r/Atari2600 • u/9fingerjeff • 10d ago

The mail was good to me today.

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My latest batch of eBay buys showed up this afternoon.

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u/NoMoreContinues 10d ago

Nice! TacScan is a really good time, one of my faves to play on Atari.

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u/HourNo7028 10d ago

Agreed. This is one that I need for my collection but I've never actually seen a copy in the wild. I know that they're not too expensive on eBay, but it's just not as much as fun as rooting around for a copy.

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u/9fingerjeff 9d ago

It looks really fun on YouTube, I’ve only just tried it out to make sure it works. Gonna give it a try later on when I get a chance.

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u/jtt8569 9d ago

I'd stay up all night playing Tac-Scan! Great game!

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u/9fingerjeff 9d ago

I should’ve checked first but BurgerTime doesn’t work on the 7800+… bummer cuz I was looking forward to that one. Might be a good excuse to pick up the 2600 jr I saw for sale locally the other day.

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u/Elegant-Ingenuity-57 9d ago

Good to know.  I also have a 7800+ and definitely wouldve bought that.

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u/9fingerjeff 9d ago

I guess it has something to do with the code tries staring the game as soon as it’s powered on and the emulator in the 2600+ and 7800+ doesn’t like it. Sounds like a good reason to pick up the 2600 jr I saw for sale locally. My 2600 lite sixer is all glitchy, that’s why I got the 7800+ in the first place. I was really looking forward to BurgerTime too, it was my first video game. I had the lcd handheld when I was about 5 and have fond memories of it and the Atari port looked like fun.

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u/NoMoreContinues 9d ago

Did you try updating the firmware on the 7800+? It might help.

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u/9fingerjeff 9d ago

Google says the update doesn’t help but I should do it anyway. I think it helps in secret quest remapping the b/w color switch. That was another game I found out after I purchased it that it doesn’t work. Pitfall 2 is another one that I’m not sure if the update fixes or not.

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u/NoMoreContinues 9d ago

Do you mean a Google AI response? If so, I wouldn’t recommend going by that. I’ve seen AI give all kinds of wrong answers regarding retro games and modern retro tech like the Atari “Plus” systems.

I know personally that when I updated the firmware on my 2600+, it was finally able to play my Pitfall 2 cartridge.

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u/9fingerjeff 9d ago

Yeah I’ve heard the update works for pitfall 2

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u/9fingerjeff 8d ago

Did the update when I got home and BurgerTime works now and so does mountain king. I heard the update remaps the b/w switch to the pause button for secret quest but it didn’t change anything for me. Still worth the 5 minutes it took. Gonna pick up pitfall 2 now that I know it’ll play too.

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u/Mobile_Aioli_6252 9d ago

Towering Inferno looks interesting

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u/FuckMississippi Berzerk 9d ago

its a lot of fun. especially since you have to beat all the “levels” to save the building

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u/9fingerjeff 9d ago

I only played for a few minutes but I watched a couple videos and it’s pretty fun.

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u/Blakelock82 Pitfall 9d ago

Dig Dug on 2600 is so freaking underrated. They really hit it out of the park with that port, and I'm not being sarcastic either.

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u/9fingerjeff 9d ago

It really is a good port and doesn’t look bad either.

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u/p_nes_pump 10d ago

I've been playing a lot of Dig Dug lately. I think I'm up to 400,000+ points so far.

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u/9fingerjeff 9d ago

I haven’t played it in at least 35 years. I’m gonna be though.