Subject: Re: [stella] A couple of questions From: "John K. Harvey" <jkharvey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 23:20:19 -0500 |
At 05:42 PM 8/12/1999 -0700, you wrote: >I will be acquiring an Atari 7800 and expect to be loving Food Fight. >But a question occurs to me. Supposedly, Robot Tank, Decathalon, the >Supercharger, and a couple of other games for the 2600 won't run on the >7800. Did anybody determine what it was in the program design that >made this happen? Have any homebrew games run into this problem? Well, I have a 7800 with the classsic dent in the middle. This version runs my Supercharger, Decathlon, and Robot Tank with no problems whatsoever. However, my machine hates "Space War". I also have a 7800 with the expansion port in the side where the Supercharger will not run. I haven't had any problems getting Pressure Gauge to run on either 7800 (or for that matter, Edtris or Soundx) >Also, the 7800 appears to use a two-button controller. Can anyone tell >me if 2600 games can be made to utilize that extra button? Is this >basically what the "Booster Grip" for Omega Race used? I think It's different. I believe the Booster Grip just adds the use of another pin in the 9-pin adaptor, while a 7800 controller requires some resistors inside of the controller that are wired from both buttons to only one pin (if memory serves at all). Ciao! -John K. Harvey -- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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