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Anonymous Mon May 5 21:49:38 2014 No.1600165 [Reply] [Original]

If the NES/Famicom gets modern clone consoles, why can't Atari?

Atari needs love too...

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 21:54:18 2014 No.1600176 >>1600165 ...wat? There's like 4 different Atari Flashbacks, one of which has solder pads to add a cartridge slot to and back in the day there were VCS clones all over the 3rd world.

Anonymous Mon May 5 21:56:22 2014 No.1600181
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>>1600165
I know they have the Atari Flashback series of consoles...

It's just a system with a bunch of the games loaded in, it doesn't take carts. That's the only "clone" i know of, though.

Also has anybody made any DIY/bought any 3rd party Atari 2600 joysticks? I feel like the originals can be stubborn and they're cheaply made.I bet something with a joystick that has momentary switches would play so clean as opposed to using the metal touch contacts in the originals.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 21:57:25 2014 No.1600185 >>1600176 Guess I'm wrong, a cart slot can be added.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 21:59:47 2014 No.1600192 I'm aware of the Flashback consoles. I mean like, modern hardware that would be compatible with today's HDTV's.

Anonymous Mon May 5 22:00:55 2014 No.1600196
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>>1600181
>momentary switches
You probably wouldn't want momentary switches to control a video game system. The Flashback 3 has Atari style joysticks that actually do have microswitches in them. Back in the day the Epyx stick was the go-to stick for serious Atari playing although the Coin Controls stick also had microswitches.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 22:04:01 2014 No.1600204 >>1600192 >implying famiclones are The French Atari 7800 has RGB SCART out. There are ways to perform RGB mods on most of the original consoles and then to convert the rgb to component.

Anonymous Mon May 5 22:18:03 2014 No.1600251
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>>1600196
Sorry when I said momentary switch I meant like a micro tactile switch. I have a broken controller and the circuit is suuuper simple. I was thinking about using the plastic ring in the controller that normally pushes down on the contacts to push down on some of these and get a click out of it.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 22:21:53 2014 No.1600262 >>1600196 Also, that stick looks pretty cool. Prices online are more than I would want to put towards an Atari joystick, though.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 22:25:38 2014 No.1600272 >>1600251 You should just think about getting a Flashback 3 just for the controllers.

Anonymous Mon May 5 22:33:38 2014 No.1600289
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>>1600251
i ham fisted a tact switch mod into a broken controller i had. plays wonderfully dispite me royally fucking up the solder work. (even used hot glue as shock absorbers though it was probably not needed)

pic related: how to fuck up a very simple mod. still managed to work perfectly dispite this. the reason it looks so bad is i did not clean the board very well so the solder did not want to stick at all.

Anonymous Mon May 5 22:36:13 2014 No.1600297

Atari was very popular amongst retro collectors 10 years ago or more.
People who grew up with Atari and other 2nd gen consoles are now probably 40, 50, or older, most of them probably lost interest in the hobby, I know a few people who did.
Even 3rd gen is getting less attention lately because people who grew up playing NES, SMS and other 3rd gen stuff are now 30, 40 or older and starting to loose interest, SNES and Genesis are the ones getting the most attention right now, as well as 5th gen consoles.
Expect SNES and Genesis to decrease in popularity in about 10 years or less, and 5th gen consoles will be the most popular retro consoles, followed by 6th gen.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 22:37:25 2014 No.1600301 >>1600165 a certain flash back model you can mod to play carts eaisly

Anonymous Mon May 5 22:43:11 2014 No.1600317

>>1600289
It's hard to see the solder job, did you hot glue the switches down to keep from wearing down the solder joints?

I was thinking about just doing it on a piece of proto-board but the switches look like they fit just fine, that's really fucking cool.

>>1600272
I definitely would if I saw one at a yard sale or the likes, but I already have the tact switches and a broken controller, it'd take like 15 minutes to solder/glue everything and put it back together. Gotta save muh money.

Anonymous Mon May 5 22:46:53 2014 No.1600330
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>>1600317
yes i used hot glue to work as shock absorbers so repeated use wouldn't break the solder joints.

it does require using a dremel to make the plastic work with the switches but it closes up perfectly fine

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 22:51:25 2014 No.1600339 >>1600330 What exactly do you have to dremel? The plastic ring?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 22:56:53 2014 No.1600353 >>1600339 yeah, you flatten the plasting ring out so it don't have those dimples on it. and on the orange button the housing might catch the switch so you will need to make room for the switch if it does.

Anonymous Mon May 5 23:08:11 2014 No.1600386
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>>1600330
made a webm where i am using that controller to play missle command, i find it to be considerably more responsive than my best controller. (only thing you are missing from the lack of audio is alot of clicking noises and missle command doing it's thing)

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 23:08:19 2014 No.1600387 >>1600353 Ah, gotcha. Thanks for the tips/inspiration.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 23:20:53 2014 No.1600432 >>1600386 Yeah, that looks great, movements look pretty much on point. Man, I want to start this little project tonight but I'm already distracting myself way too much with 4chin from writing a research paper due on Thursday.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 13:05:58 2014 No.1601587 >>1600272 Did they change the controller design for the Flashback 4?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 13:32:34 2014 No.1601647 >>1600386 >not setting it so it loops right before the second barrage of missiles begins Shame. Also, your power is dirty.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 18:00:03 2014 No.1602312 >>1601647 It's probably the RF adapter. Mine does that but if I move it to the right angle it plays clean.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 7 18:29:11 2014 No.1605081 >>1600181 >it doesn't take carts The Flashback 2 can be modified to add a cartridge slot. http://davenunez.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/demaking-an-atari-flashback-2-into-a-2600-vcs/

>>	Anonymous Wed May 7 20:14:27 2014 No.1605267 >>1600196 $30 seems reasonable for one in good condition.

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