Some game pickups this weekend.

A little Activision Friday afternoon pickup from the local game store. What I got was Activision's modernized remake of Atari's Asteroids for PlayStation One and Activision's Barnstorming for the Atari 2600.  I have never played either game before. 

Additionally, I picked a replacement for my Pick Axe Pete for the Odyssey 2.  Also looking for a replacement for my UFO game.

 

Popeye, a little local 2600 pickup

Popeye for the Atari 2600

A fun game of catching hearts while avoiding Brutis. Does not have some of the elements, but has much of the original arcade and for the 2600, not too bad.

Bad issue with my ColecoVision Flashback

I turned on the ColecoVision Flashback last night and received a scrambled startup screen. Turned off the system, had the same screen. Turned the ColecoVision Flashback off one more time and the system displayed vertical color bars. For the remainder of my troubleshooting, that is all I received.

So I opened up the system to look for some obvious reason for the issue.

Not quite like opening up other systems to troubleshoot. The board is a fraction of the size of the console case and screwed on the the upper side so that when opening the case up, the underbelly of the board is exposed. That said, the board looked clean of dust, corrosion, and other issues.

The solder points, resisters, and capastors look good to me.

Power looks good and the video chip is working, thus the color bars. It is my opinioin that the ROM has gone bad. I will likely do what others have done a put a PI in this.