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Atari 800 game night
popsicle:
Ok, son. Put down your tablet for a minute, I want to show you how to run this Atari game. Plug in all the components, then rewind the tape to the beginning. Press 'Play' and 'Pause' on the tape deck. Now, hold down 'option' and 'start' on the computer, and turn it on. the computer should make a fuzzy beeeeep noise. hit 'return' on the keyboard and then un pause the tape drive. Now, wait for 5 and 1/2 minutes for the game to load while you listen to hypnotic beepy fuzzy noises. When it's done, you'll see a 'ready' prompt. Type 'run' and hit 'enter'. Now, memorize these keyboard commands.
There's just no way.
That said, xbox controllers have like 32 ---goshdarn--- buttons.
wp34:
--- Quote from: popsicle on May 08, 2014, 05:47:34 pm ---
Anybody else spend hours typing in Compute! programs only to miss a :censored: space or turn a $ into an S and spend just as many hours proofreading only to find the game was lame? :laugh:
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Yes! Or even worse there would be a typo with a "correction" printed the next issue. Good times. :banghead:
--- Quote from: popsicle on May 08, 2014, 06:13:21 pm ---Ok, son. Put down your tablet for a minute, I want to show you how to run this Atari game. Plug in all the components, then rewind the tape to the beginning. Press 'Play' and 'Pause' on the tape deck. Now, hold down 'option' and 'start' on the computer, and turn it on. the computer should make a fuzzy beeeeep noise. hit 'return' on the keyboard and then un pause the tape drive. Now, wait for 5 and 1/2 minutes for the game to load while you listen to hypnotic beepy fuzzy noises. When it's done, you'll see a 'ready' prompt. Type 'run' and hit 'enter'. Now, memorize these keyboard commands.
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Even worse I remember waiting 20 minutes (it seemed like hours) for a game to load only to find it wouldn't run and I had to start over.
GeoMan:
http://www.commodore.ca/gallery/magazines/compute/compute-magazine-1-43.htm
wp34:
Has anybody picked up one of these flash cartridges for the Atari 400/800?
http://www.atarimax.com/flashcart/documentation/index.html
It is a little pricey but kinda cool. Every time I get mine out I wonder if this will be the time the floppy discs stop loading.
ark_ader:
I had the 600XL and took it back to Laskeys and got an Electron. The 600XL was pure kak. Now the 1200XL was a different story with a built in modem.
Star Raiders was the best game I ever played on the Atari, even now after all these years, and having the complete collection, nothing beats a bash at Star Raiders. :D
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