Retro Rogue Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Popped in to my local Walmart here on the north side of Milwaukee. It had been out of FB2's a while back and suddenly three appeared in the store. Checked the SKU/Price marking on the shelf, and it had a date of 7/11/06 so chances were good these were from the new shipment and not just older ones showing up. They were only $19.99, so I bought 2 (and before you ask, some other guy in the checkout who said "Wow, an Atari game" went and got the other one). Upon opening it up, it is a much smaller board than the one on Curt's mod page. I'll post pics late tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokovec Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Since the new board is maller does it fit into the case differently? I'm just wondering if I will need to modify the new unit or simply transfer the new board into my older mod'd unit. Also, it would be good to find out if the new units will work with some of the carts that did not work with the Rev.B units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feralstorm Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Tested for any improvements to the new FB games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Wow, those got here faster than I would have expected -- and if they're in Wisconsin, there's a good chance they're on the East Coast by now, too. I've seen FB2s in Target again lately. These wouldn't be rev. C, would they? Or are the new shipments only at Wal-Mart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almost Rice Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Pics of the board would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokovec Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 A few FB2's popped up on the shelf at the local Walmart here in LA last weekend so I picked one up. They had not had any in stock for a long time so I figured they were the Rev.C's. I opened it up after I got home only to find out they were Rev.B's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 (edited) A few FB2's popped up on the shelf at the local Walmart here in LA last weekend so I picked one up. They had not had any in stock for a long time so I figured they were the Rev.C's. I opened it up after I got home only to find out they were Rev.B's Actually its still probably a Rev. C. The Rev A's and many of the B's use the much larger board shown on Curt's mod page. The last generation of the Rev. B boards use the same micro board as the Rev. C's, and in fact the pictures you have up in your Rev. B mod on your site does show the micro board in question. There is no cosmetic difference between the micro Rev. B's and Rev. C's, its only the main chip that differs between the two. Edited July 17, 2006 by wgungfu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 Wow, those got here faster than I would have expected -- and if they're in Wisconsin, there's a good chance they're on the East Coast by now, too. I've seen FB2s in Target again lately. These wouldn't be rev. C, would they? Or are the new shipments only at Wal-Mart? Only in Wal-Mart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atwwong Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Only in Wal-Mart. Only Wal-Mart in the US? What about Canada? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almost Rice Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 There is no cosmetic difference between the micro Rev. B's and Rev. C's, its only the main chip that differs between the two. Is there a way to distinguish the micro rev B from the rev C board? How about differences in the games? I ask becuase I picked up 1 from Walmart for $19.97 last Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 Is there a way to distinguish the micro rev B from the rev C board? "There is no cosmetic difference between the micro Rev. B's and Rev. C's, its only the main chip that differs between the two." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 (edited) Only in Wal-Mart. Only Wal-Mart in the US? What about Canada? Well, let me head down to shipping and see where they're off to......oh wait that's right, I don't work at Wal-mart! Edited July 17, 2006 by wgungfu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 There is no cosmetic difference between the micro Rev. B's and Rev. C's, its only the main chip that differs between the two. Is there a way to distinguish the micro rev B from the rev C board? How about differences in the games? I ask becuase I picked up 1 from Walmart for $19.97 last Saturday. I suppose you could check if the graphic glitches are gone from Missle Command since I believe that was supposed to be fixed. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokovec Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 (edited) Curt wrote: "These are all on the micro-mini PCB boards, they have all of the contact points in the upper left corner of the board and its easier to perform the cartridge mod on them. So if you open a unit up, and see the micro PCB inside, its the Rev C's" ------ Does this not mean that the RevC board is physically different from the RevB's? Edited July 18, 2006 by Kokovec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 Curt wrote: "These are all on the micro-mini PCB boards, they have all of the contact points in the upper left corner of the board and its easier to perform the cartridge mod on them. So if you open a unit up, and see the micro PCB inside, its the Rev C's" ------ Does this not mean that the RevC board is physically different from the RevB's? I answered that already above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atwwong Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Only in Wal-Mart. Only Wal-Mart in the US? What about Canada? Well, let me head down to shipping and see where they're off to......oh wait that's right, I don't work at Wal-mart! oh wait I'll have to try to convince an employee to test it over the phone -> "How does Missile Command look?" or more accurately "Crack it open and do a mod for me so that I can test out Cosmic Ark!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxglove9 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Wait, so they're only going to be available at Walmarts? Or are they just trickling in at Walmarts and they'll be storewide this fall? otherwise, maybe Walmarts website carries the Rev C's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokovec Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Curt wrote: "These are all on the micro-mini PCB boards, they have all of the contact points in the upper left corner of the board and its easier to perform the cartridge mod on them. So if you open a unit up, and see the micro PCB inside, its the Rev C's" ------ Does this not mean that the RevC board is physically different from the RevB's? I answered that already above. I guess the only way to know if you have a Rev.C is to mod the unit. Talk about needle in a haystack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthCloud Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 If you read Curt message correcly the rev C board is different from the mini rev B board, if you board look like a mini rev b, them it's not a rev C. Since the 60000 unit have been send only a few week ago there are no chance to find rev C before august or september. Don't loose your time at wal-mart all you will got is a mini-rev B! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 If you read Curt message correcly the rev C board is different from the mini rev B board, if you board look like a mini rev b, them it's not a rev C. Since the 60000 unit have been send only a few week ago there are no chance to find rev C before august or september. Don't loose your time at wal-mart all you will got is a mini-rev B! Actually that's incorrect. Curt and I have been working together on the process, the mini rev B and the mini rev C are the exact same board. Just a Rev C chip in place of the Rev B. Kokovec is right so far, the only way at the moment to tell is to mod the system. We're working on other identifications. Likewise, that was a good month ago they were shipped to the US and as Curt stated it should be in the coming weeks after that - which this is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokovec Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Fair enough. I guess I have a weekend project then. If I can get a Galaxian or Pitfall cart to work properly then I'll have my answer. Thanks for the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Just a Rev C chip in place of the Rev B. Kokovec is right so far, the only way at the moment to tell is to mod the system. We're working on other identifications. So was the Missile Command TIA bug not fixed then? Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthCloud Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 If you read Curt message correcly the rev C board is different from the mini rev B board, if you board look like a mini rev b, them it's not a rev C. Since the 60000 unit have been send only a few week ago there are no chance to find rev C before august or september. Don't loose your time at wal-mart all you will got is a mini-rev B! Actually that's incorrect. Curt and I have been working together on the process, the mini rev B and the mini rev C are the exact same board. Just a Rev C chip in place of the Rev B. Kokovec is right so far, the only way at the moment to tell is to mod the system. We're working on other identifications. Likewise, that was a good month ago they were shipped to the US and as Curt stated it should be in the coming weeks after that - which this is. Doh, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feralstorm Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Does the Rev C have improved versions of Caverns of Mars and/or other FB2 exclusive games or not? If it does, that would seem to be the obvious benchmark short of opening or modding the thing just to find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 did the new rev fix pong? So the ball doesn't go through the bat anymore? If not it's still cool. But I like pong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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