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RJB10 arrived Saturday to my PO, but I couldn't pick it up before it closed. Just went to get it during my lunch break today. Will open it tonight after work -- can't wait!

RJB10 arrived Saturday to my PO, but I couldn't pick it up before it closed. Just went to get it during my lunch break today. Will open it tonight after work -- can't wait!

RJB10 arrived Saturday to my PO, but I couldn't pick it up before it closed. Just went to get it during my lunch break today. Will open it tonight after work -- can't wait!

RJB10 arrived Saturday to my PO, but I couldn't pick it up before it closed. Just went to get it during my lunch break today. Will open it tonight after work -- can't wait!

Lots of great choices already.  Here are some from me:
 
Rescue Terra I - VentureVision's sort-of prequel to Laser Gates (same programmer).
Shuttle Orbiter - Orbital mechanics and action puzzling?  Sweet!
Tapper - Solid, fun, and wholesome (Mountain Dews for everyone!)
Subterranea - I so wish this game were more readily available; it deserves far more recognition IMO.
Bump 'N' Jump - It's a bit of a memorization game at its core, but besides that there's plenty of fun to be had here.
Room of Doom - A cool action shooter, probably my favorite CommaVid game.
Montezuma's Revenge - a better action/explorer game than Pitfall II.  Yeah, I said it!   

I had a really nice find at the Goodwill today. I found me a lime green Gameboy Color with Bomberman inside of it. And I also found a radiant red PSP 3000 that's actually a Japanese import console. Looking up this console on eBay shows it sells for about $100. pretty happy with my finds today.

Looks cool -- what's the oval blue thing, and the circular black thing lower left?
 
The internet says that the Pong unit is one of the last ones to be made -- sold in 1983!

Here is the shipping order again.  Yep, Ballblazer is next.
jmjustin6 (GA)
Ballblazer (MD)
correagonzales (NY) - Out Sept 2-6
chas10e (ME)
Willie! (NC)
AtariBrian (NY)
Starbuck66 (MI) - vacation mid-Sept.
TrekMD (FL)
nosweargamer (TN)
greenween (CO)
MalakZero (CA)

Alright cool ill get it shipped out tomorrow and get the shipping info out

Ok so the junk box has come and this is what i took out. I tried my hardest fit everything back in, but i just couldnt get darth vader, the transformer, and the emoji cat back in there
 
Other than that. I cant wait to try this pong out! The book is filled with various Nintendo posters

Interesting that this carries a 1984 copyright date; the demo currently in circulation ("Yellow Sub Demo", which appears to be identical to this one) has a 1983 date on the Fuji screen.
 
Some internal mail from Atari's Vax servers in the Home Computer Division indicate that Paul Comfort was in "Component Test Engineering", and around this time (early February 1984) HCD was looking at an issue in the SALLY chip in A8 computers -- something to do with the data bus and the CLC (Clear Carry Flag) opcode failing in a high percentage of chips when operated at high temperatures.  I know very little about 6502 programming but I gather that the CLC opcode *does* get used in some sprite positioning routines.  I'm gonna guess that this demo wasn't related to that specific issue (I'm not even sure if the 5200 used the same SALLY revision that was being tested at the time), but it seems like the kind of quick-n-dirty cart that a test group might put together to put an IC through specific paces.
 
Thanks for sharing this with the community!

Interesting that this carries a 1984 copyright date; the demo currently in circulation ("Yellow Sub Demo", which appears to be identical to this one) has a 1983 date on the Fuji screen.
 
Some internal mail from Atari's Vax servers in the Home Computer Division indicate that Paul Comfort was in "Component Test Engineering", and around this time (early February 1984) HCD was looking at an issue in the SALLY chip in A8 computers -- something to do with the data bus and the CLC (Clear Carry Flag) opcode failing in a high percentage of chips when operated at high temperatures.  I know very little about 6502 programming but I gather that the CLC opcode *does* get used in some sprite positioning routines.  I'm gonna guess that this demo wasn't related to that specific issue (I'm not even sure if the 5200 used the same SALLY revision that was being tested at the time), but it seems like the kind of quick-n-dirty cart that a test group might put together to put an IC through specific paces.
 
Thanks for sharing this with the community!

ah, that could explain why the sprite just moves around, no need to test other functions of the stick. although, its a great test for joystick movement. and you are welcome.
 
lance
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PS - I used this link to ship using Paypal.  The cost was $17.05
 
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_ship-now

THE JUNK BOX IS GOING OUT TODAY!
 
Duct tape added for extra longevity!  No burnishing though. 
 
I added a little wrinkle for myself -- I put something in the box specifically for the first recipient.  Will my guess be right?  It will be interesting to see if they take that specific item.
 
In any case, the box should arrive Tues or Wed in Atlanta,  THANKS!

Lots of great choices already.  Here are some from me:
 
Rescue Terra I - VentureVision's sort-of prequel to Laser Gates (same programmer).
Shuttle Orbiter - Orbital mechanics and action puzzling?  Sweet!
Tapper - Solid, fun, and wholesome (Mountain Dews for everyone!)
Subterranea - I so wish this game were more readily available; it deserves far more recognition IMO.
Bump 'N' Jump - It's a bit of a memorization game at its core, but besides that there's plenty of fun to be had here.
Room of Doom - A cool action shooter, probably my favorite CommaVid game.
Montezuma's Revenge - a better action/explorer game than Pitfall II.  Yeah, I said it!   

So I'm gonna use this thread to highlight some of my collection here and there. First, I figured I'd share my recently completed Wii U set that I finished this past Sunday.
 

 
There are 161 games in a full set, soon to be 162. Just dance 2018 releases at the end of October for the Wii u and surprisingly the original Wii too along with current gen consoles. I got bit by the Wii U bug pretty hard. Before I decided to go for a full set I had 33 games already. It took me a month and a half, some local trades and a bunch of gamestop trade credit. Their 60% trade bonus when I took in games was awesome and a week later they ran a buy 3 used Wii u games get 30% off. That's when I went nuts. I'm really happy to have the set.
 

 
So this makes the Wii u the second console that I have a set for. The 1st being the Atari 5200.

Lots of great choices already.  Here are some from me:
 
Rescue Terra I - VentureVision's sort-of prequel to Laser Gates (same programmer).
Shuttle Orbiter - Orbital mechanics and action puzzling?  Sweet!
Tapper - Solid, fun, and wholesome (Mountain Dews for everyone!)
Subterranea - I so wish this game were more readily available; it deserves far more recognition IMO.
Bump 'N' Jump - It's a bit of a memorization game at its core, but besides that there's plenty of fun to be had here.
Room of Doom - A cool action shooter, probably my favorite CommaVid game.
Montezuma's Revenge - a better action/explorer game than Pitfall II.  Yeah, I said it!   

Lists are not stupid or pointless, they're great! 
 
Top 10 favorites I played as a kid in the 80s/90s, in no particular order:
 
1) Yars' Revenge
2) Superman
3) Crystal Castles
4) E.T.
5) California Games
6) Ice Hockey
7) Asteroids
8) Berzerk
9) Mario Bros.
10) Defender
 
Top 10 favorites as of now, again not in any order:
 
1) Yars' Revenge
2) Enduro
3) California Games
4) Beamrider
5) Crystal Castles
6) Berzerk
7) Shuttle Orbiter
8) Subterranea
9) Montezuma's Revenge
10) Gravitar

Lists are not stupid or pointless, they're great! 
 
Top 10 favorites I played as a kid in the 80s/90s, in no particular order:
 
1) Yars' Revenge
2) Superman
3) Crystal Castles
4) E.T.
5) California Games
6) Ice Hockey
7) Asteroids
8) Berzerk
9) Mario Bros.
10) Defender
 
Top 10 favorites as of now, again not in any order:
 
1) Yars' Revenge
2) Enduro
3) California Games
4) Beamrider
5) Crystal Castles
6) Berzerk
7) Shuttle Orbiter
8) Subterranea
9) Montezuma's Revenge
10) Gravitar

Lists are not stupid or pointless, they're great! 
 
Top 10 favorites I played as a kid in the 80s/90s, in no particular order:
 
1) Yars' Revenge
2) Superman
3) Crystal Castles
4) E.T.
5) California Games
6) Ice Hockey
7) Asteroids
8) Berzerk
9) Mario Bros.
10) Defender
 
Top 10 favorites as of now, again not in any order:
 
1) Yars' Revenge
2) Enduro
3) California Games
4) Beamrider
5) Crystal Castles
6) Berzerk
7) Shuttle Orbiter
8) Subterranea
9) Montezuma's Revenge
10) Gravitar

Lists are not stupid or pointless, they're great! 
 
Top 10 favorites I played as a kid in the 80s/90s, in no particular order:
 
1) Yars' Revenge
2) Superman
3) Crystal Castles
4) E.T.
5) California Games
6) Ice Hockey
7) Asteroids
8) Berzerk
9) Mario Bros.
10) Defender
 
Top 10 favorites as of now, again not in any order:
 
1) Yars' Revenge
2) Enduro
3) California Games
4) Beamrider
5) Crystal Castles
6) Berzerk
7) Shuttle Orbiter
8) Subterranea
9) Montezuma's Revenge
10) Gravitar

Lists are not stupid or pointless, they're great! 
 
Top 10 favorites I played as a kid in the 80s/90s, in no particular order:
 
1) Yars' Revenge
2) Superman
3) Crystal Castles
4) E.T.
5) California Games
6) Ice Hockey
7) Asteroids
8) Berzerk
9) Mario Bros.
10) Defender
 
Top 10 favorites as of now, again not in any order:
 
1) Yars' Revenge
2) Enduro
3) California Games
4) Beamrider
5) Crystal Castles
6) Berzerk
7) Shuttle Orbiter
8) Subterranea
9) Montezuma's Revenge
10) Gravitar

Lists are not stupid or pointless, they're great! 
 
Top 10 favorites I played as a kid in the 80s/90s, in no particular order:
 
1) Yars' Revenge
2) Superman
3) Crystal Castles
4) E.T.
5) California Games
6) Ice Hockey
7) Asteroids
8) Berzerk
9) Mario Bros.
10) Defender
 
Top 10 favorites as of now, again not in any order:
 
1) Yars' Revenge
2) Enduro
3) California Games
4) Beamrider
5) Crystal Castles
6) Berzerk
7) Shuttle Orbiter
8) Subterranea
9) Montezuma's Revenge
10) Gravitar

What?  You're not joining the Junk Box?!
 

 
(Maryland)