Atari 5200 Guy Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 You'll enjoy it. If you love the 2600 you'll fall in love with the 7800. It is a little beast of a hidden gem. HDN and Justin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDN Posted August 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 2 hours ago, kamakazi20012 said: You'll enjoy it. If you love the 2600 you'll fall in love with the 7800. It is a little beast of a hidden gem. Thanks. Looking forward to playing Food Fight, Pole Position II, and Ballblazer. Maybe I'll even get KC Munchkin someday! So happy to find out someone made that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDN Posted August 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 Update, everyone! Today my local game store called me back. They're getting a system in next week, and since I'm the only one on the list, it's coming home with me! I've got all my Christmas money accounted for, and I'm going to buy me a 7800! Thanks so much for all of your help, everyone! RickR, socrates63, TrekMD and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 It's an awesome investment. Congrats on the new family member 😁 HDN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDN Posted August 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 33 minutes ago, kamakazi20012 said: It's an awesome investment. Congrats on the new family member 😁 Thanks, @kamakazi20012. Only problem is I don't think I have a place to put it... It's too wide to fit in one of the cubbyholes that I have in our gameroom. Guess it can just sit on the floor when I get it for a while until I find a good place for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 Woot! Congrats, Harry! And Merry Christmas~~~ 🎄🎁❄️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossBow Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 12 hours ago, HDN said: Thanks, @kamakazi20012. Only problem is I don't think I have a place to put it... It's too wide to fit in one of the cubbyholes that I have in our gameroom. Guess it can just sit on the floor when I get it for a while until I find a good place for it. Put in place of where your 2600 sits currently perhaps? I have all the variants of the 2600 console released. Not a single one of those 2600 systems is actually connected or at the ready for play because I just use my 7800 for all of that. Justin and socrates63 2 Quote See what I'm up to over at the Ivory Tower Collections: http://www.youtube.com/ivorytowercollections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDN Posted August 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 Just now, CrossBow said: Put in place of where your 2600 sits currently perhaps? I have all the variants of the 2600 console released. Not a single one of those 2600 systems is actually connected or at the ready for play because I just use my 7800 for all of that. @CrossBow My 2600 is in my bedroom currently. I was thinking of putting the 7800 downstairs in the actual game room to spread the Atari 2600 goodness around the house. socrates63 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossBow Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, HDN said: @CrossBow My 2600 is in my bedroom currently. I was thinking of putting the 7800 downstairs in the actual game room to spread the Atari 2600 goodness around the house. That sounds like an excellent plan! The 7800 is actually a little smaller than the standard 2600 systems minus the JR of course. So I've never really had any issues finding a place for mine. The 5200 and the Colecovision are much more difficult to find space for and I end up storing the 5200 in its own roll around cart and the CV sits sideways on the shelf. I pull the CV out and place it on my table in the center of the Gameroom when I want to play it. Quote See what I'm up to over at the Ivory Tower Collections: http://www.youtube.com/ivorytowercollections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDN Posted August 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, CrossBow said: I end up storing the 5200 in its own roll around cart That's actually not a terrible idea. We have one of these in our basement no one has used for several years. It looks super ugly, but I'm sure I could fix it up a bit. There's also an old end table down there as well... I guess there's a lot more options than I thought! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 1 minute ago, HDN said: It looks super ugly... 😮 Is it damaged? Atari 5200 is the best of the best in terms of 80s aesthetics. Actually, it was ahead of its time. It reminds me of KITT from Knight Rider. CrossBow and TrekMD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDN Posted August 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, socrates63 said: Is it damaged? No. Actually looking at it again just now it's not near as bad as I remembered. It's painted a tacky shade of brown, and said paint is chipped in a few spots, but overall not terrible. socrates63 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossBow Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 Yeah the cart I'm using was designed originally to hold a 2600 system and games below it. But since mine is missing the front piece to the lid, it works quite well for housing my 5200. These were taken over 4 years ago, but it still sits in this same cart in the same corner of the game room when not in use. I do have a dust cover on it now though so the lid doesn't just sit ontop of console directly anymore. Justin, chas10e, socrates63 and 1 other 4 Quote See what I'm up to over at the Ivory Tower Collections: http://www.youtube.com/ivorytowercollections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDN Posted August 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 @CrossBow I see you have Adventure II and is that a Sinistar proto repro? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossBow Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 1 minute ago, HDN said: @CrossBow I see you have Adventure II and is that a Sinistar proto repro? Not a repro well..I guess kinda it is. AtariAge actually did a full release of Sinistar back in 2010 I think it was with a box, manual, and cart. It was a limited release but you can still order the cart and manual from AtariAge still. And yes that Adventure II release is the original release that was also a numbered limited edition that included some extra feelies inside it that later releases didn't have. Like a gold key and some post cards of the game screens etc. socrates63 and HDN 2 Quote See what I'm up to over at the Ivory Tower Collections: http://www.youtube.com/ivorytowercollections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDN Posted August 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 @CrossBow AtariAge is an amazing site. From what I've seen these past few days their work on the 7800 is sublime. I hope to get KC Munchkin and Frenzy someday so I don't have to buy an Odyssey 2 and ColecoVision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossBow Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 Yes...AA is a wonderful site and I've been a member there for a very very long time. My personal favorite homebrews for the 7800 would have to be Rikki & Vikki and Astroblaster to be honest. Rikki & Vikki is just amazing technically for the 7800 in addition to being a fun puzzle platformer game. And they are down to their last 50 copies of that game so I wouldn't wait on that one as they do NOT have plans to make another run for the 7800 for that game. Astroblaster is a semi obscure Sega arcade game I believe and PacManPlus (Bob) ported it to the 7800 a few years back. I know his pac-man games are amazing and I do own them, but I'm not a huge pac-man fan honestly so I don't desire to play those games that often. So of Bob's other releases his other arcade ports are fantastic! While pricey, my favorite 7800 officially released game would probably be Commando. Although I do like Xenophobe quite a bit as well. True the 7800 version isn't the best port with the Lynx actually being my favorite version of the game released but I do find myself popping that game in when I want to play some 7800 for a bit. Some other homebrews that I play often, are Dungeon Stalker (Excellent take on Night Stalker and even better in my opinion), Donkey Kong PK / XM, and when it gets released, I know that I will be purchasing Knight Guy Castle Days as I've have a blast testing the WIP releases of that game on my 7800. socrates63 and HDN 2 Quote See what I'm up to over at the Ivory Tower Collections: http://www.youtube.com/ivorytowercollections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDN Posted August 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 @CrossBow Commando looks fun. Never played any version of the game. The nice thing about expensive 7800 games is that they're not terribly sought after. It's not like Commando is Little Samson or Stadium Events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossBow Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, HDN said: @CrossBow Commando looks fun. Never played any version of the game. The nice thing about expensive 7800 games is that they're not terribly sought after. It's not like Commando is Little Samson or Stadium Events. This is true and in this case Commando might be on the expensive side but it is also a really good port from the arcade. I forgot to mention that another 7800 favorite of mine is also not that popular. And that is the 7800 version of Crossbow.. .hehe.. go figure? Although I never owned a light gun for my system back in the day and played the game strictly with original CX24 painline controllers back then. But I got to be really good at the game and found I could clear all the areas and defeat the evil magician at the end over and over until I turned it off due to getting bored playing LOL! Edited August 20, 2020 by CrossBow socrates63 and HDN 2 Quote See what I'm up to over at the Ivory Tower Collections: http://www.youtube.com/ivorytowercollections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDN Posted August 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 Painline controllers honestly don't look so terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossBow Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 The controllers were okay for the time but as I've gotten older and my hands are bigger, they are somewhat cramp inducing and the sensitivity of the joystick itself seems weak compared to other options. I now have 2 main ways I play my 7800/2600 games on my system. About a year or so ago I bought one of Curt Vendel's 7800 Arcade pro controllers. I had to do some repairs on the wiring work to get it 100% but it works quite well for most arcade game ports on the system if a bit noisy due to the micro switches in it. And I have one the excellent 7800 controllers that Retrogameboyz sells on ebay and his Etsy store. In fact I've found myself using that controller more than my arcade controller for the last month or so. And to be clear I've owned about a half dozen other NES style 7800 controllers over the years and while they work okay for the most part, they all had some issues with them being mostly that they would register diagonals to easily or some directions just didn't seem to work as well as others. The Retrogameboyz controllers do not seem to suffer these issues and I think it has to do with his PCB contact layout and design. Anyway, his controllers are great but getting one of Edladdin's Seagull 78s is a cheaper option if you already have a Genesis 3 button controller. Retrogameboyz store on ebay = https://www.ebay.com/usr/retrogameboyz Retrogameboyz store on Etsy = https://www.etsy.com/shop/RetroGameBoyz Seagull 78 adapter at AA = https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1079 socrates63 1 Quote See what I'm up to over at the Ivory Tower Collections: http://www.youtube.com/ivorytowercollections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDN Posted August 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 Thanks, @CrossBow. I have stated previously in this thread that I was considering building an arcade controller for the 7800 someday. For the moment, I'm just going to stick with the Proline controllers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 I have 5 controllers made by Retrogameboyz. The red one is my everyday joystick. Retro_Club and Justin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDN Posted August 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, socrates63 said: I have 5 controllers made by Retrogameboyz. The red one is my everyday joystick. Having the joystick on the left would drive me mad after a very short while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 @HDN the left one? Are you talking about the Robotron gamepad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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