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On 4/30/2024 at 10:49 AM, RickR said:
It is essentially a UnoCart with built-in 128mb storage and a USB-C connector to add files. I like it because the 3D printed case is so nice. My uno cart has a very small case that is difficult to insert correctly. I haven't gone Fuji because I think it is a level of complexity a bit too high for my limited time.
Uno/Pico offer really good compatibility in my experience. XEX/ATR/CAR/TAP -- all formats seem to work fine.
Yeah I actually replaced the shell on my Uno with a much nicer looking one that fits and looks great. It was from the same guy that @- Ω - advised with some replacement Ti-99 Final GROM replacement shells. But again, it doesn't get used very much since I got my Fuji. And I don't use most of the functions off my Fuji. I just pop the SD card into my PC to load it up with the games and programs I want and just run it that way. It is nice being able to connect to other resources for those files through the cart online and copy them locally as well. Basically, the Fuji for the basic stuff is easy to use is my point.
It handles the XEX and ATR files. It can handle some CAS files but I've not gotten anything else to work. So no CAR and it can't run stuff over a certain size either.
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On 4/26/2024 at 8:23 PM, RickR said:
An Atari 8-bit Pico Cart. Do I "need" another multi-cart for Atari? No I do not. But it was inexpensive and I went for it.
What options does it offer compared to others? I'm current using a Fujinet with most of my 8-bit Atari needs. I also have an Uno for the 8-bit but I don't use it that much. I also have the BBPro 8-bit atari adapter. But again...rarely used. The Fuji is able to do everything I pretty much want, minus the fact it can't handle large disk images and some formats it isn't able to do like any cartridge image formats for instance.
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That is pretty neat actually. I could see this cheap camera being usable for even a streamer to be the camera that shows their face in the corner. Because that is the smallest element of their video stage they are showing, it doesn't have to be super high res and this seems like a good way to do that. But only if it is possible to capture the video from it in real time and not as a recorded video only?
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11 hours ago, Neon Wraith said:
Currently, I did not receive an offer on this cart. I did Send you a PM on AA awhile ago about some Game Gears and Lynx to be modded. I'll PM you again.
P.S. I have a different screen name on AA.
I've replied to your PM on the AA forums. But you could have sent the PM here as well. While I'm not nearly as active here as I am in the AA forums, I'm lurking all the same :)
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10 hours ago, Neon Wraith said:
I would also be willing to trade for some mod services if that helps sweeten the pot. 😁
I've done that more than a few times to help add to my collection...
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1 hour ago, RickR said:
This is a really cool find, and I think we all appreciate the offer. In looking at Pricecharting.com, this is a very valuable game!
I hope someone steps up to make you an offer. If you don't sell it, you might post here again with the price you are looking for. Most people here are honest collectors that don't want to lowball.
That is true, but as a collector part of the thrill and hunt is to find or get stuff below the market value as well since most collectors, aren't looking to flip and want to actually have these games in their collection to play from time to time.
I have been looking for one of these for well over 20 years now....hmmm...
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You know...my blu-ray is actually decently high end and it has a dedicated HDMI for video and audio like most, but it also has another HDMI that is audio only. I use that to the receiver and the HDMI with video goes straight into my TV. So only the switch and the firestick are likely connected into the AV receiver in my main living space.
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Well, in my case I didn't really have to run wires... See wiring already existed when we bought the home. I just attached new wiring from the old and run it through easily. For the game room, I just have it going across the baseboards and have so much other stuff in the game room and on the walls, that I'm able to hide most of that wiring from being seen.
As for quality reduction? I'm not sure. My receivers are both passthrough devices so they don't do anything with the video and only use the audio channels.
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I forgot to mention that many modern TVs from the past few years will feature an HDMI port labeled as ARC. That means it has Audio Return Channel. Which also means that you can technically plug stuff into the HDMI inputs on the TV and the audio from those systems will come back down into your AV receiver. So in essence, you can use the TV as an additional HDMI switcher/select device in addition to your AV receiver.
I'm actually use that feature on my Sony in the game room. I have my Hi-DEF NES and extra HDMI cable plugged off the inputs on the TV and can still hear their audio through the AV receiver when the TV is selected in the AV receiver source.
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I can't be of help on this because in my eyes I prefer to try and keep the gaming side of my life a little bit separate from the main movie watching. That said, I'm still using a very old setup by most accounts these days but I just like it.
We have a 77ish" LG we got recently on the wall. We use an old (late 80s era) custom made buffet like console cabinet. It only has space in the center designed for audio components with 3 large drawers on either side of the center section where we keep all of our movies. We have an old Onkyo 7.1 surround system at the heart but it only has the TV, Blu-ray, Switch, and a firestick plugged into it. It is so large it doesn't even fit in the center section properly so I actually having it stand on its side since day one we bought it. Due to my Jamo speakers I have in the setup, I required a receiver and Blu-ray player that still provided separate outputs for each channel. And I've never replaced out that setup.
The Firestick... I've not had the volume level issues you are talking about that I know of, but I will say that with it being essentially 'ON' at all times even when the TV is powered off, that I've had the firestick now take out at least 1 of my HDMI ports on the back of the receiver and I had to recap the AV output board in the receiver about a year ago when all of the outputs just stopped working all of a sudden. I personally don't care for the firestick but it is about the only way to have all of our digital services at the ready as the LG while being a smart TV, I don't think it has all of the apps that we have for streaming.
My setup in the game room is basically the same but using just a 5.1 surround Yamaha receiver that I've had for well over a decade now. But again, separate speaker inputs for all the surround.
I'm not a fan of soundbars as I've yet to hear one that is as convincing to me on the surround emulation they provide as my actual separate speakers provide.
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I would like to provide an update on this. I've had a chance to use my ADuo a bit more since installing the jail break and overall things are good. That is...except for the CD games. Pretty much every CD game I've loaded up from the SD will play fine for about 20min or so. And then all of sudden I will start to get some severe audio stuttering. When this happens the game will also show some slight hesitation and performance issues. Sometimes, the issue will correct itself, say when something changes and requires the game music to change tracks. But usually when this happens, there will come a point not too long after where the game just freezes and I have no choice but to quite the game and restart it.
Analogue have released new FW for the ADuo that now has the save state support in it. I'm hoping that can be implemented into the jail break FW soon so that at least I can save state my CD games when playing them periodically so if lockups like this occur, I've not wasted 40min of game play in the process.
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3 hours ago, sramirez2008 said:
I ordered a 2nd AtariVox so I can dedicate it to the Vectrex. I don’t want to have to flip those dip switches too many times. They seem fragile. I’d rather set them once and forget it.
I basically did the same thing but it was due to small issues with the earlier Avox+ units vs not wanting to flip the switches. I modified the earlier one to correct for the issue and that made it Atari only at that point so the newer one I bought about 2 years back is to be used more for my Vectrex.
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10 hours ago, TrekMD said:
Thanks. I'll have to watch for the extension cords. I have the frames already. 🙂 I sent him a message to see if makes the cables available again.
I ended up just using a Genesis extension cable that I trimmed the end of it so that it would fit into the ports. This way, I can use it with my Vectrex and my 7800 equally with the Avox+
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18 hours ago, socrates63 said:
That's a big bummer for me. I also just want to leave it on to play on it own. I've been thinking of getting this out of curiosity and novelty of concept. I know music album cartridges are out there but I never tried one.
Thanks for the sharing the sound clip.
Well, it isn't the first time his albums have worked that way. But even his gameboy music album he released several years ago I believe auto transitions to the next song. But, his CD based TG-16 album he released last year I think it was? I believe it does the same thing where it just stays on the same song until you use your controller to move it to the next track. His last Genesis cartridge release titled as 'Decoder' is the same way, but it makes since there because you are reading a graphic novel along the way so the music tracks change as you change the scene reading the story.
BTW...the above video was captured directly off my Jaguar through RGB. But as my capture device doesn't like anything above 2x scaling from the OSSC, it doesn't look quite as good or sharp as it normally can when I'm able to use 5x normally. But this is pretty typical of all of my RGB consoles. This is why my s-video output systems tend to look sharper to my eyes, because those go through the extron and are output at 480P. That in turn at 2x scaling means the output is 960P to my TV while the 240P stuff via RGB is only at 480P on the final output.
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This finally arrived from Hamburg Germany in the mail yesterday! I really enjoy these niche music album on cartridge formats and have most of Remute's releases from the past. But this is the first time he released something for an Atari system so I had to get it.
And for those curious, there is a brief 1 min video of the cartridge in action.
My only very minor complaint about this particular release, is that the audio seems a tad lower quality as compared to what I've heard a Jaguar able to do. Tempest 2k is a prime example of this. And the fact that the songs do not change over to the next track automatically. Whichever song you choose to start playing, just auto loops as many Amiga like module files did back in the day. So as a result to listen to something else, you have to go back to the playlist menu and then choose another song. Although, you can also hot select a song from the keypad directly if you know what the track# is you want to play. Still, it would have been nice if it did go onto the next song on its own so the cart could be inserted and just left to play in the background.
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1 hour ago, socrates63 said:
I never expected to add Vectrex releases from the 80s to my collection, but I did just that 🙂 Before adding these, I only had three, and everything else in my Vectrex collection were homebrews. I also picked up three cartridges by Binary Star.
That is awesome! I have a few of those games, but many of mine are loose carts only. Although I did recently pick up a nicer condition CIB of Clean Sweep so I guess I have another one to add to my trade and for sale pile now. Vectrex games are really fun to play and the conversions done for it still feel like they have that arcade quality to them. Even on the games that weren't originally vector based. Narzod is the newest game I was able to pick up for my Veccy collection a few months back.
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2 hours ago, TrekMD said:
Well, I remember saying that I'd expect someone to do this and here it is: Playable Lego Atari 2600 Console - Kickstarter
Hmmm... I'm pretty sure what they are showing is just the 2600+ main logic rockchip board that they have stuck into that section. So I'm guessing that is what they are doing is designing the same thing onto an even smaller PCB setup.
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1 hour ago, sramirez2008 said:
Every "Atari" Party we have includes the INTY II and ColecoVision with the System Changer and Expansion Module #1. Both consoles remain unmodded and fortunately, both output a pretty good picture via RF.
Okay...was curious because the AV upgrades on the CV and Intelly similar to the VCS adapter on the 5200, will kill that functionality. On the Intelly and CV you can only use the 2600 adapters if you leave the RF modulators in place and if you want improved picture output with those modules, then you have to use a separate AV upgrade board that feeds off the RF signal in order to use them in that way. It is the one main caveat of most AV upgrades in these consoles. But then I'm of the opinion that it would be cheaper to get a dedicated 2600 for that use vs the add on modules that may or may not be completely compatible with everything.
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On 3/24/2024 at 11:07 AM, sramirez2008 said:
Another great episode! Please keep it up. Btw, here’s a picture of the Intellivision System Changer.
How often do you actually use that and your other models to play 2600 games on non Atari platforms? I only ask because most of the AV upgrades on these consoles negate the use of these add-on devices since none of them use the actual graphics and logic hardware inside their parent console.
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2 hours ago, TrekMD said:
The 7800 has plenty of potential. I am curious to see what Atari decides to do for it. If they are working with folks like Bob, we should be in for a feast!
Indeed! As long as they make physical carts I can play on my consoles and not keep them in the VCS only realm I'm totally on board.
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Interesting, I might give this watch later. I got one of these about 10 years ago that worked excellently but was missing most of the decals and the ones that were left were rough. The only decal that looked good was the one around the screen. Similarly, I cleaned it up, repaired a few suss solder points and purchased new decals and had it looking like brand new.
Then a few years ago, another one popped up in the AA marketplace that still had all the original labels on it but did have some actiplaque like appearance on them. However, I ended up trading in the one I restored for about $100 and bought the one that had the original decals even though they weren't nearly as bright etc. And I still have that one and even though I know it could look like new, it is more original to me vs the one I did restore. If that makes sense?
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12 minutes ago, sramirez2008 said:
+1 for Mystic Castle. I have a box and set of overlays for it too.
I got in too late to get that but I would have for sure! I was only able to guy the ROM for it from Mr. Moeller directly about 2 years back.
There is quite a lot on the Intellivision side of the scene that I don't have or found out about much too late to get physical versions of the games.
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Hmm... there are quite a few for me that fit this category. I would say Streets of Rage II and Gunstar heroes on the Genesis are games I always seem to fire up to play often.
On PC it would be Doom and the variants of it along with Wing Commander and Darwinia.
For Atari that is trickier... as that is all over the place for me. But at least on the 5200 I can say The Last Starfighter, Rescue on Fractalus for sure.
For the Intellivision it is Thunder Castle and Diner. (Although I do play my rom of Mystic Castle most these days)
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Post your latest/recent pickups!
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Here is my pair of 2600 movie carts. I have two of them because I was one of the final testers. So one of these is a slightly earlier model that works on most 2600s, and 7800s after a FW update to it. The other is the latest version that is being sold now and works on all variants to the best of my knowledge.
I'm still trying to figure out the best settings to use for the encoding. But it has been to mess with. The unlabeled cart is in an old pac man shell and I believe it is the earlier revision. The labeled one doesn't have an opening on the side but I did cut out a circle in the label to be able to take cartridge apart so I can swap out movie files.