Chuck Gill Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 I was working on a new Marble Craze controller yesterday and had some trouble with my Marble Craze cart. On my heavy 6 switch system it resets back to the title screen at random times. On my 2600 Jr. the player screen goes to garbage and the ball gets stuck right where the first ramp is on level 1, or on the 3rd screen if you start on level 5. On my 7800 it seems to work fine. I was thinking an inadequate power supply problem on the 2600s but they both play the game perfectly using the Cuttle Cart. Other games seem to work fine too. A new power supply made no difference. Anybody got an idea? Thanks, Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 I think you have an early version (do you have a Hozervideo copy?) Those first carts are kinda screwy and don't work on some systems. I can send you a replacement. -paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Sounds like the same sort of problems I had with my initial MC cart from Paul. Thankfully the replacement he supplied works fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Gill Posted April 22, 2004 Author Share Posted April 22, 2004 Thanks guys, that must be it. @Paul, I don't mind paying postage and your costs, it did work before. Here's what I was making. This one has an additonal button for Bumper Bash. -Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Thanks guys, that must be it. @Paul, I don't mind paying postage and your costs, it did work before. Here's what I was making. This one has an additonal button for Bumper Bash. -Chuck WOW! That's much nicer than the one I made. Same basic configuration but I was too lazy to paint it, make a label, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy_Dude Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Dejavu. Hasn't that pic been posted before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Gill Posted April 22, 2004 Author Share Posted April 22, 2004 Dejavu. Hasn't that pic been posted before? Happy_Dude, Good memory! This is a more different controller. This one has two fire buttons and a much nicer label. Now we have two controllers for multiplayer games. -Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANTHONY ATARI Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 That's a pretty nice paddle controller. I also like your firebird pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpddytim Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 Thats cool. Did you make that decal yourself? I've been working on some custom controllers lately and have been pondering different ways to make custom sticker/graphics for'em. -Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Gill Posted April 23, 2004 Author Share Posted April 23, 2004 @ANTHONY ATARI Thanks, the Trans Am picture came from EGM magazine awhile back. @pmpddytim, It's a scan of the instruction book cover. I cropped it to the part I wanted and sized it to fit the controller. It was printed on HP Glossy paper. -Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xot Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 I think you have an early version (do you have a Hozervideo copy?) Those first carts are kinda screwy and don't work on some systems. I can send you a replacement. -paul Aw, man, another Hozer cart I'm gonna need to get repaired soon, huh? I haven't had mine fail yet, but it's been a while since I played it. Is this offer good for all of us? Thankfully, every cart I bought from Hozer has shown up in the AtariAge store except for four - and I now have the ROMs dumped of said four so I don't have to worry TOO much about losing them. Still, it's a pain in the ass to pay for the same game twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 Of course, I've got a few replacement boards I bought from Atariage, so if anyone has problems, I can replace the board. They work on some Ataris and don't work on others. And some of the Hozer MC carts are more finicky than others. -paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xot Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 Of course, I've got a few replacement boards I bought from Atariage, so if anyone has problems, I can replace the board. They work on some Ataris and don't work on others. And some of the Hozer MC carts are more finicky than others. -paul Cool. Although I confess I truly suck at the game and have only cleared maze six like two or three times. One more reason why Paul is a pinnacle of the Atari community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic412781 Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 How can you tell whether or not a cart is an early release? My copy does the same thing on my 7800; it only loads the title screen, and when I try to start the game, it either resets to the title scree, scrambles the screen and then goes blank, or just goes blank right away. I wasn't sure if the game was defective, or if it was just incompatible with my 7800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 If it has the Hozer Video logo on it, it's an early release. If you got it from Atariage it's not. I've tested it on a couple of 7800s, but different 7800 models vary in how compatible they are with 2600 games. There's more about this in the 7800 FAQ: http://www.atariage.com/7800/faq/index.htm...l?SystemID=7800 Do you have a 2600 you can test it on? -paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 I had the same problem with my first cart from you Paul on my 7800... the replacement worked fine however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 I just tried an Atariage copy on my 7800 and it works fine. -paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic412781 Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 well it looks like after trying to mod my 7800 using the link paul provided, I guess it's time to get rid of the 7800 and get a regular ol' 2600... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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