sramirez2008

Mine arrived yesterday and the quality is amazing. Pictures won't do it justice. 🙂 

BOOM!  I got mine in the mail today.  It looks so dang good!  Professional.  Really nice work, @Sabertooth.  Thanks so much!!!
 

This is "too cool for school!" PM sent. Thank you and everyone that contributed to Issue 01. 🙂

A little decor to the nerd cave...
I've been wanting to get the Indy cartridge holder for a long time. I think I bought the loose cart last year. I finally pulled the trigger on the cartridge holder when Etsy recently offered a $5 coupon. I bought it from thetdshop. I'm a fan of the cartridge holders.
 
 
A local gamer sells among other things dioramas. She 3D printed the cartridge shells and game elements.
 
 

This is happening because the 7800 emulation has the buttons reversed on 7800 games. As the Starplex is wired as a 2600 controller, the 7800 emulation is treating it as a single fire button controller. Because single fire button controllers should register as button 1 or the Left fire button on the 7800 controller, but it is reversed on the 7800 emulation, that means it is only going to treat it as button 2 and not 1.
This has really thrown me off on quite a few games. Similar to how I complained about how ARTI testing was fine with an actual controllers, but the buttons get reversed in the game when using the Mega78...
Although I don't know that I've seen Ben from Pliaon mention it specifically, I'm hoping they correct the reversed button functions on 7800 games in the first major FW update.
 

Here's my update.
I don't have lots of time to test today, however I have tested 2600 Asteroids and it works as expected with the CX40+ and with the Starplex controller. I tested 7800 Asteroids and it works with my OG CX-24 and OG CX-78, however it does not work correctly with the Starplex controller.☹️ The Fire button on the Starplex triggers warp/hyperspace and the hyperspace button does nothing when pressed. As I stated, 2600 Asteroids works as expected with the Starplex, so I'm guessing that the 7800 Asteroids/Starplex controller behavior issue, may have to due with the 7800 emulation. Can anyone else test 7800 Asteroids with a Starplex, just to re-confirm my finding?
I also tested the folling:
- 10 in 1 Cart. Played Missile Command, Video Pinball and Yars'
- 4 in 1 Paddle games. Played Breakout. I like the paddles. I'm looking forward to testing them on one of my 2600s or 7800's.
- Berzerk Enhanced.
    Pro - Robots ability to shoot diagnally.
    Con - Speech. I know, it pains me to call the Speech a con, but the volume is pretty low and hard to make out. The rest of the SFX are fine and quite audible.
- Space Invaders with CX-40+ and Starplex and the game plays as expected.
By the way, each of these carts worked on the first try, each time I loaded them. So far I'm treating the 2600+ like a 2600 (e.g., turning off the unit, and replacing carts). I probably won't hot swap, unless I use my 7800 Dragon Fly multicart. 
That all for now. So far I'm liking the unit and looking forward to the firmware update.🙂

Here's my update.
I don't have lots of time to test today, however I have tested 2600 Asteroids and it works as expected with the CX40+ and with the Starplex controller. I tested 7800 Asteroids and it works with my OG CX-24 and OG CX-78, however it does not work correctly with the Starplex controller.☹️ The Fire button on the Starplex triggers warp/hyperspace and the hyperspace button does nothing when pressed. As I stated, 2600 Asteroids works as expected with the Starplex, so I'm guessing that the 7800 Asteroids/Starplex controller behavior issue, may have to due with the 7800 emulation. Can anyone else test 7800 Asteroids with a Starplex, just to re-confirm my finding?
I also tested the folling:
- 10 in 1 Cart. Played Missile Command, Video Pinball and Yars'
- 4 in 1 Paddle games. Played Breakout. I like the paddles. I'm looking forward to testing them on one of my 2600s or 7800's.
- Berzerk Enhanced.
    Pro - Robots ability to shoot diagnally.
    Con - Speech. I know, it pains me to call the Speech a con, but the volume is pretty low and hard to make out. The rest of the SFX are fine and quite audible.
- Space Invaders with CX-40+ and Starplex and the game plays as expected.
By the way, each of these carts worked on the first try, each time I loaded them. So far I'm treating the 2600+ like a 2600 (e.g., turning off the unit, and replacing carts). I probably won't hot swap, unless I use my 7800 Dragon Fly multicart. 
That all for now. So far I'm liking the unit and looking forward to the firmware update.🙂

My console and extras just arrived. I won’t have time to open/test it until next week. 

Here's my update.
I don't have lots of time to test today, however I have tested 2600 Asteroids and it works as expected with the CX40+ and with the Starplex controller. I tested 7800 Asteroids and it works with my OG CX-24 and OG CX-78, however it does not work correctly with the Starplex controller.☹️ The Fire button on the Starplex triggers warp/hyperspace and the hyperspace button does nothing when pressed. As I stated, 2600 Asteroids works as expected with the Starplex, so I'm guessing that the 7800 Asteroids/Starplex controller behavior issue, may have to due with the 7800 emulation. Can anyone else test 7800 Asteroids with a Starplex, just to re-confirm my finding?
I also tested the folling:
- 10 in 1 Cart. Played Missile Command, Video Pinball and Yars'
- 4 in 1 Paddle games. Played Breakout. I like the paddles. I'm looking forward to testing them on one of my 2600s or 7800's.
- Berzerk Enhanced.
    Pro - Robots ability to shoot diagnally.
    Con - Speech. I know, it pains me to call the Speech a con, but the volume is pretty low and hard to make out. The rest of the SFX are fine and quite audible.
- Space Invaders with CX-40+ and Starplex and the game plays as expected.
By the way, each of these carts worked on the first try, each time I loaded them. So far I'm treating the 2600+ like a 2600 (e.g., turning off the unit, and replacing carts). I probably won't hot swap, unless I use my 7800 Dragon Fly multicart. 
That all for now. So far I'm liking the unit and looking forward to the firmware update.🙂

Oh yeah! How could I forget that one! I hope to find it too! Good looking out. 

PS - Asteroids is a MUST on 7800.

The buttons are reversed, so try pushing the right button to start a game.  OR get the new firmware update, which I think fixes that issue.
As for which 7800 games to get...I suggest going here and sorting by letter grade:  https://videogamecritic.com/7800.htm?e=79946
 

Mail call — a little bit of love spread across multiple Atari systems.
A few years ago, I bought the Jaguar in order to participate in the I/O’s high score challenge game Cybermorph. It is where I started my Jaguar experience (sadly, it’s still the only game that I’ve played on the Jag console). Despite the memes and mocks that came my way 😂 I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the game so much so that I wanted a boxed copy.
I also picked up sealed copy of Spectrum Holobyte’s Falcon. I remember what a big deal it was for the Atari ST when Spectrum Holobyte decided to release the sim for the ST. I didn’t realize there was an expansion. I hate buying sealed games, but the price was too good, so I’m happy to have it in my collection.
I also got couple of Scott Dayton’s recent releases that he made available at Floria Free Play.

Grinch Von Pretzel here.😉

Hear, hear!

I’d love a mini version of this for my Atari room. Hmm…

UPDATE: My issue arrived within the past 30 minutes! How it got through LA traffic so quickly...we may never know lol. The magazine was shipped in a sturdy envelope. I will show it off during this Wednesday's show!
 

My console and extras just arrived. I won’t have time to open/test it until next week. 

I got some new “add-ons”

Found this stand in our dumpster so I thought I might could make use of it.

And lastly my game room got an area rug.

Looks good!

I just submitted my payment a little while ago.  Can't wait to have this in my hands! 

Woohoo!

Woohoo!

Woohoo!