spiderallis Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 (edited) After getting my power supply and hooking up my beloved 7800 and playing some old favorites, I dug into the stash of 2600 carts I found while cleaning out a vacated apartment. There's one cart in there that I really want to play but won't fit the 7800's slot, Demon Attack. It's a 2600 game, but the cart itself is slighter wider than any of the other games, wondering if this is a common thing? Are there certain games with this problem, or a manufacturer with larger cart molds or what? Sorry if this is a silly question, I'm not a collector, I'm a player, and fairly new to the atari revival, but it's my very first 7800 I'm talking about, had it for about 17 years now. Edited March 1, 2006 by spiderallis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 The 7800's cartridge guide is a little too narrow to comfortably fit many third-party 2600 cartridges. They will actually plug in, but might require a little extra effort. Someone on this forum posted some instructions for a quick fix to this problem; I'm sure some searching will bring it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 The only ones I remember having trouble with were my Tigervision carts. I think the legs were too long or something like that. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Tempest is correct but so is everyone else. It would seem that the original 84 made units have better cart slots that are better able to accomodate the 3rd party games. However, all the 7800s have the cart slot mounted right onto the main board. As a result all the Tigervision carts won't fit since the cart slot release legs on the carts are too long to fit all the way down onto the 7800 cart slot. The fix for that is frowned upon, but it didn't bother me. I just took a pair of nail clippers and snipped the legs down until the cart fit in the slot properly. The other fix for the later models or those with more narrow cart slots is to take a dremel or something similar and remove the inside casing of the cart slot so that there isn't anything left for the cart to snag on when inserting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okto Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 I had a problem with 7800 Galaga fitting in mine. I dremeled the cart a little and it fits better now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklord1977 Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 just ease the demon attack into the slot gently..and it will play great (lol kinda sounds erotic dosent it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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