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  7. Atari System 1 Monitor Replacement and VGA out

    in Atari Arcade Games

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    I used the original monitor housing to mount the new VGA monitor, almost perfect fit.

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    The bezel fit right over it on the front, no problem

     

    The picture quality was amazing but not perfect, I was close but not perfect, and I need it to look the way I remember. Even after going through all output board menus - which are all in Chinese unless you change it to English. I tried to get it dialed in but it still was a little washed out - I found this.

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    RGB fine tuning knobs, couple of twists and that did the trick.

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    Perfect!

     

    I hope you find this helpful.

    No more of this...

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    We’re all about this now.

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  9. Atari System 1 Monitor Replacement and VGA out

    in Atari Arcade Games

    Posted

    Well I’ve had a sick Roadblasters monitor since I acquired this a few years back. It was not great when I got it and little by little I watched it die slowly each time it powered on. I was loosing color and detail so I decided to switch out the old monitor with a 19in VGA monitor.... Well this became a tricky situation because unless you do a very deep information dive you migh run into some problems - as I did. But I figured it out and I’d like to share everything that I came up with.

     

    CGA/EGA/YUV TO VGA CONVERTER Is the piece you need to purchase but mine arived with no instructions so right away I needed to go searching online for them.

    https://www.mikesarcade.com/estore/datasheets/GBS-8200-booklet.pdf

    Mikes Arcade really had some great tips however the cable that came provided did not work... at all. I thought I had a broken board.

    The other problem is the video cables coming off the System 1 PCB were 7 in total and I only had 5 options on the new converter.

    So RGB makes sense - what about the other 4 cables? Where do these go? Luckily I found this

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    “The Scamatic Packet Suplement for the Atari System 1”. Now I’m able to see exactly what each color means. So instead of using the cables provided with the converter I soldered them directly to the board right at this point here.

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    I used RGB Black and Brown. No V sync No H Svnc

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    And then...

  10. Crystal Castles help...

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted

    One of these days Ill have a cabinet in the lounge... some day. Does it kill anyone that at one time I had a chance to buy one for 150 bucks? I was still in High School and 150 dollars was a huge amount to scrape up, plus trying to convince my parents I needed that in my room.

     

    Oh well

     

    One of these days Ill have one. That and Space Harrier and Ill be good.

  11. Crystal Castles help...

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted

    As far as I know, no one has found a CC 7800 prototype. The tough part about 7800 games rumored to have been planned, is often we have no idea how far they went. Some may have been talked about, but never started, while others may have a fully working prototype on a computer in someone's basement.

     

    Here are a couple future references for you.

     

    In this video, I showed ever 7800 prototype I could get my hands on. The games range from graphics only (Electrocop) to possibly fully complete (Klax) and everything in between. 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlH5B9Mbb1g

     

    Also, AtariProtos.com has a lot of good info. If it's not on his site, odds are it hasn't been found or doesn't exist.

    Im going off the 7800 artwork and book created for CC. It could have been just that, artwork and nothing else...or it could be an actual game hiding in a dark box in someone’s basement. That’s what I like to dream about. Great coverage NSG

  13. Crystal Castles help...

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted

    And it looks like they finally did make a cartridge release based on the 1984 version in 1988 for the XEGS:

     

    http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-crystal-castles_6045.html

     

    There are a few of these carts on ebay, but they are very pricey.  It is rare I'd say.

    I did see only one on EBay for 80 bucks. But yeah 84 to 88 I wonder if this was one of those Jack Trimel things where it was ready to ship then they sat on it... who knows

  14. Crystal Castles help...

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

    Posted

    Hey gang I need some help with an upcoming episode of 7800 Ave. I’m doing an episode on one of my favorite arcade games Crystal Castles and I need a little help. I know there is a physical release on the 2600, I have that, and I know that there was a version on the 7800 that never saw the light of day... I really hope we find that someday. I also know that it was released for the 8 bit line as well, but I seem to be having a hard time tracking it down.

     

    Was it an actual release or was it an unfinished prototype that later on someone finished?

    Any advice would be great.

    I’d like to do an episode on both versions but I want to get my history corrrect before I start on this one.

    Thanks

    BTB

  24. Lynx Lounge

    in Atari Lynx

    Posted

    Just picked up a Lynx again for the first time in a long time so I can do the McWill mod and having a run down through these great videos. Thanks for making them! Really enjoyed the Xenophobe and Checkered Flag episode. Learned quite a bit from them and even about the Ms. Pac-Man. Looking forward to some more when you make them, especially now!

    Glad to hear that Clint. The mod is amazing and the picture quality will blow you away. Glad to hear you're discovering new things because of the show.
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