Well right off the bat the system needed to have the OS flashed. Not a problem... Was a little difficult to register an account, but eventually got past that.

Looking a bit through the games, the graphics and sounds are great.

Now for the matter of playing games... I see I'm either rusty with controlers ( haven't played a video game in years), or the controllers are not quite good enough.

Like ok, I never did well in Asteroids, was fun to try the game, but I also tried Pong, and found it very difficult to hit the ball, my paddle would overshoot where I intended to go.

I did better in Breakout though.

If it's a me problem i expect that to get better over time, but I'm wondering what others think of the classic joystick, especially in the mode where you twist the handle? Maybe it's not so natural to do that, and it would be better to have a controller with a regular knob.

Does anyone know if Atari will be putting out new cartridges for this system? Thanks.

So it’s been a bit over a month since my last update so I figured I’d let y’all know about my order from August of last year. My Limited Edition order of Mr. Run And Jump for the 2600 has still not shipped. A month ago I received notice from an Atari representative that they would know something within the next 60-75 days. So hopefully by the 1 year anniversary of my order being placed they’ll be able to celebrate by finally delivering to me the product I paid for. Here’s to hoping!

I want a couple of the open source atari projects related to synths and drum machines.

I have experience uploading code to arduinos and other MCUs but I don't have the hardware to make atari cartridges.

If I wanted to make a total of say five or so cartridges, would it be worth the investment in hardware to make my own or would it be cheaper just to have someone do it for me?

What do some of you charge to burn a cartridge?

Also, can I reuse old cartridges? The games are stored on EEPROMs, right? Or do I need to make a new PCB and get a new chip?

Thanks in advance.

I own the Atari 50th anniversary collection for switch and a flashback gold 8, I have always wanted to own an actual atari console, but is it worth it if I have the other items?

I have a an Atari falcon 030, which I just took out of storage after not having used it for more than 1 hour from new.

I am after some step by step instructions of how to configure a usb on a pc, that will allow me to use it with a gotek floppy emulator, load hard drive drivers so the falcon can see it’s internal.

The falcon can see and read the gotek usb, but I am struggling as to how to write disk images to the usb from the PC.

Recently picked up Atari 50 on switch, and noticed that you can't play with the joycons separated. This makes sense for Jaguar games, but for everything else it just seems plain stupid. I did notice however that pong uses both joycons as separate controllers by default. I was wondering if any other games did this or if that's a one off thing?

Anyone remember a mobile port of asteroids that had levels and a boss battle???

so, my dad gave me his old Atari 2600 with 2 joysticks, 4 paddle controllers, and 22 games awhile back. Unfortunately, 12 out of the 22 games have strange issues. For example, some would just show straight static, and others like frogger would show you a picture but you can't control anything and the colors would randomly change. A few other issues I have include, space invaders booting fine but colors flashing into different colors (just like frogger), joystick working but can't fire using the red button, and not being able to take damage from aleins. I'm very confused, I have tried cleaning the ports well along with the carts. The games that do work though work flawlessly. Is it the console or the carts that are old and damaged?

This game, from what i remember came on the blue atari joystick combo with multiple games included, like pole position & mappy. But this game involved flying & shooting some sort of flying discs and or avoiding them.

I recently bought a vintage atari tabletop stand and games display holder. I have since lost the listing on which I bought it. ANd I can't find any instances online. I'm confused as to which way round it goes?

https://preview.redd.it/uzkasnvq4mxc1.jpg?width=1008&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf7b4716ac79a12b95cff2b5292826cf60f9d7fe

Is there any plan on the VCS being shipped to Canada?

Here is a link to each game, complete with photos of the front and back. Depending on the cartridge, I may have taken photos of both sides, but since they all looked the same, I eventually stopped. I will not remove the price stickers from the boxes because I dont Trust me to do so. But i think i have a few good finds to include Chase the Chuck Wagon in almost perfect condition. But I think most of the games look pretty good for 40+ years old.

Air Sea Battle - https://imgur.com/a/biDo9Pc

Asteroids - https://imgur.com/a/ononXAM

Barn Storming - https://imgur.com/a/xgPpLWk

Base Ball - https://imgur.com/a/Vc0CYiQ

Boxing - https://imgur.com/a/eDq5QEM

Breakout - https://imgur.com/a/w838IpX

Canyon Bomber - https://imgur.com/a/ByyKwNK

Centipede - https://imgur.com/a/eTB5v48

Chase The Chuck Wagon - https://imgur.com/a/RziaonR

Chopper Command - https://imgur.com/a/drM6jmy

Circus Atari - https://imgur.com/a/MjPvher

Combat - https://imgur.com/a/f6zr0kz

Defender - https://imgur.com/a/r7ZpPUJ

Demons To Diamonds - https://imgur.com/a/aVhPbGR

Enduro - https://imgur.com/a/JB9NXWP

Frogger - https://imgur.com/a/NO6IBld

Galaxian - https://imgur.com/a/eRayWlh

Maze Craze - https://imgur.com/a/muEpkK9

Ms. Pac-Man - https://imgur.com/a/M7E0Yw5

Pac-Man - https://imgur.com/a/c7oMVQj

PITFALL - https://imgur.com/a/sM1fdx5

Pole Position - https://imgur.com/a/s6EJgnl

River Raid - https://imgur.com/a/4ABitlc

Skiing - https://imgur.com/a/02PcWVA

Sky Diver - https://imgur.com/a/gq4uGQ8

Slot Machine - https://imgur.com/a/MOhEI8S

Space Invaders - https://imgur.com/a/adgI6I8

Super Cobra - https://imgur.com/a/gCrMJbv

Tennis - https://imgur.com/a/Hz3KRzk

Video Pinball - https://imgur.com/a/MuC1cx6

I know there are adapters on ebay and stuff but im wondering if theres a cheaper and quicker way to do it

So this happen the summer between my 4th and 5th grade in 1984. I lived in New Braunfels Texas just down the street from the Snake Farm, which is on the frontage road of I35. My friend, Ray, lived next to the SF and we would ride our bikes over to see each other to play. My mom would let us hang out often since our time there was coming to an end, we were moving before the start of the new school year. On this particular afternoon, Ray called and asked if I could spend the night. I asked my mom and, to my surprise, she said yes. He heard that and said he'd ride his bike over in a few to come get me. When he got there, we went to my room where I was already playing Asteroids. He was excited to see the game and I invited him to play a game before we headed to his house. He grabbed the controller and went nuts. Well, fast forward a few hours. The sun had gone down and my mom didn't want us walking at night near the highway. She suggested we stay at our home tonight and play Atari then stay at his house the next night. She called his mom and everything was set. We went back to my room and played Pacman, Combat, and Asteroids into the early hours. So we woke up around 9am. My mom made us breakfast and we slowly gathered our things and headed for Ray's house. As we were riding in front of the SF, we could see a cop car near his driveway. Our view was still partially blocked but as we approached his house, we started to see more and more emergency vehicles everywhere. All of the sudden, his mom sees him and runs towards him. She scoops him out of his bike and gives him the biggest hug while sobbing uncontrollably. I'm standing there wondering what the hell is happening! Then I see it. As his mom moved to the side, I could see a car sticking out of Ray's room where his window used to be! Apparently, some drunk girl was exiting the highway at an extremely high rate of speed, lost control on the exit ramp, somehow got airborne and landed in his room... on his bed. We were supposed to be asleep in that room. If it wasn't for Atari, we would've died that night. Thank you Atari creators! You saved our lives! My brother still has that console and I give it a little love tap every time I see it.

Is there any support for video touch pad games on the gamestation pro? I’m looking to play Big Bird Egg Catch with my little ones!

This isn't the first time I posted this question (I removed the original post because there was a typo that was really bothering me) I still need to ask, because I would really like to know.

Does anyone know if it's possible to just pay someone to record/render the piece of media for the Atari movie cart, and assemble it? Something like that? I apologize, but this all just seems way too complicated for me and I'm worried that I might mess something up and it won't work. I was thinking I can just pay a guy to do the whole process for me - for an extra cost if necessary - and mail it to me. Also I can make my own custom labels, so applying the label as part of the process won't be necessary.

Disclaimer: I do not condone piracy. Any piece of media that I plan on owning on Atari 2600 movie cartridges are pieces of media that I already own on DVD, Blu-Ray, VHS, etc.

My take on the best Atari ST games ever made (STe only games, like Obsession, excluded):

1. Dungeon Master
2. Populous
3. Pirates!
4. Elite
5. Lemmings
6. Stunt Car Racer
7. Secret of Monkey Island
8. Civilization
9. Lethal Xcess
10. Chaos Engine
11. Turrican 2
12. Llamatron
13. Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe
14. Cannon Fodder
15. Bubble Bobble
16. Xenon 2
17. Wings of Death
18. Another World
19. Sensible Soccer
20. Blood Money
21. Gods
22. Vroom
23. Great Giana Sisters
24. Starball
25. The New Zealand Story
26. Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

27. Rick Dangerous
28. Falcon
29. Cadaver
30. Defender of the Crown
31. Rainbow Islands
32. Amberstar
33. Purple Saturn Day
34. Starglider 2
35. Maniac Mansion
36. Formula one Grand Prix
37. Paradroid 90
38. Chambers of Shaolin
39. Buggy Boy
40. Cruise for a Corpse 
41. Frontier - Elite 2
42. IK+
43. Eliminator
44. Kult
45. Cybernoid II - The Revenge
46. Midi Maze 2
47. Interphase
48. Lotus Turbo Challenge
49. StarRay
50. Nebulus
51. Carrier Command
52. Oxyd 1 +2
53. Fate - Gates of Dawn
54. Tower of Babel
55. Oids
56. Flood
57. Silent Service
58. Klax
59. Goldrunner
60. Gauntlet 2
61. Killing Game Show
62. Speedball
63. Space Quest 3
64. Ballerburg
65. Millennium 2.2
66. Fire and Ice
67. Deflektor
68. Turrican
69. Virus
70.  North and South
71. James Pond 2
72. Netherworld
73. Enchanted Land
74. Empire - Wargame of the Century
75. Sidewinder
76. Plutos
77. Midwinter 1+2
78. The Bards Tale
79. Imperium
80. Dragonflight
81. Kick off 2
82. SunDog: Frozen Legacy
83. Shufflepuck Cafe
84. Super Sprint
85. Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax
86. No Second Prize
87. SimCity
88. The Sentinel
89. Ishar 1-3
90. RVF Honda
91. Oli Imperium
92. Price of Persia
93. Space Rouge
94. Super Cars 2
95. Atomix
96. Gunship
97. Legend of Faerghail
98. Dogs of War
99. Mega lo Mania
100. E-Motion
101. Driller
102. Switchblade
103. Bomb Jack
104. Bombuzal
105. Little Computer People
106. Ultima Series
107. B.A.T. 2
108. Operation Stealth
109. King's Quest Series
110. Solomon's Key
111. Stormlord

Ex-wife regifted me my early 1980s Atari 800 and 810 drive. Leading to some questions.

1. The 800 and an 810 drive, were stored not in the orginal boxes, but in an attic for many years. They are somewhat discolored. Should I clean them or let it be? I'll entertain 'how to clean', but mainly wondering if they ultimately are sold as a collectible, should they be cleaned? Assuming it works... Have not yet tested anything.

2. Video with these were great back 40 years ago, but the 800 now only has the single video-out from the 800 itself. Googling shows that there are several ways to connect to a modern TV, but looking for the best solution.

TIA

I want to update my Atari game station pro but I don't have a PC, is there any other way to update it? Is there a way I can do it with a phone or something. Honestly anything but a pc.