fine in the future, as the dumper is still developped forward🤙

Circus was not as good as on real HW with same paddles.

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9 minutes ago, davy said:

there is official update here https://atari.com/blogs/newsroom/updating-atari-2600-firmware

 

Grtz Wizart :)

This is the first beta version that was released, a very buggy one where PAL games did suffer from some pretty significant sprite dropouts, not because of the TV but because of the video rendering.
I honestly don't understand why Atari released this version instead of the latest experimental firmware.

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22 minutes ago, Philsan said:

It isn't the latest update available and the page is not complete.

 

Use the firmware in the Experimental firmware thread or wait for the next update that is coming.

That Atari page will be updated soon. I sent them the 'official' 2.0 firmware that's been shipping with 2600+ restocks. Not sure whether it's based on 1.6 or 1.7 exp. Bottom line is there is no difference to currently available experimental firmware and 2.0 official apart from the version number on the boot screen.

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11 minutes ago, Ben from Plaion said:

That Atari page will be updated soon. I sent them the 'official' 2.0 firmware that's been shipping with 2600+ restocks. Not sure whether it's based on 1.6 or 1.7 exp. Bottom line is there is no difference to currently available experimental firmware and 2.0 official apart from the version number on the boot screen.

That are good news, the very old FW on the official page could give a bad experience 🤔

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I presume that the 4-in-1 cart reflects how well the paddles work with those games. Canyon Bomber is a bit primitive even for an old retro head like me.  I'm surprised Warlords wasn't included in it though as it seems to work fine. Maybe there's a planned re-release of that or a vol.2 cart.  :)    

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18 hours ago, Ben from Plaion said:

That Atari page will be updated soon. I sent them the 'official' 2.0 firmware that's been shipping with 2600+ restocks. Not sure whether it's based on 1.6 or 1.7 exp. Bottom line is there is no difference to currently available experimental firmware and 2.0 official apart from the version number on the boot screen.

For me improving the paddles is way more important than improving game compatibility. Does firmware 2.0 address the paddle problems? I haven't installed 1.6 or 1.7 exp. but I'm guessing that they don't.

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21 hours ago, shane857 said:

I'm guessing to play paddle/driving/keypad games properly or at all, people are going to have to purchase a 7800+?

Not necessarily. They are still working on other controller support. Just because it’s not in this update doesn’t mean it’s not coming. It would be really great if people would stop posting negative speculation like this.

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2 hours ago, John Stamos Mullet said:

Not necessarily. They are still working on other controller support. Just because it’s not in this update doesn’t mean it’s not coming. It would be really great if people would stop posting negative speculation like this.

Just hopeful speculation bro..

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