nice btw, I see there is a new Atari 2600+ coming soon and brand new paddles are being manufactured for it to fit d-type connectors. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Atari-Cartridge-Paddle-Exclusive-Amazon-co-uk/dp/B0CG9QV4WT/ref=pd_bxgy_img_sccl_1/259-9572665-6789500?pd_rd_w=KjE3y&content-id=amzn1.sym....
What music should be playing then? Whilst entering the name? There used to be a song that played when you finished the game - I think you removed it to be played only on achieving a high score? Having been invited to enter my score, I assumed it would play. I attached an old version with said music.
Excellent, so smooooth! A couple of observations playing on real hardware. 1) There appeared to be some graphic corruption on the spaceship image. A vertical bar I hadn't noticed before. 2) When I got the laser, I had a score in the middle of the playfield counting up briefly, not sure if this is su...
I had a similar issue when developing Popeye. It would sometimes get stuck. In the end I reorganised the memory map to put all writeable values on a single data segment then set up vice watches to alert if writing outside of that segment. I also set up an auto play mode with infinite lives. Then I s...
Good idea about the cart extender. I don't have one so I'll have to see if any are listed on ebay or find if anyone is producing contemporary versions. My VIC-Rabbit has a "passthru" cart connector, so I'll play with that too, see if it helps. If you can't get any joy with the "VIC-R...
I believe you should be able to prevent it from AutoStarting by using a cartridge port extender that allows you to turn it off? Then you could try switching it in and running the program again?
You can try unzipping and running the attached mega-cart repair program on the Vic. Can't remember where I got it, but it has rescued mine a couple of times.