What books cover the 2600/7800?
Atari 2600/7800 FAQLeonard Herman (rolenta@aol.com) publishes Phoenix: the Fall & Rise of Home Videogames. It covers the home video game industry in detail from the pre-classic days, through the early 80s and up to 1993. At $12.99, it's a steal for the amount of information contained in it. The second edition is available for $10 to first edition owners, $19.95 otherwise (plus $3 for priority shipping or $1.50 for 4th class shipping). Another book is Zap! : the Rise and Fall of Atari by Scott Cohen.
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Atari 2600/7800 FAQThe 2600 Connection is the premier bi-monthly Atari 2600 resource. This fanzine, published by Russ Perry Jr. (slapdash@enteract.com), is an excellent source of information about Atari video game collecting in general, including news, game reviews, interviews, and entertaining anecdotes. Rare and collectible games are frequently discussed. Classified ads in the Connection are relevant to all Atari game machines. Subscription price is $9 for a year's worth of bi-monthly issues (6) or $1.
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Atari 2600/7800 FAQOnce Upon Atari: The Agony and the Ecstasy is the fourth in a four part series about the early days of Atari. Produced by Howard Scott Warshaw (hsw@netcom.com), the tape (supposedly) contains "technical info that can only be appreciated by serious enthusiasts," including bits about the difficulty of programming the 2600 and "favorite games of the game makers." At $29.95 ($25.95 + $4 shipping), it's a bit steep for its 28 minute running time.
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Summer Reading ProgramNew cover art is added every day. If a cover is not yet available for a particular book, you will see the generic cover art graphic.
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Atari 2600/7800 FAQDennis Brown (brownd@ns2.apmtech.com) maintains the 2600 emulator FAQ. It focuses mostly on the Activision Action packs and is also a bit out of date. The current version is also completely unreadable unless saved as text from your browser. Question 5.2 of the comp.emulators.misc FAQ discusses emulators for the 2600 as well. Activision recently released its Classics Collection (30 games + an emulator) for the Playstation.
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Atari 2600/7800 FAQIn general, it is usually more cost effective to simply buy another console. However, if you are in the UK, you may have another option. Mark Hourahane (HOURAHANEM@harveygs.kent.sch.uk) claims to fix consoles. He writes: I would be happy to repair old Atari consoles of any format, although I may not be able to test non-PAL machines. Anyone wanting repairs, modifications etc. should e-mail me."
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Atari 2600/7800 FAQThe information here is incomplete in some places, misleading in others, and possibly just plain wrong in still other places. CPU: 6507 6502C (custom, NOT 65C02) RAM: 128 Bytes, in VLSI 4K, high speed (mostly VRAM) ROM: 4K max 52K max Cpu Clock: 1.19 MHz 1.79 MHz Graphics Clock: 1.19 MHz 7.
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Are there any mailing lists that discuss the 2600/7800?
Atari 2600/7800 FAQThere are at least three. Jeremy Wilson (xeno@inforamp.net) runs the classic videogames mailing list, which covers both home and arcade classic games. To subscribe, mail listserv@moose.to with the following message body: subscribe classic-videogames your@email.address Your Name There is also a UK Classic Videogame mailing list; tspigp@rbkc.gov.uk for subscribe requests, ccnuk@rbkc.gov.uk for the list itself. For more information, see this link.
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Atari 2600/7800 FAQThere are still several sources for new game cartridges. Mail order firms such as Telegames USA are probably the best source for new games. They still stock many different games cartridges for all the Atari game machines. Some titles they carry are uncommon or rare. Best Electronics (2021 The Alameda, Suite 290, San Jose CA 95126-1127; (408) 243-6950) recently published Revision 10 of their Worldwide Catalog which contains 228 pages of currently available Atari items.
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Atari 2600/7800 FAQCommonality and rarity of a game depends upon many things, including geographical location, cart and label condition, label variation and personal experience. VGR's cart list, the Digital Press Collectors Guide and JerryG's Beta One all give ideas to a cart's rarity and subsequent worth. (VGR and the Digital Press paper edition use a scale, while JerryG and the DP cdrom use prices).
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Atari 2600/7800 FAQAtari VCS CX2600 - Original model. Woodgrain and black plastic enclosure. Light and heavy weighted plastic. Six silver switches across the upper front panel. Bundled accessories included two CX40 joysticks, one CX30 paddle controller, AC adapter, TV switch and a CX2601 Combat game cart. Sample wording on label on bottom of unit: Mfd. by Atari, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA. Serial # 048181. Mfd. by Atari-Wong Ltd. in Hong Kong. Serial # 568213514. Manufactured for Atari Inc.
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Atari 2600/7800 FAQkeyboard by Atari, called the Graduate or My First Computer. It was designed by Peripheral Visions Inc. Amiga Power Module for 2600. Similar to the Supercharger, it had dialup capability (to play against others). Also, some 3D games were planned for it as well. Keyboard, peripherals and computer games. The 7800 keyboard was designed by GCC Inc., the same company that designed Ms. Pac-Man and Jr. Pac-Man for the 2600. much, much more.
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Atari 2600/7800 FAQThere is no light gun made specifically for either system. However, Atari's light gun (model number XG-1) that came with the XE-Game-System works well. Additionally, Best Electronics sells the Best Lightgun which supposedly works better than Atari's own. (comments?) Also, see the entry for rewiring a Sega lightgun elsewhere in the FAQ.
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Atari 2600/7800 FAQCompumate - 42 key touchpad computer add on from Spectravideo. Adds 16K ROM, 2K RAM, and has BASIC. Looks like a small keyboard attached to a cartridge, which is in turn connected to the joystick ports. Originally sold for $79.99 Copy Cart - from Vidco, allowed transfer of a game onto a blank cartridge. Battery powered, not all games can be copied because of memory limitations. Game Selex - from Starplex, allows 9 cartridges to be plugged in at once; turn a dial to choose the game.
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