Now you can simply and effectively design modern games for classic systems! Pixels Past provides a wide variety of products and materials to enable today's homebrew programmers.
All of our printed circuit boards (PCBs) are great for homebrew authors who don't want to go through the hassle of desoldering chips from existing boards. They have all been designed with the hobbyist in mind - they are simple to assemble, have extremely high-reliability, and have been tested on the most stubborn systems. No longer will you have to spend precious time collecting, stripping down and building up cartridges. Now you can spend your time doing what you want to do - writing games!
If you’d prefer not to build your own game cartridges, AtariAge provides homebrew services to build and assemble them for you. They can also design and produce full-color manuals and labels. AtariAge exclusively uses Pixels Past products for their cartridge assembly services.
| Atari 2600 2K/4K PCB |
Rev. B Front |
These brand new boards are used to create 2K and 4K Atari 2600 games. They fit into standard Atari 2600 cartridge cases. Parts required: * 2732 4K EPROM Additionally, this board may be populated with a 24-pin Socket, which is useful for game development. However, use of a socket precludes the board's use in a standard Atari cartridge shell due to reduced clearance of the EPROM. |
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Rev. B Back |
| Atari 2600 8K/16K/32K (Bankswitch) PCB |
Rev. A Front |
These brand new boards are used to create 8K, 16K, and 32K games (using standard Atari F8, F6, and F4 bankswitching, respectively) for the Atari 2600. They fit into standard Atari 2600 cartridge cases. This design uses a single programmable logic device (PLD) to handle each of the bankswitching routines, reducing overall cost and simplifying the design. Parts required: * 20V8 PLD (containing bankswitch routines) In addition, an EPROM is required in one of the following sizes: * 2764 8K EPROM This board may also be populated with a 28-pin Socket, which is useful for game development. However, use of a socket precludes the board's use in a standard Atari cartridge shell due to reduced clearance of the EPROM. |
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Rev. A Back |
| Atari 5200 32K PCB |
Rev. A Front |
These brand new boards are used to create 32K games for the Atari 5200(they can be easily modified to accept 16K EPROMs, as well). They fit in standard Atari 5200 cartridge cases. Parts required: * 27128 32K EPROM Additionally, this board may be populated with a 28-pin Socket, which is useful for game development. However, use of a socket precludes the board's use in a standard Atari cartridge shell due to reduced clearance of the EPROM. |
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Rev. A Back |
| Atari 8-bit computer 8K/16K PCB |
Rev. A Front |
These brand new boards are used to create 8K and 16K games for the Atari 400, 800, XL, or XE computer systems. They fit in standard Atari 8-bit cartridge cases (both the old, brown style with a metal plate and the later XE-style cases). Parts required: * 2764 8K EPROM or Additionally, this board may be populated with a 28-pin Socket, which is useful for game development. |
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Rev. A Back |
| ColecoVision 8K/16K/24K/32K PCB |
Rev. A Front |
These brand new boards are used to create 8K, 16K, 24K, and 32K games for the ColecoVision. They fit into standard ColecoVision cartridge cases. This design uses a single programmable logic device (PLD) to handle each of the ROM size configurations, reducing overall cost and simplifying the design. Parts required: * 20V8 PLD (containing ROM size configuration routines) In addition, an EPROM is required in one of the following sizes: * 2764 8K EPROM This board may also be populated with a 28-pin Socket, which is useful for game development. While a socketed board will fit inside a ColecoVision cartridge, the cartridge shell does not fit snugly over the EPROM. However, the cartridge will still fit fine in a ColecoVision system for testing purposes. . |
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Rev. A Back |
| Atari 2600/7800 Cartridge Housings |
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The Pixels Past Cartridge Housing is a reproduction
of the original Atari 2600/7800 cartridge housing. It was designed to
allow homebrew authors to create their own video game cartridges without
needing to to go through the arduous task of obtaining common 2600/7800
cartridges, stripping them of their labels, cleaning them, and disassembling
them. The Pixels Past Cartridge Housing is a 3-piece design (containing
a front, back, and bottom insert) that gets rid of the spring-loaded sliding
door used in early Atari cartridge housing designs. The bottom insert
helps to keep the dust out of the cartridge and has the 2 prongs to open
the cart connector door on the system. The cartridge housing design was
simplified to make cartridge assembly trouble free. The housings support
the original Atari 2600/7800 PCBs or the new Pixels Past PCBs. Due to the lack of significant market interest and the steep costs required upfront to manufacture quantities of cartridge shells, production never commenced. However, there is always a possibility that such housings will be produced in the future. |
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Disclaimer
AtariAge is the exclusive distributor
of Pixels Past products. Please contact AtariAge support (support@atariage.com)
for technical assistance and customer service issues.
Pixels Past does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any product or circuit described herein. Pixels Past guarantees that the printed circuit boards are electrically tested and meet physical design and manufacturing requirements. Pixels Past warrants to replace any unmodified circuit board proven to be flawed. Pixels Past is not responsible for improper use or placement of components, incorrect soldering techniques, damage to systems, or other assembly or electronics issues. Pixels Past reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products herein to improve reliability, function, or design.
