Please help

[lostwithreality]

I recently purchased my first Atari 7800, I already am addicted to my 2600 and my 5400. I purchased this item off Ebay and it was accompanied by 6 games all of which were shrinkwrapped in their orginal boxes and had never been opened. I hooked up the 7800 to my television and was disappointed to find only three of the games worked, Mrs. Pac Man, Xevious and Ballblazer. The other three, Tower Toppler, Realsports Baseball and Winter Games all acted in a very manner. On all three, the atari logo screen first appears followed by a very soft strange noise and then a distorted graphics screen on Winter Games and a blank screen on the remaining two. Mrs. Pac Man works fine but has a strange box-like discoloration in the background while playing. I have tried all of my 2600 games and they all seem to work perfectly fine.

I do not know if the games somehow were ruined before being opened or wether it is my system that has a problem. If anyone has any comments they would be greatly appreciated.

-nick

[bcprs1]

One thing you might want to try is to take a Q-tip and clean the contacts on the games and systems. I have found that this tends to clear up these problems.

[Cousin Vinnie]

Check the two carts that go to black and see if there is a "P" sticker on the underside of the cart. It there is, you have Pal versions of the games and they are unplayable on an American TV.

 

Cousin Vinnie www.bigfishusa.com/7800

[fmctm1sw]

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Originally posted by Secret Quest:

One thing you might want to try is to take a Q-tip and clean the contacts on the games and systems. I have found that this tends to clear up these problems.

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I think this may solve your problem. I'll recommend isopropyl alcohol and a q-tip to clean the contacts. I used to work on US Navy magnetic tape recorders and we used that to clean the record heads. If it's good enough for the goverment, it's good enough for you!!!