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yotsuya:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on May 22, 2014, 01:00:42 pm ---
Moon Patrol had the best music on the 2600.  No question.  I can still hear the tune note for note in my head.   :cheers:

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+1!
yotsuya:

--- Quote from: Cynicaster on May 22, 2014, 11:53:43 am ---I just picked up a Harmony Cartridge 2 weeks ago, so I’ve been playing a lot of 2600 lately.  For those who don’t know what that is, it’s a cartridge into which you insert an SD card loaded up with ROMs.  This allows you to play the entire library on real hardware without having to change cartridges.  Freakin’ awesome. 
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What are your thoughts on the Harmony itself? I've toyed with picking one up.
Cynicaster:

--- Quote from: yotsuya on May 22, 2014, 01:24:33 pm ---
--- Quote from: Cynicaster on May 22, 2014, 11:53:43 am ---I just picked up a Harmony Cartridge 2 weeks ago, so I’ve been playing a lot of 2600 lately.  For those who don’t know what that is, it’s a cartridge into which you insert an SD card loaded up with ROMs.  This allows you to play the entire library on real hardware without having to change cartridges.  Freakin’ awesome. 
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What are your thoughts on the Harmony itself? I've toyed with picking one up.

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I've only had it for a few weeks, but so far I love it.  Dead simple to get it up and running--just fill up a FAT32-formatted SD card with ROMs, plug it in the Harmony, and plug the Harmony into the Atari.  Power it up, and pick your game. 

I hemmed and hawed about getting one for a long time, and now that I have it, I can't believe I didn't get it sooner.  I mean, I think I only paid about $70 for it.  I'm not a collector at all, I just like to play the games, so it's the perfect way for me to experience Atari 2600 in 2014.  I don't need to pull out a crate full of crusty old plastic cartridges, I don't need a spot to store them.  Every game I want is right there on a single cartridge that I keep plugged into the console.   

If you still enjoy playing Atari 2600 from time to time, if you have the cash, and if you're not a collector whose fun may be ruined by flashcart, I'd absolutely recommend you grab one. 

 
yotsuya:

--- Quote from: Cynicaster on May 22, 2014, 04:25:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: yotsuya on May 22, 2014, 01:24:33 pm ---
--- Quote from: Cynicaster on May 22, 2014, 11:53:43 am ---I just picked up a Harmony Cartridge 2 weeks ago, so I’ve been playing a lot of 2600 lately.  For those who don’t know what that is, it’s a cartridge into which you insert an SD card loaded up with ROMs.  This allows you to play the entire library on real hardware without having to change cartridges.  Freakin’ awesome. 
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What are your thoughts on the Harmony itself? I've toyed with picking one up.

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I've only had it for a few weeks, but so far I love it.  Dead simple to get it up and running--just fill up a FAT32-formatted SD card with ROMs, plug it in the Harmony, and plug the Harmony into the Atari.  Power it up, and pick your game. 

I hemmed and hawed about getting one for a long time, and now that I have it, I can't believe I didn't get it sooner.  I mean, I think I only paid about $70 for it.  I'm not a collector at all, I just like to play the games, so it's the perfect way for me to experience Atari 2600 in 2014.  I don't need to pull out a crate full of crusty old plastic cartridges, I don't need a spot to store them.  Every game I want is right there on a single cartridge that I keep plugged into the console.   

If you still enjoy playing Atari 2600 from time to time, if you have the cash, and if you're not a collector whose fun may be ruined by flashcart, I'd absolutely recommend you grab one.

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Good to know. I was going to build an emulation machine, but I have a perfectly working Atari 2600, and I might just go this route. I assume you got the basic version and not the deluxe?
MKFan4Life:

--- Quote from: yotsuya on May 08, 2014, 10:15:38 am ---
--- Quote from: degenatrons on May 08, 2014, 05:45:43 am ---pressure cooker - was probably my favourite as a kid
keystone capers - running away from the pigs was GTA back in the day
starmaster - poor mans elite
snoopy and the red baron - flying around on a doghouse,  nuff said
combat - is still a fun multiplayer game that i bring out occasionally
indy 500 - ditto
the empire strikes back - the reason i wanted to own 2600 after oogling over at a friends house
vanguard - great shooter complete with flash gordon music

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Starmaster was the only game I knew that used the B&W switch on the 2600 as a game control. Awesome stuff.

Howard, you're getting angry spittle all over my rose-colored glasses!  :cheers:

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I think there were more games that may have used the B&W switch, but did you ever try Space Shuttle: A Journey Into Space by Activision for the Atari 2600?  It used that switch for Primary engines and even used the difficulty switches for the Backup engines and activating landing gear and cargo doors.  Pretty much every switch on the console was used and the game was sold with overlays for both 2600 4 and 6 switch consoles.  I died hundreds of times in my early teens trying to land that damned thing since I had no game instructions or overlay when I got the game from a friend.  Still managed to somehow dock with that satellite in space, but probably landed with gear up and engines shut down half the darned time, lol!  Great game for that time though!

Oh yeah and here's a list of SOME of my favorites (own about 300+ original carts for the 2600):

Adventure
Venture
Cosmic Ark
Riddle Of The Sphinx
Millipede
Dragonfire
Atlantis
Starmaster
Missile Command
Warlords
Jungle Hunt
Crystal Castles
Yar's Revenge
Super Breakout
Defender
Lock 'N Chase
Frogs 'N Flies (I know, but the animation was cool, the difficulty switches allowed more control over your frogs, & how many games on the 2600 cycled from day to night?  Lol!)
Commando Raid
Gopher
Shark Attack
Kaboom!
River Raid
Frogger

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