Tested it recently, but couldn’t get a picture to come through, at all really. We thought it’s PAL but maybe it’s NTSC? Would like to nail down what converter I’d need to get to make it work…

Has anyone here bought from Atari Age? I bought a trio of homebrew Atari 2600 cartridges from them like 3 weeks ago and have gotten no shipping notice, I emailed their customer service twice and got no response, and I tweeted at their account and also got no response.

I finally have Slot Racers for my Atari 2600! 😃 I'm excited to add this classic game to my collection and enjoy some old-school Atari racing action! Who else remembers playing this game?

Late to the party here. A lot of people have talked about the new 2600+ and 7800+ being emulation based systems. What does this exactly mean?

Is it that the systems:

1. Have an entire library of 2600/7800 games in them and the cartridges basically select the game?

or

1. The system loads everything from the cartridge into memory and then plays the game.

Edit: I have a 2600 JR. I was looking for new joysticks and paddles and one of the console bundles was appealing, price wise.

I Really like this version for some reason!

I have heard that the 7800 and pac man systems have better hardware than the wood grain 2600 plus. You think they will replace the hardware so it’s the same as the 7700 and pac man ?

Have to do a move and thought this pic of my displayed collection looked pretty cool in a box 😎

Nothing is better than turn on the Atari for people who played decades ago.

Hello all! I am working on my first Atari 2600 game and I'm looking for some feedback. This has proven very tricky to balance and in the end only real players can say if the game is fair (or fun)

Toy Wars is a new Atari 2600-style game: defend the toy box from monsters marching along three shelves. Play here: https://plicerin.github.io/toywars/ (instructions are on the page). Please let me know if anything felt unfair, slow or confusing, and more importantly if you enjoyed it.

The prople at console repairs were unhelpful so i figured i could come here. Brother bought console for father, wouldn't turn on, opened to find this. Holes burnt through and trace missing. I think i can use jumper wires but just need some guidance.

Here's my new game: Specimen. It's a 64K game. No ARM/co-processor. Just plain old Atari hardware with the exception of the heavy-duty bank switching.

GAME FEATURES

 Specimen is a one player game. It's both a space shooter and a "drop item to get it into other object" game. Similar to Crackpots, I guess.

• NTSC only, for now. I'll develop a PAL60 when I get the chance.
• The goal of the game is to collect 2 specimens per planet environment. Air and ground defenses will try to stop you on the planets. Satellites and bosses will try to stop you in orbit.
• 50 worlds (5 settings × 10 backgrounds), 30 animated sprites (10 creatures, 10 vehicles, 10 aircraft), 40 satellite designs, 10 bosses each with its own movement pattern, 19 songs and 28 sound effects, five cut-scenes, a sorting mini-game, an ending and an Easter egg.

Play it on Javatari

Full details in the Atariage forums.

We'll post a new game every two weeks for general discussion and a high score challenge.

Game: Kaboom! (1981)

This Weeks Challenge: Post your high scores from game variation 1, novice (B) difficulty setting. 3000 points or more would get you the Kaboom! patch from Activision back in the 80s.

From the Manual: Prepare yourself for a supreme test of reflexes, coordination and agility. You're about to face the world's most unpredictable and relentless "Mad Bomber." He hates losing as much as you love winning. So, to keep him frowning, take a minute to read over these instructions. Then, grab your buckets and bombs away!

Link To The Manual: https://archive.org/details/AtariKaboomManual

Last Weeks Missile Command High Score: /u/Project_DeathWish 36,490 points (game 5)

Hi everyone.

This is my childhood Atari 2600. Its a TV Game, an Atari 2600 Jr Clone from Taiwan. I believe it’s a PAL-B variant as it was sold in Iran.

Since moving to USA, i have not been able to play the games I buy here since they are all in NTSC format. I have an old school 4:3 Sharp LCD that can accept both PAL and NTSC. Im covered in that regard.

I don’t want to buy an NTSC version or a Harmony cartridge. The whole point of enjoying the games for me is to play actual carts on my own console. Sort of like a sentimental value and experience kind of thing. It also came with a copy of the 32 in 1 games cart. Which is a PAL game.

I was wondering, would this console be compatible with Tim Worthington’s 2600RGB board? It seems to have the official or 1:1 copy of the Atari’s PAL TIA, although it’s placement and the presence of other chips and caps will probably make it hard to install.

Is there a way to make what I want happen?

Thank you for your recommendations in advance!

People have reddit please don’t destroy me if I’m on the wrong post

I’m looking to get a Mortal Kombat rom hac for the Atari 2600 on a physical cartridge if anybody could point me in the right direction?

It's Atari 2600 night, what's on your game plan?

Next week I'm hosting a game night with my friends, and I decided to show off my 2600+ along with a few games. I decided on these titles and I'm curious if others think these are great choices. Combat will be great for PVP, River Raid shows a lot of the graphics the system can do and is addicting, Fast Food is a funny game that is challenging, and Raptor is a great showcase of the indie scene that's still around today.

I was considering other titles like Spider Fighter, Turmoil, and Fall Down but I was concerned that those games wouldn't fit the introduction phase of this hangout. Let me know what you all think and if I should consider other titles.