jetset's "Please help me" thread

Post by **Atari Frog** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:43 am

Should be something like this:
[cz] => Czech language
[GV] => graphics version (for adventure games)
[TV] => text version (for adventure games)
[lg] => uses light gun
[crk] => cracked
[de] => German language
[analog] => made by ANALOG? Analog control?
[SE] => no idea, maybe Special Edition?
[APX] => published by APX
[dv] => disk version?
[r16] => 16K ROM? Adults only?
-osb => load with OS-B
-bas => load with BASIC
-np => no "SIO patch for fast disk access" on emulators

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jetset · Post by **jetset** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 6:05 pm

Very cool! Thanks for the info !

jetset · Post by **jetset** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:57 pm

Well, via the wonderfully kind graces od deathtrappommegranate, I now have 6 working game cartridges (he sent me for FREE!) including Basic.
Now, I have yet another question...I use the APE software, and an sio2pc connection to load .atr files into the 800. Some have the extension -bas which I gather require the basic cart to run those files.
When I put in the basic cart and load said atr file...what do I have to type to run the game ? I was hoping it would just magicially run.

Post by **deathtrappomegranate** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 10:44 pm

Have you tried "RUN" ?

jetset wrote:(he sent me for FREE!)

Shhh...

jetset · Post by **jetset** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:41 am

deathtrappomegranate wrote:Have you tried "RUN" ?

Yes. Didn't work.

Post by **deathtrappomegranate** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:42 am

Can you say what image you're trying to use, and what you've done so far?

jetset · Post by **jetset** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:49 am

deathtrappomegranate wrote:Can you say what image you're trying to use, and what you've done so far?

Well I figured Id start with a simple game that should run w/no problems...
adventure 2600-bas

I tried simply trying "run"
I tried typing the filename by itself (and changed the name first to just adv so as to eliminate any syntax errors)

I tried "run adventure 2600"
"run adventure 2600-bas"
"run or I'll smash you against the wall"
uhhh....thats about it!

Post by **deathtrappomegranate** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:55 am

jetset wrote:Well I figured Id start with a simple game that should run w/no problems...
adventure 2600-bas

Where did the file come from?

It would also be helpful to know how you went about downloading from the PC to your 800.

jetset · Post by **jetset** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:20 am

deathtrappomegranate wrote:
jetset wrote:Well I figured Id start with a simple game that should run w/no problems...
adventure 2600-bas
Where did the file come from?

It would also be helpful to know how you went about downloading from the PC to your 800.

The file I got from a Holmes disk of games...
And I used a sio2pc adapter running APE ver 2.2.0

Post by **Atari Frog** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 9:47 am

In the case of Adventure, I think you need to manually boot the program.

Load the disk with BASIC, type "DOS" at the prompt, look for the file with a BASIC extender, go back to BASIC by pressing "B" and RUN"D:FILENAME.BAS, that should do the trick.

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jetset · Post by **jetset** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 3:09 pm

Thanks AF !
I'll give that a shot tonight after work.

jetset · Post by **jetset** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:00 am

Ok, heres another question for you pros!

Color adjustment....
It seems every game I load has an odd color scheme. Particularly I can tell when loading/playing games that are also available for the 5200. The 800 games seem a little too pink/magenta-ish.
I dont see anything inside the 800 to adjust the color...is there a way? I remember someone saying the "Atari" /l\ key on the lower right has to do with the color?

Post by **deathtrappomegranate** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:18 am

jetset wrote:Ok, heres another question for you pros!

Color adjustment....
It seems every game I load has an odd color scheme. Particularly I can tell when loading/playing games that are also available for the 5200. The 800 games seem a little too pink/magenta-ish.
I dont see anything inside the 800 to adjust the color...is there a way? I remember someone saying the "Atari" /l\ key on the lower right has to do with the color?

It's possible that you have an older 800 with the CTIA chip, rather than the GTIA that was used in later models, and in the 5200. The CTIA only allows 8 luminance values, as opposed to the 16 of GTIA.

If you boot into BASIC and type POKE 623,64, and the screen doesn't go black, then you have a CTIA.

jetset · Post by **jetset** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:03 pm

deathtrappomegranate wrote:
jetset wrote:Ok, heres another question for you pros!

Color adjustment....
It seems every game I load has an odd color scheme. Particularly I can tell when loading/playing games that are also available for the 5200. The 800 games seem a little too pink/magenta-ish.
I dont see anything inside the 800 to adjust the color...is there a way? I remember someone saying the "Atari" /l\ key on the lower right has to do with the color?
It's possible that you have an older 800 with the CTIA chip, rather than the GTIA that was used in later models, and in the 5200. The CTIA only allows 8 luminance values, as opposed to the 16 of GTIA.

If you boot into BASIC and type POKE 623,64, and the screen doesn't go black, then you have a CTIA.

I tried....
When I boot with the BASIC cart in and type what you suggested, it says "error". I also tried without the Basic cart, but that didnt do anything either (no error message though)

oesii · Post by **oesii** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:51 pm

Without the Basic cart inserted then you are in Notepad which does nothing at all. It just lets you write on the screen, can't even save your work.

Make sure you type:

POKE 623,64

no extra comma or anything and see what it does. If it really is an error than you might have the older version of the 800.