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Title: Atari 2600 4-Switch Color issue
Post by: retroone on August 06, 2014, 12:02:36 pm
I have been collecting for the Atari 2600 for a while now and I picked up an Atari 2600 4-Switch. There's has been some issues with the color for games like Dig Dug and Centipede, work fine. But for games such as Pitfall and Kaboom tend to have issues with the color Green. I have a link to the pictures below. I bought other cables and tested them without any luck. Any advice?

https://plus.google.com/photos/+RichardBryer/albums/6044482336644802753
Title: Re: Atari 2600 4-Switch Color issue
Post by: burningdoom on August 06, 2014, 02:00:20 pm
Quote from: retroone on August 06, 2014, 12:02:36 pm
I have been collecting for the Atari 2600 for a while now and I picked up an Atari 2600 4-Switch. There's has been some issues with the color for games like Dig Dug and Centipede, work fine. But for games such as Pitfall and Kaboom tend to have issues with the color Green. I have a link to the pictures below. I bought other cables and tested them without any luck. Any advice?

https://plus.google.com/photos/+RichardBryer/albums/6044482336644802753

Your link directs to a sign-in page.
Title: Re: Atari 2600 4-Switch Color issue
Post by: retroone on August 06, 2014, 03:48:32 pm
Probably because I'm always signed in I see it but it's just Google+ Photos
Title: Re: Atari 2600 4-Switch Color issue
Post by: tpugmire on August 06, 2014, 07:46:39 pm
I'd recommend posting this on the atariage forums in their hardware section. Lots of really smart people who fix these things are there. I can't say for certain what the problem is because I've never ran into this, but I'd imagine one of the chips is going bad. If you do happen to determine which component is going bad, Best Electronics will likely have what you need.
Title: Re: Atari 2600 4-Switch Color issue
Post by: thecrypticodor on August 07, 2014, 01:36:12 am
Are you trying to say that the tint is off? If so there's a color tint adjustment control on the motherboard.
You don't have to open the console to adjust it either. There's a small hole on the bottom of the console you can guide a flat blade screwdriver through and into a hole in the motherboard that’s directly underneath the control to adjust it
(http://i.imgur.com/SVkWiQW.jpg)
Title: Re: Atari 2600 4-Switch Color issue
Post by: retroone on August 07, 2014, 04:36:23 pm
Quote from: thecrypticodor on August 07, 2014, 01:36:12 am
Are you trying to say that the tint is off? If so there's a color tint adjustment control on the motherboard.
You don't have to open the console to adjust it either. There's a small hole on the bottom of the console you can guide a flat blade screwdriver through and into a hole in the motherboard that’s directly underneath the control to adjust it
(http://i.imgur.com/SVkWiQW.jpg)

Thank you so much, this worked perfectly.