| 词条 | Starpath Supercharger |
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| name = Starpath Supercharger | logo = | image = Starpath Supercharger and games.jpg | caption = The Supercharger and a few game boxes | invent-date = | invent-name = | conn1 = | via1_1 = | class-name = | class1 = | manuf1 = | designfirm = Starpath | manufacturer = Starpath | introduced = {{start date and age|1982|08}}[1] | discontinued = {{end date|1984}} | cost = 69.95 US$ (included one game: Phaser Patrol)[1] | type = Expansion peripheral cartridge | processor = | frequency = | memory = 6 KB RAM | coprocessor = | connection = Cable earphone jack for cassette | ports = | power = | weight = | dimensions = }} The Starpath Supercharger (originally called the Arcadia Supercharger) is an expansion peripheral cartridge created by Starpath, for playing cassette-based proprietary games on the Atari 2600 video game console.[2][3][4][5] The device consists of a long cartridge with a handle on the end, and an audio cassette cable. It adds 6 KB to the Atari 2600's 128 bytes of RAM (increasing it 49-fold to 6,272 bytes of RAM),[6] allowing for the creation of specially compatible games which are larger and have higher resolution graphics than normal cartridges. A cable coming out of the side of the cartridge plugs into the earphone jack of any standard cassette player, for loading all Supercharger games from standard audio cassettes. GamesAll Supercharger games were developed by Starpath.[7][8] {{columns|col1=
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These games were available only via mail order after Starpath declared bankruptcy.
}} CompatibilityThe Supercharger is compatible with Atari 2600, Atari 2600 Jr., and the Sears Video Arcade consoles. Due to the shape of the Supercharger, it does not normally fit into the ColecoVision's Expansion Module #1, which is an adapter that allows the ColecoVision to play Atari 2600 games. However, if the cover of the expansion module is removed or an extender is used, the Supercharger will work. Extenders were sent to customers who called Starpath about such issues.[11] The Supercharger does not work on many Atari 7800 systems (which is typically backward compatible with the Atari 2600), although it does with some early models of the system. After Atari installed a circuit to fix a compatibility issue with the 2600 version of Dark Chambers, it subsequently caused incompatibility with the Supercharger and some other games that use the FE bank switching method.[12] ReceptionDanny Goodman of Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games said that the Supercharger's "graphics are something else", reporting that the diagonal lines in one game under development were among the smoothest he had seen in any console.[13]LegacyThe complete library of games, including the prototype Sweat, was also released on audio CD as Stella Gets A New Brain by CyberPuNKS (Jim Nitchals, Dan Skelton, Glenn Saunders and Russ Perry Jr.). There are two releases, both sanctioned by Atari and Bridgestone Multimedia, who had obtained the rights to the Starpath library some time ago. The first release is a limited number not-for-profit product, which also includes the previously unreleased Atari prototype, Polo by Carol Shaw. The second release includes the Supercharger prototypes Meteroid (an early version of Suicide Mission) and Excalibur (an early version of Dragonstomper), in addition to a number of homebrew games by permission of their respective authors, and the song Atari 2600 by Splitsville, fully licensed from the band. References1. ^1 [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=1yQEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PT31&dq=Supercharger%20Arcadia&pg=PT31#v=onepage&q=Supercharger%20Arcadia&f=false Upgrades Atari Capacity:Arcadia Sets 'Supercharger Unit], By John Sippel, Page 32, Billboard, 21 Aug 1982, ...comes to market later this month... 2. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.atariage.com/company_page.html?CompanyID=32 | title = Companies: Starpath | first = Albert | last = Yarusso | work = AtariAge | accessdate = December 3, 2010 }} 3. ^{{cite book | title = Game console hacking: have fun while voiding you warranty | first = Joe | last = Grand | first2 = Frank | last2 = Thornton | first3 = Albert | last3 = Yarusso | publisher = Syngress | year = 2005 |pages=393, 504 | isbn = 1-931836-31-0 }} 4. ^{{cite book | first = Simon | last = Carless | authorlink = Simon Carless | title = Gaming Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools | publisher = O'Reilly Media | year = 2005 | pages = 15–16 | isbn = 0-596-00917-8 }} 5. ^{{cite book | title = Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Videogames | first = Leonard | last = Herman | publisher = Rolenta Press | year = 1997 | page = 277 | isbn = 0-9643848-2-5 }} 6. ^Games Department: Atari VCS, By Dan Gutman, ANTIC VOL. 2, NO. 2 / MAY 1983 7. ^[https://archive.org/stream/computer-video-games-magazine-021/CVG021_Jul_1983#page/n18/mode/1up Advertisement:Silica shop:Supercharger] Page 19, Computer and Video Games Magazine Issue 021, Published July 1983 8. ^[https://archive.org/stream/computer-video-games-magazine-021/CVG021_Jul_1983#page/n19/mode/1up Article:Surpercharge a VCS and load up games from cassette tapes] Page 20-21, Computer and Video Games Magazine Issue 021, Published July 1983 9. ^{{youtube|dLYqOF9R0kE|Survival Island (1982)(Demo)}} 10. ^The Dot Eaters - Epyx | The Dot Eaters, Scott Nelson, one of the former Starpath programmers, had created a decathlon game for the Supercharger called Sweat!, but when the company merges with Epyx the project is shelved. 11. ^{{cite magazine | last = Goodman | first = Danny | title = Starpath's Supercharger for Atari |magazine=Radio-Electronics | volume = 54 | issue = 6 | pages =65–67 | date = June 1983}} 12. ^{{cite book | last=Yarusso | first=Albert |editor-first=Joe| editor-last=Grand |title=Hardware Hacking: Have Fun While Voiding Your Warranty |publisher=Syngress |year=2004 |pages=228–232 |chapter=Chapter 7: Hack Your Atari 2600 and 7800 |isbn=1-932266-83-6}} 13. ^{{Cite magazine |last=Goodman |first=Danny |author-link=Danny Goodman |date=Spring 1983 |title=Home Video Games: Video Games Update |url=http://www.atarimagazines.com/cva/v1n1/vgupdate.php |magazine=Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games |page=32}} External links
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