Frank Cifaldi of the Video Game History Foundation recently got a hold of some previously unscanned issues of Video Magazine - best known nowadays for their Arcade Alley column that essentially starte

I came across an unusual black opaque dust cover. It has the Bally Arcade logo but is not translucent like the other ones. This solid black cover always intrigued me, and I actually like it better tha

I got myamy recently with an s video mod. I didn't notice any issues at first, but while testing a lil white ram I noticed the color would fade to black and white. I thought it was a power issue with

I'm wanting to make some reproductions of some games, but I don't want to trample on any rights. Adam tells me AstroBASIC is included with some of these games. Does anybody know who has the rights to

Bally Arcade/Astrocade Plastic Dust Cover Dimensions These approximate measurements and pictures were taken by me this morning, on August 10, 2020. Measurements are to the nearest=1/16" (Sorry, I don'

This post, originally called "Data Chip," that Allen made to the group was originally sent to me. I asked him to forward it to the group. There has been some behind-the-scenes conversing going on priv

I've just cleaned and recapped my console. Anyone have some good measurements of the dust cover that goes over the cart storage to get a replacement made?

Something to keep in mind about all video upgrades that ditch RF is that these games were meant to be played on color televisions from the 1970s/early 1980s era. You'll find that you'll see some signi

I recapped (and mildly repaired) a unit for a customer today. The data chip was covered with heat sink compound. I cleaned it off to glue on a heat sink, and this is what I found. I'm pretty sure I've

Has anyone played around with taking a WICO Trak-Ball for an Atari 2600 and swapping the controller wires with an Astrocade controller to play ICBM Attack? Is this something that would be a hard thing

I've come to the end of uploading to YouTube about 90 BASIC programs that create video art for the Astrocade. You can view it in the Video Art playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLADcQ67H

I came across a video review of the game "280 Zzzap" for the Astrocade on a channel that seems mostly to be about cars. The video is called "The Torchinsky Files: Most Of You Have Never Seen A Bally P

As per the following link from BallyAlley, ICBM Attack and Treasure Cove are public domain: https://ballyalley.com/ballyalley/articles/two_astrocade_pd_programs.html I would like to attempt to create

I have added a video overview of "H-10 - Misc. Art" by Stanley Kendall, a program for the Bally Arcade/Astrocade and Blue Ram BASIC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VotXzgC8pe0 H-10 Misc. Art by Stanl

I came across an Astrocade-related video uploaded to YouTube on August 15, 2020. It's called: Nutting Associates - ICEBOX development system for Bally arcade and Astrocade development The description

Does anyone from Michigan, from the Bally Arcade's original days (1978-1979-ish) remember NCE/Compumart? Brett, I think you might know a bit about them? Their address was: NCE/Compumart Inc. 1250 N. M

Bally Astrocade Videocade Computer System Console Great Condition Rare Arcade | eBay $77.00 Bally Astrocade Videocade Computer System Console Great Condition Rare A... <p>Here is from my personal coll

Lance has suggested-- and it sounds reasonable to me-- that the early Astrocade consoles shipped with whatever dust covers were on-hand at Astrovision, Inc. In the earliest days, probably all of the A

Hello, I finally got started on this project in the last couple days. I hope to reproduce the DATA chip in its entirety eventually. Along the way I should be able to fix the emulation color problems.

Today I added a video of "Letter to The Arcadian - May 10, 1983" by Stanley Kendall for the Bally Arcade/Astrocade and Blue Ram BASIC. This is a letter sent to Bob Fabris, the editor of The Arcadian n