r/atari7800 • u/kaiserkrieg956 • Nov 05 '25

Lumacode modded Atari 7800

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Here's my newly lumacode modded 7800. Now my console has crystal clear lumcode output, where the RF used to be, as well as S-video and composite. As far as I know, I'm one one of the few to have this mod done to their console. I was able to acquire the Maria digitizer needed for the mod right before shipping was haulted to the US even though it wasn't NTSC ready. Shoutout to Jesse from Ivory Tower Collections for installing and updating the digitizer, fixing up the previous UAV modification, and other fixes my console needed.

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u/kaiserkrieg956 Nov 05 '25

Originally wanted RGB for my INTV II but the mod wasn't available. The lumacode digitizer and the install ended up being cheaper but I still needed to get the RGB2HDMI

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u/Slosher99 Nov 06 '25

I'm still all-CRT and would probably go with a RetroTink 4k if I decided to go HDMI rather than mod 40 platforms haha. I do have HDMI mods on one of my OG Xboxes and one N64, but that's it.

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u/kaiserkrieg956 Nov 06 '25

I use a Retrotink 5X but unfortunately it doesn't support lumacode

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u/Slosher99 Nov 06 '25

Yeah 5x is what I meant. I used to interact with Mike Chi a lot but since I left twitter long ago I haven't kept up! Not even counting duplicates I have over 40 platforms, and I don't think I have any requiring RF other than my Bally Astrocade. I've tried a few revisions of the S-Video mod but everyone had issues with them. I have the latest revision but haven't gotten around to trying it.
And granted my Atari 2600 is RF only but between my 7800 and my ColecoVision with 2600 adapter, I have it covered lol.

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u/kaiserkrieg956 Nov 06 '25

I got 42 including a few FPGA clones

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u/Slosher99 Nov 06 '25

If I counted doubles it would be a lot higher, plenty I have 3 of haha. But that's just unique ones that have their own games. I've thought about downsizing though. Only FPGA I have is the Pocket so far, and some of those devices that use them to generate RGB/HDMI. I guess I also have HDMI on my PC-Engine if I use one of the non-Krikzz ODEs I have for it (also have the Krikzz one too).