Video 61

It seems I missed a cheat code for Commando of all games.  So I added it to the end of the commando playthrough that should be uploaded to YouTube in a few hours.  Nothing too crazy but for completion sake I'll add it here as well.
 
 
 
Power on the console with Commando inserted and as it starts press down reset, select and pause on the console at the same time.  Then release them.  If you did it right at the end of the typewriter intro you should see a bit of flashing text!  
 
This text is the developer credit!
 
There are also a few hidden POW tunnels that not many people know about.  Again, I show off a couple at the end of the video that's uploading tonight.  It's a good excuse to link the two videos in the comments if nothing else!

That is awesome!  Thank you for doing this!

I have a ton more I want to put out but some are more time consuming than I expected and others I realized are beyond current skill level to produce the way I want to.  As I said before, I know the channel will never be big but I want to try and save the history of the console and give a place for people to discover it.   I was always disappointed with the lack of 7800 content on YouTube. Thank God for people like No Swear Gamer that gave us some good stuff already. Anyway, hopefully your all enjoying my videos too!

Jon is just cranking out the 7800 content 👏👏👏🕹️ ❤️

Wow, I've never ever heard of most of these.  That took a lot of effort to put together.  5 stars. 

In my never ending goal of preserve everything Atari 7800, I've Made a video covering all the cheats I know for the console.  Includes things like Credits for Asteroids and level select for little known homebrews and everything in-between
I'd like to do a part two if you guys can think of any I skipped or didn't talk about!  Credit will be given to anybody who contributes a secret, easter egg, or code if I ever do a second video!). As always let me know what you think!
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@socrates63Glad you got a second chance. 🙂 And got some more games from Lance along with it. 🙂
Thanks for the support and enjoy it. 😄
 
 

If you or someone you know still wants a copy of Carrot Kingdom™, they are sold out for now. There is one more small batch remaining. Check back soon. 

I ordered a copy this morning and added a few other games for the A8 and 5200 to the order. I'm not sure how I missed Carrot Kingdom during the initial offering (maybe it sold out?) but glad to have gotten one now.

hi guys,
 
commando, impossible mission, winter/summer games and a few others were really good ports. they also used ram boards and one used the pokey. even 32k, and 48k games without the pokey and ram, could really look good and play good, desert falcon comes to mind. but the programmers were hobbled by jacks austerity, and a almost complete lack of knowledge in how the 7800 operated, again courtsy of jack.
 
lance
www.atarisales.com

hi guys,
 
commando, impossible mission, winter/summer games and a few others were really good ports. they also used ram boards and one used the pokey. even 32k, and 48k games without the pokey and ram, could really look good and play good, desert falcon comes to mind. but the programmers were hobbled by jacks austerity, and a almost complete lack of knowledge in how the 7800 operated, again courtsy of jack.
 
lance
www.atarisales.com

hi guys,
 
commando, impossible mission, winter/summer games and a few others were really good ports. they also used ram boards and one used the pokey. even 32k, and 48k games without the pokey and ram, could really look good and play good, desert falcon comes to mind. but the programmers were hobbled by jacks austerity, and a almost complete lack of knowledge in how the 7800 operated, again courtsy of jack.
 
lance
www.atarisales.com

hi guys,
 
commando, impossible mission, winter/summer games and a few others were really good ports. they also used ram boards and one used the pokey. even 32k, and 48k games without the pokey and ram, could really look good and play good, desert falcon comes to mind. but the programmers were hobbled by jacks austerity, and a almost complete lack of knowledge in how the 7800 operated, again courtsy of jack.
 
lance
www.atarisales.com

hi guys,
 
commando, impossible mission, winter/summer games and a few others were really good ports. they also used ram boards and one used the pokey. even 32k, and 48k games without the pokey and ram, could really look good and play good, desert falcon comes to mind. but the programmers were hobbled by jacks austerity, and a almost complete lack of knowledge in how the 7800 operated, again courtsy of jack.
 
lance
www.atarisales.com

hi guys,
 
 it sure could be the cart. but if you install, and remove the cart repeatedly, you should get a different reaction on the t.v., maybe colors, more bars, even a display of the game. but if its always the same, the cart might be bad, a good cleaning of course as you guys say could fix it. but in my experience a bad cart will give different results also. if the one bar remains all of the time, hardware is most likely the cause.
 
lance
www.atarisales.com
 

hi guys,
 
 it sure could be the cart. but if you install, and remove the cart repeatedly, you should get a different reaction on the t.v., maybe colors, more bars, even a display of the game. but if its always the same, the cart might be bad, a good cleaning of course as you guys say could fix it. but in my experience a bad cart will give different results also. if the one bar remains all of the time, hardware is most likely the cause.
 
lance
www.atarisales.com
 

hi,
 
 first thing i always look at is the power supply. i used to do a lot of service for atari. and i required the customer to send their power supply, t.v. switch box (which hardly anyone uses anymore), joysticks, paddle if they have them for a complete diagnostic.
i always used my own test power supply first. you would be surprised what people used for power supplies, sometimes i would open the box, and i could smell plastic that got to hot, or even melted.
 if it was not the power supply, then i would take the top off, pull the shielding, and you will see in most cases, the 2600 had only three chips. some had four, a tiny one called the timer, that was for the paddle controllers in most cases, ignore it. the 6507, which is the main processor, that one usually goes first, power surges, wrong power supplies. the previous owners may not have turned the unit on or off when in installing carts, and removing carts. causes power surges.
 find a 2600 chip set if the power supply does not do the trick. i am out. best electronics may still have some,
https://www.best-electronics-ca.com/
if that does not do the trick, its trouble on the mother board. may not be worth fixing then.
atari gave me 30 minutes per unit. i could fix 50-75% of the units that came in, in that time frame.
 
lance
www.atarisales.com
 
 
 

hi,
 
 first thing i always look at is the power supply. i used to do a lot of service for atari. and i required the customer to send their power supply, t.v. switch box (which hardly anyone uses anymore), joysticks, paddle if they have them for a complete diagnostic.
i always used my own test power supply first. you would be surprised what people used for power supplies, sometimes i would open the box, and i could smell plastic that got to hot, or even melted.
 if it was not the power supply, then i would take the top off, pull the shielding, and you will see in most cases, the 2600 had only three chips. some had four, a tiny one called the timer, that was for the paddle controllers in most cases, ignore it. the 6507, which is the main processor, that one usually goes first, power surges, wrong power supplies. the previous owners may not have turned the unit on or off when in installing carts, and removing carts. causes power surges.
 find a 2600 chip set if the power supply does not do the trick. i am out. best electronics may still have some,
https://www.best-electronics-ca.com/
if that does not do the trick, its trouble on the mother board. may not be worth fixing then.
atari gave me 30 minutes per unit. i could fix 50-75% of the units that came in, in that time frame.
 
lance
www.atarisales.com
 
 
 

hi,
 
 first thing i always look at is the power supply. i used to do a lot of service for atari. and i required the customer to send their power supply, t.v. switch box (which hardly anyone uses anymore), joysticks, paddle if they have them for a complete diagnostic.
i always used my own test power supply first. you would be surprised what people used for power supplies, sometimes i would open the box, and i could smell plastic that got to hot, or even melted.
 if it was not the power supply, then i would take the top off, pull the shielding, and you will see in most cases, the 2600 had only three chips. some had four, a tiny one called the timer, that was for the paddle controllers in most cases, ignore it. the 6507, which is the main processor, that one usually goes first, power surges, wrong power supplies. the previous owners may not have turned the unit on or off when in installing carts, and removing carts. causes power surges.
 find a 2600 chip set if the power supply does not do the trick. i am out. best electronics may still have some,
https://www.best-electronics-ca.com/
if that does not do the trick, its trouble on the mother board. may not be worth fixing then.
atari gave me 30 minutes per unit. i could fix 50-75% of the units that came in, in that time frame.
 
lance
www.atarisales.com
 
 
 

HI Jinroh,
 
thanks for the compliments, i to like the colors!
 
lance
www.atarisales.com
 
 
 

hi guys,
 
 the best basic i ever saw was turbo basic on the atari 8-bit. it looked as good, and was as fast as assembly. but it never had a compiler made for it, and it required a run time program.
 otherwise basic is really slow even with lots of data statements. get a few sprites going, or get going fast and you really notice the slowdowns.
 
lance
www.atarisales.com
 

hi guys,
 
 the best basic i ever saw was turbo basic on the atari 8-bit. it looked as good, and was as fast as assembly. but it never had a compiler made for it, and it required a run time program.
 otherwise basic is really slow even with lots of data statements. get a few sprites going, or get going fast and you really notice the slowdowns.
 
lance
www.atarisales.com
 

hi guys,
 
 the best basic i ever saw was turbo basic on the atari 8-bit. it looked as good, and was as fast as assembly. but it never had a compiler made for it, and it required a run time program.
 otherwise basic is really slow even with lots of data statements. get a few sprites going, or get going fast and you really notice the slowdowns.
 
lance
www.atarisales.com
 

hi justin,
 
 did not see that. this is what i saw.
 
lance
www.atarisales.com
 

hi justin,
 
 kinda yea! the era of the "FINS"!
 
lance
www.atarisales.com