Received my Atari 2600!

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Socoder -> Retro Stuff -> Received my Atari 2600!
Thu, 14 Jan 2016, 04:10
cyangames	But my stupid TV refuses to tune into it. Unless It's displaying a massive, opaque menu covering 80% of the screen...Gahhhh! Time to find a teeny tiny CRT tv then. -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Thu, 14 Jan 2016, 04:16
Jayenkai	Oh dear... Modern technology, eh!? Yeah, CRTs were great for random signal types. If you have an NTSC & PAL compatible TV then you're compatible with tons of stuff. Get a "smart" TV and it freaks out at anything other than 1080i/p!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Thu, 14 Jan 2016, 04:23
cyangames	Yeah, it's frustrating, only because it can clearly get the analogue signal, but then floats away from it post-tuning in. Will probably grab a 14 inch one from somewhere only to freak out the wife with the whole "where is this going to go then?" over the weekend. I blame Classic Game Room, no, I love Classic Game Room -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Thu, 14 Jan 2016, 04:37
steve_ancell	Or you could use something like this: www.dx.com/p/cvbs-composite-av-s-video-to-hdmi-1080p-scaler-converter-119934#.VpeW_FLJB94
Thu, 14 Jan 2016, 04:51
Jayenkai	I'm not entirely sure what otakupunk's real-life job is, but he's always banging on about borrowing technical equipment from work, and damn, if it ain't expensive shit!!! Lately he's been doing Atari and NES videos, but has been having to use equipment which he claims to be worth thousands of dollars, just so he can capture their outputs. If you watch some of his Shaky Vlogs, he discusses the complicated crap he needed to go through to get all his consoles to record. https://youtu.be/HoIZN7AmQI8 -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Thu, 14 Jan 2016, 05:27
cyangames	Yeah, I do love his retro review videos Jay, they're rather nice! A spare TV should be okay though, just needs "proper" manual setting, not one that drifts after being set -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Fri, 15 Jan 2016, 15:13
Hotshot	Making Game in Atari 2600 is very challenging to fit in 128 byte of ram and it all in Assembler!
Sat, 16 Jan 2016, 01:33
cyangames	no "proper" x co-ordinates to use either! -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!