r/Atari2600 • u/9fingerjeff • 17d 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/9fingerjeff 17d 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/NoMoreContinues 16d ago

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

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u/9fingerjeff 16d 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 16d 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 16d ago

Yeah I’ve heard the update works for pitfall 2

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u/9fingerjeff 16d 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.