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[snstay]

Hello all first time on the forum. I just hooked up my 7800 and found that my official frogger has the sound and main screen but not the cars or frog. Anyone know why that is?

[batari]

snstay, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 3:00 PM, said:

Hello all first time on the forum. I just hooked up my 7800 and found that my official frogger has the sound and main screen but not the cars or frog. Anyone know why that is?

How old is your Harmony? There were some issues with Supercharger games on 7800s in early BIOS versions but these were fixed. If you have an old BIOS (I think 1.03 or earlier) you should update it.

[snstay]

batari, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 3:32 PM, said:

snstay, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 3:00 PM, said:

Hello all first time on the forum. I just hooked up my 7800 and found that my official frogger has the sound and main screen but not the cars or frog. Anyone know why that is?

How old is your Harmony? There were some issues with Supercharger games on 7800s in early BIOS versions but these were fixed. If you have an old BIOS (I think 1.03 or earlier) you should update it.

I just got it for christmas. I have version 1.05 but before i put my new roms on i reformatted my sd card. Could that have something to do with it?

[batari]

snstay, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 7:25 PM, said:

batari, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 3:32 PM, said:

snstay, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 3:00 PM, said:

Hello all first time on the forum. I just hooked up my 7800 and found that my official frogger has the sound and main screen but not the cars or frog. Anyone know why that is?

How old is your Harmony? There were some issues with Supercharger games on 7800s in early BIOS versions but these were fixed. If you have an old BIOS (I think 1.03 or earlier) you should update it.

I just got it for christmas. I have version 1.05 but before i put my new roms on i reformatted my sd card. Could that have something to do with it?

No, formatting the card wouldn't matter.

It could be that you have the PAL version of the game. That would explain why you hear the music but don't see anything on the screen, as some televisions will not display PAL games.

Either way, can you post the binary you're playing? I'd like to try it out on some of my consoles to see if I can replicate the issue.

[snstay]

batari, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 11:49 PM, said:

snstay, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 7:25 PM, said:

batari, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 3:32 PM, said:

snstay, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 3:00 PM, said:

Hello all first time on the forum. I just hooked up my 7800 and found that my official frogger has the sound and main screen but not the cars or frog. Anyone know why that is?

How old is your Harmony? There were some issues with Supercharger games on 7800s in early BIOS versions but these were fixed. If you have an old BIOS (I think 1.03 or earlier) you should update it.

I just got it for christmas. I have version 1.05 but before i put my new roms on i reformatted my sd card. Could that have something to do with it?

No, formatting the card wouldn't matter.

It could be that you have the PAL version of the game. That would explain why you hear the music but don't see anything on the screen, as some televisions will not display PAL games.

Either way, can you post the binary you're playing? I'd like to try it out on some of my consoles to see if I can replicate the issue.

its not a pal rom cause it plays just fine on my 2600

[batari]

snstay, on Thu Jun 9, 2011 2:17 PM, said:

batari, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 11:49 PM, said:

snstay, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 7:25 PM, said:

batari, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 3:32 PM, said:

snstay, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 3:00 PM, said:

Hello all first time on the forum. I just hooked up my 7800 and found that my official frogger has the sound and main screen but not the cars or frog. Anyone know why that is?

How old is your Harmony? There were some issues with Supercharger games on 7800s in early BIOS versions but these were fixed. If you have an old BIOS (I think 1.03 or earlier) you should update it.

I just got it for christmas. I have version 1.05 but before i put my new roms on i reformatted my sd card. Could that have something to do with it?

No, formatting the card wouldn't matter.

It could be that you have the PAL version of the game. That would explain why you hear the music but don't see anything on the screen, as some televisions will not display PAL games.

Either way, can you post the binary you're playing? I'd like to try it out on some of my consoles to see if I can replicate the issue.

its not a pal rom cause it plays just fine on my 2600

Can you post the binary or tell me where you found it? I have a number of 7800s (some with known problems with Supercharger games) and would like to test with the same binary.

[snstay]

batari, on Thu Jun 9, 2011 3:33 PM, said:

snstay, on Thu Jun 9, 2011 2:17 PM, said:

batari, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 11:49 PM, said:

snstay, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 7:25 PM, said:

batari, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 3:32 PM, said:

snstay, on Wed Jun 8, 2011 3:00 PM, said:

Hello all first time on the forum. I just hooked up my 7800 and found that my official frogger has the sound and main screen but not the cars or frog. Anyone know why that is?

How old is your Harmony? There were some issues with Supercharger games on 7800s in early BIOS versions but these were fixed. If you have an old BIOS (I think 1.03 or earlier) you should update it.

I just got it for christmas. I have version 1.05 but before i put my new roms on i reformatted my sd card. Could that have something to do with it?

No, formatting the card wouldn't matter.

It could be that you have the PAL version of the game. That would explain why you hear the music but don't see anything on the screen, as some televisions will not display PAL games.

Either way, can you post the binary you're playing? I'd like to try it out on some of my consoles to see if I can replicate the issue.

its not a pal rom cause it plays just fine on my 2600

Can you post the binary or tell me where you found it? I have a number of 7800s (some with known problems with Supercharger games) and would like to test with the same binary.

This is my main one that has this problem

[dwane413]

That is the same as the one in Rom Hunter's V6.0 set:
Official Frogger, The (1983) (Starpath Corporation, Stephen Harland Landrum) (9) (AR-4105) ~.bin

[snstay]

dwane413, on Thu Jun 9, 2011 8:04 PM, said:

That is the same as the one in Rom Hunter's V6.0 set:
Official Frogger, The (1983) (Starpath Corporation, Stephen Harland Landrum) (9) (AR-4105) ~.bin

Well for some reason that one and others are giving me the same prob but only on my 7800 but not my 2600 its weird and i love this version of frogger

[Schizophretard]

What are the others? Since it only happens on your 7800 it is probably an incompatibility issue of some kind.

Edited by Schizophretard, Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:31 AM.

[snstay]

So could it be the 7800 its the one without the expansion port. I think an a1 serial number. Should i find another 7800?

[chupathingy]

snstay, on Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:19 AM, said:

So could it be the 7800 its the one without the expansion port. I think an a1 serial number. Should i find another 7800?

If it works just fine on your 2600 then just play it on your 2600.

[snstay]

Thats exactly what i did. I put my 7800 away and now its back to the old reliable 2600 awwww yeaaaaa!

[snstay]

But i would still like to know why it wont work on my 7800.

[Nathan Strum]

Not all 7800s are 100% 2600-compatible. (So says the FAQ.) Some hardware revisions were just different enough so that some games just won't work.

As for the in-depth technical reasons behind why, someone else would have to answer that.

Edited by Nathan Strum, Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:18 PM.