Sabertooth Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 1 hour ago, Atari 5200 Guy said: Where can I find the update please It's automatic when you connect your VCS via Wi-Fi or Ethernet. Is yours not updating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 (edited) 1 minute ago, Sabertooth said: It's automatic when you connect your VCS via Wi-Fi or Ethernet. Is yours not updating? It wouldn’t and I had it on Ethernet. I had to flash a USB drive to get it to do anything. Edited January 27 by Atari 5200 Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Atari 5200 Guy said: It wouldn’t and I had it on Ethernet. I had to flash a USB drive to get it to do anything. What version are you on? The new update resolved the auto update issue. I tested on a NIB VCS. Edited January 27 by Sabertooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 It’s up and running now. But it’s been on Ethernet as soon as I took it out of the box. Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 I think that's the newest build; they just pushed it in December. If you haven't already done it, you can manually update the controller firmware too. Atari 5200 Guy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 1 hour ago, Sabertooth said: I think that's the newest build; they just pushed it in December. If you haven't already done it, you can manually update the controller firmware too. I did that to both after the system got its update. Are these controllers Bluetooth? If so how do you pair them up with the VCS? Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 45 minutes ago, Atari 5200 Guy said: I did that to both after the system got its update. Are these controllers Bluetooth? If so how do you pair them up with the VCS? Yes, they are BT. To pair them with the VCS at start-up press and hold the Fuji button until it starts flashing rapidly. The VCS should recognize it. Alternatively, you can pair in the system menu through devices. Here's a link to the manual for the controllers: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0609/3658/5381/files/Atari_VCS_Support_Pages_07.01.2020.pdf?v=1663852719 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Thank you. That helps. Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 I use mine in wired mode mostly. Why? Because I tend to switch pretty often between classic and modern controllers and just flipping the wire is a lot faster than the bluetooth switch. Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 1 hour ago, RickR said: I use mine in wired mode mostly. Why? Because I tend to switch pretty often between classic and modern controllers and just flipping the wire is a lot faster than the bluetooth switch. Odd. Both of mine are connected at the same time so I all I have to do is pick up which ever one I want to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 13 hours ago, Atari 5200 Guy said: Odd. Both of mine are connected at the same time so I all I have to do is pick up which ever one I want to use. Yes..but which one is actually active once you load a given game is the issue. Games like Atari 50 have different controls based on which controller you use. Atari 5200 Guy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 I’ve had mine respond simultaneously. All I have to do is pick them up and use them. If they are both on that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 One thing I wish they would make for the VCS is standard style paddle controllers. They don't even have to be bluetooth...just USB connection. Smell Dawg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 My VCS got a RAM upgrade yesterday. Someone I know gave me their old gaming laptop RAM which just happened to be DDR4 RAM. I had no use for it but I held on to it. All 16 GB now reside inside my VCS. It's happy. TrekMD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 38 minutes ago, Atari 5200 Guy said: My VCS got a RAM upgrade yesterday. Someone I know gave me their old gaming laptop RAM which just happened to be DDR4 RAM. I had no use for it but I held on to it. All 16 GB now reside inside my VCS. It's happy. That's cool! How easy was it to install? 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 3 hours ago, TrekMD said: That's cool! How easy was it to install? It wasn’t too difficult. Take off rubber feet, remove four screws, take off rear cover (it pries off), and lift top half of shell. Remove a few screws holding the motherboard, detach the two ribbon cables going to the front USB ports, then lift out. The RAM slots are underneath. It has a slot to attach an SSD drive if you want to add extra storage space. It’s a really well made computer board. I was impressed. TrekMD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Cool. Something to think about. 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 A great video from indie developer Tree Fall Games discussing game development for the Atari VCS. TL;DR - Devs, don't sleep on this small but mighty platform! TrekMD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 It is a really neat system. It needs more original games made for it. Not for the 2600, not for the 7800, but for it as it was made to do. Not that I mind seeing 2600 and 7800 games and homebrews on it...I'd just like to see something original and only available on it. I reached out to Atari via email and told them some suggestions. The response I got was they would pass the ideas along. Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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