skippy5c Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Anyone heard of this? know details about what exactly it is and does? I'm also looking for a good size storage rack (for lack of a better term) for my games cartridges....know where I can find one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 The Game Brain is a Atari 2600 cartridge unit that holds six carts in its slots, it has a cord that goes to a plug unit that looks like a cartridge that plugs into your 2600 system. So when you have your favorite 6 atari games loaded into the Game Brain, then all you have to do is push the button next to the game you want to play and thats it, you do not have to keep swithing game carts out of your 2600. It was made by RGA International Ltd and made in Hong Kong. Here is a picture of the one I have in its box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy5c Posted December 30, 2003 Author Share Posted December 30, 2003 So that's it's only point...just so you don't have to keep removing and reseating cartridges? I thought (hoped) it was more like a game genie that let you save games at a certain point so you could continue where you left off..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Nope, thats it and at last check, there are about three other types of units that do the same thing as this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 So that's it's only point...just so you don't have to keep removing and reseating cartridges? I thought (hoped) it was more like a game genie that let you save games at a certain point so you could continue where you left off..... Why would you want to save your games? Most Atari games have no ultimate goal to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy5c Posted December 30, 2003 Author Share Posted December 30, 2003 sku_u Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 3:10 pm Post subject: Re: Point? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why would you want to save your games? Most Atari games have no ultimate goal to them Oh I don't know...I guess because I'm not that good at them....and some of them I'd like to play the higher levels....at least once! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 So that's it's only point...just so you don't have to keep removing and reseating cartridges? I thought (hoped) it was more like a game genie that let you save games at a certain point so you could continue where you left off..... Why would you want to save your games? Most Atari games have no ultimate goal to them There have been more than a few occassions where I wish my 2600 had a pause or save game feature when I'm working on a marathon session of my favorite game only to have something come up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 So that's it's only point...just so you don't have to keep removing and reseating cartridges? I thought (hoped) it was more like a game genie that let you save games at a certain point so you could continue where you left off..... Why would you want to save your games? Most Atari games have no ultimate goal to them There have been more than a few occassions where I wish my 2600 had a pause or save game feature when I'm working on a marathon session of my favorite game only to have something come up. Some games have a pause feature (only a small handful). In Fast Eddie, you can click over the color/bw switch to pause the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 So that's it's only point...just so you don't have to keep removing and reseating cartridges? I thought (hoped) it was more like a game genie that let you save games at a certain point so you could continue where you left off..... Why would you want to save your games? Most Atari games have no ultimate goal to them There have been more than a few occassions where I wish my 2600 had a pause or save game feature when I'm working on a marathon session of my favorite game only to have something come up. Some games have a pause feature (only a small handful). In Fast Eddie, you can click over the color/bw switch to pause the game. Of course, there are always exceptions. However, the games that really need a pause feature (Dark Chambers, Berzerk, Adventure, Haunted House, Asteroids, Yars Revenge, Missile Command, etc.) never seem to have them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 So that's it's only point...just so you don't have to keep removing and reseating cartridges? I thought (hoped) it was more like a game genie that let you save games at a certain point so you could continue where you left off..... Why would you want to save your games? Most Atari games have no ultimate goal to them There have been more than a few occassions where I wish my 2600 had a pause or save game feature when I'm working on a marathon session of my favorite game only to have something come up. Some games have a pause feature (only a small handful). In Fast Eddie, you can click over the color/bw switch to pause the game. Of course, there are always exceptions. However, the games that really need a pause feature (Dark Chambers, Berzerk, Adventure, Haunted House, Asteroids, Yars Revenge, Missile Command, etc.) never seem to have them! A pause feature would be a nice hack for someone to work on. I'd like to be able to pause certain games as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 There is such a thing as a game-genie for the 2600 but only about 8-10 units exist and hence it is very rare and valuable. One of our members here owns one (Marco) and he posted a picture of it (attached). Info about it can be found here: http://www.atarihq.com/museum/2678/hardware/pgp-1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 There is such a thing as a game-genie for the 2600 but only about 8-10 units exist and hence it is very rare and valuable. One of our members here owns one (Marco) and he posted a picture of it (attached). Info about it can be found here: http://www.atarihq.com/museum/2678/hardware/pgp-1.html It really stinks that Answer never got off the ground. Their games and products are all above average compared to many other third party companies that made games/hardware for the VCS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 I have 2 Starplex Game-Selex right now. One of them in the box. I also have a game brain out of the box. I personally like the Game-Selex better than the game brain. I get a better picture with the starplex, plus it holds 9 games instaid of 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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