I really like mine. It’s great for taking over to a mate’s house and easily firing up a few games over several beers. The lha images are game changing.
i’m hoping it can be hacked as it does have a usb port so who knows, maybe the community will do something good. i’m keeping an eye on it. the retron 77 looked okay (after the stella hack) BUT the hardware is extremely unreliable/low quality and the controllers are appalling.
The Retron 77 never supported bank switching. Not sure if this 2600+ does either, it’s a dumb oversight. Either that or they can’t find a FOSS 2600 emulator where they don’t have to pay for commercial use.
this 2600+ doesn’t either afaik. i’m pretty sure the retron77 DOES if you install 3rd party firmware/os, but i might be wrong. pretty sure people are now running “previously unsupported” homebrew stuff on it though.
the wotsit seems to be going apeshit on twitter about this under his sock puppet account, “atarirule” (which recently confirmed, yet again, that is IS him behind the account before he deleted the giveaway post*)
*but not before a bunch of people screen capped it, as usual.
This looks brilliant. The colours are lovely, the pixel perfect collision detection is what George says it is and the intensity ramps up nicely at each level. If I had a 2600 and it had a physical release, I’d buy it.
I probably should have waited until the end of the video before writing that last comment lol… who knows, maybe I should just buy the physical version of Caramujo and use it as an excuse to eventually get a 2600.
yes mate it does indeed have a physical release i think through the devs AND atariage, although i’m sure a google search or checking atariage would clarify that.
the problem with the 2600+ that’s coming soon is that they’ve said it’ll not run most if all homebrews, that’s a real PITA as they’re what keep the atari scene going !
Señor Moon
10 months ago
A game combining Cujo and Digby, the biggest dog in the world would be fantastic, especially if the colossal rabid canine was unleashed in Wembley stadium during the FA Cup final.
https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/09/08/atari_snaps_up_atariage/
The Wotsit is ready to return.
Assuming it’ll turn out like a local pub when it gets new management – they let all of the barred morons back in.
They’ve just gone an announced a really bad 2600 console. The 2600+ which is just another bad emulator box and won’t run all games.
Still better than the A500 Mini.
Never used one. Are they that bad?
I really like mine. It’s great for taking over to a mate’s house and easily firing up a few games over several beers. The lha images are game changing.
It’s a no fuss solution. I’ve got a MiSTer so that goes a good Amiga recreation.
i’m hoping it can be hacked as it does have a usb port so who knows, maybe the community will do something good. i’m keeping an eye on it. the retron 77 looked okay (after the stella hack) BUT the hardware is extremely unreliable/low quality and the controllers are appalling.
The Retron 77 never supported bank switching. Not sure if this 2600+ does either, it’s a dumb oversight. Either that or they can’t find a FOSS 2600 emulator where they don’t have to pay for commercial use.
this 2600+ doesn’t either afaik. i’m pretty sure the retron77 DOES if you install 3rd party firmware/os, but i might be wrong. pretty sure people are now running “previously unsupported” homebrew stuff on it though.
the wotsit seems to be going apeshit on twitter about this under his sock puppet account, “atarirule” (which recently confirmed, yet again, that is IS him behind the account before he deleted the giveaway post*)
*but not before a bunch of people screen capped it, as usual.
The guy is mentally ill
This looks brilliant. The colours are lovely, the pixel perfect collision detection is what George says it is and the intensity ramps up nicely at each level. If I had a 2600 and it had a physical release, I’d buy it.
I probably should have waited until the end of the video before writing that last comment lol… who knows, maybe I should just buy the physical version of Caramujo and use it as an excuse to eventually get a 2600.
yes mate it does indeed have a physical release i think through the devs AND atariage, although i’m sure a google search or checking atariage would clarify that.
the problem with the 2600+ that’s coming soon is that they’ve said it’ll not run most if all homebrews, that’s a real PITA as they’re what keep the atari scene going !
A game combining Cujo and Digby, the biggest dog in the world would be fantastic, especially if the colossal rabid canine was unleashed in Wembley stadium during the FA Cup final.
Amazing to see what they can now do with such old hardware.